New-York tribune., 1874-11-24


fomabilss ease" (Consttuuo de Eeclssia, C. iv)
VIII It, them be said that tho infallibty OF the Pope
accrues only when he speaks fr cdhedrdF NO douDt
this !, very material consideration for those VINO nave
told tbat the private conscience Is TO derive COM
fort and from the emanatons OF the Papai
Chair for there established or accepted dtiln9n
of the phrase cdedrd and he has power to obtain
and no guide direct him in his choice among some
BANDED to and fro among Roman theoogns except
the dispsed and discarded agency of bis private Jns
viii nrotccted For there is still person and one
only, who unquesonably declare eS edmedrd VIA,
is er eaedra and what is moi. and who can declare II
hen and as he pleases That person is the Pope him,
sef The provision s that no document ne issues sni
be valid without SEAL but the seal remains uhuer MS
| own sole lock and key. .,o Dana IA
Again it may be sought to plead, that the rope @ ~
after all only operating 10y sanctions when nnq @
ably belong 10 the religious domain. lie uors not pU
pose TO invade the country TO seize Wool"lch, or o
Portsmouth He VIII only, at the worst, az
| opponents as he has asexcommuncaed Dr. Won Donlnstr
and Others. Is this good answers After a' even G ~,
the Middle Ages 1t wasno by the direct action oi %
and armies their that the POpes conenned Win
kings who refractory II was mainly oy m no
and by the refusal which they entied Wne ZEN the If
were not brave enough 10 refuse their plbic ui
religious offices TO the people t was tps inat Egdna
Leon under Alphonso the Noble, and every country III Ia
But the Inference may os sS an ne. end do
not employ temporal means, only IAN 10 euPo' n .
because they have them not religious & sGc,e5 ~ ,cd
the performance OF civil duties does all the mschel
is in i; -, power to di & ana 10 ay Gtns proeCp
VIII it be said finally, that the InfaIlioy t0nches
0ny a'sf w "a any o Of the Roman casH's
quaint what are the departments ana nnct0ns % oi
main of moralsi II they will not tell U.S. we must io9k
elsewhere. In his work entitled 4" "Lteratnre anu
Dogma" (pages Is, AZ Mr. NJ Arnold quantity it1orns us
| as they tell nowadays how many parts OF our poor
bodies solid and how many aqueous-that aoouL 20
duct" Conduct and morals, we may suppose are nearly
coextensive. Three fourths, them OF me are h thns
fourihf Certainly not st. Paul, who says, Whether
ye drink or ys p IN uS ord M or
in deed do all in the name Oi the LORD Jesus. LOT,
Co Ill., - N9 such distinction Hoinw w0aa maSa te o
hide daring of that wild ambition which at Rome
from the throne DGt hS IRON care not TO-
il there be dregs or tatters OF human NE snsh as
morals submit that duty Is a power which with
us the morning. and goes to rest with US at nisht
the shadow winch clcaves so where We will and
which only leaves when we leave the llgh OF Itr.
So then the supreme direction OF us in respect TO
| ali duty which the POntiT declares 10 belong 10 him.
sdero dpp,obane conciio; and this declaration he
makes. oose opinion OF tue schools Dut c"hc
| his fdsii6us credendGm et tenenddm.
But we shall now that If loophole had at
this point been lett uuclosed the void Is supplied by
another provision OF the decrees. While the reach or
the Infalibty wide as t. may please the Pope OF
something wider STILL and thai Is the claim to an aoso
ufe ana obedience This obedience is to be rend
cred TO his orders the shall proceed to point
out without any qualifying condition. sucn as the ex
| cathedra. The sounding name or lnialilDly has SO
fascinated the pubic mind, and ryetcd the fourth
chapter OF the Constitution de Eccesia that Its near
|
received very much less than justice Let US turn to 1t
ritz Gs s1 % 1 SGe S 1s n l9 SeSae
obentr obnguntur oum rebn sd hdem ct moe'
q d'p'.H ct s, sssa s t.sssc.' t.ss pc; s..,.
