New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-09

In ms right presily PRAYER n @ @ vnder on
infaiIible Ponef Not less painful Is the i'ot
that this dogma tho eF Roman Catholics and
90 not only against us and the Orlent3~
ne 90 ia and the ono shepherd hg which lie diu n1o
mean a pope. Bat stu more lmpOrtaht t,'u ~ Ji,
.lI .co - th unity and communion VITA God when
tis new dogma has made into law II tnG Si"tuu -
ngsS ,a,1 tho kingdoms OF the world, We might sun
tSink tbat there been despoto government, Wiz
hove constituted a strong unity, one person coHhtuu
i"r wttb sovereign power the rest rendering uuooni
tiuna obedience But in such desp0uc ~ ~
.i Cbirh where j. rel g0H which Is not relation oi
man with man bat With God himseff Tbat Is INC SUI
dest feature of the now DOGMA tat eyon ~ ~ 4, he
reference uubv DESTROYED in the name OF uhy III tIo
relation Of God TO the Church or the DcAeHr. onoo
that now Rome is 10 be tina source OF the EI"uU,
ruucatons Of the Holy Spirit Immediate communion
OF the believer with his God Is dchuitoy done away
With 10 Is no longer 10 DO taught OF Cod no long 10
be capable Of personal assurance OF SalYdu0n IN ll5
own soul ana enabled 20 decide spiritually ie5peoLInS
all thnfs The Insertion OF ths human mediator sep
arates che believer henceOrh, from his God, IN ue-
sfic manner and It rs said 10 be CO.'S VII anu cou
nand TO thiuk OF HIM afar OF and Represented On
Whennow we look at the person who, as IA the an
the dogma, invented in the supposed nerests oi
unity, disclOses here again deep ana runpus osou
ton OK good aud natural unity II is essential to mo
nature of Christianity tnat nght and life enlightenment
aud sanoiihcaOu should De insepar0Oe 10 create new
urrsnns aud ceuters OF lite IL the peculiar work OF the
Holy Shirt Bat tho new dogma is the b0licst express
the separation O these works o. tlo smnt, ~
fahiify aud the constant guidance o. the Holy opirt
are Claimed for the Pope, without az the same ume
thinking or the associated claims OF religion ana moral
stuctity Moral rcprobafes have disgraced the Roman
throne Is then tie Holy Spirit 10 10 chained fast To
such vessels should they again ascend the throne
tlrOn qh majority OF uninspred cardinals God caused
a BALKAN and n Caiaphas 10 prophecy ana thtroiy
showed his trCe1Om ana supreme p2Wer even over ~
enemies But IN this Go1s freedom Is 70 Dc bound
to those who have assembled The throne OF ST. Peer by
human modes OF election when have been frequently
eli lngtd; yea are so often accompanied win Aumah
q Ihc unity Of the Church has been poorly provided
for by dogma. ana # tho same license with assn-
anre which Tor tAe Catholics IS based upon unity We
nave seen how by the new dogma OF iniMhhiIiY'
modem Catholicism hao emancpdttd I,seii ION L-C
historical tradition and thereby fallen into botoiniss'
abyss, siuce TIE principle OF suDecuysn mas bee uh'
chained ~ tue Pope aud Is invested WIN soVeIe6n.y
over the Church. Uencefurth We cannot Know WhiJ
the substance OF the genuine tmth may be, WA aa-
dttona matter 10 may De necessary lor saw 70
believe that is not necessary to-day or
what doctrines OF aith and morals are 70 De cA9diheu
in the future m sense d"fen ron thlt OF tht
and OF primitive Christidnty ~. This on, thing alone
stands last ~ me uuth OF truths hHitNtt w NC
dral hateyer Its purpor Is 10 be regarded as
ana divine simply from tho fact that 1t mas Deeh
d. Tnis infnilloism is Machine we'll calculated to
compel Obedience nominal and Toal, TO- an appearance,
phantom OF unity; nut u hkeW wise reuuerS Ilc OIslii
substance OF Christianity unsafe and uncertain qua
rOhs OF its internal rCdGmpve Yauo For IN Accord
with this system the substance OF ChrlsuamJy Is
essentially indifferent II only TINS ono thng Is men
Roman consequently OF tie divine form), th1t
formal authority thus Invested with the DIVINE right
stamp OF truth; that IS that the whole tendency o.
modern Catholicism is 20 make nc cnIire suhsan,o o.
