Telegram-herald., 1891-11-03
WHERE is Thu UNITY
Rev. Campbell Fair Makes Inquiry
of Francis Dillon kaga1
ABOUT VARIATIONS OF RONlEISN
He Infsrs That Catholicism Has Bess
Ssbjecx - ShssSe. a ell - many
Another tAith-ftftssa Qaes-
s.ens frepeundsd.


A gentleman lecturcc IN our city Sun
day evening on the subject: Why .
Protestant Minister Reasaed to the
Catholic % Church" lihe ssaisos and
note of interrogation are mine and are
Intended 10 be suggestive.
A r~lort of the address appears in
your lssue OF today Presuming the
language and arguments used To be
correctly Quoted-they have every evl-
dence OF having been supplied 10 your
reporter. or oy him extracted troai the
lecturers manuscript infer that the
return trip of this versatile gentle
man WAS taken owing to the '-vsrla-
uons" he supposed TO exist in Protest
antlsm ana the unity" he presumed
10 be IN the Roman Catholic Church: ia
other words. this gentleman abandoned
"Pfotestantlsm OWING 10 lie variations
and embraced "Romanlsm" because OF
It's uniformity, as he teiisses.
am prepared to prove IN your col
unins the following statement ut
the history anu ''partles" OF tne Roman
faith are full OF variations, contentious,
oppositons and contradict As this
representative OF the Hlternian 80 :
ciety's lecture platform commenced
tnis novel theological controversy,
ask him 10 continue the discussions by
answering tue following questions and
proring has ansEers:
First, Is Il not true that the catalogues
OF the poyes are go diverse IN the annals
of the .,apacy that scarcely two OF
them agree!
Second. Is it not true that there have
been real popes, and that decisions re-
gardlng succession have been doubted
and repudiated?
Third, Is 1t not true that Barorlius
reckons twenty-slx electoral vsrla-
tons and Oruphrius gives the number
as thirty?
Fourth. Is it not true that these
rival popes" in the Roman Churcn
caused real schism and frequent blood
shed? Is that unity?
Fifth, Is 1t not true that some popes
were Aridns, and denied the Trinity?
We're they Infallible?
Sixth, Is 1t not true that the pope
doms of Urban. Boniface, Innocent,
Gregory, Clement ana Benedict mani
tested continuous conflicts!
Seventh, Is IT not true that Avignon
and Rome, Arragon and Aquilela had
constant fights of popes?
Eighth, Is il not true that on the sub
iect OF General Councils theirs have been
larring factions Ia the Roman COM
munion?
Ninth, Is It not true that on the SUBJ
ject OF supremacy there has been among
Romanists strong diversity of opinions?
Tenth. Is it true that snfdiiioilsty has
caused constant contention in the
Roman Church? Will the lecturer give
US the unanimous consent" of even
papal authorities on this subject?
Eleventh. Is it not true that Rome
has had among its adherents the most
diverse views presented On the. subjects
of Ariansm, Eutychianism, Monotho-
IitIsm, -'elagianlsm and such like con-
troversles? VIII the gentleman who
lectured Sunday evening tell your read
ers what is meant by the "Jansenist
controversy"
twelfth, Is il not true that on the
doctrine of trdasu5stdntiofion, Dominicans
and Franciscans are direcly opposed
Will the gentleman VINO commenced
.Schoolmen" on transubstantiation?
Thirteenth, IL Il not true that in the
Church of Rome there was faction
iSbt oh TIC euoJcSt VI cvWMuHt0H y" ohs
kiadf Was it not decided ty vote? A
doctrine decreed by q ballot!
Fourteenth, Is 1t not true that Deus,
q Roman theologian, gives ten different
views OF Romanlsts on the practice of
extreme unction!
Fifteenth, Is il not true that the
| 0apal tbs ologians differ widely on the
Llace, duration and other particulars Of
Puroutory!
could largely increase this list of
Variations of Romanisin" and enter
fully into the particulars of history 10
| prove that every one OF these "varla.
tons gave rise TO positive contradic-
tons among Roman theologians, in
| Roman councils aud Roman churches
but / await the lecturers" reply 70
what have asked 90 that may pur.
cue his line of thought and not my
own. CAMPBELL FAIR.
Nov. 2, 1891. st. Mark'e Church.
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