Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-03-31


Peter and the rest OF the Apostles
were in training, and they were TO
tarry in Jerusalem till they received
toe key Of knowledge the Baptism o. the
Holy Spirit The words that follow
with respect TO binding and loosing
point primarily TO matt rs well under
stood by the Jews. The School OF Sham
mai bound when it declared this or that
act to be a traIsgression OF the Sabbath
Law, or forbade divorce on any but the
ground OF adultery. The School OF
Killed lOosed when it set men free from
the obligations thus imposed. When
Peter in Acts XIV, 10, resisted the at
tempt of the Judaisers to put yoke
upon the neck OF the Disciples he was
loosing what was also loosed in heaven.
When be proclaimed as in his Epistles
the eternal laws of righteousness and
holiness and love, he was binding those
laws on the conscience Of Christendom,
which were bound in heaven. This
power also given to the other Apostles
and Disciples as representatives OF the
Church. But suppose Peter exclusive
ly was honOred, there Is not one word
OF a successor?
co | am with YOU always to the end
OF the world. These words are not
spoken 70 Peter personally, Luke Xxx,
3l:22. have prayed Tor thee that thy
faith fail not. and when thou art con-
verted strengthen thy brethren, &c,
John xxi. Feed my sheep; feed my
lambs, l5:l6:l7. Neither OF these prove
anything to the point.
oil hn 20
quoted by our Roman Catholic friends
and we ask you, is the infallibility OF the
Pope there? And you must answer, no.
Sometimes they argue from the necessi-
" of Supreme Court in legal affairs 10
revise the decisions of the lower courts.
But in our courts the judges do not pro-
Tess 10 be iniallible, and besides all
power originates with the people. But
the Pope claims il OF Divine right, and
mathematics all who do not accord to
him the divine origin Of this inialliOility.
And the members OF the church-the
laity-have nothing 10 say. But has
the presence OF the infallible teacher IN
the Romish church preserved the unity
of the church? No. 1t did not pre-
serve the unity of the church in ApOs
tie time, nor in the middle ages, nor at
the time OF the Reformation. 1t has
been accomplished, if secured at al, by
the power OF the inquiSitiOn, coercion,
and other plans adopted 10y the Romlsh
church To crush out free thought. Be-
sides, did the presence OF Jesus unite the
Pharisecs and SaducceeS in the Jewish
church? Nay, they unitedagainst Him.
Did His presence with Peter and
judas keep the former from denying
Him and the latter from betraying
Him? Did the Apostles refer To any
infallible teacher as a centre OF unity?
To none but Christ, the divine and only
Head Of the Church. charge the
Bishops. Primates and Cardinals OF the
Church of Rome with the sacrellglous
crime OF deCapitating the Church OF her
true Head, the blessed Jesus the Christ,
the Son OF the living God, and putting
Il man, no matter how well qualified, IN
His place. Blessed Saviour, these mcn,tO
ar.randise themselves, would unCrown
Thee; but, by the help of the Holy
Spirit and the true Church, we, with
angels and archangcls, will crown Thee
Lord and Head oi all. Bless God, Thou
art already crowned.
Let Us trace the line OF argument pur-
sued bv the ROmanistS generally: LIST.
They bring before us the Church in all
the glory OF the Millennium, then they
speak OF this Church rs indclcCtlble,
and from this they argue the Church
has inialliblity; Christ has made
certain promises 10 His Church
that the gates OF hell shall not
prevail against it. LO | am
ALWAYS. even unto the end OF the world,
and the church uf the living God, which
is the pillar and ground OF truth. Now
they say il must be your church or ours.
Might il not be some OF all? But 1t
cannot be the PrOtCstants, for they are
4 heterogeneous mass of denominations,
besides they are only from the Diet OF
Spires in 1920 But these PrOtcstants
what troublesome fellows they are
claim 10 be Reformed Catholic Church.
What! the church Of Christ need re-
form, impossible! tits indefectble and
iniallble. God is bound to take care of
il lust rs We RomanistS think He ought
to do: if not the Protestant church 1t
must be ours. Unanswerable logic.
Mr.. Gladstone calls this the dOmineer-
inc arguments, rs in order TO instruct
man il laws down the law for God and
determines the provisions 1t was need
ful for Him 10 make 10 insure the fulfill
mcnt of His promise to the church that
the rates OF he'll should not prevail
against il. To this end wcare often told
il was necessary that there should be an
ecclesiastical organization with one head
exercising supremacy over the whole
body. And he further adds: II We
are To believe in the incrrabilty OF a
pcrsOn because necessary for the full
preservation Of the truth, we must be-
licyr i'm all besides necessary for the
perfect attainment OF that end.
The conservation OF all splr-
itual truth is not Il mere opcr-
alton Of the intellect. IL requires the
faultlcSS action oi the perceiving power
of the spirit. That il to say, II requires
the exclusion of sin, and the man or
body that is to be an iniallible, must
also be- a SinlcSS organ, Con. Rev.
oct, ISIS, pages AS, li9.
The effects ot this doctrine are telling
iniuriouslv on the freedom of the
Church. Cardinal BonneChosc, in the
senate Of France, uttered the following
words: My Clergy is regiment, when
| saw march. il marches And the
Able Martin, learned French priest,
asserts: "a Catholic who, instead OF
submitting 10 the judgment OF the
Church (which he ConiesSCs Il he Il
rrimc1. should adhere 10 the testimony
of history when II appcars To- contradict