New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-09

doctrine OF tyrannicde has been heard rom the pups
M tbe most conservative OF religious bodies. Generally
speaktng however the Church Of Rome Is the natural
ally and supporter OF e Sl Seon9
I'm that Church. that the body OF the people are inca
pabe Of ana nd tse 20 nSty on e"oesas
teal control To this reasoning " IN oIen repeu Wv a
vocates OF the Roman Catholic system that rfotesahe
ism onena door 10 boundess tyranny by leaving the
ton;nara noyer without any check from the ecclesas
teal The State, it. said proves omnipoten' .aS
Of ecclesiastical censure,. and is left free 20
POSeriu nrde re''rdi the medieval system He
NAV even violate the rights OF conscience with I'm,
puny The State II Is W rho cbrch s Goddess
institution IL becomes, like the pagan States OF hu
tquy absolute in the provinces 81 o a. III r.
must be admitted that Protestant rulers nave poon
guilty OF tyranny that IN M inyeffer
ing with the rights OF consclence, anu Oh asoenptns
govern the belief and reguaIe tng fn7 & bgPpt "
The question s whether these instances OF lsgOverh
ment arc the proper fruit OF the rlotestan spt o
Temporary and exceptional character. Tue mputauoh
that the State, constituted nnder -
on the assumption that the Cnurcn
and the priesthood established III the Roman Cathoc
system are Identical so nearly idehteal tnt ono Su
the superysion and control whOh the Cnurch OF i0o
aspres exercise over the cVli authoIlt1 -
off nothing is left but an unehrstlah or
institution The fact that a ayman can be as goOd
Christian az priest is OVERLOOKED ihe Onrsuhn laly
ratas who are set over them. quito MS able 10 ais
Germ and ante as likely 10 respect personal rights and
10 act for the common veal as III uey "SIo
subect to an organized priesthood. Since the Refor
nation, q layman has been the heau Vi Ine bnbhsn
Church and state and ciy ~ Wihnut en-
borne part in ecclesiastical governments. nioue Gu
terng into the question OF the righteousness OF ehPe
dency of establishments or brOaclng any OF the co
trovered topics connected with this subject we simply
assert here that the civil government Vi ihShinu 10
10 i've branded as unchrstan or Christian on ACCOUNT
- t6is arrongement Az far IA the administration or,
pubc affairs In that country has been charneteflz "
of neonle the Government boon Chrstian-as truly
Christian to say the least as II the supremacy nau Do
virtually lodged with the Pope OF WIN an diiS'ooi"'
History verAos the proposition that Professionalism IS
favorable to civil and reial0us e Gid az"
notes the attainment OF the inu'uP,ioI i ,H Hc
which freedom brings In It's train Inc long anu ou
cessful struggle for Independence IN inc
The conflict which established English liberty against
the despOtic influence Of the House OF stuart hS gom
and establishment OF the Republic OF the Unlted STATES
events so ultimately cOhncCou Win -. Lo s
and so dependent upon it, that we may point 10 Sn Do
monuments OF the true s2r anu has dark
formed religion. That religious petseGutio ms th
ened the annals of the Protestant lath anu tnaL e
earliest leaders in the Reformation iaieu 70
distinctly the principle OF nDelS u .ga"nod AZ
must be admitted. But Professionalism, as Is clanu at
tho present day both by It's friends and Toes, was Og
ical Inconsistent with its own genius ana prlnopes'
whenever 1t attempted TO coeree cOnselence Dy pls
ing religious dissent Win Ine swotI uud @ Of
Professionals illustrate the real character anu CnuDo ~
their system by deplorng whatever acts Oh religous
persecution the predecessors VINO pore tiSr nio re
guilty Of and by the open ana sneere a1'VoO} ~ of
Igous liberty. Liberty OF Thought, anu Irocuol VI
speech and OF the press. however restricted they ma
have been by Protestants IN tunes past IL Is wy a
ency of Professionalism 10 uphold IL Is more anu more
recognized that freedom in the nVesgaUn "a nv th
and in the publication OF opinions, Is IeQateu W sue
true principles Of the Reformation
on the other hand, the dogma OF persecution mas
never been authOrtatiYely daVOwed by the Chuch OF
Rome Who has ever done penance for st. Bartholomew
and the burning Of Hussl Even at this day this nate
full dogma Is boldly prOfessed by the organs Oi tne
JJItramon party which u in the ascendant III
is difficult bow these doctrines can be gwen up ny
Church which attributes every of the long line
of POntifs infiDility questions OF morals In re-
cent times the doctrine Of liberty OF conscience anu
of worship has been branded by Plus La IN an auuIo5S
10 ali bshops-branded, therefore, e1 odLhedTd-ts an
to he aborred and TO DO Stunned as the oontaQn
of pestence The recent dogma OF the council OF tue
Vatican involves formidable attack upon civil liberty.
