The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-10
THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE FORE.

Lecture by tho Right Rev. Bishop
Lynch, OF Charleston-How the Tenn
poral Power Came no he Esta blished
and Respccted-lts Fall = Passing
Event-Its Resurrection Certain and
Necessary. % ,nkd ln -rfE. no
The Right Rev. Bishop Lynch. Of Charleston, lee
tured last evening to an immense concourse OF
people in st. Michaers church, Thirty-second
street and Ninth avenue, on the Temporal Power
OF the Popen The right reverend lecturer 0peaed
his discourse by showing how every natica had
It's own spesiai question In winch It ~"us SUPPRESSED
TO be interested. There was orrr question $50
weleh was wurNr Elae D its interest because
y concerned Dot one nation alop,e, but the entire
"o.~ "ns,lever the burning CLEAN of Catholicity
."'u rs influence TINS question was the depriva-
aon OF the Holy Fath'r OF his temporal domlnions.
In Rome there ", said Bishop Lynch, an aged,
venerable map shut up in the home Of his prede-
cessors, virtually q prisoner, stripped Of those
rights. Which all history must acknowledge he
prosidentiaiy and Justly Inherited Thirteen years
ago he was in possession OF all those rights With
out any notice. any declaration OF war, any indca-
ton OF malicious design, four-ffths OF them were
three years ago taken away, and the other fifth
would have followed had not cry Of indignation
risen from out the breasts OF the whole Catholic
world.
How did the Pope come to be temporal prince
In answer to this question the eminent Doctor
went far back into the pages OF ecclesiastical and
profane history-to the first days Of Christianity
to the crucihXiOn OF ST. Peter and the founding OF
the Vatican upon his tomb then went into q long
detail Of the pagan kings Of the East, and related
under their sway up to the reign OF the Christian
Constantine and Pope sylvester. Constantine left
Roms and set up his throne In
TYNE f?Rs sSs. sa's ss
view which history records between Attila the
scourge Of God, and Pope Leo, in which the latter
found on earth, in saving Rome from the barbarian
King. AS time rolled on the Iombards, q Wild
savage n race came ana se b t vaH
Emperor OF Rome could not subdue them. At
length they said to him, I'VE care not for you; we
Rome, and him we will hear" For seventy years
no civil power was there exercised. The Pope at
tel, Pepin and Cbarlemagne, until finally
all agreed, In common and perfect
could exercise authority over He what was a them
known, established and has existed as the Papal
dominions. For eleven hundred years this tenn
gone. The world sees in its downfall nothing, but
we recognize in it an unbearabe evil which pre-
course with his subjects throughout the universe.
The question Is, Shall the Pope be q sovereign or
e the
He will be sovereign again, because it is matter
ofnecessity that he should be- and God will remedy
Of hell cannot prevail against His Church.
The pOSsumuS OF Plus the Seventh
placed him in prison anu ne was restored. The
present Pope has been already banished. He was
restored and his enemies scattered to the winds.
The present crisis is but a passing event. The
temporal power will be brought back by the right
hand OF Him who bestowed 1t, and he Bishop
Lynch trusted he would live to see the grand old,
cisng unrestricted authority in his rightful domn-
IONS as he always continues to exercise his spir
itua authority In matters OF ecclesiastical interest
The Right Reverend Bishop ended with q beautiful
apOstrOphe to this efIect His lecture was excel
lently delivered and listened to with the deepest
attention. r-.. -.- be-. .Ifar md ...r