The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-03-01

% hshed by request OF Conference.
% .'What has ProtestantisIn 10 fear fro
95 the EncrOaehments Of Catholicism
Is and what.are the duties OfChristiaI
20 I'm the Premises:''
q Recent demonstrations, arisin
% from the re-awakened energies OF Il
25 Catholic Church, produced by opp,
% siion to the Infalibility Dogma, an
50 the overthrow of the Pope's tempor'
oO power, render this an important quel
30 ton and one, We trust, of gener'
50 interest.
- In considering what We, as Protest
% ants, have TO fear from the eneroech
% ments Of Catholicism and what ar
q our duties in the premises, we are act
% usted by no personal animOsities ant
n have no hostile intentions.
70 Our purpose is t, present the evil
No which threaten US, as indicated b
% the encroachn eD,s of Roman Caihol
o icism, with view 10 prepare Protest
. arts to meet The threatening DANCE
o and avert The dire calamity. In do
o ing so, we shall deal with the doctrine
and principles of Romanism and mo-
9 with members of the Catholic Church
for we believe there are Christians
among Catholics; but We main
tain at the same time, that Popery il
an enemy 10 true Christianity. As
members of churches called Protest.
ant, because protesting against tue er
!. rors of Catholicism, it seems almost
useless to argue that Romanism is
anti Christian and as Lufterans, with
the Augsburg Confession, which We
have considered, and which is itself
a Protest against Catholicism as our
Creed, it seems altogether preposter-
Gus TO argue this question.
But if proof were nc eded 10 show
that the Church of Rome is the enemy
of true Christianity, it may be found
in the Bible.
In the prophecy of Daniel the Pa
pacy is foretold as the vindictive en-
elny of the true church. The four
great beasts which Daniel ssw, dan.
vii: Is represent four great pow
ers or kingdoms upon earth the fourth
of which clearly marks out the Ro-
man power, and the "iittle horn" that
came up among the ten horns, having
"eyes like the eyes of man." ''and
mouth speaking great things repre-
sents the Papal Hierarchy of which
the interpreting angel says, Another
shall iise after them--diverse from
the first--and he shall speak great
woids against the Most High, and
shall wear out the Saints of the Most
High, and think to change the times
and the laws Ecclesiastical power
distinguished this from former king
doms and rendered it adverse from
the first"
Again, it is said, "He shall speak
great words against the Most High
Whist greater words could lie spoken
against the Most High than "Infalli
billity p Whist more arrogant claim
could be set up against the Most High
than possession Of the keys of Heaven
and Hell2 What more sweiiirg
words against the Most High could
be uttered than, 4, the Priest, ,absolve
thee ?n which is declared to be the
proper form Of Absolution by the
highest Papal authority.
1t wss ;oretoldin this prophecy that
''He shall wear out The Saints of the
Most Higb," and Tor more than tw elve
centuri, has the Papscywsged relent-
less warfare ageinst The followers OF
Christ. The blood of millions of
martyrs, slain by the Papal Beast, cries
out in confirmation OF that declsra-
ion of ancient prophecy, and speaks
to Rome ia thunder tones, saying /;
"Thou art that HON J"
History proves the appropriateness
Of the names given TO Pppery in Rev
.l1tion, viz: "Tle scsr ct colored
Beast, drunk with the blood of the
IN, rtsrs Of Jesus" "The tormentor
Of the saints oi the most High"
Among tn. martyrs slain with whose
blcoi this Besst is drunken, are Vic.
life, Huss, Rideley, La,imer and Gran
mer.
Thousands upon thousands were
slain by the ,tn-Holy Inquisition,
whose only crime was refusal to ac-
knowledge tho sovereignty OF Rome's
arrogant Bishop.
The Crusades, carried on with re-
lentless fury for more than q century,
caused the death of 100000! Po-
perry is likewise responsible for the
deliberate massacre of 100000 Wal
denses and Albigenses. Against
these true successors Of the Apostolic
church, who even en- the concession
of their murderers we're abstemious,
laborious, devout and holy, Pope
Innocent III raised an army of 500,-
! 600. These blood-hounds Of cruelty
were let loose with intense delight
upon those whose only crime was the
belief, fearlessly and honestly expires
sed, that Rome was the Babylonian
Hsrlot OF the Apocalypse Of the
Hugenots according to Davills, TO-
900 were slain in Paris in single
week
The Duke of Alva boasted that in
the short space OF SIX months he had
caused the death of $4,000 Protes-
tantsl And what Popery was in
practice then, it is in principle now; /;
for, can immutsbility change? Can
infalibility err? Has any Pope of
the last thousand years disspproved
of fpersecution Has Plus TX. abro-
gated a single law against heretics :
sit is a tenet of their creed" says
Charles Butler, "that what their faith
ever has been, such it was from the
beginning, such it is now, and such
it ever will be" But why talk about
an iniallible church changing The
only reason why the Inquisitlon does
not exist and the Crusades have been
abandoned, is because they have not
the power to carry them on, for In
the oath commonly administered to
Bishops occur these words: "Schis-
MATES and rebels to our Lord, the
Pope, and his successors, l will, to
the utmost of my power, persecute
and destroy" 1t follows then, that
had they the power they must wage
war against Protestants and destroy
them, or violate their oath. And
every Priest swears to believe and
teach Rome's right to torture and
burn heretics, that is, Protestants.
True, public sentiment restrsins the
cruel iyrant, but it alters not his
CHARACTER nor changes his purpose.
4 lion is none the less ssysge for
b.. ing chaiLed That Catholicism is
'he same iEtolerant, uncompromising
foe OF Professionalism il has ever been,
can easily be shown by extracts from
Catholic papers published in these
free United States The Shepherd Of
The Valley, a Catholic paper published
in ST. Louis, says: "rhe Catholic
who ssys the Church is not intoler-
ant, bellies The sacred spouse of
Chris" We say that the temporal
punishment oil heresy is mere ques-
tion of expediency. Where We ab-
stain from prosecuting them, the
Professionals they are we'll aware that
1t is merely because We cannot do SO,
or think that by doing so, we should
iDjure the cause that we wish to
| serye If the Csfholira oyar paiu-