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1fonsi1nor CdDeI at Cincinnati.-An Able
Defence of Catholicism.

Momsignor CdDel at Cincinnati.-An Able
Defence of Catholicism.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 11.-Monsignor Capel,
who arrived yesterday, is the guest of
archbishop elect Elder, at the Cathedral
residence. Though the LITTER was COM
PEELED to be at Chillicothe 10 fill previous
engagement, Monsignor Capel to-day
treated, in two discourses, at the cathedral,
which supplemented each other, of Luther
from Catholic standpoint. In the morn
ing the sermon preached showed that the
church was an organized body, a corpora
ton both human and divine-human, mas
much as it is made up of teachers in
hierarchial order, and divine because it
Is inhabited by the Holy Spirit.
This human divine creature, born on
Pentecost Sunday, grew, according to law
its existence, increasing, but not creating
every organ, just as is done by the human
frame in assimilating food; therefore, ar
gued the monsiguor, the church in the ff-
teenth century was babe, born on penti-
cost, now grown to manhood. In the next
place it was urged that the church is hely
IN its origin, in its object, in its means of
sanctIfcation, in its interior life, which is
Christ and the Holy ghost; and, lastly, in
its producing saints, and then it
vas, he concluded, this the
church had at ali times, and
consequently, in the sixteenth century, had
this holiness. The Monsignor said the de-
cress council of Trent bore too painful tes-
timony existing among the clergy and peo-
pie, but this is no proof against the truth
nd of Lho ~
the conduct of Judas would prove the apos-
tolic college corrupt, or our own evil deeds,
the falsity of the commandments or the
crimes narrated in the daily press show
that the American constitution teaches
wrong doing. To show that the church
was more vigorous than ever at the time of
the reformation, Monsigno- appealed
to the imitation of Christ, the spirit
ual combat, the works of
st. Toresa, Louis Granda and others i'm
mediately before or during the period as
literary evidence to the labors of St.
Francis Xavier, in the old world, and of
st. Louis Bertrand in the new, as mission
ary evidences to the orderof Jesuits, orats-
riors, the fathers of the pious schools, the
fathers of st. Jerome acmisan, the Thea
tines and others, as evidence of the "crea-
tive" power OF this association; to Saints
Ignstius, Aloysius, st. Anisiaus Kostks,
Theresa Cajetan, Philip Novi and dozen
ethers, a. evidence of the church's power
to made heroes Of holiness at the very
time that the enemies would fsin make be-
ieve she was corrupt.
In the evening the monsignor continued
his subject, first disclaiz1ing intention to
offend any one by what he should say of
Luther as q reformer He said if ne were
l. London to-day and would ask what was
the stste of intelligence in Europe when
Luther lived, ninety nine out Of one
hundred would say it vas IN state Of
gross darkness, and would add that
Luther's spark kindled the whole world
into a blaze OF light. He would show
nothing was further from truth than this
modern view OF Luther's position
and of his infEence. He
asserted that to Catholicism
and not to Professionalism vas the world IL
debted to that light that followed the if
teenth century. Printing and paper, those
powerful agents in the diffusion of know
| ledge, were invented before Luther was
born. The discovery OF this new world
was the result Of the energy: learning and
| liberslity of Catholic Spain. At that time
| sixty -four universities of learning existed
all over Europe. Church architecture and
| art OF that time was also cited as evidence
| that the Catholic church was not the sup
pressor Of learning. The existence of re-
Publics with prosperous commerce under
Catholic auspices gave the lie to the charge
that the Catholic church was the enemy ot
energy, learning and liberty. Without
speaking Of any details of the life Of
Lather he would mention one or tvc