The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-03-27

- 10y SsttJ SSu4tOaS6s IVY CuutU
J with an army of martyrs and saints and with
the ruler Of the other world, just visible be-
fore the gates into this, enthroned on a chair
OF gold and glory. They did not preach /;
they only baptized. Every one who was Will
ing TO bow 70 Rome and to be governed by
the Church was accepted as . good Christian.
They did not bring a new religion, they
q brought only new government, govern
rnent not Of this world that Is true, for they
| did not use chains and whips 20 mako men
slaves they used only miracles and ignor.
ance. In England, France, and Germany.
these cmissariss Of the Roman Church met
4 with the missionaries of the Culdee- Kirk
nearly at the same time, and the contest be-
gan immediately, The Romans uplifted a
doleful cry against the use of the Greek ton
sure, the Greek observance Of Easter, the
4 marriage of the monks,'' &c. aud on these
points, the Culdees were not absolutely un-
willing, though slow, to yield. But the Gull
dees would acknowledge no other authority
than the Scriptures and the conscience they
would believe in no other salvation but that
attained through Gods grace by faith in
Christ they would submit to no other rules
of conduct than those dictated by the inform.
ing spirit of q Christian life, &c.; and on
these points the contest became long and Bit
ter. The Romans were victorious, not be-
cause they were right, but because they had
the power, and their power did not consist of
any inherent strength, but in the means they
used They were political, and, from that
point of view. very smart. The Pope struck
bargain with Pepip.s The Pope promised to
cover Pepins usurpation of the Ffankish
crown, and Pepin promised to cover the
Pope's introduction of the Roman Govern
ment in the Frankish Culdee-Kirlk That is
the meaning Of what we read in the history OF
France about the Roman propaganda for the
introduction of Christianity among the
Franks. The last Meroyingiau Kings were
Christians hut they belonged to this Culdee-
Kirk. In the sixth century most Of the
Franks became Christians, but, as the Byzan-
tine historian Agathias observes, with some
surprise, "they believe the same IA we do,i
not the same as the Pope did. The light
which the last few years Investigations have
thrown on the history of the eighth and ninth
centuries has changed the aspect of almost ev.
cry character aud every event. The contempt,
not to say infamy, which German scholars
have recently thrown on the name of st. Bon
iface, may be exaggerations, but it is never
theless true that this SO. called Apostle of the
Germans has not converted more Germans to
Christianity than ne had teeth in his mouth
What he really did was this: he introduced |
the rules of the Benedictines in the monas-
tries Of the Gepnan Cnldee- Kirk, and placed
the monasterieb under the authority Of the Ro-
man Bishops. The work of introducing
Christianity in Germany was begun and
chiefly done by the Culdees. But for 10 CEN
turtles the Roman Catholics have been alone
in writing the history Of their Church, and
during that long period many lie has sunk |
so deep into The ground that it threatens to |
remain standing forever Let us return to |
Ireland
Roman Catholic writer's like to say that by |
internal discussions between the Irish Kings !
and by the perpetual invasions Of the Danish
pirates the Irish nation was brought to the |
very brink ofruin, and saved only by the mi
raculous Intervention of the Roman Catholic
Church. but this is what the politicians call
truth with notifications. 1t is true that the
Danes repeatedly burnt Armagh, Iona, and
other cities that they lurked in all the har-
DORIS OF Ireland, and carried oil what they
could that many an Irish scholar has been
harnessed to Hertha's car in Leire Grove, in
Seaiand, &o. But it must he remembered
that the Irish each time rebuilt their cities,
and each time with more splendor, and that
they finally gave the Danes such goodbye
at clontarf that the visits entirely ceased. IL
was quite in anotner manner that the Danes
co-orerated IN the destruction OF the Culdee-
Kirk and the surrender OF the Irish nation to
Roman slavery During the ninth and tenth
centuries numerous Danes settled in Ireland,
receiving Christianity and adopting the Irish
language. Some OF these Danes we're, as
Engiish writers from somewhat later period
complain, more irish than the Irish them
selves but others kept aloof from the Irish,
ana looked down upon them as a weaker
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