New-York tribune., 1874-11-24

and while Il is growing old, this same opposuoh mas
been nut out OF court and udcialy extnguished WITHIN
the Papa Church. by the recent DEGREES OF the
And II ia impossible for persons accepting those decrees
,ustlv 70 compain when such documents subjected
An GOOD faith to strict examination respects tner
oompstib,ty with civil right and the obedience OF SUI
jects
In defending my language. shall carefully a, mar
limits, But all defense is reassertion, wnio" 49, Ph
REQUIRES deliberate reconsideration anu nv Nv - -, 90
thus reconsiders should scruple IL ne h"u " @ =,
word that may convey false impresS'on' snro .,
ro,noos i s,o,n, truth according 10 the measure oi
our Intelligence, is an indispensi'''
and Of q title to be heard
NV propos,tIons then. as they stood. are tnese'
~. !. pm. has substituted for the proud ooast OF
semper eadem policy OF 'oience hnu snon overv
That she has refurbished and paraded anew o'e''
rusty tool she fondly thought 10 nave ,,or,
q That no one can now become her convert "i'"ou'
..o,rcine his moral aud mental freedom ana piaoins
nj. civil loyalty aud duty at the mercy OF ahotner'
THAT she 0Rome) has equally repudiated mouerh
thought and ancient history
H. THE FIRST AND THE FOURTH PRoPosiiloNo
ar the first and fourth OF these propositions sha us
pose rather summarily as they appear 10 oeons W H
theological domain They refer TO fact ana 'hey eoU
an opniop One fact to which they refer is ths tha1 m
days within my memory the constant iaVorite' anu m
,osng argument OF Roman cOnrOversalsts was the uh-
broken and absolute identity in belief OF the Roman
Church from days of our Savior until now NO one
who has at all followed the course OF TINS literature
during the forty years. can fail TO be sensioo VI ~
change in its present tenor More and more nave .no
assertions OF continuous uniformity OF DOCTRINE ro0
int scarce;v peoetrable shadow More and more nave
anoher series OF assertions OF living authority ever
ready 70 omen ADOPT, and shape Christian docIrine
according to the times taken their place. "I'nou' ui'
the compatibility OF these lines oi aeu
roent note two of the practical differences
n0ina Ql al
Church is principally that of witness to facts IN tue
secopd principay that OF Judge, If not reveaer OF
doctrine In the first. the processes which the Church
undertakes are subject to constant challenge ana
appeal TO history the second no amount OF histor
cal testimony avail against the unmeasureo power
OF the theory of development. Most important most
preenant considerations those at least for two classes
of persOns who think that exaggerated ooc
trnes of Church power among the real and serious
dangers OF the agc for those who think that
all FORMS both Of superstition and OF unOeiet one main
preseryatiye is be found In maintaining the truth ana
authority OF history and the lie stimaDle value OF tne
historic spirit.
So much for the facts as for he opinion that the re-
cent Papal decrees at war with modern Thought,
and that purPorng to enlarge the necessary creeo Oh
Christendom, they involve violent breach with MS
tory this is a matter unfit for me to discuss as IL Is
question OF Divinity. but not unfit for me 10 nave
mentioned in my article, since the opinion gwen tnere
Is the opinion Of those with whom was endeavolng 70
reasop-namely the great majority of the British public
uit is thought that the word violence was open 10
execution regret cannot give 1t up. The Justihca-
ton OF the ancient definitions of the Church. wnich
have endured storms OF 1900 years. was to be fOund
In this that they not arbitrary or wful out that
they wholly sprang FROM and related to theories
rampant at the time, and regarded as menacing to
Christian belief Even the CanOns OF the Council OF
Trent have in the main this amount apart from their
matter presumptye warrant But the DEGREES OF the
present perlous PODtcate have been passed to favor
and precipitate prevailing currents OF opinion In the
ecoesiastical world Of Rome. The growth of what IL
often termed among Protesants Marlolatry, and OF
belief In Papa Inanibity, nOtOrOusly advancing
but II seems not fast enough to satisfy the dominant
party To the deadly blows OF 1851 and 1870 at the
old historic scientific and moderate school was sure y
of viOence and with this ceDsure the proceeding
of 1870 has actually been visited by the first living theo-
logian within the Roman Communion. mean Dr.
John ienry Newman, who has used these significant
words, among Others "Why should aggressive and
in0aat faction be allowed make the heart OF the just
Sad whom tho Lord hath not made sorrowfuli".
III. TIE SECOND PROPOSITION.
r.ar0 next my second proposition that Rome has
xefbisled and paraded anew, rusty tool she was
fordly thought to have disused
Is this thon a fact, or is it not
Unjust assume that it is denied and therefore can
not wholly pass by work of proof But will state
In tae fewest possible words and with references anew
propositions all the holders of which have been con-
denied by the See of Rome during my own generation,
and especially within the last u or Is years And In
O.. IT that may do nothing toward importing passion
into what matter of pure argument, will avoid citing
any of the earfully energetic ephets in which the
condemnations are sometimes clothed.
1. Those who MAINTAIN the liberty Of the Press En-
cyclica Letter OF Pope Gregory XVI. In 1881 aud OF
Pope Plus TX. In 1864
O. Or the liberty Of conscience and OF worship. En-
cycical OF Plus TX. December s. 1864.
Or the liberty of speech. syllabus Of March 1S,
1861 Prop xxx Encyclical Of Pope Plus TX, De-
cember 8, 1864
L. or who contend that Papal judgments and DEGREES
may without sin, be disobeyed. differed FROM unless
they of the rules (dognatd) of faith or morals
Ibid
6Or who assign to the State the power Of defining the
civil rights 0ra and province Of the Church. "syla-
bus" OF Pope Plus *, March s, 1861 Ibid Prop xix.
6. Or who hold that Roman POntfs and Gcumenical
Councils have sgressed the limits of their power
and usurped the rights Of priuces. Did Prop xxiii @
Qt must be borne in mind that "G,umenical Councils
here Roman Councils not recognized by the rest
OF the Church The Councils OF the early Church did
interfere with the jurisdiction of the civil power)
T. Or that the Church may not employ force. (Ec-
cleSia pS uterend0 poteStatem non hG6e0 "Sylabus
Prop. xiv.
g. Or that power, not inherent in the office of the
Epscopate but granted the civil authority.
be withdrawn from at the discretion OF that authority
IBID Prop. XIV.
o. Or that the Gpmunit1s) civil immunity Of the
Church and Its depends upon civil right Ibid.
Prop. xxx.
To- Or that in the conflict OF laws civil and eccesiasti
cal. the civil law should prevail. ibid. Prop. xiii.
IL Or that any method Of instruction of youth, solely
secular, may be approved. Ibid. Prop. XVIII.
IL. Or that knowledge OF things philosophical and
civil may and should decline to be guided by Divine and
ecclesiastical authority Ibid. Prop. lvi
IS Or that marriage is not In essence a sacrament
IBID Prop. Xvi.
IA Or that marriage not saeramentally contracted