Daily Tombstone epitaph., 1886-04-15
sECTARIANIsNI.
Reverend Mir. Haskins Replies tO
 Father D0lje.
TOMBSTONE, April, B, 1886.

TOMBSTONE, April, B, 1886. EDITOR EPlTAPH;
 extend the right hand of fellowship to Father Dolje as brother priest in the Catholic church, in spite of some opin- ions and practices wherein he differs from me, and regret, as all the Christian world not Roman regrets, that he cannot, on account of his sworn allegiance to the claims of a foreign Bishop, receive it as such.
 lf understand my brother correctly, the gist of his letter is 10 take exception to my definition Of "sectarian," as in- cluding the Roman branch of the Church Catholic, on the ground that the Roman Catholic Church is the whole Church.
 The whole Christian world believes, on sufficient evidence, that Jesus, the Prophet of Nazareth oi Galilee, is the Christ, the Eternal, Only Begotten Son of the Father, the great and only Head Oi tnC SnuleH, Wh'Iu 10 iiiS bouy' The church was, and is, called "Catho- lic," because it is for everyone, without distinction of blood, who believes, and is obedient to the faith, as the word 'cath- ollie" means "for all" or Universal" The Diocese of Rome was part of that Church Universal, and it's Bishop one among equals.
 Now, when it can be proved that part is equal to the whole; that Roman Catholic is catholic; that any supremacy was given to St. Peter; that any suprem- acy of Rome was recognized or tolerated by the Catholic Church for Goo years; that the Bishop of Rome is Christ; that any authority was given, by the great Head of the Church, to any one bishop or diocese to create articles of faith and enforce their acceptance on other dio- ceses by coercion;-when history can be plotted out and the long sad list of de- crees from that of the Emperor Justinian, in March, s33, declaring the Bishop of Rome to be "Head of all the holy churches and of all the holy priests of God," down to that of the Lateran Coun- cil of Pope Plus TX, which on the 18th day of July, 1870, decreed the monstrous dogma oIthe ''infallbilty of the Pope"- then, and not until then, will the inteli gent Christian world submit to the claims of the Bishop of Rome, and confess that that diocese is not sectarian.
 This is a sufficient answer to the ex- ception. Let me add word in reference to the Bible in the public schools. It is through the protests and efforts of the Roman sect, mainly, that the Bible has been partially excluded from our public schools. So long as the information i'm parted by these primitive documents confirmed by some simple outlines of au- thentic ancient and modern history are taught in the schools, our children will have only themselves to blame if they are misguided by sectarian teaching of any kind. But if we deprive them dur. ing, for the most part, the only period of their lives when they can learn those facts, are we not responsible for their ig- norance?
 Those of us who know these facts, must protest and continue to protest to the end of time against any supremacy of one diocese over another, just as free and intelligent citizens of this great Re- public we must protest and continue to protest, against any supremacy or claims thereto of one state over another, or over the whole United States.
 THos w. HASKINS.
 [From sense of justice we have al- lowed Mir. Haskins to reply to Father Dolje's letter, but with this communica- tion, the discussion, as far as the EPI- TAPH is concerned, will have to stop. Our space is altogether too limited to make room for theological controversy. ED. EPITAPH.