Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-02-13
NON oArnoIIos snouLD porn.
An EncycIicai letter rnstructisig
Them About 'Eheir UIvti Duties.

New York Times MondayI
The most important encyoliosl, from
worldly point OF view OF least issued by
Leo XIII. since his accession to the
throne of the pontif, reached this city
yesterday, and was made the subject OF
discourse in and about several OF the
Roman Catholic churches. Il ia q long
document, dealing with the relations OF
church and state, and will be interesting
to Professionals no less than to Catholics
from the fact that it defines the duty CT
the Catholic citizen, his OBJ isstions to hia
church, and the extent OF his obedience
to the Btate.
The letter argues that all pswar comes
from God. States that neglect Goa in the
administration of their afisirs, tho pope
contendB, cannot long remain Hate, DO.
cause "when Christian institutions aud
morals fell away, tha principal iounda-
lions of human aoo.Gty muSt crumble."
He Gays that il the natural law ordAina
that CathoiicH should protect with parlio.
ular affection the land in which they
were born anl reared, with gsontes reason
| ought they to be animated with similar
sentiments toward tire church, tho city Of
the wing God, from whom she had re-
csived her constitution. Tine native land
in which We have received this mortal
! life ia, then, to be loved, but It is neces-
sary to love With more Grdent lova the
church, to which we owe tho immortal
life of the eGul, because II is right to pre-
fer the welfare Of tho soul to the welfare
Of the body, and to regard oar duties
toward God "a more HSc,ed than our d.
ten toward man.
III tho laws Of the state are in opsn
contradiction OF the Divine law" says
Lao NlII ''it they command anything
prejuttcal TO the chu,ch, or one hostile Il
the duties impcsed by religion, OF violate
in the person Of tho supreme pantifI the
authority Of jesus CrglBt, then irla1d Il
Is o duty 90 resist th,m and cg.ma t.
obay thtm--s ocime fraught with injury
10 tho state itself. For every oaane,
against religion rsnoil0 On tae stats
10 v3 tho tive faith rianjs, In,
earthly and the hesYeniv, bus 10 sn;A I
msDoer that the love OF the heaTenl,
country prevails ever that Of the other
and that human laws hre no preferred &
the law OF God--sUah is the e7ssntiR
duty Of Christians, from which spiing, a
from their source, AL the Other duties.
An extended rastasemont nt tao Glaia
7 va tLu OANAiu VI taAo 4bOLAsh GIhshl VI
, iafallibli.y ia meLteya OF faith follows
Lso says that the administration O
church government il dificult AMI give
riae 90 numaroua cobtliets. "E'or Ia
church rues people scattered thgou7h ou
all parts OF the world" hs Odds. "aiifei
Ont in Tsos and manners, each or whic
peoples, inaEmueh 90 thgy are subject
/ their own national laws, owes obadieEc
| 30 - .tr,l a. III II,
power" The church approves Of o
governments that respect religion m
divine law, ia indifferent to parties, nnt
according to the pope, ITO aeeE to engaa
The church in the qusrrels OF parties an
to attempt TO msks use of its support
> triumph more easily over adversariss,
: TO commit an indiaoreet abuse Of r
ligion."
, The pope believes, however, and 30 c,
vises, that Tin politics, which are insn;
! arah,y bound up with the laws
morality aud religious duties, men ougi
always and in the first place To take oar
TO serve the interest OF Catholicism.
soon Gg these interests are aeon to be
l. danger, all differences should caase b
: twsen them, go that, united in the sau
= thoughts and the Same designs, they ms
I, undertake the protection and defence
u religion, the common and great end
: which ell things should be referred
The POPE says two things are to
a ayoidod-falss prudence and tamerity
d and he has nothing but words of 90
" domination FOR those who would shirk d
u duties lie outlines under the plea that
is would not be politic ''to resist iniqui
II lest we exGsperate the enemy" On Il
other hand, he warns ovsr-zsalous mt
A." to do nothing OF their own melton.
q at is duty assigned to tho church
% God" continues the encyclioal, "to of
q opposition whenever the laws Of thss,a
o ipjure religion, and to endeav earnest
10 to iutuse the spirit OF the gospel into t
laws and Institutions of peoples. al
IA since tho fate of states depends prin,
N pslly on those at the head OF the ,ver
A. ment, the chuloh cannot grant its peSro
,r age or favor TO men whom it knows 10
IA hostile to it, who openly refuse to respt
IA its rights, who seek to break the Gillian
established by thu nature of things |
!, tween religious interests and the inters
I. of the civil order. On the contrary, II
~ its duty to favor those who, having sou
~. ideas rs to the relation between chur
~ and state, wish TO make them both hi
= monize for the common good.
These principles contained the n
according to which every Catholic oug
to model his public life, tina! is to 81
~ whenever it is lawful 10 the eyes OF
church to taxa part in public affairs, NJ
4 of recognized probity aud who prom
to merit wsll Of Catholicism ought to
o. supported, and there oAa be no case
's' which it would DO permissible to pre-
10 them men who are hostile to religion
A reference whick may b9 consider
20 have a Local application ia that
=, which the pope declared that the olel
- and laity should livs In direct union W
the bishops, and thss if any oas OF
clergy OF laity 'should lay himself OF
to criticism either in mis- condnot Oh
IL the opinions no mRintaing, it does
he belong to any individual TO arrogatt
~. himself in his own regard the ciiica
ia. judgs. The action Of n superior ought
he 10 be HtruckEt With ths sword OF spec
ar even when they appear TO merit
on censure,' as st. Gregory the Great
aaid.n
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"a > slight cold,
- II neglected, often ATTACKS the In
II BHows's BRoNoaLAL TnooHEs give sura