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] say
presiding-gives additional weight il
necessary TO the condemnation of this
Pope for heresy and anathemizing him
by name, as hereto, Janus 75. Janus
concludes this section by saying: But
| whatever comes OF that, (the device 10
try and torture the word of HonoriuS to
an orthodox sense) nothing can alter the
fact that at the time both councils and
I POpes were convinced of the fallibility
OF the Pope 75. / have been taught
/ that the omission OF duty is sin, and ii
! not repented Of will expose to ever
/ lasting punishment Now this must
I have been dreadful sin in Pope Ho-
| nOrius, TO have treated the MOnOthelites
! as Pope Leo Y treated Luther and his
\ abetters by communicating them.
/ Now, what does this statement of the
| Bishop mean? Remember he has been
sworn that from this hour hencefor-
/ ward | will be faithful and obedient to
the blessed Peter, the Apostle, and to
/ the holy Roman church, mot the Cath
| Olic church, and To our Lord, the Lord
! y, the Pope y, and to his successors
economically coming in, &c. But there is
one sentence to which direct attention.
"HeretiCs, SChismatics and rebels against
our said Lord or his aforesaid success
sOrs / will, as far as | can, follow after
and fight against" McClintock d Strong's
. CyclOpUdia, vol. vii p. 265. Would not
the Bishop do what his oath requires
him 70 do if he had the power? But
what does this bull of Pope Leo y urge?
at will betheduty II quote from D'Au-
| bigne vol ii, p. 20, Collins Glasgow
lSIGl OF the Bishop TO make careful
search for the writings OF Martin Luther,
which contain these errors tforty-One
propositions Of Luther) and to burn them
publicly and sOlemnly in the presence
OF the Clergy and laity," and then
the Pope speaks Of his leyity to Luther
and his desire to receive him back into
the Church, then III in the space OF
sixty days he DO not retract, We by these
presents condemn him and his ad-
herents as public and absolute heretics. "
Thus ought HOnorius |. 10 have done,
so SAYS Bishop kain, and so would the
Bishop do if he could. But is 1t not
50 that all Protestantsa are mathematical
and pronounced hereticS. The Bishop
very Candidly acknowledges that Pope
Leo III confirmed the action OF the
Council. Smiths Church History says,
page 37S, the new Pope Leo III earnestly
recommended their acceptance through
out the West, and expressly cOnCurred
i'm the condemnation OF Pope HOnOrlus.
Now, what want 10 put to the Bishop
is this, If Pope LSO II Tds iHtGiiibLs m the
confirmation Of he acts Of he Council M
cOndemainG and dBdtbemGij>mg Pope
Z h
HonoriuSl not hare bean q herstiCy For,
as YOU say i'm one of your sermons, the
fifth, liz lthe Pope may be as great a
sinner as David was, but ii, like the
Royal Prophet, he is commissioned TO
speak in Gods name, God UW and must
Sc that he do,S not err. The italics are
mine As TO Christian propriety, |
cannot see where have transgressed, |
have treated YOU as Christian gentle
man. Tn public will judge OF our ar
guments, and not by what We say OF
each other.
With respect to the doctrine OF Papal
iniallibility, it is a novel doctrine. The
Bishop has not in his sermons men,
toned one word about the diversity OF
opinion in the Roman Catholic Church
on this subject up 10 1870. He speaks
a. If il was always OF faith. And the
idea that no matter how sinful, how
vile Pope may be (and some OF them
were monsters Of iniquity), yet our
blessed Lord and Master must recognize
him as the head OF the Church. He
that committcth sin is of the devil, Il.
John 3-Sl, is the language OF Gods
word. Now mark the difference be-
tween this and Canon NIL, session
Seventh Council Of Trent. Ii any
shall sav that minister, being In dead
lv sin, provided that he observe all the
essentials which belong To the per-
formance or COnicrring of the sacra-
ment. let him be Anathema. The pre-
vious Canon NJ, saws "lf any one
shall sav that i'm ministers whilst they
effect and confer the sacraments there is
not required the intention at least OF
doing what the church does, let him be
Anathema.' From this We learn that
i'm all SacramentS the intention TO do
what the church does, il necessary to
the right administration of sacrament.
Now can the Bishop tell whether he has
been properly and rightfully ordained?
Priests. Bishops and Arch-BishOps are
men. Can |, can he, tell the intentions
of another?
How. then is il possible for any Roman
Catholic 10 know-to be assured that he
has been baptized, confirmed, absolved,
that ne has partaken OF the body and
blood of Jesus Christ? Ii Il priest, that
ne has obtained orders? That the Roman
Catholic Church has added to the faith
once delivered 10 the saints Jude 81 Is
evident. Where is the Scripture warrant
for penance, extreme JUNCTION, orders
matrimOuv instituted by Jesus Christ?
Where i'm Scripture that in the Eucharist
there is truly, really and substantially the
body and blood together with the soul
and divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ?
&c. Where in scripture that there Is
puryatory, and that souls detailed there
ar, helped by the SutlrageS of the faith
ml? Where is the Scripture warrant tor
the invocation oi saints; that they offer
PRAYER to God for US and their relics are
10 be- venerated? Where in Scripture
that the power of indulgence was lett by
Christ ma the Church? Where in the
HOLY Scriptures that the Holy Catholic
and Apostolic Roman Church Is the
mother and mistress OF all Churches:
Where in Scripture that the blessed
Virgin Mary was born without sin?
Where that the Bishop Of Rome Is the
successor OF Peter and Vicar OF Jesus
Christi
In conclusion hope the Bishop will
continue 10 notice these ehusiOns till we
are through with the matters pertaining
Ia this discussion. SAMUEL STEELE.
A Terrible Tragedy in Virginia.
RIcHINoNND, Va. April lS.-lntor-
nation has been reCeiNed here Of a most
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