The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-12-01
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-, Con royersy.
Sr. Peters CATHEDRAL.


me Ea,tor of the Ne'' YORK He'o'o
ak me what my views are on the
=" Manning controversy, ana though
,''s"> ',}';crt ns. been ably discussed ny the
ms > |;[nn, ~ Baltimore cannot refuse 10
A'"".S ri,h your courteous communlca-
Ffmi.s tho very few moments at my DIS
;iaa III INV w.
ia,,'"'.,.,,cd each and all the sessions at the
so, al Council in Rome bearing on the
to-, ,>,,, Of rsral infalioiliy. To the best
%''>,,'%r orolIertion there were Twenty-Five
q ny 5syot,d 10 the infiliibiity subject,
sI>>'r;;'I. one hundred and twenty-five pre-
- mike. besides one hundred otner DISH
49, ~, drciincd Ia speak IN puollc, out
e. ,a5 :, their written observations.
b' n.si. s,roe OF the speakers were opposed
az s.,,;,iou as being in their eSt,mation
:" ,' 80, or unnecessary, not one OF the
t"s>, -, rc~i.,rd !hc definition on the ground
I>.y! n'n,,,d N the slightest degree alter
'''''-''.,,,nn> existing between the temporal
'"y ,,.',,- Mr. Gladstone may say 10 the
,.,. tb,yerr wording OF the definition
'.., ,,',, ,nrtur, the Papal preroSarive to
> ,',.,. :ra npr4l>. The Pope does not WELD
t''.'. ,r, n, more power than he did in
..-.-.,'';in I04 IN every age Of the Church
~. ry. ,Nerciscd the pfrr"ghi'e OK ih'ai'i'
i,,,r Pore lnnocent |. exercised II IN Tue
$50 century III c0ndemnlng the teiagnn
i...'.v. and 80 did Gregory NJ. III the Jour-
...,.i r.nturY. ard Iancccnt y. in the seven.
.,...,n and The present Pontsit III 1904, When
-. '+fn,I n" dogma of The immaculate
t!.n,, me Council of the Vatican, in pro-
..,,.-,.,a. in 1870 hc Pope's inlailihlIl'y, old
-. ,-,u,c ucw doctrine, but confirmed an
- one. In proclaiming this dogma the
,.,,..;- gives ne sanction of 4 law 10 prln-
|.elt,,> ,Xr>i,n. As 4 matter OF fact.
- may illustrate this by referring 10 our
,.,.rr,n. Cnur' 1t Washington. When it
g. Unconstitutional question. It's decision,
..rs.b f,rhod,in@ 4 new form OF words,
,"y..3r ~ c.lird 4 new doctrine, because the
:.;..~,.n, i, based on the letter and spirit Of
sin. lau. So when the Church issues
=. ,.,r tn,ua Of faith that decree Is nothing
,a,~,. ,a4n new form Of expressing an old
3.,.-,i,.. h,cAtise The decision must be drawn
i.,r, the revealed word OF God, and based
,,-.,r .i,,c,u>unt tradition Of the Church.
The course pursued by the Church regard
-. paal intailihiiily vas practised by her
-r,.a hundred Yeas ago in reference to the
f,ysri;y Of Jesus Christ. Our Saviour was
=. yr7Wlrd.cd 10 be God from the beginning
- ..r Church. Yet His divinity was not
fq-r3lry defined Till the Council Of Nice, IN
=. nur'h century; and it would not have
tsta Z, lined then had it not been denied by
AIMS. Nor would she have defined the in
fGnnf,,,r of Peters successor in 1870 ii that
! I,I in
Modern tIAIilcans.
A<tAc Council Of Nice added nothing to
+. power Of Christ, neither did the Council
q the Vatican add anything to the preroga.
:.yr> o. the Pope.
4, Z, whether religious and civil liberty
vii suffer any detriment from the Cathollc
Church. we can appeal with confidence TO
L" past, especially to the history OF our
own country.
The same spirit still animates, and always
wi. animate. The Catholic Church, that die
ia,ed the memorable decree which was
passed Nv the General Assembly Of Catholics
INagygndl in lG49: No person whatsoever
within This province processing to believe in
Jesus Christ shall from henceforth be any
WAYS troubled or moIested for bis or her reli'
c;og. or in the free exercise thereof, or any
way compelled 10 the belief or exercise Of
aay other religion against his or her con
So"
They love cause best who suffer for il
mos.
"" have suffered too much in the sacred
cau,a Of liberty 10 raise our hands against ii
/. i, lor the principle of religious liberty that
the bishop of Geneva is in exile and the
bishops Of Germany are languishing in prison
!: i very singular that while Mr.. Glad.
stone has not word TO say in condemnation
Of The actual tyranny Of Bismarck he is
trembling at the imaginary tyranny Of the
Pop. 1t is equally strange that the EXPIRE
mj~r did not discover the fatal tendency o.
tie Vatican decree for four years after it wa:
famed, and not until after his ministerial
defeat; and bad he remained in office the
world would never have seen his famou:
Pamphlet.
Faithfully, your obedient servant,
JAMES GIBBONS,
Bishop of Richmond and Vicar Apostolic o
North Carolina.