The San Francisco call., 1896-02-28


one which Is exempt from ali control Of human
authority. No autharity on earth can inter-
yene to dictate to the church what 1t has to
teach or within what limits 1t shall teach.
1t is therefore not only exempt, but
supreme, and being supreme there can be no
appeal from it.'
that 1T stands, or claims to stand, by this dec.
larat1on, in temporal as well as spiritual
affalrs. And in the face of what have quoted
Peter G. Yorke says he would obey the Gov
ernment of the United States where 1t came in
conflict with the mandates of the church. And
Tor that say he is convicted OF being hereto.
L. ratner than he am your friend.
The idea of man claiming the dignity of
the priesthood falling SO low as to say that the
only reason he has Withdrawn from this wager
is that one of the judges is a foul-mouthed old
reprobate. 1t is he who is falling behind the
ditch OF liar, forgery.
/ have presented my authorities which are
incontrovertible. This shall disprove OF this
proposition.
Now for the second proposition. Let me state
taat priests have spoken here, night after
night, and no attempt was made to disturb
them. We do not have to resort to hoodlum
methods to maintain our position We believe
the public school is a civil matter and subject
to the Jurisdiction of the authorities; Here is
something of what the Catholic church be-
Heves on that subject:
Experience teaches that the public or COM
mon schools in the United States, owing to
their very system, the textbooks used and the
class OF children frequenting them, in most
cases end6nger the faith and morals of Cath
OliC CIliuT6n sent 10 IDeul. II pOSSipl6 tntI6-
fore, a Catholic parochal school should
be established in every congregation. :" laugh
teri
We believe that the civil authorities have the
right to regulate marriage. There are certain
conditions where the state has the right to in
terfere: such the existence of certain dis
lowing as the chief impediments that render
marriage null. They are presented in the
shape of question and answer:
"Q.-What are the chief impediments which
render marriage mil? A-rhe chief imnedi-
ments which render marriage null are:
40. Solemn vow of chastity.
"a. Difference of religion.
'9. ClandeStine performance of the mar
riage"
That is to say, in the one instance, that
man who once takes the VOWS of the priest
hood can never marry, nor can man or
woman who takes solemn VOW of chastity or
who is married outside the Catholic church or
whose marriage was clandestine.
The Monitor recently referred to the we'd
ding of an ex-priest, and used this language,
"Slattery's substitute for wife" Think of
| thatl 1t is well for its editor that sister of
taken this VOW OF cellbacy in face of this ex-
preston. There are some things 1 am not
afraid of, and under certain circums tances 1
am not afraid OF hanging.
| | see by published telegram in this morn
| ing's paper denial of the statement l made,
that the Catholic church had recognized q
recent Canadian divorce. 1t will be remem-
| bered, however, that under their law the mar
| riage was not legal, one of the parties being a
Protestant So that there never was mar
riage so far that church was concerned. All,
| they are all liars and forgers.
"Pope Plus TX himself in one of his dis
| courses says, that the right OF deposing
! princes has nothing to do with the pontitical
! infallibihty, neither does it flow from the in.
falliblity but from the authority of the Pontiff.
| OF course a Catholic is bound not only to be-
| lieve what the Pope defines ex-eathedra. but
| also 10 accept and obey what he otherwise
| commands"
ION the rights of the supreme pontiffs in
| temporal matters there are four different opin-
| ions, etc. First is untenable. Second is heret-
/ ZEAL Third advanced by Bellarmine and
| others maintains that the Pope has jure divino
| only spiritual, but no direct or immediate tenn
| poral power; that, however, by virtue OF his
spiritual authority he is possessed of power in
! direct indeed but nevertheless supreme in tenn
poral concerns OF Christian rulers and people
| that he may therefore depose Christian sover-
elgns should the spiritual welfare of nation
| so demand. Thus matter of fact Pope limo
cent " in pronouncing sentence OF deposit ion
against Frederick II explicitly says that he de-
| poses the Emperor auctorltate apostoncum ct
| vi clavium.
| "Fourth opinion holds that the sovereign
pontiff has full spiritual authority over princes
| no less than over the faithful; that therefore
| he has the right to teach and instruct them in
| their respective duties, to correct and inflict
| spiritual punishment upon both rulers and
! people, but that jure divino he has no power
as asserted by Bellarmine, whether direct or
indirect, in the temporal affairs of Catholic
sovereigns or peoples.
1.-The third and fourth seem to differ chiefly
as to. the depostng power of the Popes, but
agree in granting that the Roman pontiff has
an indirect power in temporal things; both
may be lawfully held"
"Al Catholics OF all nations are bound to
defend the temporal rights of the church."
This sounds beautiful in the ears of Ameri-
cans who love liberty.
81 mean to assert that the temporal rights of
the Holy See are most intimately connected
with our dearest ana our most sacred religious
social and political rights"
THE Roman people, had they so desired.
had no right to transfer by their suffrage the
patrimony OF st. Peter to Victor Emmanuel"
"The tribunal OF the Inquisition is composed
OF supreme chief, who is called the grand in
qulsltor, and is always either an Archbishop O r
Bishop, and OF eight ecclesiastical counsel
ors, six OF whom must be OF the Dominican
order, by virtue OF a privilege which was
granted by King Philip I'LL"
Now, then, let me tell you something else
Now, ii you were a hereto you would be
brought to burning purgatory, or as the
church says
bunal, after having pronounced sentence of
confscation, hands him over to the secular
power for legal punishment. If the proofs are
not irresistible, If the culprits are not obsti-
nately attached to heretical doctrines, they are
merely required to abjure them"
If the priests found the person accused here
tlcaI they took his possessions. They handed
him over TO the secular authorities for execu-
tfon after he had been condemned. The church
| has this TO say of Calico:
"What is the reason of Galileo's imprison-
ment? 1t was not for his scientific researches
or conclusions Galileo was imprisoned, but 1t
was because he was well known to be man
hostile to the Catholic faith and that there
was that concealed in the spirit of his writings
and in the mans conduct that alarmed the
church and alarmed the authorities of the
time in his regard.
The amazing thing to me is how the laity OF
the church can stomach ell this.
The celebrated Gregory VII sent messages to
almost all the sovereigns of Europe telling
| them to come off their perch and crown him
| as their lord and ruler. To Philip OF France
he said:
'Maximo Entire ut Petrum in cujus potes-
tate est regnum tnum, ct in terra ligare ct alb
solvere, tibi facias debitorum." )"
In this Philip was told that his kingdom and
his soul were under the dominion of st. Peter
d. e. the Pope) who had the power to bind and
to loose him, both in heaven and on earth,
To the King of Spain he said:
"Regnum Hispaniae antique Proprii iustis s..
Petr fuisse ct soil apostolic@ side ex agud~
pertinere.
ASK Yorke to translate that and see If 1t does
not mean that the kingdom of Spain has been
from the earliest under the dominion of the
Holy See.
A few years ago Catholic servant girl in a
Jewish family in Bologna took child newly
born and baptized him secretly with
out telling his parents. The servant
girl committed grievous sin, and fell
under the censure of the Catholic church,
but the Catholic church had to acknowledge
| that the child was baptized. What followed
from this? IT followed that tho 10 rholio