The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1878-01-20

| Scriptures should be kept from the people
| because Catbolies do not believe that In cere'
] monica and in extornal poWp aud show, and In
| the Of the arts, that Ia these alone there
| is religion, bat that they have to bs used a.
aids to bring the sonl in communion with God,
] " 10 has to be wofshiped sin spirit end In
| truth !" because Catholics do not believe that
! the creature has to take the plaoo OF the Crea.
| tor /; because Catholics do not worahiP pio-
preme worship to sny one but God alone; be-
| oause thers 10 no fatal facility in ootSining
pardon for sin, and NO degrading infnanoes,
bot marvellous conservatism In the use OF IN 9
| con sssoional; therefore, do these charges fall
| TO the ground therefore 10 Is trns that she
Church does not epslaye Ghe intellect that
tie Church DOES not degrade religion that
| the Church does not dc,noraliz, the people.
In order that you may bs COD frmed ia she
| trnth Of what / have said to you. aud that
there has been no special pleading, no explain
| order. also, that you may understand that ON
many other snbjsota which it was impossible
for me in one discourse TO touch, the Catholic
Church is deeply, deeply mie9nderstood and
! heart of the priest loves with all its iotensi-
ty, for which Its every fibre should viorste
which 10 moro to him than wonan's love conid
be. aud for which he is prepared to sacrifice
life itsolf; that that institution which it is
my sacred privilege tonight to explain aud
to defend has TINS been deeply wronged, 10
ter what may have been yoDr opinions before.
when read for you one short snmmary of
points of doctrine which WI coademo and ana
thematiZe.
10 a little work which has besa extensively
circulated in England. Iteisnd aud this ooua-
try, these points are sum married. IN q etrikiug
manner. Any Catholic can, with his baud on
the Bible, aud in a solemn oath, say "Amen"
to the folio wing proposioions:
Cars ID is he who commits idolatry, who
prays to images or relos, or worships them for
God. Amen.
Cursed 10 every goddess worshiper who bs-
lieves the Virgin Mary to be any more than
creature, who werships her or puts his trust
iu her moro than God, who believes her above
her Son. or that she can in any way DOM nd
Him. Amen.
Cursed is he who believes the sAiuts 10
heaven to bs bis redeemsrs, who prsys to
them ssoh, or who gives Code honor to
them or to any creature whatever and he
who believes that priests can forgive sins,
whether the sinner repents or not, or that
there IL aoy power on earth that can forgive
sins without n hearty repentance and .
serious amendment; and he who believes
that there 10 authority in tho Pope, or in any
Other psrson, that can give leave to commit
sfus and ne who believes that, independently
of tho merits and passion of Christ, he can
obtain salvation by his own works. or make
condign satisfaction for the guilt of his sins
or the eternal pains due to them (; and ne who
contents the word of God or who hides IL
from the people iu order to keep them from,
o knowledge of their dLty and ID preserve
them in ignorance aud error and he who un-
dsrvaluss the word of God, or that. forsaking
the scriptures, chonsee rather to follow hu-
man traditions than il i; and he who believes
that the Pope can give any, upon any coca
sion wnstsoever, Gtspeasation3 to lie or swear
faleely, or thst 1T is lawful for any one o. the
last hour To protest himself innocent in oass he
is guilty and he who teaches it to be lawful
to do Anything wicked, though it be for the |
interest and good of "Aotner Church." or
that any evil action cray be done that good
may como from it, Amen.
Cared are We it, in answering or in saying
''Ameu' to any of these curses, we use any |
equivocation or mental reservation, or do not |
assent to them in tho common and obvious |
souso of tie terms. Auen.
And the author Bay 8. Can the Papists, then, |
til sericusty, and without check of conscience |
can, and they arc ready to co so whsnsoever |
and as often as it eh all DO repaired Of them. |
Papist IL represented, page 124
Rere is the evidence OF what Cstholics do |
not believe, for the fest tins perhaps uuder- |
stood py many generous hearted people hero !
20. nght-people who have fslt that he would |
nsS do Injustice or wrong to any individual,
AID who will not do iOj os loo any more to two |
hundred millions of Individuals on Gods !
0ast5. Bat that njustics has been done, and |
therefore 10 IL ssseutial that 1t should be IN
done. as far az each individual who hears me
tonight 10 conceraed. Two hundred millions
Of people demand reparatiop, because tn0 very
doctrines that they cnrss are the doctrines
which they have been falsely charged with be-
ifeving. These are the doctrines Catholics
do not believe" The Church could never have
lasted, ladies' and gentlemen, under the weight
OF ell tho perseouLiors and Inisrepresen tAtiouR
Of this kind if she were not the Church of tho
living G od--if she hsd not the promise that
the gates of hell should not prevail against
her," That Is the promise that suOtNius her.
directs hor, apd'inspires her-thnt has boon
hcr guarantee OF triumph for over eighteen
hundred yea,s. and shall be until the end.
Never shall forget the CIV licences that once
saw and heard of the stability of this Church,
in her war against the powers OF hell, of
which one 10 this very misrepresentation of
which have been complaining. 1t WAS in
Rome, in 1867; and With tnis description
shall CLOSE this already too prolonged lecture.
On that occasion, the eighteen hunCiredth ami.
versary of the death OF st. Peter, were as
sem nlvd in the nAgu;fo Basilioa that bears
his name Five hundred Bishops gathered
around the Sovereign Pontlif-bishops from
every tribe aud nation upcH earth. There he
stood, tho Supreme PontIf. the great central
figaro. Forty thousand wsx lights illuruined
tho mago'iioons assembly. Tue soulptured
salute of eighteen oeutnrieS looked down
fruIa their INCHES and FROM the tomba around
upon US. The vass BA4iticN was crowded to
its utmost ca oaoity. The papsl choir, neat tho
grand altar. commenced TO sing those Worda