The San Francisco call., 1896-01-11


20. Ecclesiastical potes- 70 The ecclesiastical
tas suam auctoritatenl rower must not exercise
eNercere non debet alb its authority WI hou1 the
saue civilis guberni permission and assem- OF
Vena ct aSsensu the civil government.
Au0c. Meminit unus- Allocution Meminit
qunioue 50 septembris unusQunique. SOth Sep
1851. ltember, 1851.
"a. Ecclesfa Wis infer "a The church has not
euGae potestatern non the power of aVallinG
habet, neque potestatem herself OF force or any
lam temporaem di- direct temporal power.
Iirt. Apost. Ad rpos- Apostolic letter, Ad
tolle 20 augustl 1851. apostolice; 22d August,
o. Sacri Ecclesise min y. The ministers Of
istri Rornanusaue Pon,f- the church, and the Ro-
feN alb omnl rerum tenn man Pontlm, on ut TO be
poraium cura ac 90 absolutely excluded from
minis sunt omnus ex- al charge and dominion
Anoc, Maxima qui- Anocution Maxima
dem iunit 1851. quidem, 9Th June, 1862.
so. EccesiP ct per so The immunity OF
sonarum ecclesiastica- the church and of ecce-
immuHitaS = iure SiaStica persons derives
civilortum habuit Litt its origin from civil law.
ApoSt Mul ipces inter Apostolic Letter, Multi
10 iunii 1881 plices inter- 10th June,
VI. Errores de socie- VI. Errors about civil
ta,e civil tum in Sc tum society. considered both
in suiS ad ecclesiam rela in itself and in its rea-
tl0nabuS Spectata. tton 10 the church.
AZ. In case of conflict
AZ. In confiictu Iegum ing laws between the two
utriusQue protestatis jas powers, the civil law
civile prsevaet ought to prevail.
Lit. Apost. Ad apost Apostolic Letter, Ad
olic;e % augUsti 1851. Apostolice, 22d August,
1881.
y
has been deduced the four following PROPOSE
tions the affirmative teaching OF Rome:
Proposition 1.-The Romsh church has
right to exercise its authority without any
limits set TO it by the civil power (The affirma-
tive of error 49,
Proposition 2-The Pope and priests ought to
have dominion over temporal affairs. THE
affirmative OF error 2S.)
Proposition 3-The Romlsh church and her
eccleslaStics have right TO immunity from
civil law. (The affirmative OF error 30
q
the ecclesiastical and civil powers tie eccle-
slastical powers ought to prevail. (The affrmG-
tive OF error 42.)
This syllabus OF errors appeared in the New
York Freeman's Journal, November y, 1859,
and in the New York Tribune OF January p
1863 That the Church OF Rome holds and
teaches the doctrines set forth in the four
propositions mentioned above is not difficult
task TO prove. We will cite the statements of
Popes, councils, priests and editors with the
testimony OF history TO prove that Rome acts
upon the above-named principles. In a book
written by K. q. HasSard entitled Life OF Plus
X" and published by the Catholic Publica-
ton Society, with the Endorsement OF the
Nicar-General and Chancellor OF the archbish-
oprlc OF New York, the following comments
are made upon the encyclicaI and appended
syllabus: Treating first OF the relations be-
tween the church and the state, the encyciical
reminds the bishops that the principles of
'naturalism' in politics, which makes ac-
count OF religion in the regulation of
civil society, IS contrary TO Catholic doctrine.
The modern idea that the best Government is
one which treats true ana false creeds alike,
ana leaves to all men not only com plete liberty
OF conscience and worship but the Unrestricted
privilege OF propagating whatever opinions
they please, is q dangerous error" page 1851
Treating more particularly of conflicts actual
or possible between the civil and ecclesiastical
law the encYclical declares that the authority
OF the church Is not subordinate 10 the civil
authority; that its DEGREES do not require the
sanction OF the civil power; that it is entirely
independent OF the secular authority; that il
may extend to secular concerns, and its scope
is not confined TO faith aud morals but binds
the conscience even when It refers to other
matte rs connected with the general welfare OF
the church" page 166.
