The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-01-28

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y Ifwiil 3eaye 70 theoloS Hans the disclssicH
OF the celebrated GcrlzSm cAaG OF EnRlnnd,
commented upon sOmewbat BY Mr.. AcCsr-
thy; yet cannot resist remafking What
commentary it IL npon the attributes Of tho
Be the q Holy Catholic Church. claiming
I" Apostolic succession" t'ene Faith, one
Church, one Baptism" that she has
no power to condemn heresy" no
power to declare what is or 10 not mere
sy !; no power to define articles of faith to
teach her children what they must and
must not believe /; In fact, no power to de-
clare anything, except "Opinions"-wha
could have been moro reasonable, natural
and logical, under such decision, than
DR.. NanniDg's deduction, that Church
which has not the right and power to de-
clare it's own doctrine, is no church at all,
and should not exist.
In speaking of Archbishop MaDning's
characterization, as the writer is pleased
to term 1t, but which is nothing more than
pure Catholicism, anti mammonism, anti
INSTRUMENTATION, Mr.. Mccarthy says: "Ihe
mere fact that a man gives reasons for nus
faith, seems shocking to this strangely
gifted apostle of unconditional belief:
Though You were to accept on .bended
knees, ninety nine of the DEGREES of Rome,
you would still be, in his mind, o hereto,
if you paused to consider the acceptance of
the hundredth dogma" Truly, MIR. Nc
Carthy is ''little acquainted with theologi-
cal subjects" and certainly does not min
gle much with Catholics, or he would
know that such is the belief of the hum
blest of them-How could it be otherwise,
believing, as we do, our Church to be the
true and infallible one With which Christ
promised to remain "always, even unto the
contamination of the woodland against
which He has promised the "Ga'es of He'll
should not prevail'-If we believe her at
all, we must believe her in all she teaches,
whether ono dogma or one hucdred-sho
cannot be right in ore and wrong in an
other, else she is not infallible; and we
must and do believe her with blind, I'M
questioning faith; because bis Church
teaches it, is reason enough for Catholic
to believe implicitly doctrine or dogma;
for he knows she cannot err.
Mr.. Justin McCarty, aided only by the
eight" of his "private Judgment" cannot
prompted that holy mau of the twelfth
century, Richard de st. Victor, TO cry out,
"If we are in error, OH Lord, to thee must
We attributef1itw or that prompted that
holy Doctor of the Church, st. Augustine,
who certainly was acquainted with theo-
non credarem, nisi Catholice Ecclesip
commoveret auctoritas." Wwould not be-
lieve the Gospel, unless the authority Of
the Catholic Church moved me to it."
| Mr.. Mccarthy goes on to say: 81 have
| never heard from any other source, any
thing 40 clear, complete and astonishing as
his (Dr. Manning's) cordial acceptance of
| tration OF all reason and judgment before
the supposed supernatural attributes of the
| Papal throne"
Not supposed Mr.. Mccarthy, but be-
liered and kno,cn; for Archbishop Manning
is acquainted with theological Subjects u
and k'.o,os the Papal attributes.
| How beautifully and forcibly did DR.
Manning express the shortcoming of the
English Church to meet and satisfy the
eternal longings of the soul =! After de-
scribing the ''Chapel of his Youth," the
.little Church under the green hill side
he says "Nothing is more beautiful in the
natural order, and if there acre no eternal
world, could have made it my Aome."
| In concluding his article on Archbishop
Manning, the writer says: 81 think such a
man is a remarkable phenomenon in our
age the position he occupies is
England could set up the faintest claim to
such place +" He is the spirit, the
soul, the ideal of medieval faith, embodied
in the form of a living English scholar and
gentleman he is a man worthy OF
profound interest, Of study and eren of ad-
miraton."
Well, yes, Mr.. Mccarthy, should think
such u man as you have pictured Arch
bishop Manning, is worthy of admiration,
end without that little plausible word
:" even in there.
In conclusion Mr.. Mccarthy says he does
not 'expect the readers of the GALAXY to
| have any sympathy with the opinions the
| illogical or political, of such mann-which
is saying but very, very little for the intel
lect or appreciation of his readers proper.
| | congratulate myself, if such is the class
he writes for, that l am not one of taem.
ALoYSIUs.
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