The herald., 1895-03-25
1..l |ufALLI3|LIIY DOGMA
Real Doctrine as Defined by
the Catholic Church
ANENT THE ORIGIN OF SIN
The Perpetual Struggle Between the
Flesh and the Spirit
Mr.. Bowman Lectures the True OSiccts
of Civil Government at the New
Era Church

of Civil Government at the New
Era Church
At the Cathedral last night the bshoI
said he would make no apology for taking
his sermon from "Christianity and In
falibility; Both or Neither, "A book t
be read by all seekers after truth on the
subject it treats. The title, he said i:
significant and pertinent to the religious
wants of the time. Disguise it as somt
may try to do, but cannot, the faith o
the future, not for Catholics only but fol
all believers must rest on author tv The
discoveries and the advance made in al
most every branch of knowledge c Early
points to this fact, and constantly
strengthen the Catholic position, whilst
every other system as such is simply go-
ing to pieces. Therefore, | strongly COM
mend the work to intelligent mnus that
desire Gle, rness and certainty in matters
OF faith as well as in anything else.
The attempt is made by some outside
the church to represent infallibllity as a
dangerous dogma. Before speaking to
the point there is grave inconsistency
that we should notice. As matter of
fact. the Catholic dogma demands no
more for the Pope as infallible authority
that is claimed for everyone outside the
church, save as teacher.
No matter in what terms you put the
right and power of private Judgment you
must mean that the Judgment
reaches certainty in the matter
aoout which it judges-now that is all
we claim for the pope, except that in the
case OF private Judgment the individual
Judging Is not the teacher of another
whereas we claim the pope is an appointed
teacher. WIZ
1t is clear then that so far as reading
certainty is concerned the same claims
made for the private individual without
any special appointment. or any extra
ordinary assistance, which We make fol
only one person. and in his case, by spec
ial appointment on the part of Almighty
God. and by extraordinary assistance for
an official purpose. Ii men would reason
correctly then they would not condemn
so loudly IL principle that they themselves
are following. | said few days ago that
the d dltficulty for the multitude outside the
church in understanding the Catholic
doctrine is due to the fact that they rarely
have it from Catholic source, and that,
no matter how learned and how fair
minded and impartial might he be who
outside of the church, speaks of Catholic
doctrine it is almost impossible to find it
accurately expressed | acquit many of
intention to misrepresent, but the fact
remains that they do misrepresent 1t
could be no other way since Christ has es-
tablshed teacher to teach with author
ity. shall show from the consideration
OF this one simple dogma the truth Of
what say.
In Christianity and Infallbilty we
find some OF the many definitions given
OF infallibility by some of the brightest
minds IN the non-Catholic world. and |
invite you to listen to some of them and
then say whether the multitude who fol-
low these men as leaders can know what
Catholic dogma is.
DIR: Draper says: "Infalliblity means
omniscience.
Professor Schultz says it means omnipo-
tence.
Professor Geffken says that by infai-
bility the Pope arrogates to himself di-
vine nature.
DR.. Pusey says that some ultramon-
tanes mean by infallibility a sort of hypo-
static union between each successive Pope
and the Holy Ghost.
Macmillan Magazine says that by in
fallibility the Pope claims to be the in
carnate and visible word of God"
Mr.. Kingsley says: "Bv it the Pope
Claims the power of creating right and
wrong; truth and falsehood; morality |
and immortality depend upon his setting |
his seal to bit of parch ment."
DR.. Draper says that by 1t the Pope |
claims to accomplish ali things, by mira
Gle if needs be. -
Says Dr. Littledale-' By it, all the de-
cisions Of the Pope on faith and morals .
are inspired-they become SO much more
Holy Scripture
Again DIR. Littledale declares, 1.-THE
Pope can at any time, alter or modify
the old belief Just as "a Parliament of
Queen Victoria may repeal any statute of
an earlier reign--so that the faith of
Roman Catholics depends on the weak
ness or caprice of Il single man." And
even Mr.. Gladstone makes it reach as
wide as 1t may please the Pope or those
who may prompt the Pope to make it.
But it is due to Mr.. Gladstone to say that
he has lived Ions enough and is "a man
great enough to revise. and in many re-
spects. to correct his own mistakes.
Now is it not the most natural thing in
the world that these men, and those
whom they influence, whose opinions
they form, believing thus should call that
dogma of infallibility hard names? And
Is 1T any wonder that the thoughtess and
irresponsible multitude should sometimes
break out into unseemly conduct?
Now / viii venture to say that all these
writers have named believed themselves
infallibly certain that they understood
the Catholic dogma of papal infallibilitv
IL is only upon such suppositions that
they can be acquitted of gross and willfu
in bearing false testimony
against their neighbor, for there is not
the slightest approach in any one of these |
definitions to the real doctrine as defined
and as held by the Catholic Church.
These definitions are framed upon a
preconceiyed theory and for purpose
hat must prevail at any hazard, and
that is that the Catholic Church must be
prescribed for the multitude 1t is the
same process, and has in it the same fair
ness that we see in some agnostics in
their Interpretation of scripture They
are framed not from an impartial study
Of the dogma itself for the dogma is not
complicated, but from an unconscious
habit i'll such matters a false interpreta-
lion Is placed upon it in order to show il
10 be false itself. In word "a straw man
IS built up and most ignominiously
shocked over.
1t is very unworthy proceeding for
educated men, but it IS precisely what
;aptivates the millions. Such is TODAY.
n wholesale fashion, the way that pub
ic opinion is formed regarding Cathol
city.
Unity Church
4 sermon on The Origin of Sin was
Preached yesterday morning at the Church
If the Unity by the pastor, J. S. Thom-
son. from the text. The flesh lusteth