, 1880-05-02

peopie. since feeers rs to how opinion WI
the vote OF the lnity by show Of hands their s,1t
frlgo sank into formaiity, but it kept alive tb
rememIbrance Of the evangelical ldc4.. nccordin
nlty at large. The deacons were chosen b
episcopal nomination validated by lik
popui2r formaitty. It was a general Churc
IL" mat the inferior never nominated hi
superior. It is this which gives the Church O.
to-day, in spite Of modern democratic tendon.
ws IN tba Psnss
especially felt: Tho jewish Christian Churohcs
drifted less decidedly towards otcricaisni. Ac. r
fst fHeh tha As h,. the eanoniea Pastoral Epistie
tnouEh severa! Passages Of his genuine letters
already preached respect for hierarchy: 81
pTeashhytess Pre- The forgsr Of the Epistles Titu:
NC Aipos1les, and had but vague knowledge OF
Fnuls travels The three PastoralE Eplstles were
written at Rome, prcluding tho spurious Papal
Rome was tho spot where this great idea of
| was becoming more and more, as the successor
I; Of ;5eInsalem the religious centre Of humanity.
IriIao nds Cnnsca s enjoycd Kcnernlly recognized
from Peter and Paul, the t:omulus and Kcmus
OF the new Holy City. The Bishop Of Rome be-
came cum known ; As the Bishop Of Bishops, the one
! CTS, and even the right OF exco1nnlunicatlon.
| inns was lnstAnccd in the hereticatton OF the
had some grounds for deeming themselves
wronged in being thus punished for believing
shne ysma Ve. the whole Roman Church held down to
lecturer proceeded to argue that even the spirit
which In 1s'0 proclaimed Papul InfalIibllty was
sa atreaay oF .S fcry ceary recognizablc from the
Muratorf Canon. for instance written about iS6.
shows US Rome determining for the Churches the
Codcx of Scripture Ire,nEus refutes ali the
authority fnFT lro
which Church he styles " the greatest, Oldest
naosio NEST Nnstrious. possessing BY unbroken sue
and Paul. the Church to which. in virtue or its
pf1fhmuey' ha a.! tho rest OF the Church WIS bound
70 sn;e ehVG tbs The immense charities
throughout tho world greatly helped to con-
soidate her authority. This practice had no
Kcnan further traced the history ct this carly
pnpul supremacy under Pope Cornelius, in tho
third century 1nterfered 50 energctical]y IN the
Sometime the rcins Of discipline were so tishtiy
strained that they threatened to snap, Hs in
Victor high-handed proceedings in the Easter
sketch was given. including nn account OF tho
Kind Of concordat, ernbodying tthe principle Of
md Pope Aniectus II, ii. Wien at the I close . of
the century Victor disturbed this settlement by
deno''uctns the Oriental Easter prnxis, Iren>ens
was strongly ccnsured by even tho Western
Churches for prenlaturcly stretching his crozicr
owe over tho the East Poycrates, Bishop Of Ephesus,
. The Church was already making court to the
Empire. Through: polteness, doubtless, but |
nlso ns sery iegtimaso , deductions from her
contrary TO the fact, that certain Emperors had |
not been absolutely opposed to Christianity.
put Jesus among tie gods it was W very untruly
said that Hudran and Antoninus had sought to |
make reparAtion for the cr11elties of Nero and !
Aurclius Tertulan doubted, indeed, whcthor |
any one could be both Caesar and Christian. But |
century afterwards no such ncompntibility !
struck anybody, and Constantine was to prove |
thut Molito showed himself man Of profound |
saeactty on the day on which he distinguished |
nthwart the procousular persecution, the figure
Of Christian Emperor. The hatred Of Chris
tianity and the Empire Was that Of pair bound
Of the Church remained what It
was under the Antonlnes, ,-plaintrve and ten
der The apologists laud the Church as
riEhtful Emperor. No pretender like Cassius,
A1binus, Niger. for q Christian! In point Of
fnot this assumed worship Of legitimacy was the
Church in regard to civil power Was dictated
quite as much by outward necessities as by her
association, and as such hcr Bent was Naturally %
she needed order and leg11 guar
antees. This was Illustrated BY the history Of
brought agninst the brilliant heresarch, Paul
of Samosata, Bishop Of Antioch. The Emperor
,djudgeti the Episcopal. Palace to Paul's ortho
lox rival, the iitlgant favored by Rome and uil
Italy 1t was becoming clear that Christianity
and the Empire could not live without each
'thor Tho world wanted Il religion Of congre-
:ssellce was brotherhood. Christianity fulfilled
i'll these conditions Its admirable worship,
ssared It the fntuse "Sy seyepaf Zines is1fy in tEe
hfrd century this historical necessity tended to
,ecome reality, especially under the Syrian
nvorcd seemed to promise peace made- not, rs
!nder Constantine, by the total defeat of one Of
se parties, but BY = Fl broad m reconciliation. The
cfor1ncrs, animated by the old spirit Dioclctinn
nd Mn1imian, believed themselves able to re-
he nurrt,w circle OF Roman ideas. Tho Church | I
ride stopped; Constantine saw the hidden '
[inor, Syria, Thrnce. .Macodonin,-in word, of n
40 eastern part n Of the Empire, we're already 7
mpirc Christian From tho Occidental point t
view this might astopish us, for in tho West Il
10 Christians were but weak minority. But Il
atura1 but imperative. One remarkable thing t
rs Rome's temporary eclipse liz consequence J,
the removal Of the seat Of the Empire to Com Il
amer In which. under the polite inspiration
such Popcs as Sylvester, DAmastis and
regory the Great, she struggled through her
hen CharIemngne restored tile Western Empire.
III conclusion Mr. Kenan said: Belief cannot II
true; it is ut no mans pleasure to hold us
ue what be hns been led, right or wrong, to tt
Id false. 10 refuse freedom of thought is
nd Of contradiction in terms. But from free :,
IN Of thought to the freedom of saying out VI
nut one thinks there is bur Il step. For the
zht Of al is the same: l have no right to for -,
j anybody to say what he thinks: but nobody te
) the right to forbid me to speak rs think
c here Is theory which will see1n a very poOr K
G In the eyes Ut the trnnscendcnt doctors who ~,
ucy themselves in possession Of absolute | ~
18th. We have them at a great advantage, IN
lies and gentlemen. TO be logical, they are
ligcd to be perSecutors; ns for us, VIC have hl
I've to be tolerant, tolerant towards nlI, even bt
wards those who, II they had the power. would In
anything but tolerant townrds us. Yes, let
not finch from this paradox,-llberty Is the | "a
adliest weapon against tho foes Of liberty. | ~
mt tell us In all frunkneSS, "WcAccept liberty ] -
IN y0u because you owe 1t us according 10 ri
lr own principles. hut you shall get nothing '"
the kind ut our hands, TOR We do not owe it
J." Very well: let us give them liberty br
the same, and let us not ti}nAEine we shall ! pr
worsted in the bargain. NE liberty IL the tn
md solvent Of all fAnatlcis7fk By claiming be
:rty for my foe, for him who would stamp tnr no
If be could, make him really the most fatal ,
all presents: oblige him to swallow strong Ell
nix which will turn his brain, while I keep ST.
lining Ut liberty; fanaticism, superstition, 70,
mot stand 1t. We do more harm to dogmat- sti
by treating It with fmplacabie sweetness vel
n by prosecuting It, By this sweetness, we III
ch tho very truth which cuts up all dog1nnt- -
by tho ro0ts-Enmeiy: thar every metaphys- .
controversy is bArreu nnd that in questions IL Us
this kind the truth for each mHtl is what he | III