The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-02-06

Holiness to the Lovers of Religious i-'o-
erty in the United States.
WASHINGTON. Feb. E2-The text OF
the encvclical of Pope Leo to the
Cb,rch in America is given to the
nnblic. 1t is document OF about slX
thousand words in length and opens
as follows:
To our Venerable Brethren. the
Archbishops and Bishops of the 7 mt
ed States Of North America, Leo Nil,
Pope-Venerable Brethren, Health
and Apostolic Benediction: we ira
verse in spirit and thought the wide
expa1se of ocean. and, although we
have at other times addressed you IN
writing-chietly when we directed en-
cyclical letters to the Bishops of the
Catholic world-yet, have we now re
solved to speak to you separately,
trusting that we shall be, God willing,
of some assistance 10 the Catholic
cause amongst you. To this we apply
ourself with the utmost zeal and care
because we highly esteem and loveeN-
-ceedinglv the young and vigorous
American nation, in which we plaln-
ly discern latent forces for the ao
yancement alike OF civilization ana
Christianity.
Not long ago. when your noble ma
ton, as was fitting, celebrated, with
grateful recollection and manifesto
ton of JOY, the completion OF the
fourth century since the discovery OF
America, we, too, commemorated to-
gether with you that most suspicious
event, sharing in your rejoicings with
equal good will. Nor We're we on
that occasion content with offering
prayers at distance for your welfare
and greatness. 1t was our wish to be
in some manner present with you IN
your festivities. Hence we cheerfully
sent one who should represent our
person.
HOW THE CHURCH ASSISTED AT THE
BIRTH OF AMERICA.
Not without good reason did we take
part in your celebration. For when
America was as yet a newborn babe,
uttering in its cradle its first feeble
cries, the Church took it to her bosom
and motherly embrace Columbus, as
we have elsewhere expressly shown,
sought as the primary fruit of his voy-
ages and laborS to open a pathway Tor
tie Christian faith into new lands and
new seas. Keeping this thought con-
stantly in view his first solicitude,
wherever he disembarked, was to
plant upon the shore the sacred en-
blem Of the cross. Wherefore, like as
the. ark of Noah surmounting the ov-
erdowing waters bore the seed OF Is
rael together with the remnants OF the
human race. even thus did the barks
launched by Columbus upon the ocean
carry into regions beyond the seas, as
well the germs of mighty States, the
principles of the Catholic religion:
That your Republic is progressing and
developing by giant strides is patent to
all: and this holds good in religious
matters also. For even as your cities
in the course of one century, have
made marvellous increase IN wealth
and power, so do we behold the
Church. from scant and slender begin
nings, grown with rapidly to be great
and exceeding fiourishing.
THANKS FOR LIBERTY, But WOULD PRE-
FER POWER.
The main factor, no doubt, IN BRING
ing things into this happy state were
the ordinances and DEGREES of your
synods, especially of those which IN
more recent times were convened and
confirmed by the authority Of the
Apostolic See. But, moreover. "a fact
which it gives pleasure to acknowl.
edge,) thanks are due to the equity OF
the laws which obtain IN America and
to the customs of the well ordered Re
public. For the Church amongst
you. unopposed by the Constitution
and Government of your nation, fet-
tered by no hostile legislation, pro
tected against violence by the common
laws-and impartiahty of the tribunals,
is free to live and act without hln-
drance. Yet, though all this is true,
it would be very erroneous to draw
the conclusion that in America IS to
be sought the type of the most oeslra-
: BILE status of the Church, or that 1t
would be universally lawful or expe-
dent for State and Church to be, as in
America, discovered and divorced.
The fact that Cathoicity with you IS
in good condition, nay, is even enjoy
ing a prosperous growth, is by all
means to be attributed to the fecundl-
ty with which God has endowed His
Church, in virtue of which, unless
men or circumstances interfere, she
spontaneously expands and propagates
herself; but she would bring more
abundant fruits if, in addition to lib
erty, she enjoyed the favor of the laws
and the patronage of the public au-
thority.
WORKING TO ESTABLISH ,C4THL1CITY.
For our part we have left nothing
k,1ndone, so far as circumstances per-
s sBEaittt55SS, iittt5S 70 preserve and more scadiy
establish among you riIc s..ss!C !Csahollc re-
ligion. With this intent we have, as
YOU are well aware, turned our atten-
ton to two special objects, first, the
advancement of learning; second, to
perfecting methods in the manage
ment'of Church affairs.
'sWE' ESTABLISHED a UNIVERSITY.
By a letter, therefore, dated the 7th
day of March. in the year of our Lord
1889, directed to you, venerable breth-
rem, we established at Washington,
your capital city-esteemed by ma
1ority of you very proper seat for
the higher studies-a university for
the instruction of your men desirous
of pursuing advanced courses. In an
announcing this matter to our venera-
bic brethren, the Cardinals of the Holy
Roman Church, in consistory. We ex-
pressed the wish that it should be re-
garded as the fixed law of the univer-
sity to unite erudition and learning
with so,,raness of faith and Undue its
students, not less with religion than
with scientific culture. To the Blsh-
ops of the United States we entrusted
the task of establishing suitable
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