The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-05-27
SOLEMN RITES AND
ELOQUENT DISCOURSE
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| the grace of God. we grant you the use
| of the palliun, so that you ordain in
| several places twelve bishops who
| shall be subject TO your jurisdiction
so that the Bishop OF London shall
Tor the future be consecrated by his
own synod, and receive the honors of
the pallium from the holy and apos-
! tolic See, which l now serve. We give
| you no authority over the Bishops of
Gaul; but all the Bishops of Britain
we commit to your charge" Surely
the fountain-head of the dual jurisdic-
tiOn in the Church of Augustine was
none other than the Pontiff of Rome.
Under Saxon rule every successor of
Augustine. despite distance and hard
ship of travel, either sent to Rome for
the pallium, or went thither to receive
1t. Among those going to Rome were
Odo, Dunstan and Elphege. When the
Norman seized the scepter of England
there was no change in the Church of
England. From the days of William to
those of Mary seven and thirty Arch
bishops Of Canterbury, successors of
St Augustine, received the pallium of
Rome in token of their union with and
of their submission to the Pontiff of
Rome. The great Saint Anselm walked
with bare feet to meet the Legate Wal
ter, bringing to him the pallium, I'm
shodden, too, Thomas a Beckett went
forth, to salute the bearer of his pal
lium-so we'll did scholars and saints
understand the meaning of the conse-
Grated wool; so deeply did they feel
in their souls that Peter spoke through
the pallium and that Christ spoke
through Peter. Cranmer himself placed
upon his shoulders i'm Westminster the
pallium received from Rome and swore
Ito be faithful and obedient" to the
R1Ghnn ~ Rome i- trItp
in his heart, but unable as yet to break
away from the traditions of ages, and
unwilling as yet to defy the olden
faith of the people of England. Again
Cardinal Pole wore the palIium; he, the
faithful servant of Rome; but Pole dy-
ing, dark days came to England and
the pallium no longer shed its efful-
gence over English-speaking peoples
the people of martyred Ireland except
ed-until it lifted its symbolic glory
over Carroll in Baltimore and over
Wiseman in Westminster.
The pallium is the banner of the
spiritual empire of Rome. AS it enters
the Cathedral of ST, Louis, Catholics
hail it i'm the -fullness of your faith.
Rome rises before you in its storied
majesty, in its sky-born authority.
Rome. thou art the Eternal. city.
Eternal thy pagan poets and seers
were not in vain, though vain were
the shadowy forms which beguiled
them into such dreams. In their Rome
they had seen the embodiment of high
est human might, of highest human
grandeur. Should not therir Rome,
they believed, mock time and the raw
ages of time? But nothing that is HUI
man lasts, and of olden Rome naught
now remains save shattered columns
and tenantless sepulchers. And yet not
vain were the dreams that it was in
destructible. Another. a greater Rome
was to arise on Tiber's banks-a Rome
of which the Rome of pagan bards and
seers was the precursor and prophet
the Rome of Peter. Thou are Peter"
it had been said in Galilee, "and on this |
rock will build my Church and the |
gates of hell vii not prevail against |
it." One day this Peter walked along |
the Appian Way into the Rome of the |
Caesars.
He brought with him the new Rome, |