Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-04-26
irreconcilable contradition to all the su-


the constant effort to realize this theory
of universal empire has cost Europe
rivers of blood, has devastated and de-
graded whole countries, has ruined
the noble fabric of the constitution OF
the Ancient Church, and has engen-
dered, aggrandized and perpetuated in
the Church the most deplorable abnses."
This noble man has been excommunica-
ted because he would not ignore the
teachings OF his conscience. Galileo
was called upon by the Inquisition to
answer to certain opinions advanced by
him against the received teachings OF
the Church. He was condemned to be
imprisoned at the Inquisition during
pleasure, and to recite once q week for
three years the Penitential Psalms. Ga
lileo submitted to the judgment and,
kneeling and in sackcloth, swore upon
the Gospels never again to teach the
earth's motion and the suns stability.
1t is reported that when rising from his
knees he said, in an undertone, "And it
does move for all that" would rather
be DR.. Dollinger to-day than Galileo, If
this be true.
/ shall return to this matter about
Zephyrinus and Callistus again. l had
not the means at my command to send
for Hippolytus, but kind friend has
proposed to send for it for me, and when
/ receive it the community will hear
from me. The Bishop complains OF my
degressions. | am really sorry that in
his estimation i do not keep TO the point
the question in dispute. II this is the
case, why the victory for him will be
the easier, and to vanquish such an in
competent adversary will not add
much to his laurels. Let
any dispassionate reader, however,
peruse my letter OF Saturday, 10Th, and
il he can make out any dissimulation on
my part / confess | cannot see 1t. But
let us look at the Bishops explanation.
He tells us that Honorius was orthodox
in the very letter in which the sentence
| quoted was found, and this interpreta-
ton is not modern, but it is the inter-
pretatiOn given to it by the Pope's own
secretary. And this secretary was
learned secretary, and afterwards ex-
plained, not HonOrius but the secretary
explained. Now the question is, were
there two wills in Christ? II q person
answers there is but one, then he is
monothelite. II he says there are two
he is orthodox. Now the Pope said in
this letter, 1--WE confess one will OF our
Lord Jesus Christ" And the Council
Sixth GeneraD defined the orthodox
doctrine of Christ's person in the fol-
lowing terms: We, in like manner,
agreeably TO the teachings OF the holy
Fathers, declare that in Him there are
hrO natural TiiIs and ipO natural operations
without division, change, separation or
confusion. And these two natural wills
are not contrary, as impiOus heretics
pretend, but the human follows the Di-
vine and Almighty will, not resisting or
opposing it. Amiths f. H., page 37S.
Now the Pope Honorius says there is
zone will of our Lord Jesus Christ"
thereby referring both to the Divine
and human natures in Christ. Ii
was this view which obtained with
the Courcil and caused Honorius
TO be mathematical. By the way,
Bishop, as a DEPRESSION do you
not refer to modern author, Arch
bishop Cardoni as your authority for all
your statements about Honorius? But
to return the Bishops argument taken,
| presume, from Cardoni states first,
Honorius was; secondly, he was not in
the letter, speaking &c cathedrd, but only
as a private doctor; and thirdly, he was
censured only for neglecting TO repress
Monothelism. Now, in work before
me, called "The Papacy," published in
New York, and with an introduction by
Bishop Coke, of Western New York,
Carlton. n. Y, 1857, find the follow.
ing translation, page 250, Of a portion of
a letter addressed by Pope Leo H., TO
the Emperor, May 7th, 6S3, viz: 1--WE
anathematize the inventory OF the new
error, to-wit, Theodore, OF Paran, Cyrus,
OF Alexandria, Sergius. Pyrrhus, Paul
and Peter, Of Constantinople, and also
HOnorius, who, instead of purifying
this Apostolic Church by the doctrine
of the apostles, has come near TO over
throwing the faith by an impious treas.
on" The original is not given, and
now, till have further light, | leave the
subject. The Bishop very kindly pro-
poses 10 lend me the Summa OF st.
Thomas of .Enin, in % vols.
oct. II certainly ought to
be complete course OF
theology. 1t ought to do for all time,
vet il il is old, | venture to say the dog.
mas of Immaculate Conception and
Papal Iniallibility are not mentioned as
doctrines OF faith. The Bishop has
answered but few Of my questions; i
would not be surprised, but he is an
Irishman, for he generally pursues the
course the Irish are said to pursue,
namely, when asked question they re-
ply by asking another do not think
the Bishop ought TO ask me 10 prove
that the Bible has been preserved in all
its integrity and purity during all the
ages from the Apostles to our times. lie
believes the Bible as well as i, and !
cannot suffer him 10 assume the role OF
an Infidel and call upon me 10 prove
what is believed by us both. The
Bishop must believe in the Scripture,
for according TO Session ". Council Of
Trent, held sth April, 1916, the same
books of the y. 7. which We as Prot
estants receive are received by
the Council Of Trent, AMI OF conse-
Guence must be received by him, also.
And would il not be the
proper thing 10 ask the question
whether the Scripture sustains
his (the Bishop's) assumptions, or
rather the usurpations Of the Papacy
over the Church. But in conclusion
the Bishop, evidently, is softening. He
calls me "brother." Can il be possible?
Yes, there it is. Brother" Steele,
brother TO the Bishop? Who would
have thought it, that in the Nineteenth
century, in our day, in this city Of
Wheeling, that Bishop Kain, eminent
for learning, Ultramontanism and
polemjcs, Bishop of the Roman Cath
Ollie Church, which claims 10 be the
motherand mistress Of all other churches,
would Gail a minister of the Methodist
Episcopal Church brother Who
dare say the world does not move?
SAMUEL STEELE
III III Ok 1870