The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-07-07

rejecting the Pope's authority in matters of
faith. while Aerius, e. g.. is reproached With
denying the ePiseopate as grade of hierarchy.
to observe dead silence on this, in the Ultra
clesin
All this is Ineligible enough, if we look at
Christ to St. Peter. Of all the Fathers who
Interpreted these passages in the Gospels
Matt; xvi. 10. John xxi: ~. not single oxe ap'
sors How many Fathers have busted them
selves with these texts, yet not one of them
whose commentaries we Possess,--.Origen.
G Ga1st aa9 Hi niarF Augustine Cyril ThsS
lected in catenas-has dropped the faintest
hint that the primacy of Rome Is the con.
sequence of the commission aud promise to
rock of foundation on which Christ would
build His Church of the Office given to Peter
to be transmitted to his SUCCESSORS, but they
understood by it either Christ Himself, or
both together. Or else they thought Peter was
the foundation equally with all the other
Apostles, the Twelve being together the foun-
The Fathers could the less Eeeosnize in The
power of the keys, and the power of binding
and foosing, any special fprerogative or lord
ship of the Roman bishop, inasmnoh as-what
not regard power first given to Peter, aud
Afterwards conferred in precisely the same
words on all the APOSTLES, as anything: peculiar
bishops, ana they Seid the symbol of the Keys
preston Of binding and ioosing. =. -, /,
Every one knows the one classical passage OF
bilisy has been reared III have prayed for
thee that thy faith fail not: and when thou art
converted, confirm thy brethren" But these
ally, to his denial of Christ and his conversion;
he is told that he, whose failure of faith would
be only Of short duration, is to strengthen the
other Apostles, whose faith won1d likewise
passage, Which sf speaks Simply q iasth, sst
waSering, and then to be confirmed In the
Messianfc dignity Of Ghrist, to find in y .
promise Of future infallibilsy to succession s
Peter fret held in the Roman Church. No
single writer to the end of the seventh century
dreamt of such an Interpretation all without
explain it simply as prayer Of Christ that His
Apostle might not wholly suceumb, and lose
his faith entirely in his approaching trial: The
first to find in it o promise Of privileges to the
trying to avert the threatened condemnation
of his predecessor, Honorius, through whom
the Roman Church had lost its boasted privi-
leges of doctripaf parity.
Row, the Tridentfne profession of faith; i'm
posed on tho clergy since Plus ~, centains 9
vow never to interpret the Holy scfiptdre
otherwise than In accord with the unanimous
Church doctors Of the first sis. centuries,
for Gregory the Great, who died IN Coz, was
the last Of the Fathers; every bishop and
theologiau, therefore, breaks his oath when he
ioterprets the passage in question as gift OF
infallibitity prom sed by Christ TO the Popes.
These citations conld easily be, multi
Piled we're IT, needed. Candid Romanists
must admit that they sefEectualiy dispose OF
the go called testimony of ehe%kathers.
From the stress laid upon it, tits evident
that this isrconsidered the most effective OF
their srgumeDts. But the testimony seA
these Romisb scholars conclusiyely shows,
that the claim that the Fathers testified in
favor of an infallible Pope, is either q
forgery or fraud. If the passages which
are claimed as evidence, do bear upon the
point, they are forEeries. IF they do not
bear upon it, but are claimed to do SO, it is
| q fraud. -
Fit lie only by o cuttle-fsh argument, one
| which battles examination, that it can be
proved that the Pope 10 infallible, it must
be better constructed than the one before
us. But as We have said and have often
! shown, our Contemporary is an unskilful
| cutie fsh, and unfortunate in such arts
FORGERY OR FRAUD.
We leave our contemporary to select the
easiest horn of the dilemma. But for the
honor of religion we hope that they will
renounce the vain attempt to identify
| Christianity with such ridiculous absurdi-
ties as tue infallibitity of o man Of whom
1 the Bible knows nothing, aud whose public
life ia filled with blunders.
The InfalHbIe Fisherman.
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