The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-19

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Rome on the school question
| Second-The principles of honor underlying
| Inc procession OF loyalty TO the state. Inc Re
Vlsed Statutes of the United States declare:
The alien seeking citizenship must make oath to
renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity TO any
foreign prince, potentate state or sovereignty, in
| particular that 10 which he has been subject.
| The obligation of the oath of allegiance to
the United States by a foreign Papist can be
measured by the following teachings of the
Church of Rome upon oaths.
mo oaths are TO be kept ii they are against
the interests OF the Church of Rome. CORPUS
Juris Canonici, Leipsic ed. 1889, p. 1859.
subjects are by no authority bound to OBJ
serve the fealty which they swear to Chris
saints, and their precepts. Pope Urban II
lanno loss -lCorpus Juris Canon a Petro
Pitt4o ct Francisco Vol l, Paris, 1881
None should keep faith with the person who
| opposes God and his aints."-Pope Gregory
X, 1227.-[Decretals Greg. TX, Vol. l, p. GAS. ]
Pope Innocent III, 1915, freed all that were
from all fealty, homage and obedience. Mid
die Ages, Hallam, p. 295.l engagements
made with hereties, or sehismatics OF this kind,
| after such have been consummated, are incon-
| slderate, Illegal and in law itself are of 10
| importance, even if confirmed by an oath or
ones honor being pledged. Pope Urban VI,
| Catholics with heretics, because they are
heretics, may be dissolved by the Pontif''-
| Pope Innocent Y.
| The third council of Lateran called IAN oath
| contrary to ecclesiastical utility not an oath,
but a perjury" Gregory * inserted this
deeretal OF the Lateran council in his decretals.
| Vol. 2, page 35S.
! Here are some extracts from the canon law
| IAN oath contrary TO the utility of the church
is not TO be observed. "IVol. 2, p. 35S, decretal
1881
Again this canon law says: "These are to be
called perjuries rather than oaths which are
attempted against ecclesiastical utility" Ibid
"You are not bound by an oath of this kind
but, on the contrary, you are freely bid God
speed in standing up against kings for the
rights and honors of that church and even in
legislatively defending your own peculiar
privileges lDecret. Greg. TX, lib. 2, tit "a, cap
81, vol 2, p. $3.50
The sentence OF communication for
apostasy from the faith is no sooner pro-
nounced against king than in fact his SUBJ
Jects are freed from his dominion on oath"
"When king is communicated for apos-
tesy his vassals are, in fact, Immediately freed
| from his dominion and from their oath OF
tealty, for hereto cannot govern the faith
fal st. Thomas Aquinss.
Now we submit some facts for patriots to
ponder.
Fact No. 1.-The canon law of the Roman
church is still binding upon all Romanists.
All OF the constitutions, decretals, bulls and
canons are accepted as of infallible authority.
Every priest and Bishop in the United states
swears that he will defend and support the
Pope's RECALL, that is the sovereign pretensions
OF the Popes and their successors. We viii
give some clauses in the Bishops oath show
Ing their allegiance to foreign power
Papatum Romanum Ell will help them to de-
Regalla Sancti Petrt ad- fend the Roman Papacy
lutoreisero ad defender and the royalties OF St.
dum, saiFo meo ordlne, Peter saving my ORDER
contra omnem homi- against all men.
mean.
Jura honeres privilege, The rights honors priv
ct auctoriia tem. sanctae tleges and authority OF
ON &c Ecclesise, the holy Roman Catholic
Domini Nostri Pape ct church OF our Lord the
successorum prRdic- Pope and foresaid sue
forum, conservare, de icesSors, Will endeavor
fendere, angere, pro-lto preserve, defend in
moVere curabo. crease and advance
Reguas Sanctorum The rules OF the holy
Patrum, decreta, ordina- fathers, the apostolical
TONES, sendispostiones, DEGREES, ordinances or
reservationes, provi- disposals, reservations,
Apostofca tolis virbus 1 will observe with ali
observable, faciam ao- my might and cause TO
allis observari. be observed by others.
