The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-02-16

They declared thxs he saidi In reference to 10
what he never said; 3. In Publishing the quo
tation in our article, Oct. 9Th, they isisihes
same way Nov. ION. s. In tbsir Paper q
Sept. str, % II to add qualification to fraud
ass e Of pe ss g. Trey publish Without reply
our exposure Of fraud preetioed ON their req
ders Z. In their Paper Of Dec. 22d, they deny
that they praetioed any fraud; 8. And aieel
that oar q uotation and theirs is identical; 8
We might odd that in tho same Paper Of Nov.
10th, they deliberately deceive their readers
BY leaving ont paragraph denouncing their
their Paper Of Jan. 12th, they assure their rea-
doris that I've never controvertcd their other
quotations."
Lack of space prevents our enumeratina
other Wenigerisms connected with this point.
Weniger himself We think however that ton
Wenigerisms in reference to . single point, is
| sufficient to enable any one to appreciate the
truthfulness oftheir narrative.
PRACTICAL AVAILABILITY.
! The absnrdity of all the arguments adduced
In favor Of infsllibility, show that the zeal of
for che truth of it. but out of zeal for the
use to which it is to be applied. According to
Bishop Elders recent address to the militant
! union ofNew Orleans, "the duty of Catholic
is to do what the Church commands him to
do" According to the new dogma, the pope is
the organ Of the Church; the pope is infaliible;
all tho popes were infaliible. Their iDjunc-
! tions must be obeved. Romish travelling lee
turers tell tbs that they are striving to secure
the ascendency Of Ronanism in this country.
They tell us they aresttrs to succeed! If they
do, It will be their duty to see that all the
Church-that 10 the pope--commands, or has
| commanded, be put into effect throughout the
would that suit those who differ from Roman
ists in matters Of religion They boast that
| the Church OF Rome has never changed, and
cannot change Would not the ascendency of
Romanism in that case, reviye the atrocities OF
| the middle sgese IT, ~. "
This 10 a serions question.
| Leo X In his Bull of 1520 against Luther,
says: at 10 clear as the noonday sun that the
popes my predecessors hare nerer erred in their ca
| mons or constitutions"
Plus TX in his syllabus, says: "THe popes
| haze nerer preceded the limits Of their poser"
We ask intelligent Romanists to- read with
care, the following extracts from tho Canon
Law of the Romish Church. We would like to
know whether they are willing by swallowing
| the dogma to pledge themselves to aid in car
| rying out these atrocious, and deyilish cruel
| tics, against any and all who teach think
differently from what tho Romish Church
prescribesf
We quote from the edition of the Corpus
Juris Canonioi-Body of Canon Law-pub-
lished A. D., 1879, uudef-tf te authority of pope
Gregory, XIII. OF course We are prepared to
DECRETALs OF GREGORY, IN
LIsER, v. TITU9us, VII
CHAPTER 9.-Lucius, III.
For the destruction of all who hold, or do
not fear to teach otherwise than the most holy
| Roman Church teaches aud observes, with res
pect to the body and blood OF our Lord Jesus
Christ. or Of Baptism, or of Confession of sins,
sacraments; or generally, whoever the same
Roman Church, or individual bishops, with
counsel of clerics throughout their dioceses,
or elerics themselves the See being vacsut-
| vvtk ala ha f,,I oc
neghboring bishops, shall judge to be here
tics,-we bind with the chain of perpetual
austhems. We nevertheless, by this present
detected in heresy, or confused by the darkness
Of whatever religion, ho shall be stripped of all
ecclesiastical rank, despoiled of every eccles-
iastical Office and benefice, and relinquished to
theseculRr authorities for suitable punishment;
| unless after the rebuke of his error imme-
diately and spontaneously he returns to the
unity of the Catholic faith and consent to
publicly adjure his error according to the
judgment of the bishop, and exhibit suitable
satisfaction. But q layman, unless-as has
been already said, he immediately adjures his
hercsy, gives satisfaction, and aees to the or
| thodox faith, shall BIO left to the secular au-
thority. to receive punishment according to
tho quality of his crime.
But if any who are mobiles, are found under
suspicion merely, unless they show their per-
sonal Innocence by suitable purgation, ac-
cording to the character of the suspicion, they
are subjected to o similar sentence. Those also
who after the abjuration of error, or who after
having purged themselves by examination of
thajudge, are found to have relapsed into the
heresy abjured, We decree that they shall be
remitted TO the secular Judge withSnt fGfther
nearing. We decDae moreover, that Counts,
barOns, Rnletss O0naHfs &c cities and other
plAcses aeeording to the Adunonltlon of the
bishops, shalt agree TO take corporaliyNa oath,
| that they will faithfully and eaacaciOusly when
required, assiat the church against heretics and
their accomplloes, and this In good faith and
according 70 THAR ofAce and power. But if
| they refuse let them u despoiled Of the honors
| ehsy pcpsessf and OF power 20 assume others.
let them be bound By decentralization and
their territories placed under the fnterdict of
the Church. But the city which shall oppose
these commands, or which contrary to the ad.
inonition Of the bishop, shall neglect to punish
those Eesisting them, shall be deprived of com
merce with other cities, and of the EPISCOPAL
! dignity. But IL any are exempt from diocesan
jutfsdtstion, subject to tue Apostolic See alone,
aeYerkheless in those things ldecreed against
tas@hsEetlcs, thsyshalisubmit to the iudgmsnt
| OF The blshcpsAaud- withSfanding their
priy sa-obey them III this Respect as II they
] were delegated By the APOSTOLIC Beo. s,zsgE- :