, 1872-11-24
THE CATHOLIC WORLD.
Tho Catholic World thinks that

THE 6PlHIT OF PHCTE8TANT1aM'
| is most atrocious:
So fsr from Proteatantisu heing as populnrl,
represented assertion Of liberty q conscience il
religion, originated in the denial Of that hberty b.
asserting the tight to persecuts those Who differed
From this time, the Reformation, under it
new and more comprehensive name, made vas
strides on the Continent, its path being eserywher
and destruction Of property devoted to religion, learn
ing and charity insane dissensions of tho catholic
mant Geneva and pars Of 1a e
hraced the gloomy doctrines Of Calvin, and made
tys war On The Church; spreading into France, tht
ton by the ignorant and vena invariably followed
By the greatest atrocities and the widest anarchy
Europe e was shaken to its CENTRE md
entire Continent for over Century, with but pause
their strength. The destruction Of life during this Pc
riod must have been immense, morals degenetated,
industry 1angnished and the principles Of rational
lost sight Of in the clash Of arms and the angry
tlict Of contending Systems From this epoch may
ferocity which at the present ouent are conend1ng
for supremacy in the Old World.
But it was not Continental notions a1one that suffer-
Britain and ireland experienced its baneful In
duence.,
It bears this testimony to the spirit Of Cathol-
iciam:
From the barbarism aud chaos incident to the dis
Empire, Europe emerged into the preparatory condi-
tion Of feudalism, at that time another name for
order; and through this atste Of order, the first
that second essential element Of political excellence
liberty. Already the humble peasants Of Helvetia
italy was dotted with Republics the Spanish PENN,
sla ruled more by it's Cortes than by its soyer-
eigns; France had her several tesates" Poland her
fast becoming mbued with liberal and T Constitutional
tdeas:, England, the last to adopt the fendal
system, had By degrees abrogated ita slaviah
restraints and commercial restrictions and with JUS
tce, boosted Of 1ar great charters and independent
Paramenta; while oFer al species of international
sat in he ohsir Of ST. Peter before whose moral pow
or warriors sheahed their swords and crowned Kings
bowed theft heads IN submission. municipalities, the
gems Of which had hrst clustered around tho monas-
teres, had become numerous and powerful enough to
defy, and, on occasion, to curb, the power Of the
f Ind staeRsS s @ b gs
ton fully equal Il not superior, to that Of our own
tme Those workers IN wool cotton, and silk stone,
their skill not only in the productions Of the looms Of
iaad, 6at 5ette; s i the nSitpiisy Of ma nasnis-
eration, with Ill hts supposed advantages. s' Is.
tu1e and sculpture, the four highest developments Of
period immediately anterior to the RetoFmation tie
p1ceed, equalled, BY man; while the discoY-
cry Of the art Of printing had given new impetus to
literature, and commerce spread her white wings in
The Indian Ocean and along the ahores Of the New
World.
Now all these benehcent resulta were directly and
the work Of the Catholic Church.
Intelligent Protestants will find little Diff
,ulty in accepting as true the structures Of the
Catholic World on I" the spirit Of PROTESTANT
sm, :" and educated Catholics will find it equally
impossible to accept it's praises Of their sect
History, il it teaches anything, shows that per-
secution and religious intolerance are depend
ant upon no creed, but upon permissive public
opinion. You may pit the orangemen against |
:6e Ribbon1nen. The Huguenots Of Southern
France, when they we're supreme as in Rochelle,
1sed their power most cruelty; but on the other
,ide is st. Bartholemew's Day. Who win choose
oetween the Catholic and the Protestant perse-
"sanshit aid the Vedas"> is areview of Profess |
,or Whitney's new book, "OrientM and Lin |
yuistic Studies" Other articles are: s'Fleu-
ange;" "sayingB Of John Climacus y
Dante's Purgatorio !" The House that Jack !
3ui1t ;"' St. Peters Roman Pontifcate y, "say-
ngs;" 1The ProgTessionjsts;" Christian Ait
# the Catacombs ]" Beaaing the Air; IRA Re-
1ospect :" I" The Ruaaiau Clerey:" HThe Cross |