World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1904-03-24

DUt VI All Lac spiitihA' f't''-
doms Or Churches upon earth, 7
there is only one that caA boast q Il
possessing tho true SUCCESSORS s. !
Jrsus Christ. and also q trNe sus.
cas5or W St. Peter That oae ~ !
The Roman Catholic Apostolicl a
Clurc!i@# Bat this il not All IA
The most ancient General Count
lcils ofthe Church have received u
their sanction from Rome; one n
mang the earliest, the third, styles
| Criestine II, who was the Bishop X
lof Rome, the Father of the Gen /
ioral Council Yes, al the Gem
erai Councils, all The holy Fathers
ot the who!cof orthodox chrislcs- \
4 dom, agree III this, that IL Rome
! the true successor Of ~ Peter has I
always his Apostolic throne, and
\ that ho Is endowed with just thel
4 Same p,werto govern the Church
II Gad As St. Ppteg himself.
II These true successors Of So.
Peter have followed one another
~ i'll aii unbroGen succession from
& . & p z
Ithe death 81 ST, Peter cvcnto the
present Pope Plus lX
Never has this true succession
been interrupted never has this
holy Chai.o Peter persisted, not
! even IN the Atormiest times and
9 amid the most violent revolutions
Of empires. MOI the more the
? spirit "a the world, with ai its
power and cunning, tho more the
. spiritof se+ssn and haresy, have
arisen against this holy Chair Of
g Peter, and threatened to over
''throw it, only SO much the more
9 glorious and triumphant las it ap'
9 peared in al ages, that all The
world might clearly see how sure
9 Nv the LORD Jesus Christ has
founded his true Church Oh tl,t
g rock Of Peter.
4 There it has stood, aud wi!
stand immoyabie unit. the end o
q the world, according 70 the prom
'g isc which he made; Thou mr.
{ Peter upon thee will ! build ~,
:" Church, and the gates Of hell 4hal
not prevail against itN
~ In tho same manner as the Bis
= hops Of Rome Cor Popesl are tru
= successors Of St. Peter, 50 are til
~ other Catholic Bishops true sue
- cessors Of the other Apostles 4
~ Jesus Christ. For we read III Id
y Holy Scripture itself, that even ]
- the time Of the Apostles, 9th,
pious men We're appointed ny thei
~ to the same Apostolic Office, Thu
~ they consecrated st. Paul and Ba
~ nabas to the Apostolic office, (
= told in the history Of the Apostle
= while they tasted and prayed, an
~ laid their hands OH them. s
!, Paul ordained st. Timothy and S
''o Titus to tho Apostolis Office |
~ the laying on Of hards; and to /
'nV Ancients Of the Church at Ephe
~ us he said: Take heed to you
~ selves and to the whole iloc
a. wherein the Holy Ghost hat
80 placed you bishops, to rule Il
:" Church Of God, which he has phi
.no chased with his own blood"
~ Just as the Apostles ordaine
il. and consecrated their Successor
ne 90 did these In their turn conse
nall rate and ordain other Successor
Ing who were named Bishops or PA
tors; and Inthis waya true su
~ cession Of Apostles has been CO
!, tlnued and preserved until u
Bishops Of our own times" (Mi
ara sion book, Pages l4S--339- 450.)
of Tho very idea presented III 4
the above quotation, is blasphemy
sin This no honest heart will den
the WAS LIKE UNTO ALEopARD." L
out leopard il spotted. The conft
ne. Sion box Is enc spot, the power
ven pray souls out Of pergatory il
WIN mother spot, the power to chan
son the bread and wine into the RI
rhe body AND blood of Christ is
y nothet spot--And the nunery
Or the largest and biggest spot d i
ali. with many more which could
in. named.
Tho His FEET LIKE THE rrRT or
aor, REAR The bear fights with
cid feet and this 60 to show his fgl
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