Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-10-14

Historical Argument for the Catholic
81 Church s Defense Of Civil @.ls
~. s2z# 5fs. Liberties. s 4 !. !. .-,.s
Class Of Sixty Persons Confirmed id
the Church Faith BY. the Bishop
b &; {. ii the Morning. : s..
Z Bishop Stanley = Of the Catholic
church spent Sunday in. the city, leav,1-
ing on the noon train today for Glen
ullin. The bishops Sunday in the city
was marked with several interesting
services at the Catholic church, the
most interesting OF which, perhaps,
being the confirmation services ait
which sixty persons were confirmed BY
the bishop in the Catholic faith. DR..
and Mrs. Kershaw were sponsors for.
the large class, which was taken into
membership IN the church with appro-
pirate ceremonies. = 49,. ..;. ! 7zts. =,
: Last night Bishop Stanley leotured
on ..The Catholic Church and Civil
Liberty" His congregation was a
large one, including a large number Of
non-C Catholics. AS the. basis OF his
argument, the bishop took statement
in lprofane history, in which it was
stated at the time Of the Reformation
in Europe the Catholic church became
the ally Of #despotism. This state
ment the bishop combated in vigorous
terms. He divided his discourse into
Two classes of 4. arguments, first the
teaching Of the Catholic church on the
question OF civil liberty and secondly
the historical facts in support of the
contention that the demand Of the peo-
pie for civil liberty and their rights
came with the plenitude OF the power
OF the Catholic church In the twelfth
century. and thereafter. AS to the
teachings OF the Catholic church, the
bishop said they were that all power
came to the executive Of a. people
through the people, and that laws were
rules OF reason promulgated by the ex-
eeutive power for the common good.
With these teachings, he said, the
Catholic church must stand, as it al
ways has stood and always will stand,
for the civil liberty OF the people and
their civil rights. =, ~.
y Historically, the bishop stated that
the first demand for the civil rights of
the people came from Spain in Catholic
times and was made by Catholics. He
spoke OF the republican OF San Marino,
the Oldest in !: the world, founded by
Catholics and protected BY the church.
Various historical illusions he made
in the history Of medieval Europe to
show that the Catholic church was the
friend OF civil liberty and the rights
OF the people Passing from Europe
to English history, he dWelt upon the
meeting of King John and the Barons
at Runnymede, and the signing of
Magma Charta as an admission Of the
rights OF the people. %:51ne barons
we're Catholics. led BY the Catholic
IArchbishop Of Canterbury, and the
Magma Charta was approved BY the
Roman pontiff. He alluded to the
freedom or the people and their power
in the house of commons during Cath
l5olic times in England. Passing from
this he contrasted the attitude qe
James Of England, who had declared
for the divine rights OF kings when
Catholic bishops had declared that the
rights OF monarehs came through the
people alone. In closing he declared
that the many InisrepG tations and
Imisstatements regarding the teachings
and attitude OF the Catholic church
| would take a life time to- controTert,
and he asked the nom Catholic mem
beers of his cong ega&ions to suspend
Judgment in all cases where a charge
was brought against the church until
It had been investtg tgahed in the light
of the church s tea achings and OF his
tory n
The bishops address, while largely
historical, was q well sustained aFgn-
ment and was closely Followed by the
large congregation present Father
Collins III Mandan assisted Father
Clemens with the regular church SER
vices.
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