The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-19

means they msy coDciiase tne Emreror's good Will
T,csniy ssrsnsA--fhs Eneyiicsi ~srars EOS artara-
msy. dared August ~, lisa. vss addressed 10 the
hisheps oi the chrs,an world. fHio eHf fcatas. on
the o. tsKsag possession " the chnrch Of 81.
John Lateral. TOE Pope pronoanccs canoacal
eensuro against the adhercnts 81 tho maxns no sig
nailzes but he tells the bsnops make Of that
spiritual s~ora. the wera Of God, and break bread
TO those who hunger alter ias,lce. rhs EacyelsaI
speaks Of tns Of the Church. the necessity
o. union with The char o. Peter Dspensation from
the canons belongs ~ the Holy see; he meaticns
ecclesiastical COZ becy the ndissoubls nature OF mar
rage; ina,asrentsm msttsrSeoi religion. Gregory
acrward breaches IN qa2stons - First, liberty OF
conscience; second. freedom ~ The prcss; thru,
the separation Of Church aud STATE.
LiEaErr oF coSscigScg.
Gregory exposes that iuli aud uaamiled liberty OF
conscience 10 absurday ana ar error Is not
quite tho thing 70 u aocsrinaliy and
tneoogcsiy by the qualification erronsa. which ex-
presses sentence, real judgment and no longer =
mere docirlnai EXPOSITION let Us however. admit mat
The two Tor nulas are eqava'snL and that The Pope
condemned and prescribed tbs following
proposition :-"Unlim,ed liberty Of conscience ought
to be affirmed and warranted every tcs.iibefl y
Now, no society has granted liberty without limit
tpieaa atquc immoderasal which Gregory con-
demncd absurdity, an error and tang danger.
religion aud society q eiriiis ", iaba
II is unlimited liberty thai the triple censsrs Is
applicable; the opinion, moreover. watch would SUE
tam that this unbridcd liberty could any way ben
eft religion would according to The Ency cical deserve
tho qualification ssmn,a in,pudenfia This Is all that
can be said Of the Encycca as Tar regards liberty
OF conscience.
FREEDOM PnKss.
What Gregory says on this head may be divided into
three propositions; let us be careful 20 remark that no
speaks OF unlimited freedom freedom without bounds
liberals at scrtpa quqtLJet edcnda an ruignS The
first propos,ian may be form uatcd in tho following
order-.unbound freedom Of the press ought - be
claimed and by all means ob,ained.n Guam tanio
coavc,o cArdem monnaii c6fagstare promorere Now
the Pope denounccs the auuaciy which claims thirg
so dangerous, so execrablc and dctestablc un-
bounded, absolute freedom or the prcss--fctsrrtma
lila ac nunquam salts ezsecrandd al detestati,s bertas
arts hbrarie al scriptc quoetibct addcada
in rugus. What government ever granted
liberty without restriction? "rhc Injection Of
bad books is sufficiently compensated for by the pub
LEGATION OF good work coming to the aid OF re-
lgion and truth" Deliberately uphold this propo
sition. Gregory XVI says. sthe height ofimpudencc
"Not oniy is the Of books by eccles zeal
authority great weight ana burden, out II is not
just the right to exact and enforce ought TO be
denied the Church" Tne Encyclcat says tnat TINS
doctrine is manitcstly false. rash, injurious TO the
the Holy See and calculated TO draw down great evils
upon the Christian people. Foisa tcmeraria Apostocy
sedi injuriosa Cd Jecunda mdorum Christiano pop
alo ingentium. These qualifications must appear
moderate, applied doctrine which radically denies
the power OF the Church signalze bad books.
SEPARATION CHURCH AND STATE.
The Encyclica starts cut with three First
the UNION OF the two powers has always been good
and salutary Cor religion and civil society," second,
the por,isans OF immoderatc freedom, impudentis-
hberatis amotores, fear this alliance; third, tho
separation OF Church and state would argue nothing
good, either for religion sovereisns.
Observation-Disclosures doctrinai Ency ccal liz that
OF June %, 1894 condemnipe the book OF dc Lamcn-
nais ("rhc Words OF Believcrn) It's not an apos-
tolic letter IN form OF brief, sub dnnic piscdforis but
circular letter addressed tho preceding one to the
bishops Of the Christian world and commencing with
the words singutari nos dgecerant In declaration
signed by Lamennas on the 1lth of December, 1888,
and transmitted to Rome. no had promised follow
out strictly tho doctrine OF the Encyclcal Mirar
Arbiamur. Tho hopes to which this declaration gave
rise were bitterly disappointed by tho publication OF
"The Words of Believer" whose only object seems
the overthrow OF tho doctrines OF the Encyclical.
LAMYyxAis' BOOK.
After declaring that by really impous abuse OF tho
word OF God Lanfennais' book Is calculated to
rupt nations anu excite them TO revolt against tho
two Powers, the Popo dsapprovcs OF IL, condemning
IL as containing propositions respectively false,
luminous, rash, leading TO anarchy opposed TO the
OF GOD, impious. scandalous erroneous, prcvi-
ously condemned by tho Church in the vaudois IN
the Wicklcllcs, In tho hussites and other hereics
OF that Xix. Tho Pope does not inict any particular
censurc on the readers partsans OF the book: he
recommends the bishops to guard against tho conta-
gion by teaching sound doctrine.
Toward the close of tho Encyccal may be found a
paragraph relating TO Lamennais' system Of phi!os.
ophy. Reference Is made to the nordinato desire Tor
novelty, the contempt OF apostolic traditions TO doc
trines that are vain frivolous no way
clothed with the appreciation OF the Church, and also
10 the folly OF thinking that such doctrines bc
conducive to the consolidation Of truth. Many years
before HIS elevation 10 the ponica thronc--in 1109
Gregory XVI. published, as have said an important
work under tho title OF ..Trionfo della Santa seder
Triumph OF the Holy sec): Tho book, when Gregory
became Pope was reprinted IN beautiful volume In
folio Now, in THE work the PonliT cuumcraes six
conditions necessary for doctrinal constitutions.
THE pocrRiSAL EScYcLicaL
Do the oacyclicas satisfy these conditions, and
notably the two principal ones; the nrst which says
that the pontilcal act must be directed tho entrc
Church; ana the second, which requires the legal
promusationp Gregory could not be- persuaded that
the doc,ripai Encyclical was dogmatic law. II Is
said that wncn he gave the Ehoyclicli Mrari no
waited with certain degree OF Anxiety TO know what
reception the bishops would gvc a ponii6caI act
clothed in so singular form We Gnd expression
Of tins anxiety IN letter in the newspapers Of That
date. 1892 Plus TX has gone siill further than MS
prcdoces in tho OF his long pontidcate he
not only issued very great number OF cncyclicals
more or less doclrinb and political in their
tone but he IS the author OF doctrrnai
al,ocutions, allocu,ions pronounced in cousistory
and addressed 10 cardinals only. Moreover, he has
treated Of important questions OF doctrine In letters
even addressed to private indviduais letters which
arc IN no wise briefs, sab dnnlo p,scoo,7s All that
had said concerning encyciicais, with tho view to
dc tote their real character, Is rtior applicable to
allocutions and to particular letters.
ARE nAsy HOUND BY rScycncALsS
Ency clcas are not directed immediately 10 tho
Catholics OF the world; they are, bave said, cir.
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