National Republican., 1873-11-11
ttcrancc, Of the church arc tho only ,afesu,rt-

u!teranscs of the Church arc thoOnlJ safeguards
No Catholic asserts that priest is infallblo,
the doctrines OF the Church. II there be dis
putes they are referred TO The Bishop. and, "
necessary, then TO the hrchbishop, OF. on further
appeal, to Rome, the nnal atbiter. THIS Il the
history Of the Church In every age. There never
was question or difficulty that wa. not nc.
clded at Rome. It was only within the past
thrc7 hundred year that ihl4 question o' inial-
lnHlity presented any diflguly. " gIrW Wit ~
the question: u determining the Nlidiiy " rcr-
tam napa decree+ rnrn henioIa;iA tDDS up
the question. SImc maintained that theT were
the lttetAnces OF tho CHURCH; others held that
they were not. Then came up tho question
whether general council could Issue DEGREES
independent Of the Pope. Al theologians ar
gued that the Church spoke only wncn inc coun.
uil spoke through the Pope.
Thcn the question arose, must there he pgrcc-
nent hotw0on themi This gave rigp 10 Discus
sion. II was said, II you believe that the au.
thoritatlye voice Is only through general c0un.
cils, which havo only been held about every two
hundred and nfty years, then You must walt q
long time for the decision Of tile Church. THIS
theory found very few supporters. 1'nen We had
modern Gacanism. II was deemed suniclent
that the Pope should issue his decree. SO, after
two hundred and ATTY ,yesrs discussion, It be-
came necessary TO decide, and tue question was
really brought up by those who had left the
trlnc. after all? Ask O lawyer what he wonl'l
think OF law without guide to Interpret II, or
| of a constitution without an arbiteis
| LOON NJ tne supreme tOntt. " uOCs not make
laws, but 1t iniefprets them. Its authority Is su.
preme, and every argument used against the
Pope can he nscd against the supreme Court as
lnfalllhle authority. Cases are carried up on APP
peal from one higher court TO another, and the
decision OF the Chlef Justice Is nnal. lie has le-
| gal infalliblllty. hut u he sometimes makes
mistakes he ought 10 he spared. Tor no has not
| the Holy Ghost to back him.
The reverend speaker then proceeded to prove
| the doctrine OF infallhity from various texts OF
| Scripture, dwelling particularly aud At length
| upon the passage wherein the saviour addresses
| Peter as the rort upon which the Church u
| built, and against which the gates OF he'll shall
not prevail. To him had been given the keys OF
the klnsdom-andby the keys was meant power,
| authority,
The power TO bind and loose was conferred on
i him aud his successors. THIS was o spiritual
| power-onc not confined to the apostolic age, hut
| to hold good In his successors In the ministry
through all coming time, even to the consun-
nation Of the world.
We had read OF the house that was built on
the sand, and how the wind aud the ruin and tho
storm came aud swept It away. Dat the house
that was built on the rock stood nrmly, ani will
continue to stand. The dissenters Of the SIX
| teenth century did not build on rock.
| The reverend lecturer continued to comment
at length on various texts OF scripture In sup
perorstlon, In which he strongly rebuked th'
| nateTinlistic spirit Of the age, around who's,
bloody head tlattered the bloody ruins o
Partisan age In which tho enemies OF truth ire
| actively at work, and In which men professedly y
In sympathy with the Church were engaged ID
nefarious attempts to crush her religions instl'
tutlOns,