The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-11-09
The Warning and the Rejection.

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has made a solemn appeal to the Emperor a.
of Germany and the Emperor has spurned y,
his appeal. The correspondence, embody-
ing these two facts, will be found in an
other column. The letter Of the Pope
touches on three significant points first, a.
that the German Government has uader- a
taken "rigorous measures against tho re- G.
ligion of Jesus Christ )" second, that such C
measures will have the effect Of under- o
mining the Emperor's own throne" and +
third, that spiritual dominion over every I
baptized person belongs to the Pope. r
The Holy Pontiff says in his letter, that 6
he is bound in duty, to speak the truth 6
| to all baptized men, even though they are ,
! not Catholics. He is their pastor, though
they deny him, and he must point out to
them the right way. He is their father,
and, though they reject him, he must warn
them of impending danger. AS such he
speaks to the Emperor, and tells him, "your
throne will crumble."
When the Holy Pontiff, st. Leo, went
forth from Rome to confront Attila, it was
as the high priest of God speaking to an
Infdel, yet the awe-struck conqueror
heard him, and fearing lest he might be
treading ON sacred ground, withdrew his
hosts. He respected the warning of the
Pope. Now again after the lapse of ages,
venerable Pontiff of the same holy Church
= goes forth to confront another great inva-
J. der Of the prerogatives of Rome. He warns
# him again that his career is directed against
J, the Church of that great God who is called
- the God of armies and tells him to beware
L. of his own throne. Few and simple are
t, the words, yet awful is their significance.
N Does the Christian successor of the Bar
=. barian potentate heed them
I'd He replies with sneers and quibbles.
of Lacking the frank good faith of the 1nfidel,
pc he persists in his iniquity and tries to hide
it under subterfuges and sophistry.
re-, 1t is my duty, he says, "to preserve the
ers authority of the laws in the States whose
r." government has been entrusted to me b!
God" The authority of what laws Doe
esl- this honest casuist ignore the duty of Civ
'0' inc unto God what is God'sq Accordin
to his logic God has nothing; all
d to Cmsar's. 1t is certainly not his duty t
the maintain the laws of tho State when the
'rks infringe upon the spiritual domain, but
aay' ia his daty to abrogate such laws Instant
: i ic and Indignantly. The mere fact of thel
.ha being such laws gives him no advantag
He ought to, at least, claim that they a
laws within the province of the State.
will He insists that "the commandment
It st. ,a;,,oo 70 secular authority ia an ema
OF Oh alton of the revealed will of God" Do
700 he wish to deny that there is an ecclesla
Ill teal authority as we'll as secular ont
ia At Does he mean that the secular authorl
r. we swallows up the spiritual and leaves it
will province at all Z Does he imply that t
secular laws must be obeyed when tn
come in conflict with the divine law
our Certainly he makes no distinction on the
Ill be points, and certainly he knows full "
con that these points have all been rails
-" '.;,1 against him and his laws.
,res. The remark of his Majesty to the eff
istin- that he 10 supported In MS persecu'ious
blsh- the great majority OF his Catnohc supJeC
I'd we ia rather fanciful. His Majesty prooa
ill be considers it only a white lie. We supp
that Catholics in Germany are good
like those in America. That is, there
with class of men who, without any option
D give +h.;r ovD. have been born and reared
menus tholics, and who are eaten up with 81
o.u conceit. These gentlemen pride themsel
, ,anJ on being gems desprit, men Of sense, pers
assem- OF Original 'lo"s' ioo W." -.
deesrs. themselves. Ahey take Ste"' St0"i'
10 that themselves for NOT thinking hAe 'ne II
Jennie, of Catholics on ordinary questlons OF
titude. day az they arise. They differ with e
Is may fellow Catholics, they differ with L
: Ray priests, they differ with the Bishops, &
Station with the utmost sang troid, they differ e
h and with the Pope, on such subjects as III
D. VIII of Church and State, education, S
no l', schools, etc. These superior creatures
not hesitate to let their light shine be
"a who the eyes of their Protestant friends
If New admirers. They are quite willing to 81
rious the reputation, with all enemies of
Church, of being good fellows" emit
above bigotry, etc.
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