The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-08-18
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lnfalIibility.

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10 CsrsPresbyterian neighbor cemplsana st !
learning. With US tits nsaaaf
TO- thing that nearly all learning worth
my thing is seoesd.hand.o We got nearly T
III thatsws Know from somebody eise.s The /
wprld consists Of teschers and taught, each |,
Generaaoh taking its turn in either cate.
eoty., It is only since the days Of Martin
Luther that learning is considered original,
in The, highaes Of all sciences7&
religion. Ia Since that event every man
spurps second hand learning and becomee
his .owps teacher. IN theology. His retlesa !
tionss his understanding or misuuderssand-
ing of the Bible, and his religion, are al
originals at least in .theory. 4 In point gof
fact, it is true, your lazier kind Of Protect
ant generally postpouesthe duty OF making I
up his own reli gion and drops provisionaily
into one cut and dried for him by some ann
bilious anti Pope Of Luther or Calvin.
=, Now orr fair and truth seeking neighbor
is. SO much habituated to this idea Of
originality that it is almost frantic with ms
for not having taken its. advice and
,eschewed all &" second hand learnipgn
For our part we are perfectly Satisfied that
such authors as we follow are fair and Just
in their quotations; because we know their
character to be above deceit and their:
motives pure and cons cientious. For us,
then, it is only necessary to CLEAN second
hand learning - from such sources and we
are sure of It's genuipeness without tracing
up every quotation to its source. - o. ..
And the very instances dwelt upon by
the PresbyteriaS are in point, to sustain
| the wisdom Of our confidence. We have
| given a. great number Of these second
hand quotations, and eur neighbor dares
| to question only four Of them. SupposinR
these four to be Incorrect, does that do
! away with the irrepressible force Of con.
viction coming to any honest man in read
4 ing the others, that the Fathers, as 2 body,
I held the doctrine of infalibility. Again.
pp0sing all, of our quotations to be in,
correct, does that do. away with the point
which we made againet the PresbytesSaH.
That point was this. The Presbyterian
1 stated that certain Catholic authorities
4 had referred to those quotations as incor-
rect and even forged or fraudulent, Nov
4 we replied distinctly that We did mot
believe that statement of the PsesSyteriAz
to be correct, We did not believe that
these Catholic, authorities. had iezera said
; an thing of the sort, but bad merely
argued that these quotations did not prove
II their authors to hold to Papal Infallibility
!, The Presbyterian ayerred positively tha
, they had said 60. We replied that We be
1ieved our peighbor to be mistaken; thougl
4 70 I'd oil,
. wickeaness Of New. Orleans and the atroei
? tt of storytelling. u: %, $50 IN - ia
, Ed,Now, the Presbyterian shifts ground Hssn
: tirely and boldly denies, on its oUne az
g flority, thecorrectness of quotations wbiel
; have been published and republished. i
i Fall werks on this subject for the last those
e and or fifteen hundred years. Our neigh
!, Dor at fret shrinking timidly belli some
= body eise's back, in its utter ignorance
g. even ms second hand way, Of the writing
b | Of the early Christian luminaries, has now
/ come how or other stEuck q placer" j
e che shape Of some, P1seyite parson or un
Z tfrocked priest, and comes Sinte, the field
. profound, and Learned Patristie' scholar
y } 0urJ Learned brother makes as much fue
.tsaB crack Drained pedagogus, WHO know
d but little more than psn,,a, psaho, !" owe
= the Interpretation d., geF1o Aposto1ort8
n which ought to Rbe- de cerbis Apostolonoh
e Our learned 3neighbor Gays ie ought to'b
81 40 serbs Apostolic, meaning the Apostle g
e Paul. But if our neighbor will 60 TO- il
IT. fplacer" and get postedaa little farfhe
= on, it will find that many of these sermoRt
y were from texts taken from other Apostle
d tbesides St. Paul, and therefore, il include
II under this head, must be spoken of as q
: terbis .Abosto1oran.. We are Under the.in
= preston that the very sermon in questio
r!Eis upon text. from St. johu,, and oannO
3. therefore, possibly be de cer6is Apostol
- meaning st. Paul. e., ;. .., , .,,@ a..
j. Az any rate, the reference, as given b
y rs, is somewhat Incorrect, but not throua
= the fault of our authorities. Our peighbt
&c wants us, elf We are honest, to aeknov
le ledge the mistake when pointed out" an
al ! here is our acknowledgment. The writ,