The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-09-29
From the Seuth western Prs:eyterian.i
rArsuIcAr1oN OF AU1HohIT1fe'
THE FATHERS.

ndOreed the t0ee u 1P". - &c cat y Il,
lying, "Roma locute causa an, NM, nno es it d
hey solemnly declared they cou,a prove ~ ~
nd were ready and willing to DO 90. w.
ave compelled them to acknowledge vna.
augustine did not say 60, anu .n0y =
s.eu:s t1sn: .Sossa q tSinf soe
INITIATED Of the sort that. in court OF Y
Justice they would probably style Jo''' Il
3. They also asserted that Tersni ma. en-. En-
aorsed the idea Of Papai ,nia, mhense an.
skor;tv emanates.n They are now com
neIlei to acknowledge that in the pess1sgee
rrefarred to. which We quoted In our iast
,rticle Tertullian does not claim Any LII
authority for Rome than tot hpnS Th;s,
s.ns;.tp.tssn ia Of "a kind which would be
verv damaging to a mans reputation for
3. they try to evade the char &c as TO-
Augustine, by asserting that the simiIsr IL
he really used, was l Pree cs1l their para
uhase Of it," This we denounce as an
other "mistake,N because it. involves
suppression Of the truth. He USED tne .an
Eaage in question.''an, or the a ARos to
report the decision Of particular case
which both parties had referred to II. Ou.
naiohbors seek to produce the imPIession
chat he taught thereby that the Papa o.
Rome is infallible when pronounciing IpG;n T.
any question of faith and morals. Is IL
honest to represent particular opinion,
as general maxim 49,: str,..
ton upon the words of Augustine 10 also
"a mistake because it involves q suggss.
snce Of a doctrinal question to the so.calied
Apostolic See of Rome, means that IT'S DE-
cisions were regarded as infallible. ihere
were various other Apostolic Sees, ana
here as was believed, tue teaching OF tnea a
Apostolic founders was preserved ana
transmitted. These were the centres from
r which the Missions radiated, and wnetne 81
, thew were so or not, at least they assss 70
have been, the places in which the 9oc-
trines of Christianity were best unoeI
stood. Tertullian refers 70 tnem IL tn"s
d view, as we have shown. And August.ne;
: as we have quoted, advises that "mooted
l. questions be referred to the judgment OF
y the Apostolic churches" In doing so he
IA plainly admits what Tertuliian and others
abundantly teach, that whas mace e, " ps"p
to the so called Apostolic See OF Rome
e would have made it jussn s incumbent TO
is the Greeks in q similar cAae, 70 refer 10 ID
t. Apostolic See of Corinth or Ephesus. -
ID claim then that by these words, Augustin
:. meant to teach that Rome had TIE e1cln
" sive right to pronounce on suc1 aueseloh'
40 is certainly 1'mistake:
Id S. The claim, that the respectful Ian
co prape Augustine used towards the Papa
" Rome, means that he held him lniaiiol'
o. Viz that such language could only be use
u of an infallible person. Augustine nao
&c great personal interest in that decislc
ut BE had fought the heresy with all b
on powers, and the condemnation OF Pelagia'
of lam was the endorsement Of his own orth
dow. The decision Of, Innocent was 2
=" ceptsble to him and when Zozimus una
nd heavy stress OF circumstances reiterae
nd the decision, he could afford to dwell le
'ts, on his prevarications, than on his concl
10, He accepted and praised the verdict. b
the man who gave il, is s'infallibte in de adj
lay ali questions Of faith and morals r.
no think not. =
the We are invited to believethat he regaI
ed these men az infallible because he call
them "Sancta papa" "beatae memoir
GA papa. holy papa, Papa Of blessed mennol
,est what shall we shink then of Athanasi
hr Paulinus, and Augustine himself, WAT
80 Jerome addresses az Beatissime y, faPa' ~
tous Epi HoA August. What shall We think of I
thly clergy Of Rome addressing Cyprian bish
i'm Of Carthage, as Benedictus, Beatlssl
-ara Gloriosissimus Papa. Blessed, most hapl
\ ~ most glorious Papa7 Ep. 8, ~. Eplss
." Rom ad Cyp.
him, The fact 10, nothing was more comm
10 "a than such compliments, and if it made
unit man infallible to be addressed so, infa
3er,a bles must have been as plentiful then
colonies are now-a-days.
Truly! the men who use such qu1bbl
ten to make out o case, may well say "l'
ap- not our infallibility which we are discu
rous ing" WIZ. -
ton But is this all IL ls not1 When
dr. make "mistakes" deliberately, systen'd tx
~ ly and for a purpose, the common word
usn it 10 not "infallibility," but FRAUD.
sum
this FALslFIcATIoN OF HISTORY.
inc Romauists SAVIOUR statement. in re-
give ence to Zozimus, "belongs to the categ
nta- of false assertions. Why if that assert
were true, it wonld at once, not only
this controversy, but wipe out the Cain
,oni. Church itselff"
Thus, so far from its being true that
"se' the parties 70 this transaction virtually
with iected Papaa Infailibility, not one OF Il
g to did 80. Not ZozimuB for he made no
,atly decision as slated; not Augustine and
ID to OTHER Bishope for they had no such ds'
do ~ 60 protest agafnst; not eventhe heIei
10 ~ themselves, for Pelagius never ca1le<
enos question the finality Of the Papai Pc
flea auen when its decision was against him