The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-09
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4 GOOD EXAMPLE ZOE LIBKH-
ALlTY.
The Catholic church IL becoming liberal
ICED in both Europe and the United States.
Cardinal Newman. at once iogieian and
Q poet. found rest for his troubled spirit in
che church Of Roma HIS brother. who
also started priest Of the English church,
hsd IN equally irreprcssibse. inquiring
spirit. and found apparently equal rest in
the rationaiism that 10 vAriously repre-
ssnsed bv Rsnan. Matthew Arnold, Hux-
lsy. Dsrwia. Spencer. Frederic Harrison
and Prof. Tyndail.
Given two brothers, both educated under
the same parental Influences. trained in
the same university. under the same
teachers. for the pulpit OF the English
church. both filled with tho same fearless
spirit OF conscientious intellectual indie
psndsncs snd moral courage. and how
shall We explain thst one brother rested
In Rome and the other In rationaism7
While ignorant. unthinking or indifferent
men choose . church or ignore oil
SuntShSS UtttVoS NV eShtVuS "RtssnoA -
psriencs or conflict, given two iniiexibly
honest. able and spiritually minded think
sfs and scholars. and probably their choice
between Home and rationslism would be
largely settled By the tsmpsramentai Diff
ference between . nature in which the
poetic predominated and nature in which
the understanding and the reasoning
powers were large and the poetic imagi-
nation and sensibiiity small.
IL il note worthy fact that when able,
acute. honest minds make new departure
In religion they make no compromise.
They follow Cardinal Newman to Rome
or Francis Newman TO ratiouaiism. II has
been remarked Of DR.. Briggs that in his
attitude toward the Bible no 10 moro of q
Catholic than Presbyterian. II was st.
Augustine who declared. II would not be-
lievs the Scriptures u the church did not
tell me they were divine" DR.. Briggs
planted his faith on the Bible, tho church
and the reason. but the Presbyterian as
ssmbly in it, report declared that treason
and the church are not to b regarded -
fountains Of divine authority: that they
are unreliable and fallible." Newman
went over 70 Rome because without the
authority Of the church to help him out
he thought his reason alone would carry
him over to tho ranks Of agnosticism.
He had to chooss. he said. between the
that rationaiism which Newman held Is
the logical ultimate of the Reformation
To Nswmsn there could be no logical
halfway" house between Rome and
rasionalism. He was too poetic to become
nationalist. like his brother: too logical
20 remain Protestant and so he became
. Romanist Newman could find no
logical reason why . man who believes in
ecclesiastical authority should hesitate to
leave the Protessan: church. with its CON-
promise between absolute faith and reason.
for the church of Rome
Catholic thcolo.ians hold that PFoses-
tantism aud rationaiism are one, because
rationalism Is but the logical outcome
and ultimate end Of the secession signal.
tzsd by the Reformation. and they believe
that frotestantism will DO replaced BY
rstionaiism. and that the scclesiasticai
Protsstants OF Ail eoiors will finally do as
Newman did-tind refuge In Rome. The
modern success OF Rome is due TO its re-
cruitment fro;a the r,aks OF eceieSias,icsl
frotesssnts who refuse the logical ul,,-
mate of the reformation. aud 60 the fac,
tina, the Roman church Is shrewd enough
not 10 rernlse the plain people by declar-
Ing for eternal punishment and for
Puritan Sunday. st. George Mi.
vart. = famous Catholic theologtan.
points out thar the church Of Rome
has 50 completely ousgrown its ignorance
that 1t would make Galilee a cardinal 10.
day instead Of eondsmnins him. aud Pias
the Ninth congratulated Prof Mivar.
upon bis acceptance OF the idea of eyo-
luton when in $50 he did "aos nesi,st. "a
psomuigate the idea that Adams BODY
might have risen from . on.humsn AMI.
mai, the rational soul being subsequently,
Infused The common teaching as a.
hell. Prof Mlvsrt says. does violence "a
mems perceptions of right and w.onc hy
Sstrihatine Ia the persec, God hea.,le.,
end monsisoas injustice. MANY" saw,
Prot NivAra. write A. IL mere ariaion,
which have come down 60 Us fsom semi.
esrhsrous tunes we're - many articles o,
che Christian faith yet in reality there is,
believe. no broad church 80 broad as Is
che nero orthodox and distlnctively
Domsn theology"
III course tins liberal Catholicism which
- enuacsassd by the pFsssns pore and the
Orcss theoaosisns Of his church has not
sound sss Nay among the ignorant chill
1r~n 81 the church, bat Within the Uai.es;
States the Catholic church Is certainly be-
Tag lifted into an attitude OF libezaiity
both in faith and practice that il q rebake
- the nsrTcsarss cf those rrosesranss
vAo have s,ssmpsssi 10 Aoycot; sAc World 3
iosr when they failed 20 close its doors on
Sunday. These frcsss,sn,s had . right
~ express their opinions. bur they
hal no right u attempt 80 impose
them nrsn the people Il this eoan,ry
by an iiseTs,ias;e aai Unconstitutional
Invasion Of the rights of The reopse
through she action Of congress. and, fall
ine in ta,s attempt, ii was eersasaly nc,
decen, 20 try ana ruin a srea, enserrri.s
because they we're not rerm tilted 10 .ule IL