The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-12-04
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REPLY OF THE PRIEST.
EDITOR NEws-Dear SIR: ToE
another attack of Mr.. John Rankin,
/ beg to submit another reply. Mr..
Il. aims at proving that, as the Cath
Olics firmly believe that "out OF the
church there is no salvation" they
must necessarily prosecute all dis
senters from the truths held by the
church. 1 must confess that do,
not think Mr.. Il. is in that plight
for according to the doctrine:Of Cal.
whistle predestinStion which he
needs profess as q minister of the
Presbyterian church, it matters not
to him what church or what princi-
pie man adheres to; for whatever
born for heaven or for hell. A man
can thus have a pliable, malleable,
elastic conscience which will accom-
MEDIATE itself to every form of
opinion. Such is indeed the practi-
cal morality which grows out of the
Calvinistic doctrine of predestina-
lkOuS IL We O4O 1OlIOW IL u It's
mediate conclusions. The syllogism
of the Rev. gentleman stands thus !:
"Out of the Catholic church there
is no salvation" Therefore, the
Catholics must prosecute Protestants
| who are out of the chnrch. If Mr..
Il. has ever applied himself to the
study of philosophy, he will easily
remember the principal as old as
human reason; "Quf ninais pTo6Gt,
niha GrO6Gt." He who proves too
much, proves nothing. But 1 am
willing to put his syllogism to q
philosophical test, for it appears to
me right in the principle, but wrong
in the application. "Out of the
church, there is no salvation" 1
admit the principle as an axiom and
I will do for it what Mr.. r. did not,
1 will prove it. 1 leave Paganism
and Mahomedanism out of question,
| (Mr. Il. can easily perceive that this
Is an argument al homineDl), and 1
start from the hypothesis that chris
tiGnity is the religion whereby all
men are called unto salvation. In
order to be saved, therefore, man
must live up to the rules and regu-
lations of christianity-that religion
which our Divine Saviour came
down from heaven to establish.
Mr.. Il. admits that. 1t is evident,
also, that Christ established only one
religion-all the rest were made by
men-from the fact that there is q
great deal of contradiction between
the doctrines of any two religions,
which shows clearly that Christ
coHld not form them both; because,
as He is truth itself, He cannot teach
contrarytO what he once said. Christ,
| for instance, cannot teach the Roman
Catholic that there are seven ysacra-
ments, and afterwards teach the
Presbyterian that there are only
two. The logical conclusion is, il
Christ has taught the Presbyterian
doctrine, the Catholic doctrine is
false; if He has taught the Catholic,
the Presbyterian doctrine must be
false they cannot both be true.
That Christ established but one
religion is again evident from reas-
on and numerous passages of scrip
ture which Mr.. Il. certainly believes,
for when our Saviour came to es-
tablish His religion He made it
perfect and complete in all parts {.
lie made it pure, without spot or
wrinkle, (Eph. V. 30 and the very
pillar and ground of the truth Qst
Tim. iii 15). He likewis command
ed all to obey and believe the
same under pain of eternal damna-
ton, for "If he will not hear the
church (mind well, not churches,
but church), let him be to thee as
the heather and the publican"
Matt. XVIII, 10. "He that belieV-
eth not, shall be DAMNED" MARX
xvi, 1G). st. Paul says: Though
we, or an angel from heaven preach
a gospel to you besides that which
we have preached TO you, let him be
accursed; ;" (Gal. j, 81 We must
either admit the foregoing texts, or
deny christianity. 1t is clear, there
fore, from the word of God, that
lie has commanded all to obey and
hear His church, and that he pro-
nounces a curse upon the man, or
even an angel, that shall dare teach
different religion. Now, as we
have seen before, the religions form
| ed by men are different from the
religion established by Almighty
God; therefore they are accursed
In the sight Of God, and consequent
ly cannot he good.
There is nothing more intolerant
than truth. The arithmetical truth
says two and two make four; the
| religious truth says: "There is but
one God, one faith, one baptism"
Thus do 1 agree with Mr.. r., that
when we have once tested and ascer-
tanned the truth of Gods religion,
we cannot exchange it for the doc
1FlnnS nf in nthnr Il,
that ''Out of the church, there is no
salvation"
This axiom, however, bears MANY
an explanation which is not called
for here the gist of the question
lies mainly in the conclusion.
Once admitted, says Mr.. r., that sfout
of the Catholic church there ia no
salvation" the Catholics must nee
essarily prosecute the Protestants, or
as he words it in what he has been
pleased to call his Apology"
NOW, if it be true that the Catho-
lie church is the only one in which |
there is salvation, the Protestants |
deserved all they suffered" The |
proof of the above utterance in the |
words of Mr.. II. Is still more re-
markaoie than his argument: sfThe |
OoAhOtANo OSiAONCu lndL IL WIS IlGlL L
to put heretics 10 death, Just as |
Paul did before his conversion
they acted according to their be-
lief, as every honest person must |
do"
Mr.. Z. cannot assimilate the be-
lief and action of the Catholic |
church to the case of Pail of whom
he speaks so lightly. Has he forgot
ten the gentle rebuke he gave to the
"priest" on the score of politeness /?
II he does not wish to call him St.
Paul. why does he not style him
Mr.. Paul? st. Paul, { I cali hina), q
Jew, dissenter from the church,
prosecuted christianity, the true
church. He did so in view aud by
virtue of his erroneous teachings.
Such are not the teachings of the
Catholic church. She incuIcates
into the minds of her children,
above ali things, the precept of char
ity. Glove yonr enemies" is the
motto which she gathered from
the lips of the Divine Master.
There may have been indi-
vidnaI cases OF bigotry and /;
where some
one or other of her members