, 1874-12-21
Tho. Controversy 10 ctwccn Mr.. Glad
stone and tho Pope.
Dr.. Sullivan Shows the Results Of
Papal Prett,nsions.
DedIcatory Services Of tie First Swcd~
isil Methodist Church.
The Rev. Mr.. A:s.tell' on the
Judgment-iDay.


8ormon by the REV. Edward Sullivan, Of
Trfulty Church..
The Row DR.. Edward Sullivan, Hector of Trinity
Episcopal Church, preached II very nblo sermon
yostortlay Oh tho tho diHcuss;tl,n botwnen Mr..
Gladstone and tho Pope. Tho sermon was d.
vldod Into Two parts, tho frat Of which was
delivered at tho morning service end tho second
part at Tho ovcnins sorvico. III d. SullivanH text
wnH:
T. t. lawful t. give tribute unt' cnsar or not2-
dlHtasir 1xiI l7-al.
lIo said Wo discover In this question OF tho
willy phariHecs ono of tho earliest germs OF
tho perploxing problom or ~ Church and
Stato," aud of tho long mud weury
controversy which tLis probl Gm han Gu
gonderod, which, moro than any other
las disturbed tho peace of Chris torslon1, and
oven now, after tho countless on orts Of both
prioats and l'rinccs to harmonizo It's conflicting
clements, las as yot failed Of surooasiul solu-
tion.
Tho rhaElsees spoke loro In their ccnloslas-
ttcal character ne members Of tho old and hon.
ofed Jowish theooracy, now for tho first timo
brought into vassalago TO imperial Rome, and
anxious apparently to know tho proper limits
OF obc,lieuco; how fur aud within what torri-
tory tho State ladd Claims oil tllem, aid ut what
point tho rights OF conscience and OF loyalty to
God might TO considered M cntttlol tlu como in
md aazcrt tloir il,ltsputabo auprom 10y. True
their anxiety for guidance, OH these questions
gil thinga wau TO on.rap the' Savior
III Ills own words, and hosray Him III
Bomo unguardcd reply which would furuiri
material Tor grnyely ACCUSING Him, cilaar before
tho civil court. or the lligh priost ne Tho Bill
promo ecclesiastical authority "a llaboical plot
Which only failed Of blcceaB beCaitso Christ tho
incarnnto wisdom Of God, pcnotratca Tho thin
disguise they had assumed, md ac'lt thtm away
convinced md ashamed Of tho meanncss of
their own hypocrisy.
Nor this ony,-tloir troachery failed indeed,
but even by Its dercAt Christ enumerated Il
maxim of fnr reaching import which, had 1t
guided tho policy ako OF courts and cl,ur Giles at
various Periods during tho lnst cghtoen ccntu.
ries, would havo materially Tered aud elevated
the history Of race, aud left it frco from
Of tho dnrkest end deepest stains tllat ncw dis
figure Its pages: "noEder therefore unto C;rsar
hnas tS aga lat ws daa, s19 eHar aud u"s' ea tho
According to Christ then, tho only infalliblo
human authority that hAs ever npoken upon
Eur1h. God and Crsar l'nyo pach their respective
arca Of Jurisdiction. aud Within tl1oir Respective
limits ouch cxcrciscg supreme nnd iudiHEnta-
bio sovereignty. Eacl must respect, and nei-
tler may trcaEeg OF encrouch upon tho rights Of
the other. Tho purely tcntpota! 1nay not ,ator-
fore with tho domain Of tho puiely spiritual, nor
tho spiritual with Tie temporal.
III theory this division If torrltory lunst cts,n-
mend itself to every reasonable and impartial
mind. Tho difficulty is, That while i'll slie all
BrcCt soilnd tho actual working of it has boom
luticn which mon owe 10 Church s1ni
State respectively crosa ono another,
aud to separate bntweon them III actuu, l.in
would DO aB impossible us to scparato clearly Ec-
tween tho intellectual aud spiritual Of mana COM
poglt4 nature.
