The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-03-07
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

Last week We but noticed the arI!Va! OF IuI7 |
pamphlet; but to-day We in'eou
TO point out lis varied excellence ana nian!
important Instructions, SO THAI al! Cathoiies
may be induced TO study its pages AID meditaIe
upon tie lessons it conveys.
Written as az answer to Mr. Gladstones tx
pos;ula,!ors, by one who Is at once rare
!oeician, u learned historian and profound
rbeolociap, we ind in it luminous e1p!aha-
ton OF all the DARK phenomena with winch
:, snb,le malice has obscured the glorious |
truths of God.
There are but Eve chapters in the whole |
work, aud yet they contain SO complete
refutation of the charges brought against the
Vatican DEGREES, that We do not see now any |
man who believes in Christianity, can faiI 70
recognize the truth.
Examining the book before rs, we are
taught that Gallisaaism is the only formal OPP
position ever manifested in the Church, TO the
universal belief in the Infallibility OF It's
Head.
Archbishop Manning calls it a yal theology
tha. sparng up in France, was received by
few of the episcopate of that country, was in
dignantly rejected by many, condemned by
three Pontifs, declared by two universities to
be erroneous, and condemned over again in the
| Bull Auctorem Fidei.
The Vatican DEGREES put an end to this error,
which had grieved the hearts OF large portion
of the Catholic world, and which had furnished
to the enemies of the Faith many plausible
weapons to be used against the Interchangeable
Church"
Referring to the many attacks made upon
the Church and the Roman Pontf, the Arch
bishop mildly remarks that men reason and
think in other matters: Unfortunately,
when they attack the Catholic Church or the
Vatican Council they seldom think much"
And again "a dictionary and q stout heart
to attack the Popes is enough"
The Society of Friends is allowed to refuse
an oath of allegiance or to take up arms in
defence of country, for conscience sake-ano
yet no one cries out against them or accuses
them of disloyalty bat because Catholics are
guided by the greatest system OF ethical
legislation the world ever saw, the Canon
Law and the Moral Theology of the Catholic
Church, they looked upon as suspicious
subjects of the government which has re-
celved their allegiance.
The Syllabus, about which so much has been
said and written, is explained as merely
compilation of those errors of the day which
the Holy Father had condemned from time &c
time in his many Ercy clica!s, and which /:
- intended as a book of reference for the Bishops
;. of the Church.
- Two of these erroneous propositions a
follows:
Authority is nothing else but the result O
numerical superiority and material force"
J. ut is allowable to refuse obedience to legiti
e mate Princes, and also to rebel against them.
e Now who would believe that civil govern
IT ments should denounce the Roman Pontif TO
y condemning propositions so subversive of ever.
principle of right and justicei But still strange
u is the fact that, at the same time, those sam
- governments accuse the head of the Catholi
Church of teaching just such monstrous doc
trines.
/ On page 4s are taught what true politics
>, ought to be: 1.-THE ethics which govern mer
Al become politics in the government of States
}. Politics are but the collective morals of society
al The true notion of the Civil Society of Catho
IL lies. is a society of men who so pursue the hap
&c piness of this life as thereby to show that i
80 ought to be subordinate TO the attainment c
> eternal happiness"
We could wish all politicians to learn fror
~ this eloquent law-giver, how to make til
~ NOR ais of society a reflection of the virtues c
:, religion They would not then be SO weak l
truth ana justice as TO compromise on prime
pies that ale eternal.
=, In these pages HIS Grace also show no
~ differently history may be read by the eyes
~ reason and the eyes of prejudice.
=. Speaking OF the redrisome stories told of Bon
- face VIII, who is said to have claimed tempe
49, raj jurisdiction over all princes, Mgr. Mannin
49, quotes Dollinger in REPUTATION of this absurd
49, ity; and we imagine the learned doctor mu;
-. feel very restless when his own writings al
brought to show how great traitor he hi
become. This splendid of Dollinger
so made quietly By the eloquent Bishop, thu
~ few would suspect the sarcasm concealed b
~
so meath the gentle manner.
3" We have already spoken of the Archbishop
10 beautiful tribute to the Maryland Colon
40 founded, as he ably shows, by men WI
So ,rere not imbued with the spirit of modeI
:. thought, but were actuated by the spirit
60 the Catholic Church.