Saint Mary's beacon., 1873-02-06

Bishops IN waterford N i'll a6vUx
ffthly. sitter the IiberstioS 1t1snd
from England II Bannacte the
consequent invitation of brl Nj.
Edward. TO Be king Of 1rslsl 1lj
Of Adrian pfe1sed 70 the s1 ~
'menstrance, which the Irish z "a
Pope John XIII. sesiuSs :
The same Bull. moreover, Il /.
the remonstrsnce itself, a I = -
ireland and q copy Of that ~
Iiugiy srnt bsrk by the Pore 3s11
II. OF England. for hi.. uss {foS1
circumstances. We have. To-
Cardinal Baronius, In his q :. tku
.Annsles Ecclesia.tici, uudes 3 !.
his grsn, OF ireland TO His Z - 8
full. or. as ID said. .ex eodii <|
diploma dstum ad Henricuk
Regem' We have. seventh
N the BulIarium Ron anuuu.
Rome, In 1889. The cisai1 r. )
ences in support cg oil the q IEflS-
ments will be found in the - II
Illustrations OF my edition of II
eidium' for the Irish 7Archt II So
eiesy 10 1850. given 10 such 1iSsf d
must satisfy the most sccptie -
I Examining Shese srgumsn GShil.
will follow the order thus q NJ 81
Mr.. O'Callaghan.
I've meet, In the fss ~. The
testimony Of John Of Salisb NO, ia
his !Netalogiexs Oib iv.. cap writes.
thst being in IN official csps} ~ Pa
pal Court. in 1855. Pope Ad then
granted the inves,i,ure Of Ir& - tie
iilustrious King Henry the 8 Il Duk-
land 4 lo7' nod 49,
do not wish in any va 6esrsrt
from the praise due TO John |lsbtry,
who was at this time one d ablcst
courtiers of Henry II. ~, the
words here imputed to him - tskcn
with great reserve. Inserss 3hey are
in the last chapter Of bis wo1 lh0y are
not at all required by the ri: By
cancelling them the whole S<8 runs
smoother. and is more conn IL every
way. This is the more striI 10 an
other work Of the same wri( th7ch Is
entitled Plye,aticas, We tnl WITH i de-
tailed account OF the varioJ Incidents OF
his embassy to Pope Adris vet he there
makes no mention Of the Hull 10 Henry's
favor. or Of the gold ring nd its fiue en-.
erald. or Of the grant of ireland, an oi
which would have been =. important for
his narrative. .a- T -
We mus. also hold ia mind the time
when Miulogic.s was written. The au-
thor himself fixes its date; for, immedi-
ately before asking the prayers of those
who read iiis bS6k. aud those who hear il
read he tells us that the news Of Pope
Adrians death had reached him a little
time before. and he adds that bis own pa.
tron. Theobald. Archbishop Of Canterbu.
ry. though still living. was weighed down
BY many in6rmitics:5 Now. Pope Adrian
departed this life in 1859. and the death
Of Archbishop Theoball happened 10 1851.
Hence. Gale and the other editors of John
Of Salisbury's works. without dissentien,
voice. refer the Letuloyirus to the year
ll59.
Now. it is 8 matter beyond the reach oil
controversy, that If Henry the Second OBJ
tained the invcstitnre Of Ireland from
Adrian w.. he kc?. this grant stric. Sc.
u. =
/ ty years, /. e., from 1l55 TO ITS. no
mention was made Of the gin of Adrian.
Henry did not refer to it when authorizing
his vassals to join Disrmaid in 1857. when
Adrian's Bull would have been 50 oppor-
tune to justify his intervention he did
not mention it when he himself set out for
Ireland to solicit and receive the homage
of the Irish princes he did not even re-
fer to it when he assumed his new title
and accomplished the purpose of his ex-
pcdition. The Council Of Casbcl. in 1172,
was the FIRST episcopal assembly after
Henrys arrival in ireland the Papal
Legate was present there, and did Adri-
ans Bail exist il should necessarily have
engaged the attention Of the assembled
Fathers. Nevertheless. not whisper as
TO Adams grant was to be heard a. ,ha,
famous Council. Even the learned edi-
tor of 'Cambreusis Eversus.' whilst warm
ly asserting the genuinencss Of Adrian's
Bull. admits there is not any. even the
slightest authority. for asserting that its
existence was known in IRELAND before the
year 1l72. or for three seats fttF-(vol
H.. p. 440. note y. tits extremely die.
6suls. in any hypothesis. to explain in q
satisfactory way this mysterious silence oi
Henry the Second. nor is il easy to un-
ders.and how fact 50 important. 80 vital
to The interests Of ireland, could remain
50 many years concealed from those who
ruled the des.inies Of the Irish Church.
For, We must hold in mind, that through
out that interval ireland numbered among
its Bishops one who held the important
Office Of Legste Of the Holy See; our
Church had constant insercourss With
England and the continent. and through
st. Laurence O'Tccle and hundred 9th.
er distinguished prelatcs, enjoyed in the
fullest manucr the confidence Of Rome.
/ II Adrian granted this bull 70 Henri d
the soticisation Of John of Salisbury il
ll5o. there IS but one sxplaua,ion for the
silence OF this courtier in his diart. a &c
forth in the -Polyers,icus.' and for n,
conceslu.ent ce The hull itseiffrosn the n
ish bishops and people. viz: that this @
creey sas required BY the state policy O
the English .mosarch. And. il IL be %
bow then eau ne be asked to a.imi, Is cshu
ine this passsge' of the sMetai5siens.' Il
which the assuss agent Of Henry. sill eo6
!, tinuing to diacharge sfkess Of do highes
trust 10 the Conrt. tosld proclaim 70 th'
I world as early as the year f15y, Tia
j Pore Adrian bad tnsde this for6xl krsn
I of ffslisas % his royal MASTER. -sdsd ssa
The sOlemmsrcond Of theisveseiAnrs oftki
high disai.y WAS preserved IL ~ spsbls