saliva h aqSs sA memo Pts5 s.um
Omnbu, eauas d ermen eeeesasean spectaaoa i Pas
udcam nemne fore eaetAndum. Aeq1e euqram DC Gus
Even therefore where the judgments Of the Pope do
not present the credentials Of ntabilty they are un-
appealabe and irreyersibe, person may pass judg
| me nj
sedy or in the aggregate, bound truly to obey them
save I at the peru Of his salvation surely allowable
say that This Third Chapter on universal obedience Is
Indeed observer from without, IL seems to eaye
and eiciency to itself The third chapter Is Nero
yngan Monarch the fourth Is the CarolI San Mayor OF
the Palace The third has an oyerawiDg splendor the
fourth an iron gripe. Little does It matter to me
whether my superior claims infaely so long as ne is
entitled to demand and exact conformity Ihs IL VIII
observed he demands even III cases not covered py
his nfalbiiity cases, therefore IN when nc admits
| able 10 be told So AS he must be obeyed in all his
Judgments, though not er eathedra 1t seems pity he
could not likewise give the comforting assurance tna
they are all certain TO be right ,.,,o .,,.
why n w6S G se aas aRsfsn s @
red conclude that they could not afford TO rest
when arse not only wide to high degree but
elastic beyond all measured
Though they must have known perfectly well that
faith and morals" carried everything everything
worth having In the purely individual sphere they also
knew just well that, even where the individual was
subjugated they might and would still have to deal
with the state.
In medieval history this distinction is not only clear
but glarng. Outside the borders of some narrow and
prescribed sect, and then emerging, we never,
scarcely hear OF private and personal resistance to
the Pope The manful Professionalism" or medBva
had its activity almost entirely in the sphere Of
public, national and state rights Too much attention.
in my opinion, cannot be fastened on this point 1t is
servtude however abiect will not satisfy the party
dominant in the Latin Church-the state must also
Our Savior had recognized as distinct the two prov
nces OF the civil rule and the Church had nowhere
timated that the spiritual authority was 10 claim the
disposal ply ysica force, and to control in its do
the authority which is alone responsible for exter
ties Of men II has alike peculiarly, the PRIDE
aud the misfortune OF the Roman Chur b. among Christ
far as its power would CO. of earthly instruments for
spiritual ends We have seen with what ample assuran-
ces (see further Appendix B this nation ana Parliament
were fed 1926 how well and roundy the full and
undivided rights Of the civil power and the separation Of
length been undone as far as Popes could undo H. In the
the undoing, through the subservency pliabty Of
And the work is now truly complete Lest it should
be said that supremacy IN faith and MORALS full domn
ion personal belief and conduct did not cover the
collective of In third province
opened not indeed to the abstract assertion infa-
biiy but TO the far more practical and decisive demand
the third chapter, TO which am endeayoring to do
tardy justice. Let us listen again to its few but preg
Non .oum qas fdem moe sei eam qua
XSsoate o6s1ence It IS boldly dScared Is due to the
Pope, at the peril Of salvation, not alone in faith In
| and government Of the Church. Thus swept into
the Papa whole multitues OF facts whole systems
OF government, prevailing though In different degrees,
I'm every country OF the world. Even in the United
States where the severance between Church and State
is supposed TO be complete long catalogue might be
drawn OF subjects belonging TO the domain ana
potency OF the State, but also undeniaby affecting the
Government OF the Church such by way of
Die marriage, burial, education prison discipline bias
phemy poor relief neoiporation mortmaln religious
rope circle Is far wider the points of contact OF
inieracng almost innumeraOle. But on ali matters
that they either faith, morals the
| ment, or discipline VI the Church, he claims with the
Annroyal OF Council undoubtedly Hcumenical in the