The record-union., 1894-05-17
of a Josh-bouse or Buddish temple. and

of Josh-house or a Buddish temple. and
be much praised for such an act OF con-
slstency as Christians.
Rev. Mr.. koehne finds fault not with
our religion DuJ with our allegiance; IL Is
elsewere than to this country; we, he In
sinuates, are under the dominion OF a for
elgn potentate or Pontiff, and some porn
here have foreign ideas-ltalian Ideas.
Ihls bug-bear is much used to condemn
Catholics and frighten Protestants. And
as 1t is at present specially called into serv-
ice. must ask that you will permit
trespass on your space so as to put our
posltlOn clearly before falr-mlnded pup
he. Suffice it for themoment to cite three
Weil-known historical facts SO as TO aiiay
the fears of Mr.. koehne: a. At time
when the greater part OF Europe was
Catholic, when the Pope, not by any oil
vine right, but by the consent OF the ma
tlons, was Judge over Princes and peo-
pie even IN temporal matters, ana at
time when King John was vassal OF the
Pope, the Barons of England, led by
Arch bishop Stephen Langton, loyal TO
their country won for the people OF Eng
land the Great Charter. e. -Four cent
urles and half pass by; Queen Eliza
beth had firmly planted Protestantlsfn,
and was making the Catholics feel The
keen edge OF persecution. The Spanish
Armada came to their rescue and TO aid
IN re-establishing the church. OF 1t the
Protestant Historian Green says: ne
only real chance OF Spanish success lay III
Catholic rising; and at this crisis patrl-
otism proved stronger than religious
1anatIcism IN the hearts OF the Eng
lish Catholics. The Catholic gentry
brought their vessels UP alongside of
Drake and Lord Howard. and Catho-
lie Lords led their tenantry to the
muster at Tilbury." We may add,
the Admiral of the fleet. Lord Howard,
was a Catholic. g. Another three cent
urleS sped. during which the CathOilcS OF
Great Britain and Ireland endured bitter
persecution. They were emancipated
but sixty years ago. They have formed
large proportion OF the army and navy
of the Queen; in her majesty's civil and
diplomatic service they have taken a
goodly part; OF their answering loyalty
and patriotism Gladstone bears evidence
in his well-known political Expostula-
tion.o
Let mo remind Rev. Mr.. Koehne that
the Lord and Master was accused OF STIR
ring up the people, of perverting the ma
ton, of forbidding TO give tribute to
Caesar. The Jews urged Plate to cruelty
him, saying: "If thou let this man go
thou art not C@sar's friend, for whose
ever maketh himself a King speaketh
against Cesar" The disciple is not above
the Master, and it is therefore not sur
prising that similar charges, should be
laid against the Church of Christ.
So much is being said about the divided
allegiance OF Catholics and the impOSSi-
bility of their being honest American
citizens, it may be well to put saccinctiy
| and briefly before the public what they
regard and claim as the foundation of
solid patriotism:
/. According to the teaching of the
| Catholic Church God has established on
earth three distinct powers, namely, the
paternai, the civil, the spiritual. These
reside respectively IN the family, the
| State and the church.
| . Eacn of these powers is supreme and
| independent in its own province; has
| free and full activity in its own order;
| preserves its own autonomy, and ought
never to be absorbed by either of the
| other powers.
| ). Each is intended to attain a separate
| end and is exercised within certain limits.
| The Daternal is established for the lie,
nurture and education OF the individual,
and is limited to the family. The civil
watches over and furthers the temporal
| interests and well-being OF the people
and is confined to the State. The spir-
| itual leads individuals to eternal happi-
ness; its empire is the church and its
sway IS over souls.
4. These powers, emanating from God
| and having Him for common center
and principle, instead of being antago-
nistic, do mutually sustain each other if
| each will keep within its appointed do
| main. Though each of these powers is
distinct and has it's own special end to
accomplish, yet it must never be for
! gotten that they have Intimate relations
arising out of the final end for which all
4 .el,1 1f
mankind.
3. The spiritual poweris not only pre-
! eminent on account of its nobler end and
| its wider empire, but also in its very
nature. For, having the supreme au-
| thority to instruct individuals and So
] cieties of men in the law of God, and to
! judge OF the morality of all actions, it is
| manifest this power is not only exercised
| directly in its own sphere, but likewise
| indirectly over the actions of the other
| two powers. III this sense, then, it is
supreme and the other powers are SUBJ
| ordinate to it.
&. The Church, as the representative OF
| the spiritual power and as the guardian
OF the Divine Law, can define the limits
| of her own powers. She does exercise
| indirectly her power over, though not in
! the State, by taking cognizance of the
morality of its laws and its acts. She
| State, in the form OF government, in the
rights of citizens, in civil ordinances and
| the like. Lastly, she intervenes in the
| civil domain only so far as it is necessary
to save and sustain the spiritual power.
7. 70 each OF these powers within it's
| limits must loyal, conscientious obedience
| be rendered. No human authority can
| bind conscience unless such authority
acts in conformity with the law of God.
| In case, then, OF conflict between these
! powers, the individual must follow the
| dictate of conscience. But conscience
needs instruction, and who is to impart
| it? The Church, who is the Divine
teacher, say Catholics. Thus do they
learn, not from private Judgment but
from unerring authority, what things
| they are to render to Caesar.
s. When Europe was Catholic the sew
eral States and Kingdoms conferred on
| the Pope universal monarchy, and ap-
| pealed to him to be the supreme judge
| and arbiter in civil matters. TO use an
| illustration of the period from st. Thomas
| Aquinas, each Kingdom is likened to a
| ship and its King to pilot, the various
| Kingdoms together to one squadron, and
| the Holy See to the Admiral's ship, with
| the Supreme Pontiff as its pilot directing
| the whole tlotilla. Thus, by the public
| law then in force and by the consent oil
nations, the Pope was constituted su-
| preIne Judge of Christendom, of princes
and people, even in temporal matters.
| This position was created jure humane,
| and was in full vigor during the Middle
Ages. IL has ceased to dXist for the past four
centuries, by the severing of the bonds
that united SO many of the Christian
! countries with the Holy See. But this
| does not deprive the church and its head
! of powers conferred jure dicino. She
holds now as then: Politics, or the
science which treats of the State must
necessarily, from its ethical character,
present many points of contact with re-
| vealed truth. The principles on which it
! is based flow from the natural law. They
! can therefore never be in real contradic-