Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1894-04-07


of God, II the church is infallible, ]
then. this same custom or principle ex- !
lists in the Roman Catholic church to-
day. So you can see that II the Priests ]
means anything. he Will upon
reading this article send me his check
for $500
Again II the church is infallible, then
it is now the spirit and policy oil the
church to punish men by death-burn
them, slay them, hang them, Tor IN the
Third Lateran Council, it was decided
that the faithful in the Roman Catholic
church should obligate themselves to de
stroy ali heretics.
In accordance with this decision, the
Rev. J Ohm Hasso was burned though he
had received a safe conduct from the
Emperor Sigismond. The Roman Cath
olics, not withstandiDg all oaths to the
contrary are bound to destroy all here
tics-those opposing their iaith-whenev-
er their church requires it, or they have |
if in their power.
NV readers may see that to talk oil as |
sassiuation in the light of such a deci- !
sion, is but silly babb ing. or couse there
is law court in the city. but what does
an enraged Catholic care for law court
when his Priest commands. Will he not
| forsake mother, father, sister, brother
and even himself, for the Priest, because
Il
what fools we mortals be-" to believe
one sinner can save another The Priest
must have some one to pardon his sins,
| tia. N how can he pardon another's sin.
Let the people consider.
PAPAL SUPREMACY AND INFs LLIB'LITY A
MONSTER UNKNOWN.
Once more l am aware TINT 30. re are
three factions in the Roman Catholic
Il, a hs,k 4 <ahr. Ia ~
infallihle, another claims that the coun-
ellis alone are infallibls, and another that
the Pope alone is infallible. What a
brunswick stew of infallibles Rut from
what does the Pope derive his iDfsllibiity
If YOU say he derives ii from Pope Peter?
We know that Peter was fallihle. ior he
said TO Jesus, Il will never deny you, |
will never forsake you," but the scrip.
lures saw that ''he followed q far off,
, and denied that be ever knew Jesus. II
the church was on Peters head as some
silly Catholics affirm. when Peter fell, the
, church was wrecked, Jesus recognized
. that Peter was falhble or chaDgeable as
: 9th men, when he said unto him
when thou art converted strengthen
thy brethren" This puts knife into
: the vitsls of Peters infallibility. See
Peter l:5. But if you say that the Pope
r gets bis infaIlibility by Apostolic success
q cause there is strictly no such succession
h Note,every Pope is removed by death o
otherwise, before his successor is elected
q Then the successor is elected by the car
n dinals in convention assembled. Prio
Y to the meeting of these cardinals no on
II can tell who will be elected Pope, but a.
Re ter days of wire pulling and bailoting
IA Pope is elected usually from among tn
" Cardinals, and so declared from the vat
= | l.. H.. f,ll l., = az \
is only on the ground that the people sa
W 20. How fiimsy Again, if he be infell
Or BILE then the Cardinals must be intallib
a also, for they elected him, and the ere,
ture is not greater than the Or cato
H. And if the Cardinals are infallib!eso mus
be the Bishops, Priests, Deacons. Again
is have the Popes of the Catholic Churc
I'd ! proved themselves inerrant or infallible
n What about Pope Peter, who denis
ed Christ with cursiDg, declaring that
s, never knew Jesus What about PoI
Liberius who embraced the Arian Her
ia sy. This infallibIe primate endorsed
ld doctrine that had been repeatedly al
it emphatically anathmetized by him al
i'm his SUCCESSORS And what about Po
pie Hororius, that old transgressor, who
be doctrinal errors cost the last EcumeI
at cal Council such an immense amount
to arguing and lslsifying Being una
in Council for holding doctrines, then, sir
and now considered heretical he demo
aid strated the fact that Papal infallibili
,ti- is q phantom, q fiction, a farce. he
)ec- a monster unknown in heaven, earth
has hell. Did not the iniaIIible Pope in
the | seventeenth century affirm, as the
preme teacher of faith and morals, IL
us the proposition advanced by Cali
lily, that the earth moves, is absurd, philo
.Nr..~~ -
hat cred st least erroneous in faith But
,ers this the 10th century. the Pope acce
the Copernican system, and endor
for heartily the astronomical teachings
not Galileo-StraDge infallIbility Did
for Pope Peter have a wife, then do
Popes VOW celibacy? But once mo
my how can the advocates of infallibility
Iuo- concile the two thousand (2OOO) va
Tax tions between the authoriz Vulgate
)ing bic of Pope Sextus, the infalhble,
ly- that of Pope Clement, the infallih
liDg Says DR.. johnson, AN eminent Roman
rs; "The more learned Catholics have nt
bor- denied the existence of errors in the
)ine, gate, to the contrary Isadore Cla
gin. collected 80, ,000." From the foregC
IN in we conclude that nothing is so fallibl
cest, the infallibility of the Pope. The su
nit macy and infalIibility of the Pope
uns, both unreasonable and unscriptu
ncu- 1t is unreasonable TO suppose tnaC
par electing and naming of man Pope
lines fer upon him the attribute of God. II
Y, p. Pope is created by Cardinals, the ca
mails must be greater than the Pope.
fore this of itself destroys Papal Suprem
holic But the doctrine is unscriptural.
and Christ, "But be not ye called Rabbi (;
have one is your master even Christ and a
this are brethren" And call no man
8 no Pope (father) upon the earth, for o
the your fotber which is in heaven"
that 23:S-l3.
tax Says Paul, mot that we have the
d by (dominion) over your faith but
hows helpers OF your JOY" III Cor. % 4.
for Peter, "The elders which are among
r sins / exhort, who am also an elder"
5:l. Is it not strange that Peter
9rs is not know that he was Pope oi
r de- Church before he died That mol
ice in the brethren ever addressed him as
See Peter So. Neither as being
2 has over Gods creation"
CURES We must conclude that so far fro
book ing scriptural, Papal Supremacy is
e for headed arrogance. But if the Pope
ather the Roman Catholic Bible errs,
bluff Priest errs. Upon what slender Il
check. hangs the soul who depends upo
used Priest to forgive his sins. When we
-e not slider the hopeless condition of the t
y this ands that are sleeping under the
better of priestly delusion sleeping upol
of the volcano, of eternal destruction, v
almosU like shedding tears of blood
infal-
70. can THE NTERCEssIoN OF THE DEAL