Ego Peter C. Yorke, l. Peter C. Yorke Tif he
electus Ecclesise San were made a Bishopl
Francisco alb lsc bora in elect of the church Of
antea fdelts, ct obediens san Francisco, from
ero Beato Petro Apps henceforward will be
tolo sancteque Ro- faithful and obedent TO
NAME Ecclesiae, ct Dom the blessed Peter the
mo Nestro, Leo XIII, Apostle, TO the holy Ro-
Papa suisque successor man church and to our
ibus canonice intranti- Lord Leo XIII, the Pope,
bus. and mis- successors canon
cally coming in.
Thus every bishop is forced TO promise feslty
to the Pope, and that fealty (ideIitas) is de-
fined by ancient writers as the allegiance that
q good subject owes TO his prince. What are
the royalties OF st. Peter that they promise to
support and defendY 1 will quote from
BdIOHluS AIudlSs
Politician principal There can be no
tum sacerdotat esse sub doubt that the political
lectum nuia potest esse power Is subject to the
dubItat!o. Sacerdotal.
Hence it is the duty OF priests and bishops to
bring the temporal power under subsection to
the spiritual. IN the bull OF Pope SiXtus
against Henry, King OF Navarro, tits said:
The authority given to st. Peter and his success
sors by the immense power of the eternal King
eXCels all the powers Of earthly kings and princes
We deprive them and their posterity forever OF
their dominions and Kingdoms. By the authority
OF these presents do absolve and set free all
persons, well Jointly severally. from any
such oath. and from all allegiance whatever, In
gard 10 dominion, fealty and obedience; and do
charge and forbid all and every of them that
they do not dare 10 obey them. any OF their adj
monitions, laws and comm ands.-Buila Sixth V.
contr. Henry Navarro, etc.
Pope Leo has the same power, or he has
not. Either the Popes have transgressed the
limits OF their power, or they have not. 1t is
cases, or ii is not. Either the canon law of
Rome is a fallible piece OF legislation and may
be set aside with impunity, or else it is of
binding force to-day, and all Romanists are
under obligations to believe and obey IL.
Either the Church of Rome, as represented by
| her Popes and councils, has erred and proved
! herself fall1ble, or Peter &. Yorke must hold
that the chair of the President is subject to
the croser of the priest, and the DEGREES of the
Vatican OF more force than those OF Congress.
There is no medium. | put him upon either
horn of the dilemma; If he will not stick on
one will pitch him upon the other. He must
either admit tn6t MS church, as representa- by
Popes and General Councils, has failed-has
decreed and pronounced what is inconsistent
with the Catholic faith, as 1t is injurious to the
rights of nations, the power of sovereigns, and
to be repudiated by him and every loyal Roman
Catholic citizen, or he must stand by his prin-
cfples and acknowledge himself prepared to
seize the spiritual sword OF Rome, and to make
the temporal sword of the United States sub
ject and obedient to it.
Pope Boniface VIII has this decree in the
canon law:
One sword must be under the other sword and
temporal authority must be subject TO spiritual
power. sWhence. if the earthly authority
go wrong, 1t shall be judged by the spiritual
Il Extrav. { omm., p. 1853
If Romanists adhere to their established
maxim, established not by private men but by
public council, that "No faith is to be kept
with heretics," then they can give no assurance
of allegiance to our Government. Their oaths
not binding, their pledges are null, their
assurances void. The Pope can dispense
from all oaths and make them null and
void. The power of dispensing with an
oath, vow or promise is one branch
of the spiritual power of the Pope, and all who
acknowledge his spiritual power must ac-
knowledge this. But. to grant this power to the
Pope is to make your oath of allegiance to the
Government invalid. II the priest can pardon
all sins he can pardon both perjury and high
treason; hence, the Romanist may declare his
allegiance at one time and break ii at another
under plea of ecclesiastical utility.