The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-08-01
The Wild rawlings of a So-CalIed
Churchman in Duluth on mat VI
ters OF Religion. #
He, Like many of His Class,
Tries to Divide a Church He @
Cannot Understand.
r1ichael j. Corbett IntelIigently
Points out the Errors Of the i.
Renegade.

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! The following is from the Duluth Her
aid concerning the antics Of the Orange
men in that city on July II:
The Orangemen at the head of the lakes
celebrated Orangernens day yesterday
| by attending service in the morning at
| the Cunning Avenue Methodist Church
in West Superior, and in the afternoon at
St. Paul's Episcopal Church In this oity.
Rev. A. w. Ryan, D. d., preached the
sermon at St. Paul's Church.
DIR. Ryan's sermon was largely d crit
icism Of the Roman Catholic Church.
The church contained many good Chris
tians and many able and good men. he
said, but the system which aims and
works for temporal power is bad and
submerges their efforts for good. He
classed the church as hostile to educa-
ton, and cited the ignorance In Catholic
countries to prove it. He could find no
comparison between the Roman Cath
olic and Protestant religions favorable
to the former. The Roman Catholic
church is opposed to liberty and free
dom in the sense we know and expert
ence 1t would not be known under Ro-
| man Catholic power and system. That
church, he said, has often tried to stem
the tide of liberty. II the truth were
known it might be learned that in the
early settlement Of this country the
Catholic power instigated many of the
uprisings among the Indians against the
1I,or, Tl,,AoI
of the church is plausible, but the same
subtle tyranny which is the foe of liberty
and conscience dominates it.
The Roman Catholic Church, continued
DR. Ryan, stands squarely opposed to
the public school system. Many people
think Catholic schools afford better edu-'
cational facilities. but he called atten-
tion to the danger OF children who at
tend them being drawn into the Cath.
olic fold. He urged that Protestants
stand together, and by their votes sus-
tain the principles they stand for. With
no backward step the cause of freedom
and the victories of the reformation will
never be overthrown.
To this Michael P. Roach, a leading
lawyer of Duluth, answers in a commu
nication to DR.. Ryan, as follows:
To Rev. Dr.. Ryan, d. D.:
Regarding your criticism upon the
Catholic church: a synopsis of which ap-
peared in last evenings Herald, [ de-.
sire to say that you are in error, and for
your own benefit, as well as for the bene
fit Of those who might be misled by your
staten ents, desire to correct you.
You say the 'CaGhoIic Church aims
and works for temporal power"
Temporal power speaks only through
Hnc itx ,f cto$r,
Spiritual power cannot, therefore, the
Catholic Church having only spiritual
can never usurp temporal powers. Your
statement then Is clearly absurd q
You say catholics are illiterate and
cite Catholic countries to prove it,
1t may be true that large percentage
of illiterates are to be found in Southern
countries-n1any Of these countries being
Catholic, but the jllteracy does not pro-
ceed from Catholicism, rather the re- /
verse, Mexico, one OF the countries
quoted, has population overwhelmingly
composed of half breeds. Catholics es-
tablished almost all the great universi- :
ties of Europe; they have one-eighth Of
the universities of the United States with
only one-ninth of the population. Father
Marquette and LaSelle and other great
missionery pioneers first commenced the
task OF educating the red man Of this
Northwest All instances Of Catholic
opposition(?) to education. #
You say the Catholic Church is ops
posed to liberty and freedom
Catholic barons wrung from the un-
willing hand OF King John the Magma
Cha1ta, the arst great charter OF the
peoples rights. The jury system and
taxation only by consent of the people
were instituted in Catholic times. Cath
olic Maryland passed the first religious
federation act in America. These exac-.
ttons have been the prolific source of Il
nearly all constitutional religious and pos 7
litical liberty in the United States from
the very dawn of her political existence i
down to the present time. All instances
of Catholic opposition (0 to liberty and I
freedom in America. sf qS
You distinguish between Catholic
and Roman Catholic"
The word "Catholic" means universal
The church Of God is Catholic (univer-S
salD The jurisdiction OF the Catholic 81
(universaD Church and the power OF. G cd "
must in the very nature of things be Coz.
extensive (uniyersaD therefore, the abb
surdity OF taking the word Catholic (unl-
versaD in a limited sense appears when 4
we attempt to limit 1t to Rome only.
I have no desire to impugn your nlo-s
tiyes, but these facts being axiOmatic,sS q
you are.i IN direct conflict with the imme-
diate and direct testimony of common &
sense. & sis1tt5ffs. ;1tsff
d: u. iis. Yours Very Truly 55ssi 5sss5i
WA MICHAEL r. ROACH. 3Sh II
Duluth, Mimi, July is, 1896. 4
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