In support of proposition l, in regard to
the sovereignty OF the ecclesiastical power,
Cardinal Manning. in his book, ''Independence
OF the Holy See says: 1.-The church having
divine liberty as the witness which God has
constituted IN the world TO deliver his reveal
tion, and being the sole fountain OF that knoWl-
edge, has within its sphere sovereignty, and
that sovereignty Is one that is exempt from all
control OF human authority. No authority Oh
earth can intervene to dictate TO the church
what 1t has TO teach, or within what limits
ii shall teach. There is no authority 10 deter
mine whether the church shall teach this or
that doctrine. II is, therefore, not only eX-
empt, but supreme, and being supreme, there
can be no appeal from it, It is the highest and
final judge OF what is the faith and
what is the law OF God, and when science and
politics come into contact with that faith and
that law, it admits of no appeal from its own
decision 10 any tribunal out OF Itself, 10 any
judge OF appeal in the past or future" page
6s7) one page 6o3, speaKfng of the historic
continuance OF papal supremacy, he says:
Everywhere il claimed 10 be Independent CT
all civil powers, and within its divine office
supreme"
Speaking of the Falck laws in Germany lie
says: "No Catholic without sin against God
can obey these laws. Every man VINO obeys
them ceases in that moment TO be Catholic"
page J489 Again he says OF the church:
a. at holds its commission and authority from
God alone. ~ 1t holds in custody the faith
and law OF Jesus Christ. 81 1t is the sole in
teTpreter OF that faith and the sole expositor OF
that law. II has within that sphere power 10
legislate with authority" page 533)
Again ION page 22) he says: "Rome is sover-
eign because IL is independent; ii is independ-
ent because it has no master upon earth. The
vicar of Jesus Christ is the source OF its lib
Ell " and the guardian OF its sovereignty. Call
II temporal power II you will-the thing is the
same, the freedom, the independence, the
sovereignty OF the kingdom of God upon
earth, in all the world and over all mankind,
resting upon its center in the petrimony OF the
church, within which the shadow OF no other
sovereignty can intrude without violation of
the supernatural order of grace"
For further proof we turn to another Roman
Catholic publication entitled Abridged
getic, DOgmatic and Moral" for the
use of Catholic colleges and schools,
by the Rev. Father f. x. Schinppe, Of the
Society of Jesus; translated from the French
third edition; new edition thoroughly revised
with the imprimatur OF H. Z. Manning. Lon
don: Burnes q Oates, 1880 On page 27S
binding in conscience SO long as they re
confOrmabie to the rights OF the
Catholic church." On page 279; AHumsn laws
are susceptible OF dispensation. The power to
dis ense belongs to the sovereign Pontiff."
On page 293 It is affirmed: ''The church, by
virtue OF the power of binding and loosing,
which she received from Jesus Christ ian uu-
mitigated lieD may for just reason dispense
from vows or commute to other good works.
She can also dispense from a promissory
oath. This power belongs to the Pope and
bishops, who exercise it either themselves or
by their delegates" On pages 81 and 9S 1t is
taught that Tationalism. OF rather atheism of
the state, consists in the exclusion from the
civil government OF all religious influence;
above all that Of the true religion of the church
OF j esus Christ. Or, in other words, the sepa-
ration of the state from the church absolute
independence OF the state with regard to the
church, which means the oppression Of the
church by the state"
In Brownson~s Review for January, 1854 the
following statement was made: "She (the
church) bears, by divine right, both swords,
but she exercises the temporal sword by the
hand of the prince, or magistrate. The tenn
porsl magistrate holds it subject to her order.
TO be exercised in her service and under her
direction"
In little tract on the subject of sThe Pope's
Temporal Power" and stamped with this
badge OF authority: Printed for the Catholic
Publication Society, office 8 Warren street,
New York" the author says: "No temporal
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