The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-10-27

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that bishop there can be No appseg ave
have already seen that neither Colesuuss
Zosimus, NOR the CafthAgfan Synod OF
which Augustine wss . member thought
90. But the writings Of Augustine are
perfectly clear on that point. Hs ssys:
De Rapt. eontr Donat, b. ,. J. 4. xon
may appeal from one bishop 20 another
moro learned than he; and what they nave
cial councils; and these councils may pc
corrected by general councils; and subse-
quent general councils may rscttly the I'M
wise legislation Of those which have pre-
coded them.
Augustine advises the Donatists, II dis.
satisfied with the decision Of Melchiades,
bishop or pope Of Rome, to appeasto a gene.
raj Council, where not only the case, but
the judges may be tried, and the sentence
reversed, If found to be unjust. He thus
teaches that the pope's decision ought 70
be appealed from If unsatisfactory, and
should be examined, and reversed If found
to be wrong. We give his words, "Eece
puteinus illos episeopos, qai Romae judi
carunt non bouos judieos fuisse; restaoat
adhuc plenarium Ecclesiae universae con-
cillium, ubi ethan cum ipsis udicibus causa
posset agitari, ut 81 male judicasse convlcti
esseut, eorum sententiae solverentur," CT.
2, Epist 43, s. 10. 4-
Aud those Donatists did appeal to q
Council held at Aries, and as it occurred in
the previous decision, they appealed from
the decision Of the Council TO that OF the
Emperor, ,pho entertained the appeal and
pronounced his own decision, Ep. 4S, ). q.
Yet the Emperor never claimed infaiii-
bility.
These citations clearly show that NO one
can use the name Of Augustine in defence
OF papal iufallibility without forgery. for II
10 afixing his signature to . doctrine he
| ha(A he fro ia m AR
2. AS to Tertullisn, they refuse to sd:
NIT the forgery. 1t 10 not needful, we viii
provo it.
They say Tertullian testiRes to their doc
trine that the bishop of Rome is the only
infallible judge of all questions OF faith Q!
speaks Of Zone as the Church "s0hencs au
tbority eman0fes."
But If BY this, Tertullian meant to testi
fly to their dogma, he must have meant
that the Church of Rome, is the exclnsivs
source of Authority for the whole wsrid.
mont know perfectly well that he mean
nothing Of the sort. They know that b
was not claiming exclusive authority o.
universal authority for that Church ant
, they know that if they had quoted tn
whole passage all this would be evident
r the passage. The whole passage is as fol
lows:
{ Tertullisn, do ,praescrip adr. haeres, c. 81
"TrAverse the Apostolic churches where ar
> tho chairs Of the Apostles in which are seate
, which each one has as it were the sound of tn
voice and tho face OF the anther. Are 20
: near Aohaia, You have Cerinh. Are you nea
= Ga. Ifyou go towards Asia you have Ephesu
If you are near Italy you have Rome, whenc
- all authority 10 afforded U.s."
: The whole passage shows that he taugt
!; that there wero various centres OF Christia
}, intelligeoee for various countries, OF whie
# Rome was one. Suppress all but the La
aentence, and you have tho Jesuit devie
> to prove that Rome was the exclusiv
source Of Christian intelligence and az
9 thority for the whole world, according
It Tertulliap.
It simply Jalsehood others would certainl
Q denominste it forgery and no honost ms
q will fail to denounce it as fraud.
o Neither Of these terms fully deserib'
y the thing, but which describes it best,
y merely q question of taste.
l. Neither can they more safely rely G
their grand argument for infailibillty, tha
10 "the title Pope" has long since becon
10 peculiar to the Bishop Of Rome" Tb
10 same title "Pope," is the common title t.
,e day of the clergy of the Greek church, ar
ie 10 borne by tho hum blest OF its prieats, mol
l. of whom are infallible.
10 These assertions show the methods of Il
70 Romish Church to influence public opinio
H. The bearing of the argument is politics
ut It makes all who are governed by it, me
at political tools in the hands Of those WI
manipulate the dogma. For what are yo
ly private convictions against infallibilit!
l. 1t seemed to promise success. But it W
I'd overdoue. Bismarck has demonstrated
10, weakness, and sounded the key note Of
In overthrow. .....
o. Meantime, what is to be thought of II
ns faith of those who are fed on such arg
of ments and Of the morals of those who u
he them and Of the Christianity of til
Church, which sanctions and requir
he them7 '-it s..-.....
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