Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-04-27

.ss much disputed point in the early
history OF the Catholic church, One
a,lg i. your master. even Christ and
an o.. arc brethren was lost sight OF
and Rome commended for tho primaeY
.b..b was construed to mean suprem'
s,y of S. Peter and upon that rock
t,i'tber claim to rule, asserting, though
,.,tb slender prool-amounting. indeed,
q, nothing that her diocese was found
"A by that Apostle, from whom the
s.,, dcccnded by ordination. The as
..rption followed that she was superior
D.. her sister churches as Peter had been
t,b.. brethren. Not content to be emf
pspt among the great she irowned
mon her sister churches Of other coun-
,riss- notably the seas OF Constants
rsBle and Alcxandria-and persevcr'
,rgIy endeavoufed, and, to a great
.,isnt successfully, TO annihilaie the
authority OF her own metropolitan
bishops ct western Europe. Thus all
middleton 100 matters Of episcopal APP
n5intmcnts or REMOVAL, in complaints
Gr appeals was usurpcd by Rome,
whereas the metropolitan .or arch.
bishop bad formerly acted ndcpcnd'
.rtIy in bis own province IN all matters
pertaining 10 ecclesiastical regulations.
AZ find the cncroachmcnts OF Rome
beginning as early as the third century,
s6r somc centuries the dignity VI
r.inafch was shared equally by the
bishops Of Rome, Cun3tlnlinoplc, Alex
andha, Antioch and jerusalem and the
original title, that Of eNarch or governor,
implies political meaning, Indeed
the church was organized by the hilh
century. upon the model Of the ancient
Roman state. The sudden invasion Of
tHc Slracrns destroyed the diocescs Of
Alexandria, Antioch and lerusalcm,
while Rome and ConstIutinopla con.
tnucd in Jealous rivalry Of each other
aud no the ninth century the two fell
totally apart 900 quarrel on tic subject
ui image worship
Rome had already risen to uuIucs.
TONED greatness and she henceior,h
stood without a rival. Circumstances
e8nspifcd to favor her Thus 100 ;Ie
sfrlt sChIsm caused by Aranism, both
contestants appealed to the bishop II
Rome. thereby placing him in the proud
position OF Judge, lTbugr and protector
Of the faith. So also the Triumphant
Athluls.us visited the see Of Rome for
three years. which added prestige 10
her fame aud dignity TO her assumption
of authority In questions Of orthodoxy
aud the multiplicity of the various
hefrsIcs of the time.
The INVASION OF the northern barbara.
ans. while it threw the politics Of west.
em Europe into utter confusion aud
we'll nigh cX,ingushcd civilization, while
tt retarded the human progress and re.
suited Ia the deterioration of society,
vas never the less iayamblc to the dc.
ys0pmcnt 9th temporal influence and
p0NtI Of the pope, The Gothic con-
gucfgu aud the eastern CNatchs who
succeeded them placed their seat Ut
government at Rayenna leaving the
Christian bishop the most conspicuous
and important authority In the imperial
city, We notice that 10 was Pope Leo |.
mo emperor OF PATRIARCH who met the
terrible Attila at the gate OF Rome and
plead successfully that the city might be
saved from conlllguliou- that Leo
who has been described as the man
wanted who could make the see OF
So. Peter take the place OF the tottcfing
imperial power" IL was but fifteen
years s7sl alter the death Of Leo that
poor kOmulus Augustus was dcposed
and banishcd and Roman political i'm.
prualism was gone lorcyef--ul the old
style. AZ this time fierce controversies
Hnklod loo Africa aud the Catholic
Orthodox party there who had hitherto
maintained such a naughty attitude
toward Rome, now appealed 10 her 90
the humhlest manner TO give aid and
counsel still another precedent Tor her
right of Arbitration.
dut one OF the greatest aids OF the
prgigDti0ns of the church was the super,
uulus ignorance OF the bafbarans who
bad invaded her precincts and become
converts OF her creed. Former worship
pefs OF idols and OF the chief priest who
utlcIaled At pagan rites. they willingly
assigned q similar ycncfltiun to the
pope as chief priest Of the Christian
church and TO the subordinate Clergy
they transferred the same feeling uf
gfedulcty and reverence which they Tor.
meily allotted the priest OF their heather
mythology. Indeed, their ignorant
cfcdulcty, superstition and reverence
seemed as Hallam says, TO invite i'm.
posture" and papal Rome was not slow
10 advance a claim or to improve an
opportunity, The rude invaders de.
Nouily ollefed peace offerings for the
ilpaelous deeds Of which they were too
often guilty and Catholic Rome gradu.
ally learned to indulge In a barter OF
souls iOr worldly pei. Indeed. while
ahe was doubtlcssly In precarious pos
session Of land unsecured by legal titles
I0r these imperial Rome would never
grant, when FIRST the bafbafians decend.
go ana slew the empire, we find her, In
'n ihe course Of q few centuries, posses.
seq ui the lions share OF al the countries
OF Europe and We stand aghast at
NE record OF sordid Worluiiness
which she has made. Her coveIousness
became amazing In the middle ages.
ne devotion Of an ignorant and super.
aNuous people, as we have lust pointed
OUT eunched her with pious requests.
Eager 10 mount heaven "at a single
pound, anxious to obtain remission lur
4e SINS OF a marauding existence, the
uylng sinner, teuOr-striCken at the pros.
tes' oi eternal damnltlon for the sins
lnA' appeared, but TO often. red,dyed M
Ie'foSpeclon, knew no bounds to the
UunlNcience OF his bequest IN the hope
" gaming prlestly absolulion.
hIt the simple faith OF those early
NNnHm--rhe Gr, and CREATES, hrrery Of
.'.'l Catholic Church. Auuf. is orgIn.
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