The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-01-24
The Allegiance Of Catholics not Touched BY the
Vatican DEGREES.
LETTER OF MOST REV. ARCHBISHOP MAN
MING.

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LETTER OF MOST REV. ARCHBISHOP MAN.
MING.
The following letter from the Most Rev
Archbishop of Westminster appears in the
January number of Xaemillan's Magazine
LA SPEzrA. December 10, 1874.
To the Editor Of MscMilIsn's MAgasine.
Sir-The postscript to an article on
PRUSSIA and the Vatican" in your Decem-
Der number needs an answer, and it shall
be given. For q writer who afirms that
the head of the Catholic Church olaims to
be the "incarnate and visible Word OF
Cod" have really compassion. Either
he sincerely knows NO better, and for such
exceptional want Of knowledge ia worthy OF
| all pity or knowing better, he is an object
OF compassion for graver reasons. will
counsel this gentleman to draw his know
ledge from purer and more authentic
sources than "Janus,n "Ouirinusp and
the "Old Catholics" of Munich. They
will only mislead him. It lie profusely
evident that be has not yet learned the first
principles Of the matter he treats with such
confidence in himself and such contempt of
Vatican clerks" A writer who believes
that the Vicar Of our Lord claims to be the
| Incarnate Word - has given to the world
| the measure Of his knowledge, or of his
fairness. or of both. It will be time to dis
Suss the constitution, that "Unum
read but mastered "Herr Genrother's Kath-
olische Kirche and Christlicher Statt," in
which the accusations of the Munich Old
Catholics are fully refuted.
The writer disclaims in his article, page
l52, all intention Of impugning my "per-
cause he did 80 in his last article, and he.
has repeated 1t in the postscript before me.
He there clearly implies charge of du-
pifcity In the use of the Queens English.
Let me for the last time advise this gentle
man to use only the Queens English, in
and none OF the discourtesies which stain
bis writings; and also for the last time,
Will say that an adversary who cannot be.
lieve in the honor Of those who are OPP
posed to him not only always strikes wide.
but deserves to have his spurs hacked OFF
and to be led out of the lists of honorable
controversy. What have publicly affirmed
shall publicly justify-not before your
nameless correspondent, but before q tri-
bunal in which gladly recognise Alright to
know what believe and what teach. .
will now turn to the postscript. In it
dnd an interrogatory Of i've questions, fol-
I've. .oMeo ny sneSS peIempVoty woros-in iml-
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3. mIf DR.. Manning and his clergy did
not 80 consider themselves ahsolvedz ia it
or is il not, q fact that since the Vatican
DEGREES thew are dopmaticaIIv honn5 at the
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