The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-03-03
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: TFlE RMPAL SYLLABUS
: With Recitation Of the Errors Which It Condemns
: Translated Italian OF :
Translated from the Italian of L'Falcop1

5 BY this fold He meant His Church,
because He said to her in the persons
; of His Apostles. that he who heard
her heard Him. and that he who de
sp.sed her despised Him and His Father
in Heaven; and that he who would not
believe her would be condemned. There
can, therefore. be no true religion out
SIDE of the Catholic Church; she is the
only spouse of Christ; she recognizes
herself as such; she can define this
truth whenever she so please, and he
be visited With the penalty of Gods
I wrath. Coademnabitur.
I Twenty second Error-"The obIiga-
ton By which Catholic professors ana
writer's are Internationally bound is
restricted to those matters only which
are proposed to universal belief as dog
mas of fa5th by the infalHbIe judgment
of the Church"
Refutation-The would-be guardians
of the Church who originated this error
seek to set bound to her action. saying
to her, as God did to the sea: Hfther-
to thou SHALT come and shalt go no
further. Inflated with pride. they pre-
sumo to instruct Catholic teachers and
authors telling them that all their OBJ.
jectiOns to- the Church are satisfied by
a mere belief in the dogInas proposed
by her infallibla judgment After the
manner of a certain philosopher poet.
they would fain Danish the Church to
the serene regions Of dogma and con-
inc Thor 70
of benedictions and the administering
of abSolution. From all matters apper-
tanning to this subIunary sphere. they
desire her to keep constantly aloof, ar
rogating to themselves the exclusive
right to manage everything Of this
kind. But when did Christ authorize
these men or their predecessors to ex-
arcise a surveillance over the Church
and decide what che should or should
not do? Our Divine Savior constituted
Peter His representative on earth. con-
signed to him the keeping of the keys
If Heaven. and invested him with full
powers to bind or remit the sins Of
nen. He did not subject him either to
he Sanhedrim or to the Emperor, but
aid to him:
My Father has given me all power in
heaven and on Earth. To thee I in
rust the charge of feeding my flock.
Watch over its interest and confirm
by wavering brethren, Let those who
re without my fold be to thee as
eathens and publicans. and everlast-
rg woe to all who will not hear and
oey thy words
And accordingly from that glorious
corning in which she was comforted
Y the Holy Ghost. the Church has
ever ceased to teach not only the
'gmas of Faith, but also the practical
lrt of religion. Hence her moral and
sciplinary precepts, her admonitions
the faithful to avoid all occasions Of
4 to themselves or scandal to others.
well as all offenses against charity
ID legitimate authority-precepts and
monitions contained in the canons
d apostolic institutions, which she
opposes to her children, and the oh
'vance of which She vigorously ex-
Is. BY what right or title. then. do
0se men assume to judge as to what
church shall or Shall not do. Her
ardians and directors are Christ and
Holy Ghost. With their assistance
: would feel no alarm. even rboupb
whole world should rise up in arms
linst her; much less does she fear
sc surly ours who, carried away bv
If pride, the pride of that science
ich puffeth up, bark themselves
-rse in the vain attempt to dissuade
from pursuing her rightfuI course.
II who hear and obey the Church.
only in matters of dogma, but in all
other teachings regarding morality.
lesiastical discipline. the Ieturgv.
administration of the Sacraments
in every provision which she NAV
m expedient to her own weIl-beinp
the docibiles Del, the docile child
of God, and will be received into
eternal mansion of the Just. On
other hand. they who. in their ar
ince' constitute themselves judges
he Daughter of the Most High. and
sc to obey her regulations and
manc's, will be confounded in their
e and sooner or later suffer the
lshment reserved for the rebels who
Id not have Christ reign over them
erumatem inimicos meds ilIos. quf
erunt me regnare super Sc, adducite
ct interfcite ante me-"