The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-01-16
The Catholic Church and Prussia

are some of the more significant: The
London Times says: Our kilograms
/ from Berlin of Yesterday and to-day,
can only be regarded a. announcing that
the quarrel in Prussia between the State
and the Roman Catholic Church has n,
length been pushed TO extremity. The
Government appear TO have finally TAX
ell n step which can scarcely be with
drawn. and which, if the Roman Catho-
lie clergy are consistent, must lead TO
their ultimate exclusion from their pres
ent Offices and privileges. Our Prussian
correspondent. in the letter we publish
ed ou Wednesday, announced that the
government had determined 20 change
ihc somewhat ambiguous form OF oath
biiler'o cSacted from lsomauist Bishops,
aud confirm none N their Sees who viii,
not pledge themselves 10 absolute ana
Implicit obedience tv tho laws OF the
State ia which they live Tho iclr-
graph Yesterday informed Us that an of
fetal ordinance To that effect had been
Issued. The Bishops are hencetoril 10
swear obedience to the laws of the coun-
TRY, and to bind themselves by oath To
eNhort the clergy and laity to be loyal
to the King. patriotic and obedieut to
the laws. and not to permit the clcrg,
under their control To teach or act in
Opposition TO these principles. They
lwill. moreover, he required 10 promise
lsolemnlv not to maintain, ia or out Of
the country. any ASSOCIATION or connec-
ltion dangerous TO the public safety. aud
10 make known to the Government any
Vaccinations prejudirill to the State Of
(which they may he apprised.' Even in
This form of oath there is an inevitable
Iamhiguity. for Bishops will. OF course.
determine according to their ideas what
lis really dangerous % thepublic safety
Tor "Hcjudicial TO the state" still il
lwOuld seem ihat such an oath Is -uii,.
lciently definite to be incompatible Will
the allegiance To the Pope now demand.
led OF slI Roman Catholic bishops. ~Th,
laws" to which they are. required TO
Ipledge their obed ience now includ,
Those enaciments which Archbishop
Manning
PUBLICLY DENOUNCEs As UNJUST.
And which the pope's Eucyclical ana
thematizcs. Our correSp Spondenf. indeed
reports statement made in the Pru-sial
Lower House by the Minister of Ed
lutdliOn. With. IA IpITtNs. II tOnftur lNt
las 10 tho result of this measure. DR.
lta,k said thai, at a meeting of the Prus
sian Bishops held after the enactment o
! the Ecclesiastical Laws. the question
was raised whether Roman Catholic
4 whether priest or layman, could any
longer conscientiously take the oath L
the Charter. a majority OF the Bishops
: returned a negative answer: but. M Ia,
! instance OF the minority, the question
, was referred 40 the Pope. and he seem
rlto have left the matter in doubt. Ilith
lerto. therefore. Roman Catholic officers
lotiicialsand mem bers OF the Paria ent
] have not been called upon by the clerg,
Ito refuse directly TO take the ordnar,
oaths, though they are cautioned ..b,
: the Pope paper" t.iat in doing So the'
must mentally re serve the right OF obey
ing..God and the Holy Church above all
But the comparative neutrality thus tol
Grated in laymen can not be cOnlemplat
ed as permissible 10 the Bishops them
selves. aud it would seem inevitable Tim
.lihcy should refuse the new oath. Th
icon sequences are equally apparent.
: Twin be observed. indeed thai this ordi
nance escapes The charge advanced b
:. Archbishop Manning of scing an e
" post facto enactment. The Bishops al
&c eheady in Office are not required to tax
any new oath. Ii is only 80 be take
- in future by bishops on assuming DO.
lsession of their sees" But it will be M
lplied a. each see falls vacant. and III
test has already been officially prcsente
to the candidates for tile vacant See ,
Fuldo. The ans rer, says our CORE
srondent. Is 60 be foreseen. "arl ~
lg shall soon have two diocescs withoi
illepiscoral upervisiOn'- Fuda and p,
from the latter Of which Archh;- "
On op Ledochowski win shortly be lcg,.
OILY removed. lhis prircsS must nevit
n DIV be continued. aud appears 10 be a
n-ibcraicly contemplated by the autho
ry of the new law. I'VE are clearly" il
d. said. "approacbing period when
or con siderable number of the Germ;
hishoprics will have TO 20 without
occupant" In other words. il j.
+ MERE QUESTION OF TIME.
g when The old existing organization
1.-The Roman Catholic Church in Pms.
will be forcibly suspended. Sever
hundred parishes. we were told the OF
Ter dav. are already without clergy.
ter consequence of the Bishops having ma
us. s.appointmenis without the consent nc
ri -required by law The rccusancv of I
Iys eXisiing Bishops, and the dcterminati
Ia OF the Government to recognize no ns
he Bishops except under condition of IN,
Dn- taking an impossible oath. must. mon
ry-lby month. bring the Roman Catho
de- parts Of Germany practically under
Z. inlerdict. The prospect Of such rcsi
Is formidable, but il must be prcsunl