Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-04

not shali be condemned s:As the Father sent
me. SO also send you. ''AIl power is giyer
fore, teach all nations teaching them To observ,
all Things whatsoever I have said unto YOU
| ana behold am with you all days. even unt6
the contamination Of the wo,Id,'' The conclu
SION, SO far as it affects the present generation
81 Christians. stated as follows: Christ's an
| polntment OF body of living, infaIIible teach
| ers once admitted his rule of faith for Hi,
church, such body Of men, we must grant
exists in the world to-day, and az one BODY ot
men only, the hierarchy of the.Cattolic church
IN obedience to the Pontiff of Rome-puts for.
ward even claim to infallibIe teachipa thas,
teachers are necessarily Christ's teachers the
Lathollc church IN communion with Rome l.
ChrIsts church. The historical connect,
continued, between the Catholic church
OF To-Day ana the church Of the apostles is east.
~ SHOWN by perusai OF the documents of his.
| cory; put the examination of documents is not
az a., NECESSARY 1or the completeness Of the
conclusion l have drawn
Mr. Breed In his reply entirely overlooked
tne historic ground Of my argument, which is
| aItcr all my stronghold. mean Christ'g posi
I'VE institution OF body of infallibe teachers.
his discourse was ccEfned to consideration
! to-day. -
| Inc same defect is visible in Dir. Thomas'
| reply. he aims to prove that Professionalism il
not as bad As l make it to be, and he hcaps NJ,
diiticuitles against the claims of the modern
Catholic church to infallibility and to unity.
ny ny n.y. aioo naItle against my position that
Christ instituted an infaIlible Church? If this
iatter position be allowed, Professionalism. OBJ
Jectlohable or unobjcctionabIe as it NAV seem
10 us on ita intrinsic merits, falls to the ground
ana when, IT ever, Mr.. Thomas would have
logically shifted from the scene the modern
oath1ilc church, ne should still have to show
us, what would then be assnrcdN for him q
most difficult task, where is to-day the infaI.
lbe Church that Christ instituted.
WIZ no" take up the positions followed out
IN Dir. Thomas discourse.
ne displays some skill in the partition of his
| subject. defense of Professionalism was de-
inanded, and defense of Professionalism. he
had said he would give. The task, however
| no doubt, alarmed him, and he fell
back on the old plan-an attack on
,homanism' The attack is the beginning
1ne middle and the end of his discourse-here
anu 1he-e only, by small slices at a time-does
ne Wedge III the defense. The attack was not
the point in question, but it was deemed easier
and the hearers, he thought if possibly caioled
INTO the idea that the old church was made to
totter, would thoughtlessly deem Protestant.
Ism safe. and call the whole discourse de-
| fense w
| lnfallibility is the first target Mr.. Thomas
sets up for his thunderbolts '.Ihere is in the
theory OF infallibibility," he says. IA simplic-
! ny very attractive to IA certain order of mind
The weak mind. unwilling to investigate for it.
self; the impatient mind, which desires to ar
rye at ultimate truthvery quickly and the tired
mind, which, having essaycd in vain to solve
all the problems which grow out of mans reIa.
ton to a personal God, has given up the effort
IN dcbpair,--for all these classes of mind 4
1t may be well the Roman church exists" II
cannot be well for them, Mr.. Thomas, that the
nonan church exists, if she is not the truth
an lmposture is an evil; and such words in the
| tha ri A.
homan church are depreciation of Gods
truth. The question Of infallibility is by nc
! means one or attractiveness for certain
minds, but one of strict obligation upon
all human minds, il God has established
it, and you have not said one word in renlv tf
my argument that God did establish upon earti
an infallible authority. And are not you1
| words bitter irony against all Professionalism
when you speak Of 'thc tired mind. which hay
ing essayed in vain to solve all the problems
| winch grow out of mans relation to a persona
God, has given up the effort in despair who
IN Protcstantism- rebellious Professionalism
| which three centuries ago cut itself off from in
1aiilDle authorty-has ever assaycd to solve
religious problems, those most vital for ones
own soul, without having been obliged to give
up the effort in despair? But Mr.. Thomas
continues, there must creep into the heart al
tlmes inc doubt that perhaps after all the
proofs OF this claim be not sufficient, and OH il
not, what sense of mental cowardicc must
attach to such servitude." You NAV. indeed
call it servtndc, if you can establish such
doubt within our minds-but Indignantly ask
on what grounds do you attribute to us al
times such doubts? We have stated again and
| again the solid reasons Of our convictions
Chrlst's own words to his apostles and with
those reasons before our minds in regard tc
winch you have observed an omnibus silence, it
| is Legitimate for to ask. do not at least
doubts by times cross your mind that
Chrlst institution must have place on earth
and oh 1.-THE sense Of mental pain that follows
for You are in rebellion against that au.
thority.
had said, if the church were found fallible
she would have proved herself human '.You
acknowledge too much,'' says Mr. Thomas tc
me. We don't think your church is human
We don't believe that your ministry, your faitt
or your baptism came only from men, and vet
! the formal rulings of your infallible popcs have
been most sadly contradiction Yes, Mr.
Thomas, once found fallible, God has departed
from her, she is human. You do not know the
value before God of divine truth He institut.
ca His church to continue His own mission
| AS the Father sent me- SO also | send YOU u
And that mission was to teach: Teach all ma
| tons. Was error to be found in Christ 4
teaching? neither can it be in His church
which is 'the pillar and the ground of truth. y
he Will condemn those who listen not to His
church: He that believeth not shall be con.
demncd,' And could Christ command be.
lief in error? Therefore He promises to re-
main with His church "all days" A ministry
| forsooth, from Christ and deceiving men a
faith from Christ, that is but u congeries
of contradictory statement of course, you do
not, with good reason claim infallibility fo1
| the Protestant Episcopal church.
Therefore, say |, the Protestant Episcopal
church has not inherited the promise: ''Teach
! all nations q = and behold I am with
you I'LL days, even unto the contamination OF
the world''
But the rulings of your infallblc Popes
| have been sadly contradictory" Mr.. Thomas
| gives instances. ! cannot refrain from ex-
| pressing my establishment ut the nature of the
objections raised by Mr.. Thomas against the
Catholic position. They simply irrelevant,
and have to be at once ruled out of court as in
no way affecting the case in point. Why did not
Mr.. Thomas, for his own reputation as a public
speaker, study at least the Catholic position,
before attacking it, so that his objections
should not, by totally escaping the question at
stake, be mere battling in the air? One fact
slightly excuses him: he was in hurry, and
too innocently trusted his judgment to DR.
Pusey's Eirenicon, book which Catholic con.
troversalists have refuted n few hundred times
within the last decade of years. The objections
which, perhaps, the good people of st. Paul's
church, on last Sunday evening, deemed the
ifesh and vigorous product of u weeks cogita
tions, are, for the most part, literal transcript
OF a few pages of the Eirenicon.
will state the Catholic position on infalli
bility,., giving the language of the Vatican
Council: The Roman Pontiff, when he speaks
e. atheti1M that is, when in discharge
Of his office of pastor and doctor Of al
Christians, he defines, in virtue Of his supreme
apostolic authority, doctrine of faith o.
morals to be held by the universal church, il
endowed by the divine assistance, with that
infallibility with which our divine Lord willed
that the church should be furnished in defining
doctrines of faith or morals The subject
matter of infallibility is limited to doctrines
of faith and morals. The exercise of infalli
bility is confined to the one net of the pope't
official teaching of the universal church.
Mr.. Thomas tells lis, one pope, Gregory, pro