The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-11-17
NEW CATHOLIC LAWS
uIrIMArUM oS LIQUOR sEIlINs,
And some Other New DEGREES of General
Intsrss,-rhs work + the Last Plsnary
Council Promulgated at baltimore.
What Is said sf:ths New DEGREES.

Council Promulgated at bAitimoFo.
What 10 said sf:ths New Decree"
Several publications have recently been
made coneerning the new dectees Of the
Plenary Council OF the Catholic Chnrch
in America, which met this year at BAlti-
more. These DEGREES were submitted to
the Pope at Rome, and have lately been
received by Archbishop Gibbons, a. Bali.
more, and ordered to be printed for publi.'
cation. A report was recently sent out
from Baltimore TO tho effect that, with the
sanction OF Archbishop Gibbons, Primate
Of Inc Catholic Church in America,
DR.. D. J OCOnnell, who brought the
Plenary Council DEGREES from Rome, had
given out list OF the parts, chapters and
sections OF the Councils work which had
been approved BY the Pope and the Prop
uganda. Thare were eleven parts approved,
which are now lave for Catholics.
Pat Asst ttea,s ct length Of the Catholic
faith and its advantages. Part ascond
concerns ecclesiastical percentages, and is
divided into eight chapters. Part third
il devoted TO "Dlyine WorAhip."
Part fourth has only two chapters, and
Contains the views OF the Council on the
sacramento. III the first chapter "bap-
tiEm" aad new conversions" are treated.
CHAPTER e. cond isdevotedto "LnAtrimony."
Part 9th is devoted TO clerical educS-
ton and insttCiipas as follows: First,
seninarirs for the education Of boys; sec
ond, higher seuinaries; third, the princi-
pal seminary; fourth. the examination Of
the junior priests; nth, theological IN
EtructionB.
The SIKH rart OF the DEGREES treats OIL
Catholic instructions for youth. Chapter
irst treAtJ Of Catholic schools aud their
recent uect ssity, snd second Of tho ways
and meAus Of iucre4siu[ their number and
maintaining them. Chap err second shows
the superiority OF Catholic schools over
others.
Part seven il entitled "Chri,tian Doc,
trine." :,
rsn eight is entitled Zeal for Souls"
This part ia divided into three chapters.
Ittrea's d a., OF those who belong il the
country and those who have recently ar
rived secondly, OF the pastors placed over
the colored psople and the indiana; third
", "socu!us." This chapter is divided
into thres sections: f st, prohibited soci-
utiep; scc0nd, csltAln Spprovad societies
third, societies 0rthePromosiono! temper
ance.
Part nine treats OF the goods belonging
to the priests and church under tho head
Of "Ecclasastic Temperatures" Part ten
!s devoted to the subject Of "Ecc}esiRs!ical
Judges" Part eleven is regarding the In
torment oil eccle5iastics.
CONCERNING LIQUOR SELLING.
Catholic clergymen everywhere refuse
To say much about the DEGREES, but the
simple and plain statement is made that
the anti-liauor feeling tinds q prominent
place in the eighth part OF the accepted
DEGREES. Uuder the head Of "S0culus for
the Promotion OF Temperance, it Ia made
the duty OF all Catholics to discourage the
LIQUOR traffic it discouraged Catholics from
carrying on liquor business, and fOtbtds
absolutely the sale Of any wine, spirits or
malt liquor at church lairA, festivals or
piCnicE. The clause, sB originally pro-
mulgated on the subject, is quoted as FOL
lows:
"There ia one way OF profaning the Lords
Day which is 30 prolific OF evil results that
we consider it our duty to utter against it a
special condemnation. Thisis the practice
OF selling beer or other liquors on sunday
or Of frequenling pl ,cea where sold. This
practice tends more than any other to
turn the Day OF tho Lord into a day Of dis.
sipation, to use it for an occasion for
breeding intemperance. While We hope
that Sunday laws on this points will not
he relaxed, but even more r:gidly en-
forced, we implore al Catholics, for the
love OF God and OF country, n4ver 10 take
rart in such traffic, nor TO countenanCe or
patronize it; and We not only direct the
attention Of all pastors TO the repression Of
this abuse, but we also call upon them to
induce all OF their focks that may be en-
gagged in the sale OF liquors to abandon as
Bo0n as they can the dangerous traffic and
to embrace more becoming way Of max
INK living"
A,wHEELING CLERGYMAN INTERVIEWED.
An ISTELMGENcRR reporter called on
Moasignor Sullivan, Vicar General OF the
diocese, and acquired conserving these
DEGREES. Father sullivan said all he could
say about them was that they had been
more generally approved, without modif.
cation, than former DEGREES OF any similar
Council. His Holiness OF Rome and the
Propaganda examine the DEGREES when
submitted, and either approve, modify or
reject each clause. These DEGREES were
comparatively unmodifed.
In reference to tho clause concerning
liquor selling, Father Sullivan said he did
not know whether it was faithfully re-
ported, as no was not engaged on that
section OF the DEGREES. He said, however,
that there c)uld be no doubt that the
Catholic church would throw the whole
weight Of its influence and authority
against intemperancs and the abuse Of the
liquor traffic. The decress will be pub
lished at once. They are written in Latin,
and will be printed in Latin.