The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-02-10

this strips the holy vestments from our
| conce plior Of a pure form Of a sacrament
( and thrgsts upon it garments that are gro
( te-due and shameless. Father Quito ylr-
! tually admits that he did not answer h,y
arguments by adding, ''if what have said
/ does not c0uvice my opponent, / hereby
declare thatas Catholic Priest do be-
/ iieve that marriages properly contracted IN
/ the l,r- sence OF any Methodist Minister in
Mississippi by baptized persons OF any
Protestant (italics minel deuomina-
tion are true, binding aud sacra-
srnental marriages" But even this
remnant OF salvo for his cause shall
not be left him. The putting in of the
word Protestant ia a pitiable dodging of
the question at issue. The report OF the
Board Of Education under,cr tieism has not
a syllable about protestant marriage; II
condemns the practice OF patrOuizing
schools whose church teaches that our
ministers are not true ministers, and one
way such church teaches It. Is by marry
ing over again their own people who We're
married by oHr ministers.
Il is somewhat amusing that Father
Duuo writes, Il an not concerned about
the opinions OF Mr.. c. @. Andrews about
the Roman Catholics and yet in the
mitted that his aguments are not couvinc-
ing, he rest. his whole case upon, Il hereby
declare that as Catholic priest, | do be
lieve, eIc." All Father Quito, what d.
The opinions Of a mere parish priest amount
TO il they dirt city antagonize the highest
authority of your church?
Fortunately, | am DOW ensbled to give you
"a deliverance from one whom YOU have
called Lord and Master, Pope Plus, the
Ninth
ERROR DE MATRIMoNIo CHRIsTTANo.
u coatractaS mere ciUhs pltest inter Chris
aaa0s c0astdre Ueri RomiRis ma6imonii, fa}-
sltmqate est d1a coa1octum matrimoaii inter
GtristiaHos seapsr esse socrameahnn, aut
nuitum esse c0ntracfttR, 81 SdcrdmsHtitn er-
ciudtar.-S 20, Syllabus Eirortll. Pti Rapae
TX, 4. D., 1864.
A free translation Of which is "a merely
civil contract cannot, among Christians,
constitute true marriage The marriage
contract among Christians isalway : a sac
rament. The contract is null if the Sacra-
ment he excluded"
Now, no man, be he priest or layman
would be so irrational as to think or say that
a Protestant minister and the Protestant or
iutidel couple whom he was marrying,
would admit that they were performing q /
Sacrament, they would not only exclude |
the Sacrament bat thev would ridicule the |
idea as absurd. The Nicegerent Of Christ, |
says such a marriage is null. Father |
Dutto says, "it Is true, binding and sacra
mental Whom shall We believe, Oh We |
iufalIible expositors?
+. Here is another demonstration, from |
the Cat-chism OF the Courcil Of Trent, |
page los But representing as he does, in |
the discharge of his sacred functions, not
his own, but the person OF Christ, the min
i~ter ol the sacraments, be he good or bad,
vaiidly cuusecrates aud cunfers the sacra-
ments; provided he make use of matter
aud form Instituted by Christ, and always
in the Catholic Church, and
intends to do what the church does in their
administration"
Did Father Quito ever hear, or does he
ever expect to hear, of Methodist minis
ter in marrying couple making "use Of
the matter and form always observed in
the Romau) Catholic Church." or of a
Methodist minister intending to do what
the Roman Catholic Church does in their
administration, that is, perform a sacra-
ment? Ii he did not and does not, call
upon him in the name OF truth and con
to take back what he has written
and hasten to harmonize himself with the
ltterances Of his infallible church.
{. q. ANDREWS