The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-02-20
THE CATHOLIC CONTROVERSY.
Archbishop Manning's Reply to Mr..
Gladstone.
Propositions TO be PrOved-Deposing Power
of the POpe-RemOnsfrnnce
With Mr.. Gladstone.

The replyo Of Archbishop Manning to Mr. Glad.
stone expostulatlons was issued by Messrs
Longmans Co. IL is an elaborate and connected
argument to prove these propositions:
I |. That the Vatican DEGREES have In no lot or
title changed either the Obligations or the condi-
ti0ns Of civil allegiance.
| 2. That the relations Of the Catholic Church to
the civil powers Of the world have been immuta-
by fixed from the beg ming, iBasmuch as they
arise out OF the Divine constitution Of the Church,
and out OF the civil society OF the natural order
| B. That any collisions existing have been
brought on by changes, not on the part OF the
! Catholic Church, much less Of the Vatican Coun-
ell, but on the part of the civil powers and that
| by reason OF systematic conspiracy against the
| Holy See.
l. That by these changes and collisions the
stability. ' '"-'
s. That the motive of the Vatican Council in
defining the infallibiity Of the Roman Pontiff
was nos any tcmpoial policy, nor was it for any
| temporal end; but that it defined that truth III
the face of all temporal dangers i'll order to guard
the Divine deposit of Christianity, and to Vindi-
cate the Divine certainty of faith
DR.. Manning makes in this pamphlet the fol-
lowing statement OF the doctrines Of the Church
in regard to the deposing power Of the Pope, It's
origin and character, and The limits Of its applca-
ton
The Christian law Of faith and morals passed
into the public law Of CLrstendom. Then arose
the Christian jurisprudence, in which the Roman
PontlA was recognized as the supreme judge Of
princes ana Of people, with two-fold COERCION
spiritual by his own authority, and ten p0ral
by the secular arm. These two acted
as one. Excommuncation aud deposition
were SO united il the jurisprudence OF
ChrlstendOm that he who pronounced the
sentence OF accommodation pronounced
also the sentence of deposition as before the
repeal CT our test acts, if member of the Church
of England became Catholic or even Noncon- |
formist, he was jpS0 fdct0 incapable of sitting
in Parliament or holding office OF State And bv |
the first Of William ii the heir to the Crown if
he became Catholic, or marry Catholic, i5so
TdcfO tOifelts the succession. Nothing is more |
certain upon the face Of history, and no one has |
proved more abundantly than DR.. Dollinger tina. /
i'll every case Of deposition, as OF Philip lie Bel,
Henry Nv of GERMANY, Frederick II, and the like
the sentence of the Electors, Princes, States and
people and the public opinion and voice ofnations
had already pronounced sentence ofre lection upon
those tyrants before the Pontiffs pronounced the
sentence OF accommodation and deposition.s
1t was only by the faith and free will of nations
that they became socially subject to this jurls-
prudence; it was by their free will that it was
in vigor; and it was in conformity
with their free will that it exercised by the
Pontltls. Their free sentence preceded the Pom
tlilcal sentence 1t was at their prayer, and in
their behalf, that it was pronounced. The moral
condition OF spontaneous acceptance, and the ma
terlal conditions of execution, were alike present
these supreme pontIical acts legiti-
mate. right, lawful, wise and sautary. And here
shall be met with the answer, :. You Justify
then, the deposition OF princes, and therefore
You hold that The Pope may depose Queen Vic
-oria "
Such am sorry to say, is the argument of the
Expos tulation; for If it be not, Why was it In,
Died: | altogether Gcny the argument or in {
erences, or call it what You will. | affirm that
he deposition Of II Ery ~ aud Frederic Ii of
were legitimate right end lawful: and
aliiri. that deposition OF Queen Victoria
would Mt be legitimate, nor right, nor lawful |
because the moral conditions which were present !