The Hawaiian gazette., 1874-03-18
HAWAIIANGAZETTE
spiritual and Temporal.

Mr. Disraeli, Archbishop Manning had
published q prediction that Eve are in
deed upon the verge Of conflict that
NAV outlive Us all The Archbishop's
language is, "upon its verge;" that Of
Mr.. DisraeT allows that these things
may be far of, but we live in rapid age,
and my apprehension is that they are
nearer than some suppose" When two
such eminent authorities, one in political
and the other in ecclesiastical circles, 50
nearly concur, it is none too early to in
quire concerning the nature of the i'm
pending conflict, especially as in the vision
Of Mr. Disraeli war and anarchy are
among the dire consequences to be con-
templated.
If we could accept without qualifca-
ton Archbishop Manning's version of the
issue, it might be very succincily stated.
The Church is the victim Of oppression
by the temporal power, and is simply
struggling for its liberty. To the like eff
feet was the language of the Pope to a
deputation of pupils from German and
North American colleges In Germany
liberty (meaning religious liberty is OPP
pressed, but in your country (America)
it Is complete and almost excessive, or at
least very dangerous" The Archbishop
undertakes to establish the theory thus
propounded by denunciatiOn of what are
spoken of as the Falek laws of Germany,
by which, according to his account of
them. it is decreed that the ecclesiastic-
al disciplinary power shall only be exer-
cised by German ecclesiastical authori-
ties" and an appeal to the State is allow
cd against any such exercise of power
by any non-Gernan power, or, in other
words, by the Roman pontiffn The Arch
bishop considers that the unity of the
Church and the connection of its mem
bers with their Supreme Head being
severed by this violent substitution of a
royal court for the disciplinary authority
OF the Pope, it Is almost superfuous to
look for minor and subordinate encroach-
ments on the Church's rights. As fact,
however" the Archbishop continues,
the persecution Is carried out to the
minutest details."' Thus, ain order to
peryert the minds Of the youthful aspi-
rants to the priesthood, it is provided
that they shall spend three years in theo-
logical studies in German university"
and before entering upon the administra-
ton Of a spiritual Office must pass salts
factory State examination in history, phi
losophy and the sciences" Neither must
they belong to an ecclesiastical seminary
during the prescribed university study,
notwithstanding that all ecclesiastical
institutions which serve for the education
of the clergy are under the inspection of
the State, and are subject to revision BY
commissaries named by the ODER Presi-
dent" Not to 90 further into these de
tails, let US conclude them with the Arch
bishops own language: In a word, COM
pulsory un-Catholic education for the
priesthood, the authority of Ober-Presi-
dents substituted for that of the Bishops,
and the authority of q Royal Tribunal
for Ecclesiastical Affairs' substituted for
that of the Pope-such are the sum and
purport of the Falck Decrees.n The
Pope's recent letter to the German En-
eror made the Indictment still more di-
rect and sweeping. An the various mea-
sures taken by your Maiesty's govern
ment of late" wrote the Pontiff, "are
more or less intended to destroy Catholi-
cism."
The correspondence quoted from being
yet fresh, it win be remembered that the
Emperor's reply embraced a charge that
the Roman Catholic clergy in Germany
had, within the last two years, "organ-
lied political party, bent upon disturb
ing by revolutionary intrigues the good
relations which have 50 happily existed
between the various denominations in
Prussia for centuries" supporting it
" even to open rebellion against the ex-
listing laws of the country To this
charge it was added that the ecclesiastic-
al party had, in carrying on their agita-
ton, lamentably distorted the truth,
and abused the authority of the priestly
Office and the Emperor asseverated:
9 Before God I solemnly declare that the
religion OF Christ has nothing in common
with these intrigues, and that there is no
connection between the present agitation
and that truth which your Holiness ap-
peals to, and which I most unreservedly
confess"
On this side Of the Atlantic the Empe-
Tor William is credited with being, what
he processes himself to be, a believer in |
if not practical Christian
and the issue thus joined between Pope |
and Kaiser, Church and State, standing
ont though It does above any other of the 4
kind visible here. therefore does not salts