New-York tribune., 1874-11-19

British public and that of 1870 incurred the censuo
of "thc first living theologian now wl."i" 'u'
Roman Communion" DR.. Newman, In 'ho "0A
known passage in which he denounced 'no s.
sye and insolent faction" who urged on 'nat poioS
PROPOSITIONS CONDEMNED BY THE SEE o' "Oi-
PASSING IN the second proposition, that Rome mas
refurbshed and paraded anew, every rusty 'ooi '..
was fondv thought to have disused" is TINS lac.
nsIs Nv Gladstone Assuming that it is denied, he
proceeds TO enumerate the following propoSitlonS'
all the holders Of which have been condemned by
the Sec of Rome during his own generation anu es-
pecially within the last IL or 10 years:
Those who maintain the Liberty OF the Press'
0 Or the liberty Of conscience and Of worship
g. Or the liberty OF speech 49,.
Or who contend that Papal judgments and DEGREES
NAV without sin be disobeyed or diff fred FROM unless
they treat Of the rules (dogmaa) of faith or morals
g. Or who assign to the State the power OF oennns
The civil rights tj,,rn) and province of the Church.
& Or who hold that Roman POntiffs and Gcumenicai
Councils VIC transgressed the limits OF their power
aud usuried the rights of Princes sss -tS-.1----
= Or that the Church may not employ force
g. Or that power, not inherent in the Office OF the
spiscOpate, but granted to it by the civil authority,
may be withdrawn from IL at the discretion OF that au
thcT,ty.
o Or that tho Gnmunitas) civil immunity OF the
Church aud its ministers depends upon civil right.
10 Or mat in the conflict Of civil and eccesiasti-
cal. the civil law should prevail
H. Or that method OF instruction OF YOUTH soIely
secular may be approved.
H. o. that knowledge OF things philosophical and
civil NAV IN should decline to be guided by Divine and
Ecclesiastical authority
lJ- o. that Maria e not in its essence Sacrament
Ia Or taat marriage, not sacrame1tally contracted.
has bi3eiaS force.
Il. Or td tie abolition OF the Temporal Power or the
PopeIom woli he highly advantageous to the Church.
16. Otira other religion than the Roman religion
may be cstlIlshcl by State.
H. 0: that Ia Countries called Catholic" the free
exercise Of O:lor religions may laudably be allowed
Is o. tli the Roman PontiG ought to come to terms
with pr r,Ss. liberalism. and modern civilization.
These condemned propositions (the holders of
them also condemned are from the Encyclcals OF
GREGORY XVI, il 1881, and of Plus TX. in 1864 and
from the syllabus Qf1SG1 The original text of each
is given in .he appendix, with references. With re-
gard to the meaning and effect of the propositions
Nr. Gladstone, remarks
II may appear upon hasty perusa that neither th5
tr0ie9D c' p'naliy in l'e limb. liberty or goods on
dsOb deut ineGlbers OF the Christian Church. the
lille to depcSo Sovereigns and release subjects from
their allegiance with all its revolving consequences, has
been here rcafrmed. In terms, there mention of
them b1t In the substance OF the propositions. greve
say they beyond doubt included For ritis noto
rlous That they have been declared and decreed by
Rome" that say by Popes and Papal Councils; and
the stringent condemnatOns Of the syllabus include all
those who hold that POpes and Papa Councils iecla red
ecamcuc) have transsressed the just limits of their
power. or usurped the rights OF Princes. What have
been tGer opinions and decrees about persecution
need hardly say; and indeed, the right to employ
physical force here undisgusedly claimed No ~
CATHOLICS N ENGLAND AT THE TIME OF THE
EMANCIPATION.
Plainly however. it is the third proposition which
has the greatest practical Importance of all and the
greater part of the pamphlet occupied maintain
ing that no one can now become her convert with
out renOuncing his moral and mental freedom and |
placing his civil loyalty and duty at the mercy of
another" Mr.. Gladstone reminds that those who
not being converts but lifelong Catholics, refused
assent to the dogma of 1870 underwent the extreme
penalty OF excommunlcatiOn. Among them was
the most famous and learned living theOlogIan of
the Roman Communion, DR.. Won D0llinger, long the
foremost champion of his Church" He endured his
sentence with temper undisturbed and freedom I'M
impaired and with him went many in Germany
the country "frOm which Luther blew the mighty
trumpet. that even echoes through the land"
and which "stiIl retains her primacy in the domain
of conscience" Elsewhere, the fermentation has in
but few instances come to the surface. The mass
of men cannot examine such matters for them
solves and even for the leaders "a change OF
religious profession is under all circumstances a
great aud awful thing Much more IS the question,
however, between conflicting or apparently con-
1ictipg duties arduous, when the religion Of man
has been CHANGED for Kim, over his head. and with
out the very least of his participation" Hence Mr..
Gladstone does not hold the membcrs of the Roman
Church in general responsible for recent Innovations
though they submit TO them, but he calls upon En-
glish Roman Catholics to replace themselves where
they stood at the date of Catholic Emancipation in
1929 When the question was debated of admitting
Catholics to ParliameDt, their opponents rested
mainly IN the allegation that no Roman Catholic
could give entire allegiance to the crown, the
papal power claiming q supreme authority in civil
matters But the highest Roman Catholic authOr-
ties in this country appealed to for information
They were asked, Did the Pope claim temporal ju-
risdction or pretend to the power of depOsing
kingsl and answers in ABUNDANCE were obtained,
tending to show that these doctrines were obsolete
beyond revival. But something more wanted
The State strong enough to be at ease about in
divdual loyalty, but ii had right TO know to what
demands from the Pope English Catholics were la-
Bile. For.
The theory Which placed every human being in things
spiritual and things temporal at the feet of the Roman
POntiG, had not been id0um SpeedS, mere theory
OF the chamber Brain-pOwer never surpassed in the
political history Of the world had been devoted for
turies to tne single Of working 1t into the
tice OF ChrstendOm had IN the West achieved for an
impossible problem partial success; and had In the
punished the obstinate independence of the Church
by Latin conquest OF Constantinople which ectu
ally prepared the way for the downfall Of the Eistern
Empire and the establishment of the Turks in lropc
Itwas essential then to have an answer TO such
questions these:
Did the Pope claim infallbilityi Or did he. either
without infabrity with It (lad If with it much
the wOrsc) claim universal obedience from his flock
And were these claims either both affirmed in his
Church by authority which the least PaDal Of the
members OF that Church must admit to be binding upon