The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-08
THE CATHOLIC CONFESSION.
Father Brannsn's Second Lecture on
the Subject.
CAPsToSE OF THE CATHOLIC FAITH
~verily. I say Unto You, whntscevcr
You shall Hind Upon Earth shall
De Bound Also In Heaven"

other large audience filled the Chrren o.
the Annunciation TO hear the second lee
ture Of Father Brannan upon the suh3ce'
OF confession.
Following Is q synopsis Of his discourse
No sensible man will say that COD has
not all power, and that He has no; power
to delegate SO much O, His power to an
other as He may see proper. and II in His
wisdom He has seen proper TO give 10 uaa
the power to represent Him in the icrsiyc-
ness OF sins, who has q right TO ecfnpiAia
or object? God accouiplishcs everything
through human irstrutnen;Aiity when II can
be dora He chose Moses to lead the chill
dren OF Israel out OF Egypt. He used
Moses 10 turn a rod Into serp.n, and 10
turn the Nile into blood An ambassador
OF a sovereign state binds The state be rep
resents. acting within the scopc c; his aa-
shority. because the state has delegated sts
power 10 him. When God ssaas 2a-bsssa-
doris with power specially expressed 10 for
give offenscs against Eiul. uleef certain
conditions, then The Go3 wso gave The
power is bound by the act o. his agent.
and He expresses his willingness thns 70
be hound when He says iMstthew, xviii
49,. -'Verily say uu;o you. whatsoever ye
shall bind upon earia Shall Dc eoan1 also
in Heaven. snd whatsoever you shan loose
upon earth shalt be .oosea IL seayea This
conveys the IDEA @. bonds, sgiri'nAi bends.
Of course. and the c-ls Kind q spir.t4a!
bond IS sax therefore MS Fe.eTt 20 sins-
So the great sovereign & TIE universe
pledges Himself 20 r2.ify II heaven waai
HIS resres. natives % On cnssh Ard
when tter loesg s man from Ire srl-itsa!
boudsre q sln, which they So Is li,s n2ese
and BY HIS autha-stv. u sa,crnr9y rrolu-
isex 10 -E:isy ihair acs = ne E.re3a.-. o.
hezren
soz.e cc.nfer3 iht' ihs 7rse- 10 ,a-Eive
sins parsed .p6y with s-.e., las We Saia
30 Vh.re I. i.s se-s7tsra H. srlrte-; tAis
s;afsrss--f = CA-sf.lar ssys ttat tAr
rleye- q ft-cfvs fl-s -,ts,e1 awrv UttN she
apostles vAv cozl3 aos tAo Atsia.1 say
that 1he -.aucr 81 r-ts-a .he rosa,l aga go
tzpil7s ha1 Also ,,1sFra tzrY. - -aes-
vsse pers--L u-svgeres e-ao.eZ 90 tte
apostles 9-s -sat l.-sa ---s-.4rts ezrlre.
wien fhty 1aE- go F Y a. E--
rue5I o.,ii,erat.4 rt-s-i2a 'r 81 a-t t.--Et.
!; IS rs. az ress.-2ts. ~ lAe 1s-,.e-
10 rials ~. A-ssc-f us.A rstert1rr 20
tse r1eAch.us e tAe r14r.s A4l nsrflsi1g
- 8, is s0r ra--az 81 -te e s.sA re-
ercree e. -ha ,--E as- TIE ai.s-
tles wefc r7-s a-L e.u4F -a-..9--,e.
SO 10 s.FzE lurs-eas 49, aavtzz Q9acrs
for a cerfslr p-,r-ss 81 sf aaf- lT -si.a
as long 80 rseg rt z-. u-.1 4aisor.,g
10 transmit tes' rs- go etHc-s czrryus
on This co5pcrAte aais'crr1 e Pc q
tbs W0rlI This t. eF.+s1t. Ctra. says
John XIV. ltl - ei, ask rho Fzt1e' cad
He shail gise ye4 sr0t1sr comforter 'hai
He may abide VITA you reFet. the spiri;
OF truth" Christ knew ;hat N. ap1zcts.
as men. would not live forever. hgt tie
Holy Ghost was given Ne reu'alr wit5 thefa (
forever. consequently as succession gEs
necessary 20 make the words ~ Christ ef-
fectuAl. their successors I'm the ministry I
stll remain ard consequently o. Hliy
Ghost is sull with the Snccessors % the
apostles; othorwls0 Christ could not have
spoken truly when He said He woan re-
main with them forever. And NJ Christ
could not tell a falschoud the consequence 3
is that the Holy Spirit stil remains Win
this moral body in the world When Christ &
said; "G0 ye Into the whole worth AMI j
preach the gospcl - every creamrrl
MARK XVI 80. and again. GO ye 'here
fore aud teach all nations" iNnffhfsr. I
xviii, lpl He know that this coIll ua' b. .
accomplished during Tho lifetime ~ ihr 3
apostles. Consequently thia power Hlr
given to them ms a mora. body to- BE- trans 7
mtttod. Otherwise it would he mp1Fsiti7 .
10 conform to the requirements ma4c ~ I
MON. TINS Is further proven from M-i
MeW, xviii 2pi And hcaol1 ] am vt1 {
you all DAYS, even unto the c1usnmna''on I
OF the world which makes u evilcr, that
tho original corporate body sfili cX.g-f. istr .
all corporate bodies IN ihcr successors II
Il is asked II It can boz nboHu in tlia scrir-
lures that ans person after the apostles
time ever pretended 70 exercise or ~ ciMm
the power Of i0rFiyiuE siuB answer v,s.
In II Corinthians. " 1870 81 paeI es.
tversc lsl. that God had given 70 Ran ana
TO others with him the ministry 81 r. .n-
citation. Nov. S. Paul ana those ,..tfi
hun were not among lhe original apostles