The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-12-28
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l. In shis place the letter of the Emperor. n il
: had not been made public by the Official Jour
nal In Berlin altogether without our knowledge
. with another letter written by Our hand. in
. which We appealed for tho Catholic Chnrch
In Prussia to tho Justice Of tho most Serene
! The things which We have thus far recount
ed are before the eyes of all: wherefore while
Religious and Virgins dedicated to God are
deprived OF the common liberty of cftizens
and are exiled with cruel harshness; while
public schools, in which Catholic youth arc
educated, are day by day further withdrawn
tho Church while societies founded for the
nurt1rlng OF piety, and even the seminares of
preaching the Gospel is hindcreI, wbile L ia
prohibited In certain parts of the kingdom TO
tsach the elements of religious education in
| the mother-tongue, while tho priests are forci-
bly, taken away from tho parishes over which
| they were set by the bishops themselves, are
deprived OF their revenues, coerced, by fines,
| and menaced by threats of imprisonment.
| while Catholics are disturbed by vexations OF
every kind, Is it possible that We should re-
eeive INTO our mind that which is laid before
us viz, that neither tho religion of Jesus Christ
nor the trnth is called in question.
Nor is this tho end of the wrongs which are
inflicted upon the Catholic Church For to
this must be also added the patronage which
has been only taken up by the Prussian and
the other Governments of the Germanic Empire
In behalf OF those new heretics who call them
which would be truly ridiculous, il 1t were
not that 30 many monstrous errors Of that sect
against the chief principles OF the Catholic
faith, so many sacrileges in Divine worship
and in the administration of sacraments, so
many gravest scandals, so great havoc Of
souls redeemed in the Blood Of Christ, did not
rather draw abundant tears from our eyes
The attempts, indeed. and the aims OF these
unhappy sons of perdition appear plainly,
Of all from that impio1s and most impudent
Of documents which has lately been published
by him whom they have set up for Themselves
as their so-called Bishop. For they deny and
pervert the true authority of Jurisdiction
which is in the Roman Poutif and the bishops
The successors OF the Blessed Peter and the Apos-
les, and transfer it to tho populace, or, as they
'ay to the community; they stuLbornly reject
lnd assail tho infallibe teaching authority of
The Roman Pontiff and of the whole Church;
md, contrary to tho Holy Spirit who has been
Promised by Christ to abide In His Church for
yer, they audaciously affirm that the Roman
'ontif, and the whole of the Bishops, priests
aith and communion, have fallen into heresy
I the Geumenical Vatican Council There
ore they deny oven the iudefectiblity Of the
'hurch, blasphemously saying that it has per-
shed throughout the world, and that its visi-
lie Head and its Bishops hive fallen away;
Or them to restore the lawful Episcopate in
heir pseudo bishop, man who, entering not
y the gate, but coming in another way, has
rawn upon his head tho condemnation OF
;brist.
Nevertheless, those unhappy men who would
ndermine the foundations OF tho Catholic re-
gion, and destroy its character and endow-
tents, who have invented such shameful and
anifold errors, or rather have collected them
'gcther from tho old store Of hsretcs are not
'hamed to call themselves Catholics, and Old
atholics; while by their doctrine, their nov
~ and their fsw9ess they give up all mark
ronger right against them than in former
lys, by the mouth OF st. Augustine against
10 Donatists, tho Church which 10 spread
broad among all nations, which Christ, the
IN of the living God, has built upon the rock,
.ainst which the gates OF hell shall not pre-
ill, and with which He, TO whom all power
Is been given in Heaven, and upon earth, has
,omsed that he will remain all days to the
ID of the world, "cries out to the Eternal
'ouse: why do those who have gone from
g lost declare that it is who have perishedS
lnounce to me the fewness Of my days; how
ug shall bo in this wOrldi Tell Il. to me
r the sake of those who say that she was
ID now she Is not; for the sake Of those who
y that the Scriptures have been fulfilled, the
tions havc believed, bat the Church has
ostatized and persisted from all nations.'
ri IL was ans w9red nor the voice
ipJy In what words was IL announcedl
hid dn triM yoH until The contamination Of
tcorld TUat is, moved By your words and
d your false opinions, the Church asks of
ID TO make known to her tho fewness of her
ys; aud she huds that the Lord has said:
hold I trih you until he contamination Of
U0rid Here you will reason thus: OF
it is said that VIC are and VIC shall be until
0 end of tho world. Let Christ DO asked:
ID this Gospel. He says shall be preached in the
ole tcortd, IN testimony 10 all nations, Gad then
III the end come. Therefore, until the end OF
. world, is the Clutch among all nations
y herettes perish; may they perish as they
,, and he fouEd to become what they arc
!" august, in Palm Io1, cnuarrat.2, num-,
D..
Bat these men, going on more boldly in the
y of iniqnity and perdition az by q jast
ve wished also to form to themselves Hier-
Concluded on eighth pAge.l