Daily Republican., 1878-11-26
THIRD EDITION.
"Mors Anon" to Cstho,ie.

MEssKs, EDIroRs:-l AIN well aware
that the point press-d upon Catholic
mustsbe yerve embarrassing to one o
his charity, canaor and learning, and
am almost ashamed of the persistence
with which it has been urged; yet my
love OF truth aud anxiety to discover
and obey it must b. my apology for still
further insisting that my friend must
meet and settle the crucial question OF
difference between us and not endaayor
to evads, palliate, or obscure 1t a. he
does in his last reply. W q
Let Us examine the assertions Of Cath
ollie, aud see who begs the question.
What kind of logic Is this' she errone-
onsly implies tn at all others, not in Bish-
op Becker's church no matter how dilli-
gel tly they may frame and fashion their
lives according TO the doctrines ofChris T.,
must p rish forever. This is not Catho
iic doctrine. No instructed Catholic
viii tell you this: he will tell you
rather that all who sincerely and dill
yeutly frame their lives according to
the doctrines Of Christ. will be brought
before death into the Catholic church,
and be saved" Exactly so; bat the
question h-tw--n Us is--whethrr the
Emuan Catholic church is exclusively
the one into which they must ''be
brought" or be damned. Bishop Becker
very we'll knows that all intelligent
protestants claim membership in the
'tioly Catholic Church, and contend
that ont Of il there is no salvation, while
he alleges that not being in visible con-
necton with the Church of Rome,
they are out of the only true Church
OF Christ, and SO fail Of the "grace Of
God" that "bringeth salvation" The
fort OF my Catholic brother to avoid
laying what his church teaches, viz :
that all Protestants, however pious and
exemplary in their lives and conduct,
will inevitably be los, not berause
they do not worship God, but because
they are Protestants, is as painful As it
is abortive, and must strike even Cath
ollc as a most thankless and ungracious
task. Better give it up, dear brother,
and come into the ark Of our rest. -
again, you say beg the question in
til. assumption that those Protestants
who di. without bein2 received visibly
into the Catholic church, had diligently
framed their lives accor ing to the
doctrines of Christ" Now do you
mean to say that slch men
as Luther, Calvin, Wesley and
Bishop Lee are not pious men, that
their lives were and are hostile to the
standard OF piety maintained in the sa-
cred scriptures, and that living and dy-
ing ont of your church, is the idence
Of their inpiety, and consequently they
are doomed to endure the wrath of God
through all eternity. You either mean
this or You do not. Please my good
brother say candidly just what you
mean. No evasion, no hesitation, no
shifting, of the difficulties Of your posi-
ton will avail you. Protestant eyes
can judge whether you answer like
man conscious of your strength and re-
sources, or plead like a lawyer con.
Nnc-d Of the hopelessuess OF his case.
l0u, furthermore, inform Ms That "meIe
human eyes are not god Judges of
what, i'll human appearance or conduct,
pIeases God.' Here you fly in the face
tt The Master Himself, who has said -
= Wherefore by their fruits We shall
know them " Matt, 7, 20. Nay, God
Himself, appeals to our fright OF iudg
mcut," in these words - Shall not
the Judge Of all the earth do right "'
surely you must see in these quota,
tions, what uncompromising Protest,
ants the Great God and our Saviour
Jesus Christ were But what strange
assertion for Papist to make, "mer- uu
man eyes, etc., yet you wish all the
world to allow human being to think
ard see for them on subject Of all
others, vital to their present and future
well being. Do you not know that the
Pope is a mere human being2 That,
notwithstanding his claim of infallibil-
~ lHF 'taultN-tiN van = udlu VI yDu1
now charging him with
grave error in the management of papal
aiiairs-especalIy with Pruasi.. Here
IS unity and inta,ibIli'y with ven
geancr. The intaIhl- Uead Of an IN
faliibl" church accused by his subordi-
yates With bptray!nI his trust Do
you take the world to he in its dotage
as fond of being d-luded as a"uaueh-
~ child" is Of ''stolen candyW Nay
we are not children but have
put away childish things,' and you
must do likewise if you would r..
tain our respect AMI esteem
You should not condemn me for re.
turning to my text, Matt. IS, 20. Show
that am mistaken in the use of it,
and that it does not teach what have
alleged, and | will abandon it at once.
Should you notice this article. sug-
gest that you anSW"r-un-quivoctliy-
once for all the 4uestion--can any but a
Roman Catholic get to heaven as | am
anxious to show that your church is
not only not unit in doc rine, but
never has been; and so another of your
positions will be swept away. But of
this, charitably | trust,
"MORE ANON u