Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-04-01
WORDS OF WISDOM.
UTTERED IN ST. PAUL PULPA1S On
YESTERDAY.

Rev.E. 8. Thomas, of st. Paul's Episcopal
Church, Replies to Bishop 1reland--Rev.
.Tobn stafford Portrays the Beauty of
Brothcrly Love.
At. st. Paul's church last evening, the
Rev. E. S. Thomas preached from the fol-
lowing words:
"Al scripture is given by inspiration of
DBL Timothy III, l6 verse. He took for
bis subject the thesis: Granting
the authenticity and genuineness of the Bible
to be human facts which ordinary history can
prove the inspiration of the Bible can be made
more satisfactory to the human reason than
any theory of papal infallibility."
He first referred to his three previous lee
lures. In the first, on the rule of faith, he
had proven the authenticity of the scriptures
by the continuous testimony of Christian
writer's for 1900 years, by existing liturgies
and monumental testimony. His second
lecture had referred to existing manuscripts
and versions and quotations of the fathers
substantiating the genuineness of the Bible,
and the third lecture had showed how the
parts were brought together forming the
Bible, and settled before the days of Hippo
ltus-before A. D. ITO.
He now proceeded to prove the inspiration
of the Bible, stating that it was as capable of
proof as infallibility of the popes. The
question. he said, between Romanists and Prot
estants was whether the dogma of an inspired
book or the dogma of an inspired pope Is
more worthy of belief, and in settling the
10 hn
He quoted in support of this assertion
Bishop Ryan of st. Louis. From this
Catholic authority it appears that the first
thing for Romanist to decide, and that too
by distinct appeal to the human reason, is
the unerring character of a pope's decretal
when issued in the manner prescribed by
himself. The question first was when is
a papal decree infaliible. He answered
this by quoting from Cardinal Manning,
After which he referred again to Gregory's
letter signed with his pontifcal name, and
therefore ex-cathedra, which declares that
the title of universal bishop is profane
term; therefore he argued that popes using it
are guilty of profanity.
Again referring to Cardinal Manning he
said, by this authority the pope is infallible
in questions not only of faith and morals,
but all facts OF truths in contest with faith
and morals. Hence was it that he had re-
ferred to the verse of the 18th chapter of
John, which Sixtus With, under
anathema made to be part of
Gods word. He still declared the
verse is found in no Greek manuscript
Tertullian, Cyprian, Falgentius quote the
verse. Tishendorf and Dean Afford say
there is no reason for supposing the verse
genuine.
He next answered the replies to his allega-
ton of fallibility on Morals, quoting limo
cent I'LL, Gregory and Alexander vi.
Referring to the council of Jerusalem, Mr.
Thomas could not understand Bishop Ire
lands remarkable statement that St. James
did pass sentence, and after st. Peter hal
spoken, still he did not preside. He coule
not understand how one could pass sentence
and not preside. Speaking of the
"rock,' Mr.. Thomas thought Bishop Ire
land had forgotten that there was but ont
rock in the passage so often quoted BY
Rome, if that is referred to Christ, there ii
none left for Peter.
Abiding to the ''unifornnity of the Romisl
church, he quotes from Manning again
"There have been since the council of Tren
two opinions among Catholic theologians
The faculties of Louvain and Douai declar
it an intolerable and great blasphemy if an.
shall affirm that any otiose word can b
found in scripture. All the words of scrip
ture are 50 many sacraments or mysteries
Every phrase, syllable, little or point is full
of divine sense. The Bellarmine opinio
is that the sense and substance of scriptur
are inspired not every particular word o
letter. Here are confessedly two theories il
this wonderfully uniform church.
Rafarrinp tO Rishon Tra1and'a assertion
that he held the theory of the atonemen
what the church decreed, Mr.. Thomas aske
what has the church decreed? and shove
these three theories, that of Oxenham, An
selm and Grotius
That Peter had been to Rome, Mr.. Thoma
thought he himself ought to believe, for sal
he 81 have seen the very spot where Pete
was crucifed, the very hole where the eros
was placed, and brought away with me
handful of earth as souvenir. But a
every visitor does this, it occurred to me tn;
the hole by this time ought to be larger. Ca
it be that a pious fraud is acted at such
sacred spot.
AS another instance of the preposteror
doctrine of infallibility, he said tn,
Sixties V. put out new editio
of the scriptures, in 1890. The editio
appeared with the famous Acternus lille, pr,
fixed in which Sixtus "affrmed with chara
teristic decision the plenary authority of Il
edition for all future time.'' This new w
gate, on account of its many changes an
lamentations, caused great CONSERVATION
the Roman communion. After Sixtu
death, his successor thought seriously of pr
hibiting it. Bellarmine, the great Gallics
divine at this time, was at the highest of b
power and influence. He visited Rome al
persuaded the new pope to give up his il
tention, and instead of prohibiting tt
books to correct them, so as to save Il
honor of Pope Sixtus ", and have the Bib
reprinted under the name of Sixtus V. and
preface added declaring that certain erro1
by the carelessness of printers or others, b
through haste crept into the previous editio
He quoted the narration of this tran
action from Bellarmine's own word
The advice was taken, as the prefa
of the Clementine vulgate bears witne.
The reverend gentleman took in succt
sion every point offered by Bishop Ielan
which referred to his previous discourse
and in conclusion of a long and elabora
discourse he referred to the terms religio
despotism and religious communism, e
planning their meaning, saying that all l
lgionists believe in authority, because tn
believe in God and his revelation, and all I
= HSlonlSCS DeneVe IN HDerGy, because they
lieve in the divine origin of the human re
son. The trouble comes in adjusting t
two. The Romanists, the Greeks and Ang
cans, and the Congregatinalists draw {
line at different points. China is called
despotism, England constitutional mo
archy, and the United States republ
Corresponding to these are three forl
of church polity. Romanism pr
the supreme authority in the church, Gree
and Anglicans, coordinate the Bible, t