The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-30

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party first guarantee TO the other the
fullest liberty of conscience and religious
exercise, and that the children be brought
up In the Catilelie faith. Nor must the
priest assisting af such ceremony bold it
witlsfn the church, nor with the custom
ar v rites. nor clo&hed ID the vestments of
his Office. There must not be double
marriage ceremony-one before priest
and the other before q civil official. The
priest must not lend his Office to those who
have already gone or whom he thinks
propose afterward to go. before a hetero-
dox minister to be joined in wedloek, for
infamous men have sometimes taken adj
vantage of the disabilities attending such
marriages to enter after on q second mar
riage, abandoning the wife on the ground
of lawful impeachment.
The custom of loading the collins of
adults with flowers is disapproved as for
eign to the mind of the church and to
the common sense of the present age.
The collecting of money at the doors Of
churches before allowing the faithful to
enter and assist at the sacred mysteries is
especially prohibited. and wherever such
custom exists it must cease forthwith
Picnics and excursions for so-called pious
purposes must cease, unless with special
permission of the diocesan. Assistant
priests must not pass the night out of the
pastoral residence without consent of the
rector. and the same holds good of rectors
on feast and fast days unless by consent
of the Cardinal or Archbishop Calling
from the altar imprecatioDs and
curses must be abstained from alto
gether by the clergy. Rectors are warned
not rashly to contract or load with debts
the churches committed to them, and they
must do all they can to lift the debts al
ready on their churches. No priest of the
diocese is allowed to hold in his own
name and right either church or house or
goods of any kind which the faithful,
whether wholly or in part, have donated
to the service of religion or ecclesiastical
use All such rights must be transferred
either to the ordinary of the diocese or to
a society sanctioned by him, either to be
held by them for the present or to be held
by the church forever. Without the per
mission of the archbishop no masses can
be hereafter consnenced after II o'clock on
Sundays or holidays. Assistant pastors,
who in foreign countries are styled
'scurates. are hereafter to be known as
s'auxiliary recJors." Priests are exhorted
to be mindful of their sacred calling In
all things they should have nothing before
them but what is grave. moderate and
Alled with the religious spirit. They must
avoid even light delinquencies. They
must indulge in no scurrility, no
shameless talk, no words contrary
TO the spirit of holiness and
charity. They should wear . garb betting
their order, that By. outer decency they
may show forth The inner purity of their
hearts. II 10 ordered that whether in the
church or in the house they wear the Cas-
sock and Roman collar, which latter they
are never to be without, even in the street.
Out Of doors their garb should be of cut
and color becoming ecclesiastical gravity
and holiness. They must not appear ut
public theatres, profane spectacies. horse
races and other amusements of this kind.
whether villain or without the diocese
Much less are they allowed to lay wagers
and make bets on horse races. II they
have any money to spare it can be much
better used IN allevsating the condition of
the poor or IN other pious uses. To see
clerics at such spectacles and in the com
pany of the man who engage in them, is
declared to be q scandal TO to the most
worldly. As to their household arrange
ments they must be mindf III of the canon
ical laws about domestics. They must
beware of giving the slightest breath
of scandal. Their housekeepers must
be of mature age, of established character
and b1ameless life.