The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-30

| oguition OF His Great Idea.
Baltimore, June 29-Cardinal Gfb-
bons has received from Rome the ad-
vance sheets containing the following
comprehensive abstract Of the pope's
encyclical on the reunion Of the Christ
ian church. It has very probably some
bearing or Mr.. Gladstone's recent let
ter, which has attracted so much at
tention. The pope says:
''The holy father. intent upon the
work of bringing all to the one fold of
Christ, considers that IL would conduce
to that end were he TO set before the
peoples of the Christian world the ideal
and exmplar OF the church as divinely
constituted, TO which church all ape
bound by Gods command to belong.
In scripture, the church is called a
body, and the body Of Christ II is Wis
ible, as being living and organized
society and is animated by the invisi-
BILE vital principle Of supernatural life.
Those. therefore, who either deny that
Christs church is visible body. or re-
fuse to allow that il has the perennial
communication of the gifts Of divine
grade are equally in "a grievouS and
pernicious error
"A church which should embrace all
men everywhere and at all times was
clearly foretold by the prophet Isaiah.
and was typified as our Lords mystical
| body, body united TO himself as head;
a mystical body, the members of which,
| II separated one from the other, can
| not be united with one and the same
head and so another head like to
Christ: that is. another Christ, must be
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which is his body, men wish TO set up
| another.
''As a necessary consequence in His
Divine wisdom. He ordained in His
church of faith, a virture which is the
first of those bonds which unite man to
! God and whence We receive the name
of faithful
THE APOSTOLIC MISSION.
Christ endowed his apostles with au-
thority like his own and promised that
the spirit of truth should direct them |
and remain with them forever, and be- |
cause OF this commission, il is no more |
allowable to repudiate one iota of the !
apostles teaching than to reject any |
point of the doctrine of Christ Himself |
This apostolic mission was intended for |
the salvation Of the whole human race |
and consequently must last till the end /
of time
''Tyhe magisterium Instituted by Christ |
in His church was by Gods will per-
petuated in the successors appointed by /
the apostles and in like manner the duty I
of accepting and processing all that is
thus taught is also perpetual. There Is
nothing which the church, founded on |
these principles. has bee more careful 10
guard than the integrity of the faith
The fathers of the church are unani-
nous as considering outside the Catholic
communion anyone who in the least de-
gree deviates from even one point Of the
doctrine proposed by the authoritative
magisterium Of the church.
THE CHURCHS SPHERE
''The church is mans guide to what
ever pertains to heaven. This is the
Office appointed to it by God. that it
may watch over and may order all
that concerns religion and may, without
let or hinderance, exercise, according to
its judgment, its charge over Christ
ianity. Wherefore they who pretend
that the church has any wish TO inter-
fere in civil matters or to infringe upon
the rights of the state. either know it
not or wfckedly eliminate it,
"As no true and perfect human so
ciety can be conceived which is not gov
- A
Of necessity gave to His church a su-
preme authority to which all Christians
must be- obedient. For the preservation
or unity there must be unity of govern
ment, jure divine, and men may be
placed outside the one fold by schism |
as wei las by hersy."
''The nature of this supreme author
ity can be ascertained from the positive
evident viii OF Christ in the matter. As
He willed that His kingdom should be
visible, Christ was obliged 10 desig-
nate vice-regent on earth in the per
son Of St Peter He also determined |
that the authority givn to him for the
salvation of mankind in perpetuty
should be Inherited by ST. Peters sue {
cesSOnS. !
ST. PETER MUST COMMAND. |
1T 0anno, he doubted from ,hs VIC g ]
II holy Wit 90. q -h1rll, ~ - ,
Ein q Cd, rests on 81. Peter as a !
building upon its foundation. 81. Peter
could not fulfil this duty without the
power Of commanding. forbidding and
Judging. which is proper 20 he called a
1t is by the power OF jur- ]
isdiction that nations and common I
wealths are held together primacy g
u honor and the shadowy right Of Civ :
ng advice and admonition which is
salIed direction, could not give unity or =
strength 70 any society OF men.
ME tsphorical expression of the q
keys and Of binding and DOSING indi-
cate the power of making laws OF b
judging and OF punisning-a power =
which our Lord declares to he % such
mplitude and force that God would (
atty whatever is decreed by it TaUs Z
he power of St Peter Is supreme. -
hat, having no other power upon earth e
Is its superior Il embraces the whole Z
.hurch AID all things committed 70 the e
,huTch. -
AS his governing authority belongs
. the constitution and formation 81 =
he church. as the very principle % .
nifty and stability. il was clearly in u
ended TO pass 10 ~. Peters Successors. 7
eTnrtonO oshuryot aoadyvitrwoa0A
rom one to another. Consequently The
,on tifTs VINO succeeded him in the Ro- y
man ep-scopate receive the supreme '
,ovgsr inc tn church jure divine and this
5 declared fully by the general councils | "
nd y ACKNOWLEDGED By lie consent OF y
.nt.quity.
PAPAL AND EPISCOPAL UNION.
For the preservation Of unity in the E.
Tristan church IL rs above al things / u
,eces9ry that there should be union /
,seween the Roman ponEia. the che sue p
ess0r OF 81 Peter, and the bishops. th-a =
many suocessors q The apostolic col
age II Is .scessary 70 bear IN mind
rat 10 prerogatiFe was conferred On
~ apostles n which s. Peer di5 no- / q
anticipate bur that many were De-
tOV-ed OF ST Peter apart froEn ths | 70
postles.' He alone vas designated BY I
u Lord as the foundation q Ire