The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-08-29

Right Reverend Bishop NJ. ]. Hoban
and Rev. Andrew Zychowicz, Of this
| city, filed exceptions with Prothono-
tary Copeland yesterday. in the mat
| ter of the application for charter for
the st. Stanislaus Polish National
church. of Scranton In their eXcep-
tions, they suggest to court that this
is an application, which while it pur-
ports to be for the incorporation of a
church, apparently having in it's pur-
pose no direct reference to the Catholic
church, is yet in effect an attempt to
incorporate a schsmatic body. under
the guise of a regularly organized
Catholic church.
Exceptions are taken to the title and
name, and to the following words IN
Article ii, of the proposed charter:
Public worship. according to the doc
trnes contained in the teachings of
Jesus Christ, revealed in the Holy
Scriptures, as more particularly set
forth in the DEGREES Of the four Ecumi-
ncal councils of the Christian church. "
Futher exception is made to the effect
that the congregat tiOn applying for the
said charter is a schismatic body, hav-
ing formerly obtained a charter from
the local court, under the name of st.
Stanislaus congregation of the Polish
Roman Catholic church of Scranton,
which corporation was dissolved by
court June 90, on the application of the
congregation. The congregation, as
far as it is organized lat the present
time, has already received the censure
and condemnation of the properly con-
stituted authorities of the Catholic
church. and still retains in it's SER
vices the ritual and ceremonies of the
Roman Catholic church.
st. Stanislaus, for whom the cOngre-
cation is named, is a saint canonized
by the Roman Catholic church and is
venerated as a saint by the adherents
of the Roman Catholic faith alone. The
first four Ecumenical councils mem
toned in the charter We're distinctly
councils of the Roman Catholic church,
and their members were composed of
bishops Of the church and legates OF
the Holy See Of Rome.
The councils We're convened for the
specific purpose of defining the doc
trines of the church. and cOndemning
hereses. At these councils the>primacy
Of the pope of Rome was acknowl-
edged. the DEGREES of the councils were
sanctioned by the pope, and the pres
ent creed of the Catholic church was
promulgated by the councils.
Exception II states that the words
"Polish National Church" have
Synonymous meaning in Polish minds
with the title, Roman Catholic church,
as the latter faith was designated the
national religion of the kingdom in
1891, and that, therefore. the body
which has an unqualified right to it is
entitled to protection against it's usur-
patton by others.
The following exception asserts that
it would be impossible for the proposed
corpora ton to carry out the objects of
its crea tion, namely, to conduct public
worship under the name of "St. Stanis-
laus Polish National Church." as the
latter is historically and by tradition
identical with the Roman church, and
the latter can only be conducted by
regularly ordained Roman Catholic
priest in good standing.
Exception IS states that the possess
sion of charter would enable a group
of designing individuals to mislead and
delude Catholics of Polish birth into
the belief that the proposed association
was necessarily regular Roman
Catholic church.