, 1877-02-03

ttcI' LUZ Slcdl onlli NHolli 1hulliud
OF Carossa had the privilege of housing
in 1877 as her guest in the Modenese
Castle to which the German Emperor,
Henry w., came to make his public sub
mission On the memorable 25th of jan
uary, hut few years later on had his
name enrolled among the saints Of
Heaven. Canonized by the Church of
God, s. Gregory VII. was for long, how
ever, very differently dealt with, it is
true, by more than one non Catholic his
toran. Even non Catholic history how
ever, has righted itself at last in esti-
mating his character. When Frederick
Won Schlegel came to write his master
piece on the Philosophy of History,
what was it that he, not simply non.
Catholic, but Lutheran historian, wrote
OF the great Hildebrand, Of the glorious
Pontitf Saint Gregory Wiz I'm our
times" wrote Schlegel, 'justce has been
at last rendered to the great qualities OF
this Pontitf, and it has been allowed he
was perfectly free from all fish views,
and that the austerc and decisive energy
OF his character sprang from no other
motive than burning zeal for the re.
form 0t the Church and mankind The
German historians in particular" says
Schlegel, "and in truth those on the
Protestant side, have been the first to
perform this act of justice and the name
of Gregory VII, who lived in times so
different from our own, has long ceased
to be with the Germans watch.word
for party strife" What, again, says an
other great Protestant annalist, meaning
John Muller, the famous historian Of
switzerlandG "The Popes of Rome"
wrote Muller, employed their authority
to render their See independent Who
ever refused to honor the Christ, trem.
bled before the Pope; and one faith and
one Church were preserved in Europe.
We know what Pope made Charlemagne
the first Emperor; but-'5h0 made the
first P0pe' The Pope, they say, was
only Bishop; yes, but at the same
time the Holy Father, the S0rereign Pom.
tif, the Great Caliph, as he was called
by Ho Albuircda, Prince of Klamath. 1t
is he (the Pope) who controlled, by the
fear of God, the stormy youth of our
modern States. At present, even
he is still very puissant by the benedic-
ticns he showers; he is still an object of
veneration to innumerable hearts, hon
ored by the Kings who honored the
nations. invested with power before
which, in the long succession of ages
Macaulay's renowned panegyrlc of the
Papacy is here anticipatedl, from the
Caesars to the House of Hapsburg, host
of nations and all the great names have
vanished. ave declaim against the
Pope!" exclaims the Protestant Muller,
as il it were such misfortune that there
should exist such an authority to super
intend the practice of Christian morality,
and to say to ambition and to despotism,
Halt $50 far, and no furtherl' RiSher
und nicht soeitcr." What wrote Herder
that, without the Papal Hierarchy,
Europe, in all probability, must have
become the prey of tyrants, the theatre
of eternal wals, or even desert What
wrote Beck tfty.two years ago in his
great work on the Middle Ages1 Why,
that the Catholic Hierarchy opposed the
progress of despotism in Europe, pre-
served the elements of civilization, and
upheld in the recollection of men what
is so easily effaced-the ties which bind
earth to Heaven. Those ignorant men,
as we affect to call them, he adds, have
settled almost all the countries of En-
rope. What, finally, says the Protestant
Ruhs in his Manual of the History of
these same Middle Ages9 Why, he says,
with honest candor-"The Pope was
always present to terminate the wars
which had broken out among Christian
princes, and toprotect the people against
the injustice and tyranny OF their rulers"