New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-09
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

Emile Ol1vlers pamphlet, enntled me ioPo;
| Is he Free in Rome 7" has just been pu0lished
in Paris. The last Minister of the Empire adj
mits that His Holiness does not langush on
| bed of straw and in irons in the depths OF the
Mamertlne prisons. On the contrary, ne III
habits the most beautiful palace IN me UNI,
verse, where dwell in glory Bramante, Mlchael
Angelo and Raphael. II that constitutes the
liberty of the Pontiff he is free. But - The
Pope is not Pope to be shut up In the Natiean,
write encyclicals, keep little Court, ana DC
surrounded by few Swiss Guards No, ne Is
Pope to celebrate publicly the grand mysteries
and august yfetes in the temple elevated Dy the
Papacy with the gold of all nations. lie Il
Pope to send to the l0ggid, at the consecrated
dates, in the light of the sun, and before the
PROSTATE multitUdes, his benedlctlon uru d
Orbi Can he now fulfil the duties OF his
charge !r NJ. Olivier thinks not. Recent oc.
currences have, demonstrated the certainty OF
the fate that would await the POntln were ne
to show himself TO the inhabitants OF the
capital: THE Least that could happen to him
would be TO be insulted and Kissed Besides
at Rome, in the present state OF things, the
Pope has superior; and If the Pope has any
one above him he Is not free. 1t Is, In TACT, a
dogma that the Sovereign POntii1 has received,
by right Divine, exemption from all soIts OF
secular jurisdiction. This privilege Is per-
petaal and its prerogative cannot be aban-
dOned, seeing that IL was conferred on the
order, and not on a mere person. According
to the law OF guarantees, passed on May 10,
1871, the person of the Pope Is declared sacred
and invioabe; the honors and protection due
| to & sovereign are assured to him, and besides
an annual payment of j.225,OOO francs, he has
enjoyment of the Apostolic Palaces of the
Vatican, st. John de LateraD. and the villa
! Caste GandOlfO. But these guarantees have
| false air of immunties. To begin with, they
are not perpetual, as what the law has gwen
the law may take away. 1t was the Right who
established them, it is the Left who apply
them, and it may be that the Mountain (Radi-
GALS will abolish them. True, the Italian Gov
eminent does not dream OF so doing but what
/ confidence does such an epDemeral engage
ment inspire The unfortunate experience OF
this same law of guarantee Is not OF nature to
give much encouragement on that mead. ne
nomination of the Bishops had been conceded
to the Pope in the name OF the principle pro-
! claimed by CavOur OF a free Church IN a free
/ State. But in a great number of cases this has
been justification. the tutility of the pretexts
invoked for Withholding the ereQudtur indlcat-
| ing the degree of confidence due 10 these guar
| dams of the Papacy, and presaglng the tate IN
/ store for that institution Italy decides alone
/ and without appeal-prO lege rOiuntds. In
stead of allowing himself TO be consumed IN
| the Vatican, like widow who has lost her
/ husband, why should not the POntlh repair at
! times TO the Basiica of ST. Peter, escorted by
/ his Court, to receive pilgrims Let him Visit
| the sick, and show himself in the Corso IL his
| gala COACH and traverse Rome In all the
| majesty of Father, Bishop and Priest. a crisis
| might break out but it would do good. Even
a crisis is better than continual enervatlng ex-
| pectatiOn. More prudent voices condemn these
| cOunsols as excessive, or at least premature:
In their opinion the crisis should be waited
for, but not sought. Humanity speaking there
! exists no hone although there are some reas-
! surfing signs such as the comparative Austen
ton shown by Italy IN the ant-cleIlca leglsla-
! ton of recent years. She has not prevented
| these attacks but has not been associated with
them sometimes even has cursed them Italy
loves her religion; she is proud of her Papacy,
| and does not believe all the rubbish that Its
| enemies say OF II"
RATIoNALIsTIc DEVELOPMENTS IN TIE
! SWEDISH CHCRCH.-Ihe ChUchnGR mentions
an account given in the ALlgemeine Eranget-
isch- Lutherische hirchen=eitnng of a meeting of
the Society for the Propagation of Reasonable
Faith and Practical Christianity, held recently
| in Stockholm and numerously attended by
| both men and women. 1t was opened with an
/ address by DR.. +. V. Bergen, who has delivered
/ a number of lectures in the larger cities OF
! Sweden on religiO- philOsOphic and historical
/ themes. The address invited attention to the
chasm forming between the different sides or
schools in the Church, and mentioned that
theOogiau OF Lund lately attacked IN the
S,cediSh Lutheran ZeitUHg prominent divine
of Upsaa; also, that two theOlOgians OF the
last named university have conducted a con-
trOversy, in the columns of a Stockholm
journal, which began in a scientific criticism
and ended in personalities whereby within the
last few months Il clergyman has been moved
70 throw himself into the arms of the Church
or Rome. According To DR.. V. Bergens view,
orthodoxy sails with a corpse for ladlng,V
and it is the SAVIOR therefrom Leichengeruch)
that has made the ecclesiastical condition in-
tOerable to cultivated, that is, ratiOnalistic,
SWedes. lie seems TO complain, however, OF
a lack Of privileges, for he says that, while IN
England and America RatlOnallsts and Unltarl-'
ans celebrate the Claiming anniversary, no
place has been had in all Stockholm for such
a celebration and on the other hand, while the
Germans observe their Lesslng festival,
Swedish theOlOgian, V. Schele, ventures to
deliver n lecture in the Academy of Sciences
on Unbelief and Religious Doubt. Further
more, DR.. '. Bergen assured his credulous
hearers that not only Tegner and GeUer, but
also Wallin and Franzen, led their country
men to distinguish between orthodoxy and
true Christianity, and now Sweden possesses
in Victor Rydberg, the Upsala philosopher, a
genuine nationalist! Before the conclusion of
the meeting Dr. V. Bergen was elected to the
presidency of tie society.
The Rev. G. J. Carlton. of Newton Centre
Mass. in The National Baptist answers the
question Ought ministers to commit sui
eide when they arrive at sixty years of ageT
as follows Yes, because as general thing
every wear they remain on earth after that Is
nossed in martyrdom." Mental decadence
strikes in at sixty, be thinks, and no minister
after that knows anything that Is worth know
ing He cites a number OF cases to support
this statement and closes his communication
by saving: = am not ashamed, under my
own name, to say that ministers of age, |
believe are generally treated meanly and
shamefully exceptions, of course, but they
only prove the rule, and that the. young
America feeling in our churches is far from
being in accordance with the spirit of Christ,
which is respectful, gentle, kind, forbearing,
etc. am willing to bear the odium of speak
ing plainly upon the subject for the sake of
good and true men, swhO are not as young as
thew once were, but are vigorous and strong,
and feel very sore on this point.
I-nder the nresidencE Of the Bishop Of Lon