This new article of belief subjects all civil legislation 10
the moral criticism OF the Pope Of Rome and binds
every member VI the Roman Catholic Church, whether
ruler or subject submit 10 his decision NO llt IL
set 10 the power OF the priest 10 ntermedde with the
that acknowledge his Jurisdiction
A. Professionalism has bestowed a great boon upon
Civilization suppanting the ascete type OF religion
not to supersede any OF the normal activities or TO
prescribe any OF the legitimate products or human eker
lion Ii was minge in the earthly pursuits OF man
kind q renovating and purifying intuence. Family
life, letters art science, amusement tgade, ana cOm-
merce were suffer blight but were rather TO expe-
rience quckening and at the same Time an elevatng
power from contact with the gospel. CnflSt Dade MS
followers not retreat from the world Dut 20 stay III
1t aud transform It, The Kingdom OF Goa on Earh was
to draw within all that Is pure ana adniraDe IN the
infinitely diversified works and achievements OF the
natural man. IL was not to be ghasty realm OF oeVo
tees. but society OF men and women, not lndlierent
10
nfusng into all things spirit OF religious conservation
The ascetc type OF religion interpOses gun between
religion and the business OF the world between Things
natural and supernatural Inc cIeat0h ., separate
priesthood, who are cut OF from family 1e ana IRON
ordinary relations OF society, eAenplnes the ascetc
tendency which appears less distinctly through
out the Roman Catholic system, The enect OF the com
pulsory rule OF cebacy Is TO attaeh Stigma 70 tne III
stitution OF marriage ana 10 the uonesuo relations.
These relations held TO involve an inferior condition
of sanctity. Apart from all the other evils winch
are connected with the law OF cebacy, IL strikes a
blow the sacredness Of institution on which the
interests OF civilization essentially depend. But the
spirit the unauthorized dy0rceOf things sacred
and secular, penetrates much further lt l. Temarka
lille fact history that the rise OF commerce helped 10
the authority OF the clergy, and was one OF
the potent instruments educating the European mind
for the revolt Of Professionalism. Commerce. 1t is true
produced keenness and sagacity OF Intellect and led 10
an activity OF social movement and Intercourse which
tended break the yoke OF superstition. Municipal
ties of busy merchants soon began To chafe under the
sway OF ecclesiastics Independently however OF these
peculiar effects Of trade, there but growing
consciousness that great industrial enterprises and
lar activity do not find any link Of connection with the
ascetc type OF religion. They may get from II bare
toleraton they must look elsewhere for sanction
and baptism.
6. The Protestant religion keeps alive in the nations
that adopt 1t the spirit OF progress There may exist
high degree OF civilization III certain respects but
izaton which has ceased 10 expand through forces
herent itself. China Is an example There may be
richer and more complex development which yet Gull
inmates and, thencetorward either remains stationary
or which is likely to occur, becomes degenerate
man empire signal OF such arrest Of progress
and of such decadence, The spirit Of progress, tho
fresh ana uneXhausteu energy ana nOpeIuness, with
the consequent rapid growth In material and intellect
ual achievements which distinguish the Protestant ma
tons, due not 10 characteristics OF race alone
to incidental advantages OF any kind, but In a great
degree TO their religion. There is disposition 10 look
forward well backward TO expect future greater
than the past and 70 believe In the practicabeness OF
carrying Improvement nights heretofore unatained
France is prosperous and highly civilized nation But
OF all countries nomnally Roman Catholic, France Is
the one in which the Church OF Rome has had the
feebe5 sway and the alive to the Influences
which Professionalism and the Protestant civilization of
other European nations, have set In motion The effect
of the reactOnary Catholicism that followed the
Reformation upon the nations Southern Europe was
deadenng. In the decay Of the Renais sance, music
painting and poetry revived In the ferment Of gos
Enthusiasm excited the Catholic reaction but tha
intellectual reign OF Italy aud Spain, beneath the iron
tread the Inquisition crushed The history
OF theee naturally gifted peoples, subjected 70 the
sitting atmosphere OF ecclesiastical tyranny, Is CON
vncing illustration OF tho fatal pride of such system
The present aspect Of South America and Mexico when
with the American cOmmnntiea MIIlch Ln,.