, 1880-07-18


business shuil be determined by tho Congresses
by tie adoption Of rules Of business.
TIE ROMAN CHURCH.
IT'S FUTURE POLICY AS OUTLINED BY ITS
GREAT CLERlcs-AN INTERESTING INTER-
VIEW WITH THE POPE
Correspondence Boston advertiser.
PIEDMONT, June o. / took adj
vantage OF tllrce-nontl,s' residence in
Rome to cndcayor to make the acquaintance
Ut leading and representative lnen alnong tho
Catholic clergy, and to learn from them, rs
far as might, the position which the Church,
i'll her now changed circumstances, means to
assu1ne.: Without, hope, obtrudlng myself
upon any one, was beyond my expectation
successful in this. have had long conver-
satio,,s with Cardinals, Arclbishops, Bishops,
Generals of Orders, ,Abbots, Professors, priests,
and monks without number. Sone.1 founl
communicative, suIne the reverse. and some
DESTROYS Of seeming communicative when
they really were not so. 'Of course, among
the many persons I have spoken with, 1
found wide differences of opinion; but OH
certain points almost all seemed agreed
viz: First, that the Church at present
is in. Il very bad condition, owing III a
great measure to her own neglect of duty ;
second, that the ferycnt faith Of former days
Is in great measure dead, and cannot be re-
yiyad by any of tile old methods; third, that
the loss Of the Pope's temporal power,
though seemingly part Of the punishment
inflicted tor neglect of duty, is, Oh the whole,
!. benefit; fourth that the Church must now
devote herself solely to her spiritual fnnc-
tions and endeavur through these alone to
recover her former ASCEND eNcy; fifth, that,
inas,ntlch as heresy and ulbelief are mainly
due to Il false philosophy bascd upon sophls-
try more or less intentional. this must be re-
placed BY Il sane philosophy, escllewins all
sophstry, aud combating the satlle wherever
it is found, sixth, that consequently the more
acute minds in the Church must devote
themselves to pure thought in the broadest
sense Of the term, and, By carefully studying
the whole history of the human mimi, evolve
and state clearly those principles which
shall make rational the acceptance Of be-
lief in freedom, Immortality, and u self-re-
yealing God.
1t was doubtless in view of these facts and
aims that the Pope, OIL the 4tf OF last August,
issued all encyclical letter, known as -2Etcrnt
PUtriS, III which lie recommended to all the
patriarcIls, prinlates, Archbis|lops, and Blsll-
ops Of the Church tO see that the philosophy
OF the greatest and most profound OF
scholastic doctors, St. Thomas Of AquinO, be
taught with care and purity III all the SEM
inaries and schools under their charge. This
encyclical, which was entirely written BY the
Popc's own hand, is a model OF ecclesiastical
1atinity, rs well as Of good sense and call
t,or, ~ ~ ~ d..,,,nst .ob,a 41, t,,,igs ~ noI
nrm en;anca is to ho t;nnht what-
ever St Thomas may say; and certain-
~ no one acquainted with the utter want
t,'r;,g ..r ,,;,sn,nr' nIn s.a;.,I1
~ 1ha nhysicai seh"nI can T., 0Ihar".;Sn ti,on
r,;c. ~ tha rah;1;t".;n ~ " srst",n
trIirI fnr ac4,,,v nf r...,sn AMI ~ excsianc
" whte,, !u1 tI u res3h a1 eAct'Gee n
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uie ~ isnt1, oae - lay liooe slsttiG ehllln7
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~. a,an r.1, ius ~ s,,t!.nr;'. ~ tn N.Y. mpulI
even hhGw @ 9l one M very 1.lot9stant , university
III .NJM @ ",1ic E ~ oucefes t,; p ~ tle
"ne'c woG,oi KY a,u taunt ~ aile lIeslaent gu
!, uttnaps 4le t .n,l'.1iaG f5ason LIE tne puo
4etlull ~, " tlse ellcacIieai -a,ac'n faar* was
lntestlit M'ifaaIE "ageu neaweei Tug Jesnils,
Wno. WINE VIM ioudiS PROGRESSING 10 oe loiloWefs
o. 81 Inonias, R IT, reai'y scnslSs OF the
2S!too; - G"l.aas I @ t1i.u lug toiiv ~eto -
hosl1il1li, WHoss ~ Wohneriul system; utttfiy
tsinte tn @ ds II is flont Itnels, IS lapie III
ule !liluS u ilielloi tn!hkers. 10 lead 70 lliat
Iely 1ilsueslrap!e uoct!ine. 40 oouDt N tne
enu ltosnlllllallls'n VII ,i,t De shown TO pc III
pi; peElnch nar,nny l;n,,ay Win iMonlsm pelng
spltnnuia M aeve,opileh! o. Us . pllnclpieS; out
!of tne present III vieW OF the stfength anu
ullsct,upulousliess u ue JeSnlls, IL would
nate peell .eiy tn"ise, rs We1i as ullsa1e; 70
pu1 IL prominently lorWara. 90 Leo Alil.,
IolluWlns t.ie pteceaelt OF several other
& nop sffT ray WISELY ftco,enaeu &c ,,;eI ne pio$o
phy q 81. noiaas. tq wIilcn heldher @ 5csults
nor Rosininfaiis co,l4 op!ect: lhe m former,
io.!u rs Mere tne1i plo1essiolS ol 1inilllShl,
nave now, II We may lllase from tlelr ues~
per1e F enQfts Prs 10 miIstnferpIet INC paln Ian
Euage OF tao ehcScllcal' sot more than 1hey
pargalien 1or:
From the moment heard ar ct ct the restora-
non OF me pnllosoplly OF 81. IHoln2s III the
thtlrcn ! took acep natercst III tne move
ment. li!on!lsn IS, Tor tie most Part, merely
Arlstotcl'an!snl adapted to Christianity,
whereby 1t Is improved and dcveioped IN
many points. st Thomas was profoundly
versed III the doctrines Of Aristotle, and his
commentaries on them are by fur the best
that haIe yet appeared. Holding these views
1 could hit but be deeply IMPRESSED with the