Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-04-16
SOME AUTHORITIES.
Rev. STEELE Replies to the BAs':-
op and Produces His Authori-

op and Produces His Authori-
ties.
Correspondence Of the Register.
The Bishop has been pleased to notice
nv letter published in the REGISTER of
last Monday, the 14th inst, in your
issue of to-day. He not only makes the
attack upon all Protestant Churches,
but in his letter of to-day prescribes the
method in which he must be attacked
in reply. am not lawyer, and know
little about its technicalities, but l have
always understood that when man Is
attacked he must defend himself as best
he can, and ID. w. intend to do so.
The worthy Bishopis welcome to all the
encouragement he can draw from the
statement made in my letter. lie must
recollect that Protestants study Church
History, and gather from its teachings
that the Papacy has been a growth, an
usurpatiun over Gods heritage. That
having control OF almost every source OF
information, and the shaping OF
Church History in the past. 1t
the Papacy) has used It's
influence 10 its own purposes. See the
Iist OF forgeries as recorded in Janus
in naoes g4l5O Janus RivingtOns,
London, Oxford and Cambridge, Serb
ner. Wexford 4 CO., New York, 1869.
The sixth general council, the third OF
ConstantinOple, assembled in Nov $50,
presided over by the Emperor COnstan-
RfGhnn
DENY but that this council condemned
the MonOthelite heresy and its leaders,
among whom was Pope Honorlus l
l625-645), who had made a distinctly
IUonothelite profession OF faith in reply
10 an appeal OF the Patriarch Sergius.
eve confess" are the words OF Homo
rinsl zone TU OF our Lord Jesus
Christ" This condemnation OF a
Pope bv general council has proved a
standing puzzle for Roman Catholic
writers. What must it be since the
proclamation OF papal infallibility in all
declarations Of doctrines? Smiths L. ii.
37S. Is not this teaching heresy? Is 1t
not conclusive evidence that one Pope,
whilst Pope, not before nor after, taught
heresv? Hence the whole building falls
10 the ground. 1t may be, though, that
the Bishop will say, he only confessed
il. Be it so, TO confess is to acknowl-
edge. lie, the Pope, acknowledged this
heresy.
What would be thought Of the dis
putant who would withhold Informal
ton which he has in his hand and
which he Processes to give. In the SterO-
tyne edition of the New Testament, pub
lshed by Lucas, Jr., OF Baltimore, by
permission of James, Archbishop oil
Baltimore, in the xvi chapter OF 1t. Math.,
18th verse, Chou art Peter, &c As
~. Peter, by divine revelation, here
made solemn profession OF his faith OF
the divinity of Christ, so in recompense
of this faith and profession, our Lord de-
clares to him the dignity to which he Is
pleased To raise him, viz: That he to
whom he had already given the name
of Peter, signifying Il rock, lSt, John
~ should be a rock indeed OF III
yincihle strength for the support
of the building OF the church, in which
building ne should be next to Christ
himself. the chief foundation stone IN
quality of chief pastor, ruler and Gov
ernor, &c. Now does not this comment
(which is of the same authority to Ro-
manists a. the text itself support the
view taken by me on this text, and pub
Iishcd i'm the REGISTER of the 18th Of
March last? Mark the comment, Peter
next to Christ himself, the chief founda-
ton stone Comment Is needless. The
Bishop very politely asks my authority
for the statement respecting Zephyrnus
and Callistus. / would refer him To
Schai's Church History, vol. POI, 43l,
AZ. NOetus, of Smyrna, about \. ID.
200, adopted the views OF ProXeaS oil
Asia Minor, see same 300 29l. 1t Is
rather singular that Bishop of the Ro-
man Catholic Church should be so lily
acquainted with ecclesiastical history, but
| presume he has overlooked 1t. In
conclusion the Bishop asserts that
| am not fair and honorable opponent,
that one passing remark of dtiS RcrereI,d
opponent is not worthy OF an honorable
controversialist. BE il so, but "evil be
To him who evil thinks" The evil was
in the Bishops mind, not in mine. |
had not the most remote idea OF convey
ing the thought insinuated by the
Bishop. intended to show that In the
early ages of the Church, priests, &c,
were married, and marriage being Il
sacrament of the Roman Catholic
Church, and comforting grace would he
beneficial to all. read life Of 81. Pat
rick some time ago; it stated that he
was the son of deacon. | have only
To add that, so far as the present contro-
versv is concerned, have proved that
Christ, not Peter, was the Rock; that,
admitting that Peter was made Prince
of the Apostles and the Foundation OF
the Church, il did not follow that this
primacy and iniallibility passed to any
successors, Bishop of Rome, Antioch or
Jerusalem; it must have been person
al gift To Peter.
have no Secretary, no help, and this
has been written hurriedly.
SAMUEL STEELE.
Wheeling, april Is, 1879.
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