What G1adAtonos motives nany have boon in
writing tlls pamphlet wo cunnut positively pro-
nounco. Suspicion Inns been cast on hts hon
c6ty. Ho may be, tirut, the retained advocate Of
tho Rtualistic school, diverIng public attention,
however, by drawing IL awuy from their cccen-
tricites towards tho clainls and altitude of tho
Church Of Ilotne or, secondly, lie may be do
tented pollticien taking bis roscngo for Tho op-
position Of the Rolninh party in connection with
university education it Ireland, By exposing thcm
to public Wow III tl1eir truo character. Or
possibly no may 10 in secret league with Arcll~
bishop 11annl'g. aiming at . return to power to
complete in England wllat ho l!aa already begun
in Ireland. Dur tho ani1nus of tho pamphlet III
not material to tho main question, which is,
Whether n loyal mo1nber OF tt.u Church Of Homo
can aiao and always DO d loyal melnbor OF the
State?
III answering this question, bo it remembered,
tho iaslo OF fact iB not between individuas, hut
between syBtcma Of fifth, alld their nature mud
Tendencies, or lsonlansts individually God for
bid that ono drespoetial word should 10
bold to say, thcro nrc elemon1s III
it would to-tay gladly SEQ i1npartol into oar
Protestant Church. Its burning zeal; its ILL
tonse devotion to tho intcroHIs OF tho Church;
its liberal proyislon for Gods pour in Gods
house; it's caro- for the religious education Of
tho young; itA sistorhootlB nlinistering SO lou
dcrly to the sick; noble solfsacriteo vi oven Its
poorest members. whose dally toll brings tlom
tributing to tue promotion Of her cause, OIL
abiing hor to cover tho ia1,i with magnificent re-
ligioug, benevolent, aud educational institutions
ali these uro leaves Which we might woll tako
- |. 6Ytth 1,n1.$ all
lios tho unaltcrablo fact, abnndantly, PROV
ablo from Aor own testimony, that her
creed, in Its last Development COMES into yoont
collision with that fundamental maxim Of po-
uvbltor Of all civil rights, anu demands from ait
who claim her protection MI undivided allo-
giRncc. In support Of tins position, DR.. Sullivan
quoted largo nutl1bor Of oxtracta from IapAl
Bulls isBuou by Gregory VII. better known ny
llildebrand: by Innocent III, who discovered
tho relation between tue sacred md the civil
power to bo analGgon8 to That betwecn tho sun
md moon; by Npuifnco VIII, Leo y, Paul ~,
and Pins Y, who in 1870 tlcpoEcd Queon Eliza
10th, and roloaBcd llcr subjects from NIL yowa Of
Nor, said no., does rins TX. abnto anything
fronl tho lofty Claims Of lia Ircaecessors, IN
shown by tho language n1cd by hin not threo
months ago to tho Human Society Of Catholic
Young alsl,, III which l!o substantially rcgrotted
TINT tho power Of lilo and dcalh il not g.vc1 TO
puter's succonnosh gnd tint in lts aoEenco TOM
porAl power il Il NecesSlty Of tho pAfncy for tho
froo government or the Church Ut uol.
TIlo articlo Of Tho papal decree Of 1870, In
which Papal infalllbility il onuncistcd, was thon
rocitod by DR.. Sullivan. ",Wo teach, aayH piUu
X, ''and dcclaro it to bo dogma d.
ytsely royonled, that tho no1uan Poutif,
WHOM Ao areaky ox-cItAodra, that IL,
wen iaehatg'ng tno Junction T. oI pastor or
yirLuo Of his supreme Apostolic nut!iprily, tho
doctrine to 10 lloia by TUG uniyoral Church con
oerming iaitl1 antE ,llorals.-aocs through tho
diyino assistance promised to him i'll st. loter,
posAesa thal infaliibllity by which tho Divine
Releencr wished IIiH Church to bo ndtyllctad III
tloliniug doctrine concerning faith aud morala,
aud thnt tlesofuvo tic definitions Ut tho 1toluat,
puntir arc Interchangeable of thonaolyuH, und not
from guy consent Of tho Church,"
After explaining tlo meaning Of faith In tho
oxprcusion taitl, Anl ,uoraa," Dr. Sullivan
llol,l tlsat TUG relation Of uitizon to hia country
is, ho nllIl, tho must, momontous department
of morals, lying at tho very foundation Of MI
munilestly md nrrogant!y usurpa to itself full
aud uncontrolled authority. Lot II conflict nrHo
lotwoo,1 tho ceeeHinsIicai mad civil power, rem
Luring obetlioneo to borA nn 1niuosaibility, and