The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-09-01
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bic See has spoken, the case is settleS." l.
khen goes on to show that there were o
humber Of Sees founded by the Apostles.
such "a Jerusalem, Thessalonics, etc. Hence
Of these other Sees that had spoken, and
hot Rome. In that case our parsphrase Of
the text would, indeed, be fraudulent. 1t
becomes, therefore, simply @ question OF
history as to what See really gave the de-
oision referred to. As We bald above, it Is
unnecessary for Us to give any authorities
on that point. Oar neighbor itself, later on
in it's article, admits that it 'soas Rome
which had spoken. 1t says" Both Parties
fthe Catholics and the Pelagiaas] appealed
Ito the nearest Apost Ollie See, aud Innocent,
Bishop of Rome; became tie referee. Hs
decided against the Pelagiaus, and Angus
time had right to say 'the case is settled"
Therefore, if We can understand our
|neighbor's English, II ,cas Rome that spoke.
Whether Rome spoke as the Apostolic See
lpr merely as an Apostolic See, 10 anotAer
|auestion, but at any rate Rpme spoke"
|pu the occasion referredto, ard the expres-
sion is, by our .neighbor's 'own showing,
equivalent p Stoes tho original,
whether that be rendered a. tie Apostolic
|See'' or ian Apostolic See. ~ 1If It was Rome
|thae spoke, there is then no fraud in say
ing 90, but a perfectly fair re- statement Of
An original text. Az We have said before,
there is no forgery except in the active i'm
|Agination of bitter partisan who construes
IN oversight into Q crime.
Sd. Augustine and the other African.
Bishops entertained no idea Of Papal In
fallibility. Our neighbar asserts this of st.
Augustine in the face of his expression
that two Councils had sent to Rome on &C
+count of the Pelagian heresy that answers
having come from Rome, tue cause was
ended. He says, duo Concilia missa sunt
od Sedem Apostolicans Our neighbor
thinks that this ought to be translated,
p two Councils have sent to an Apostolic
tEee,n instead Of title Apostolic See." 1t
| Is true that the article being suppressed in
Latin, Apostolioo Sedes may mean either
he or an Apostolic See, and this must be
determined by other circumstances. 1t 10
+ true there were other Sees founded by the
|Apostles, but it is equally true that the
enstom of that time was, just as it is now,
10 distinguish Rome by the special title of
| a postolic See. If another See was meant
| in connection with such title it was men,
toned by name. It was especially the Gus
tom of St. Augustine to speak of Rome as
lie Apostolic See. In his essay against the
two Epiatles of the Pelapians, Book I'd,
ch. 3, p. s2s of the edition we consulted,
She phrase Apostolica Sedes 10 used four
hines on that page and the next as applied
| 10 Rome, and in ouch a way that 1t cannot
possibly mean any thing but the Apostohc
| See. On the frat only of those pages he
speaks five times of the Pope-"Papa To-
zimus," " Sanctus Papa Innocentius."
Besides which, We defy our learned neigh
Dor to show that any Council, general or
Especial, had ever or has ever applied to any
See whatever, exceptthe See Of Rome, to set
tle disputed point. The Presbyterian very
disingenuously asserts that the reason OF
their selecting Rome was that it happened
| Ito be the nearest, though it we'll knows, If
it knows anything of Church history, that
|sno other See, whether far or near, was ever
Eappealed- to to settle any such contention.
Again, how singular to suppose that
|Egrave Councils would appeal to Rome to
settle their doubts, without intending to
Mold them settled by its decision, and how
ssingular to suppose that st. Augustine
would exclaiua 30 pointedly and empbsti-
ca,iv that the question was settled by that
|decision when he did not believe I'll Our
Deighbor ought to get in the habit of look
ing at language as it is, and not as the e1-
|sponent of every remote and far-fetched
crotchet to the support of which an over
Jealous ingenuity can distort it. -.
And again, in the very answers-" res
cipta"-to which st. Augustine refers as
settling the question, Pope Innocent says
to the Council of Carthage, You deter
mined that your judgment should be re-
ferred to us, as you know what is due to
CkI,o t.