The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-11-29


abiding to this paper, and direct it's atten-
ton to the Editor in Chief as the poetic
theologian or, even, by name. So much for
good breeding.
Now, as to good sense, our neighbor is
sometimes still more grievously delinquent.
For an instance in POINT, we cite its use, in
the article above referred to, of the phrase,
Irish constituents" "Their Irish con-
stituents," it says, speaking of the readers
of the MORNING STAR, shave right to
demand this enlightenment at their hands,"
Our neighbor has kind of back woods i'm
preston that the Catholic Church is pretty
much Irish. The Irish are pretty much all
Catholics, it is true, but the converse of the
proposition does not hold good. Does old
Jones know-(we pause to explain that old
Jones stands for the editor-in- chief of the
Presbyterian THAT there are actually more
Catholics in the United States than there are
people in Irelandq Does the enthusiastic
young polo with the green beard and blue
shirt (this is another reference to the afore-
said editor-in- chief, know that there are
probably about twice as many Catholics in
Germany, exclusive of Austria, as there are
in Irelandf Does he know, in a word, that
there are computed to be about two hun
dred millions of Catholics in the world
| Well, perhaps our amiable neighbor does
know all this, and may be inten ding a sneer
at the Irish people-''their Irish constitu-
ents." In the battle of life the Irish
race has crossed swords physically and in
tellectually with almost every other, and
we do not know that fair and honorable
enemy ever sneered at their prowess in
either field. But the unfair, the unmanly,
the ill-natured have sneered and scoffed at
them for centuries; still they do not
seem to be much crushed. The mighty
weight of a great nations hatred has borne
upon them with mockery and SCOTS and
worse, yet they have managed to stand it
all, and we have, therefore, some reason to
hope that they will survive the contempt
of Jones.
We have not much room left for Calico,
though fortunately not much is needed.
The Presbyterian deduces from the decree
and abjuration which it prints, the follow
ing conclusions
1st, That the Romish Church by the courts
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condemn the doctrine referred to.
The Romish Church does not condemn
doctrines by courts Is must do so by ar
ecumenical council or by solemn ex-cathe
dra DEGREES of the Pope. We really thought
the Presbyterian ought to understand thai
by this time. 1t may have certain courts
or tribunals to criticise and watch Over
, public morals, new works ETC., something
, like the censorship in Paris which supervisel
plays and publications. In the infinit,
variety of minor details constantly coming
, up, such an arrangement is necessary. TIL,
Pope can not personally attend to every
thing going on in the world. These board
or tribunals sometimes ,err in their judg
ment. This may have been the case il
, the question of Calico, as passed upon b!
, an inferior board attached to the Iuquisitiol
l and called the Qualifers.
. Those gentlemen held that the doctrine
of the Suns fixedness and the earths dali!
revolution was " absurd, phitoS0phicaltl
false and formally heretical." They had a
much right to decide infallibly in question:
of philosophy as of theology, and that wa
none at all. Indeed the concurrent literatur,
of that day shows that they meant, ant
e were understood to mean, that the doc
o trine was contrary to the Scripture as gen
n orally understood. Cardinal Bellarmin
n stated that the common Interpretation mus
be held as correct until "a demonstration
should arise to prove" the contrary. Thu
q doctrine of Calico was certainly contrary
u to the literal reading of some passages o
!, tha Rihla and IL waa natural that man,
e persons should regard his theory as dan
4 gerous and heretical until the contrar!
1 should be decided by the Church itself
Sd, That this doctrine was not allowed to b
T taught in public by Romish priests.
This does not follow from the decision
quoted. Calico attempted to sustain hi
t position by interpreting the Bible in it
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