Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-04-15

bility offend to-day, when We admit it in olden |
times! Mr.. len brock surely Will not write |
of the old law, tat written d, 3lment VA,
constitution aud tribunal. or that .leason,'
whether common or private, was the supreme |
court.
In proving the infallibility of the church l |
have proved papal infallibiiity. They one
ard the same thing, rather, the latter is but
the expression of the former. The Church be-
ing corporate body, must have her represent
ative who will speak for her. and who, while
speaking for the church, will be invested with
all her prerogatives. Who will be this repre-
sentative of the church? The answer from all
will be, he who Is her head, her chief COM
mander. This is all that Catholics mean by
the infaliibility of the Pope. Mhen speaking
tur the church ne speaks. as her head WITH nef
authority ami her 1nfaliibiity. Hence We rec
ognize only his er-cathedra decisions as author
ltative. As. a private individual he is as each
one of us, fallibie; as head of the church, not
otherwise, is he assured of Gods protection.
Papal infallibility is the logical sequence OF
the infaibility of the Church. The words OF
our Lord to Peter, Furthermore, indicate it.
On this rock (Peter) will build my Church,
and the gates of hell shall not prevail against
her" The fact that the gates of hell shall not
prevail against the church follows from tie
previous fact, that she is built upon Peter.
through whom the Church derives it; hence
Peter is called rock" He is the foundation
stone; were he to fail, the whole edifce should
crumble; hence Tor the Church's sake is he
specially guarded. Peter is appointed shep-
herd Of the flock; he leads to pasture lamb
and sheep. We're the shepherd, while feeding
the flock, subject to error, the whole flock
should perish. In the gospel of St. Luke, our
Lord announces to the apostles, that they shall
be all tempted by satan, and the remedy for
their salvation is Peters never-failing faith
and Peters guidance. But have prayed for
confirm thy brethren" Christ prays only for
one-Peter-whose Office it shall be to strength
IN the others; and the prayer which assembled
TO the Father Is, THAT Simon's faith
fail not Could papal supremacy and
| papal infalhbility be more clearly
o. Peter Protestant is dis ;ort from their obvio, s
! meaning the words Of The Lord, and contempt
uously set aside the whole traditional interpre-
| cation of those words, during the several ages
the earliest included-of ecclesiastical his
| tory.
| they will suffice to show you who was in past
Zines considered as the organ cf the church in
ler infailible teaching. One is furnished by
| the African church, under the leadership of the
| great Augustine; the other by the Greek
hurch, in the first days of the 9th century.
|
| pelagianism; the DEGREES were sent to Home, tl
| :eceive confirmation from Pope Innocent
Pending the transmission of he DEGREES Il
Rome, Augustine announce to his people the
decisions of the councils, adding that the mat
yer, however, was not yet closed, until Innocent
lecision would be received. The decision of In
| nocent came across the Mediterranean, andthes'
we're Augustine,s words Rome has spoken
he case is ended In the year 514, the Greel
bishops signed this formulary OF faith, which
shey addressed to Pope Harmisdas
The first step to salvation, is to keep tn
ule Of faith, because we by no means disre
,ard the word of our Lord Jesu
4 christ. who said, Thou art Pete
md upon this rock will build my church
These things which were said are proved b
5heir effects; for in the apostolic see the fait
las always been preserved without spot
Wherefore we follow in everything the apostoli
see; we make all its decisions our own
The objections raised against infallibilit
TALL at once to the ground, before the simpl
statement Of the conditions of infallibility.
will give the words of the Vatican council
The Roman pontiff. when he speaks
uthed'u, that is, when in discharge of h
,fice of pastor and doctor of all Christian
lie defines, in virtue of his supreme apostol
authority, doctrine of faith mora4s to /
!. held by the universal church, is endowed b
. he divine assistance promised to him in blesse
! Peter, with that intallibility with which tt
aedeemer willed that the church should
{ furnished" Where the difficulty could ari
nfallible. cannot perceive. 1t is quite cas-
{ in civil matters to distinguish between ii
{ Judge on the bench and off the bench
I When the church defines any doctrine, all h
y children accept the definition, and with
i he limits of this definition, the
( If faith. Outside these limit
II -heologians form and hold their own sever
opinions, with no detriment it is evident,
Uniformity of faith among Catholics. In civ
l. matters there are points upon which the cou
r aas spoken. and regarding which, controver,
Is s over. Other points there are, upon whit
II 40 decision has been given, and regardil
( which there are various opinions among legist
II The best preparation of mind that know {
t. for the study of the Catholic church, after
n sound course Of logic, would be thought
5: study of civil law. With such preparatio
N few objections would be urged against the
y ice and perogatives of the church. This stat
II ment accounts for a fact in the history
4. Anglicanism. The most sturdy champions
Il the old church for a long time in Englan
+ against the separatist movement of Henry al
II Edward, were the barristers and law studen,
s. Their well-trained minds anchored them to t.
SC truth.
&c Mr.. Thomas anxiously demands what no
ii regarding the Inspiration of scripture. w
S, would not crafty his curiosity? hold VIII
3. the Vatican council has decreed: THE boob
10 with all their parts enumerated by the coun,
4 Of Trent, and contained in the Latin vulgat
10 Ire sacred and canonical = because writ
d under the inspiration of the Holy Ghot
a, regret that ] cannot t,
( him whether agree with Oxenham, or wi
!, 1rotius, on the atonement; for neither do
): know what Grotius or Oxenham have WRITE
II On this question, nor do care to know it. T.
II .hurch-not MIR. Thomas Protestant, or sen
r. Catholic authors-is my guide.
IL Mr. Thomas raised in his several lectur
: various objections, to which l gave answe
i TO one of these objections will again allude
!" John, is spurious. at is replied he said,
u nis last discourse, " that Tertullian, Cypria
ii Fulgentiu, and others, allude to it. This
/ deny. They use language cognate to tn
verse, but do not quote the verse ITSELF" No
v st. Cyprian--book on TIE unity Of the Church
! positively says: .'Of the Father, the Son az
l. the Holy Ghost, it is written: and these thr
Il are one.' The four hundred African bisho
e in their address to the Arian king. Huneri
Il declare: We learn from the Evangelist, s
is John: There are three who give testimoI
in Heaven. the Father, the Son and the Ho
II Ghost. and these three are one.' Fulgenti
5 writes: The blessed John testifes, sayl1
5 *'' So wrote the Fathers; but, a
II cording to Mr.. Thomas, they used lsngua
Is cognate to the verse, but did not quote
d The difficulty with Mr.. Thomas, in his biblic
:e studies, is that he relies exclusively on Smith
le Dictionary of the Bible. a work of much er
/ lition, but which it will never do to read Wit
Is out controlling it by frequent references
81 original documents.
+ An article by Dr.. Westcott, in the same di
is tionary, on the several Roman editions of Il
A Latin Vulgate, has led Mr.. Thomas to put for
lie in his last discourse new objection against i
is fallibility. Mr.. Thomas has been only grad
n | int fSf f1hio ntir,
TT against the church-according as he has b;
is leisure to read Smiths Dictionary of the Bib