Daily Republican., 1878-12-02
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would make greater progress in coming
to al agreement on the points of differ
enGe between us. He quotes fully and
fairly statement of mine in my last
reply, viz: THAT all protestants who
live such good lives, as to rptitle them
to heaven, will, by the grace of God,
be brought, before death to, embrace
the true faith and become members Of
the Roman Catholic church" To this
m. A." remarks, "Protestants do live
such good lives as entitle them 10
heaven" How does he know this,
How will the logical readers of M. A. "
characterize this assertion. IN. A."
thanks God that | have granted all
he was contending for. He then adds
as to their embracing the true faith
and being brought into the Roman
Catholic Church, that Is matter of total
indifference. But made the entrance
into the Roman Catholic Church con
ditlon Of entering heaven, even of those
Protastants whose lives were good
enough to give them title to HEAVIER.
This did, not from human presump,
tion but from knowledge OF the law of
God. The Protestants, referred to,
were, in my opinion, in the condition
Of the outsiders Of whom our Saviour
spoke in the l6ta v, Of the 10th chap.
Of St. John: "Other sheep have that
are not Of this fold, them also Unjust
bring--and there shall be- one fold and
one shepherd. Does not the rigid
ness of Christ contrast strongly with
the lberality Of an. A." Christ says
He must do, what to IN, AZ says is a
matter of total Indifference
2. IN. A. to prove that there is a
Holy athoic Church, which is not the
Roman Catholic chnrch, quotes text
OF Scripture, which, judged by the con
text, proves the very reverse. The
tex: is "ln every nation he that fear
eth God and worketh justice is accepta
bic to Him." These words were utter.
ed by St. Peter when he heard the lit
tie history of the conversion of Cornr-
Illus the Centurion, A1ts Zoe, 35v. Now
this Centurion, 80 acceptable to God
for his fasting, praying, and giving
aims, had to be- brought into the church
and therefore Peter had to be sent for to
baptise him, &c. This is a vrrilication
of what st. Luke says in the last verse
Oi the second chapter of the Acts of
the Apostles: "The Lord added daily
to the church such as should he saved. /"
1t is our Saviour fulfilling His ouliga-
tions mentioned above, viz: "Other
sheep have that are not Of this fold
them also / must briag," &c. How
differently is the same matter view
ed by an. A aud our Savior.
IN. A." in his third paragraph as ks
to what church did Melchezedec be
long. answer to the preparatory
church of God as then organized. See
the harmony between him and Abra
ham. No body took Hobab into any
church, Moses wished to employ his
services as a guide. have already
shown that Cornelius was brought by
Peter into Peter ) church. Nothing can
more clearly show the harmony of the
Roman Catholic system with the reveal
ed working of the church of God than the
history of Cornelius the centurion.
"M. A." asks me to give the true
meaning of the words of Christ, St.
Matt. viz: "where there aret@o or three
gathered together in my name there am
| in the midst of them The mean
ing is very plain: viz; where two er
three members of the church OF
| Christ are assembled in his nam,
there will Christ be with them, hearing
their prayers and granting their requests
Christ says, in st. Luke ri CHI, "He
who is not with me is against me. "
| Now all heretics and schismatics are
certainly not with Christ, for He con
demns heresy and s"hism as damnable
crimes. NJ. A. should remember that
other saying Of Christ, Matt. 7 ch., q
", mot every one that saith Lord
Lord, shall ente into the kingdom OF
Heaven" &c. The U. 5. government
proclaims its readiness to protect its cit
izens, anywhere Justly assembled un-
der its flag. But if rebels, counterfeit
ers OF robbers would have recourse to
the device of sheltering themselves un
der the star spangled banner, the pres
ident would scarcely deem himself oh
ligated to employ the army and navy
for their protection.
To answer some other questions Of NJ.
A., it is sufficient to repeat our Savior's S
words, "He who is not with me is
against me-" and st. Paul to the Ephe-
SLAMS, "one Lord, one faith" &c. Christ
is no more to b. divided in faith, than
in baptism, lst Cor. first chapter.
AM. A. is in error, in claiming, fromC. S
admission that all he children of
Protestants correctly baptized by their
ministers or lay protestants shall be
saved. in their ministers any ministe-
rial power more than what any lay
protestant man or woman, boy and girl
has. 1t is Catholic doctrine that bap
tism given, by any one, christian or not,
is valid, provided that the one giving
it correctly performs the ceremony as
laid down in scripture, intending at
the same time to perform the ceremony
for the purpose for which Christ ordain-
ed it. NJ. A. misunderstands me again
when he says 81 (M, A. need only re
main in profound ignorance that tn"
r. C. is the only true church of Christ
on earth in order to escape hell" | feel
sure that no other reader of my article
took NJ. A 3 Interpretation OF t.
More Anon is not, and never can
be in invinci5le Ignorance OF what
the Roman Catholic church is. Irwin
chile ignorance is an ignorance which
person never had the means or oppor-
tunity of removing. No Protestant in
Wilmington or any other large city IN
the whole country can lay claim to IN
vincible ignorance of what the roman
Catholic church is. | meant only to say