The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-11

sacrilexist ana schismatic. FIRED by the hottest
OF al oesares-vtx, the conversion oil his brethren
city Now Is ID important to know what was the
status OF the exRabbi soon after he arrived this
the y the Roman scSs@ hrss and
therefore became member Of ana amenable TO It
~ 70, ne De come schismatc for the second time,
because 1t Is well known historical TACT that the
homanists In tnn country ana In England are In
Now Mr. EDITOR, the Jews in this city, filed with
traditional love for their old religion. regard the
ex-Rabbl SIMPLY as q renegade Jew. and conse-
aaentiy VIII not receive him kindly nor accept ms
OF all converted Jews-viz., that bad Jew has been
changed into worse Cnristnnl Then, again. it Is
tians the Jews hate the Romanists with
an an the venom OF national ana tsa var
hate be alowea-as vet the history OF the
dealings of the Roman Church with them has evl-
denced for many centuries and not tue ieast. our
The Jews say that OF all proselytizers they cannot
listen to one In obedience to that Church which
has everywhere, except in the United States, been
the oppressor OF their nation and the kidnapper OF
their little children. And even In this country,
the very name of the Roman Church and every
thing connected with 1t stnks In their nOstrlls.
IL Is TACT, noted the world over, that the least
successful or Jewish prosely tizers are those who
once were Jews.
Again, the Jews say they cannot have any conf.
q member OF his third church, and that he has only
TO join OF the hundred more Protestant sects
In OrQer 10 DOX the cccleSlaSIlCal compass. Iney
ask, ..Shal we receive such person to convert US
TO Christianity!" and their reply Is "No.n
BY this time we know what the eX-Rabbl meant
when he used the words ''h0iy Catholic Church" In
the sentence before qnoted-viz., the Roman
Church. Ihere!ore a., that Church in England
Israeli" (2, the patriarchs and prophets. II they
could come among us. would not immediately
recognize and sanction her authority and ~, the
Jews would imperil their eternal salvation by
voluntarily and knowingly joining the Roman
Church. and all for the reason that It Is both
sacrnegious aud schismatlcal. The Jews,
anybody else, might be converted by schis.
matte Of any name; but they never would
JON schsmatical communion, II they knew
1t. IL is too true, and very much to be depOred,
that the majority OF the Jews refuse 10 become
Christians under any circumstances; however,
some lew OF them say they would become Chris
tiaps II they could make anything by the change
But 1t certainly Is very much 10 their credit that
they refuse TO become Romanists. because 1t IN
wolves the awful sin OF schisn. That they know
full Wen
proved TO be full OF ntrutns he acted only in &C
slDle tactics OF Rome, which prociains alike TO
heathens, Protestants and Catholics, that IN order
to be saved 1t Is not necessary to believe
In the Catholic faith, but In ROmanism-t. e.,
become sacrilegists and schismaticsl What mon
strOus and implous doctrlnel This, then, Is what
Americans and other peoples in the United states
order to be savell 1t the ROmanists here, though
they are admitted and undoubted scnismatics.
would be content with equality among the cath
ohcs, That would be very much to their credit as
protesting Christians The Catholics and perhaps
the Professionals would accord them equality; not,
however, from choice or principle, but because In
the United States where all sOcalled religiOhists
are, by law, equal, it so happens that not even
schlSmatics are not distinguished from sincere,
loyal and law abiding Catholics. But since the
Romanisss satisfied with nothing but ascend
ana are schismatics, Catholics repudiate them as
corellgionists. NOT JEW.