CcJ The form OF the finished hicrarchca constitution
bendVeS itself the controlling power over the sub
OF Christianity, II disputes and swallows mp tho
ght of this substance TO give conviction Of s trGth,
the Background lies the dOu0t whether the truth would
reveal itself truth in accordance with It's intrinsic
background Of modern Catholicism IS skeptcism, when
doubts whether the substance OF truh can DC Known az
truth. THIS hicrarchical form which DEGREES what
is to be esteemed as uat3, 10 thus Analy to
air In n
those auxiliary doctrines upon which It Is bdllt -
the 1rJeSthoot from The laty The endowment of the
former with divine power fO1 the sacrament OF penance,
aisOluOn, discipline transubsCanation, tho sacrifice
of the mass the living and the dead, Ge. Bat not
tue hierarchy have the knowledge OF tine truth
They are with geferenCe TO the aty. the lords Of their
fdth bnt themselves not free IN Cod but slaves
for the servant knOweth not what his lord dOeth Ius
in this system art -Ronaui.m aud Nomsm combined
in tue Pope. Authoritarian, for IL s nos the power OF
the oblccuye CYlne truth attestug lseU tat decides,
bur the judn ent of the subject IN the people, NOnsn
for the duty bound TO submit % that which tney
not understand aud which docs not attest !tseli as
truth.
O) What is assurance without truthl Error can never
give assurance ofuse but merely unsafe, huctuating
opinion for our spirit destined for the TRUTH ~ which
alone II hnds IT'S hOme its rest and It's peace We can
not make the truth; must accept II as IL IL and a5 II
proves Itself to be by It's ability TO give MS iul ana d.
vine Of Itself. EOw the Pope would make
truth be truth, indeed that he holds aud claims
tnat what ne speaks is inspired and not only Is he In
yOy IN the arbltrariness Of subjecuys, but to raise
al those VINO obey MAJ for their arbitrary Will elected
hln To Dc the mead ana oracle OF the church Whe ne
uses his arbitrary Will 10 commend and govern, his
cate it, Both alike arbitrary. both are equally guilty
e) The assurance peCuDg Christianity sought IA this
way fees from Ana II Is che same with The unity Of
the Church, as we nave seem what Is the UNITY OK the
Cnurcn without truthi II is journalism. Inc dictator
snip OF the aud tho Obedience OF the other
sttute an ecclesiastical empire having external
appearance OF UNITY; but without the truth and the
an ecclesiastica body lacks TIE Immediate communion
of It's members with tue living God, and Is duaisn
a. How very different that unity Of the Church which
Is constituted and cherished by the word of the Spirit
Tho p l. al md "a fu
to all the institutions Of nature such as marriage the
family, ana the state. But the empire OF tie Pope
desires to DO a spiritual empire above all States aud
yet Is itself only form OF government induced with
almost az tho Attributes on tne otte even INC pO"I OF
coercion, thereby becoming hurtful TO religion. which
moreoycr hostile To fe statc when ia conscious OF It's
office and endeavOrs 20 realize its idea. For the
empire OF the Pope 10 government which would per-
wade entire Chris ndon and an OF s Sta'es supreme
them all even IA external aIirs; second STATE
IN every state, That IL must sooner or later come In
collision with every one OF them that does not submit
itself II Is great error, have Germany,
TO suppose tns the State can ayOid this conflict by not
troubling itself about TINS Church. II tho state does not
trouble itself about this Church, IL Will trouble Itself
about the state. and appropriate moro aud more the
States prerOgttiyes
the state apples itself 10 its duty Of caring for
national education ald training II will have TO contend
ing and instruction. If the State would inspect the
Catholic institutions for the training OF the young and
the education OF the clergy IN order to sec whether
they abused " corrupt the national spirit h the
youth with sectaran hatred oOnspre against the inde
pendent rights Of tue state implan serVle doctrines
respecting the superiority OF foreign sovereign, the
Pope the State, and ncu.cate dsooedenee to the
State when required by ChuTchthen thore must be
a conflict with This Church. II tue State, as In duty
bound protects from violence the freedom OF those OF its
citizens who have assumed vows of celbacy and the
closter aud nave gwen the Catholic Church the right
furnishing them in body estate, and honor should
they break these vows, who, however have subse-
quenty that these VOWS are sinful and that 1t
would be fresh sin to keep them-then the ROmish
Church complains that its freedom mas been violated,
and there is conflict Or II the Romsh Church misuses
its accommodation and the threat OF the ban, for the
purpose OF preventing Catholic judges and magistrates
the fuhinont or their duty even when against
the interests Of the ROmsh Church. for the purpose
OF gaining political tliumphs dt the polls the State
has simply alternative either to repress such abuse
OF spiritual authority 10 DO recreaAs ~ duty and
honor. mimi.
The modern spiritual state Of the Iniaibilsts, gov
erped by Jesulsts would mass the Catholics com
nactiV fOQpfhpr ag "A parucuar nation In state