The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-01-10

NATURE AND EXTENT
OF PETERS PRIVACY
VIII PROPOSITION


jurisdiction. tO ordinary and G immc-
diate, CD comprising the fulnoss of
that spiritual authority conferred ON
the church. ANA CD extending to- an
ecclesiastical matters.
The nature and extent of the pap3l
supremacy are to Doe defined by the orr
dnations of Christ regarding the pri-
macy of ST. Peter
The primacy or supreme pastoral of
flee of the pope, implies not merely a
right of supervision or superintendent
such as the president of a republic may
possess. The supremacy of the Pope
is strictly q power of jurisdiction and
consequently comprises legislative and
judicial power. The Pope i'm the person
of st. Peter certainly received the pow
err to feed the lambs and the sheep of
Christ; consequently the pastoral juris-
diction over the entire church. Now,
as the pastoral charge over portion
implies the power to rule that portion,
so the pastoral charge over the whole
church implies the power to rule the
entire church. Moreover the pope re-
ceived the power of the keys, or the
power of binding and loosng, over the
whole church. But this power certain
! ~ means more than the mere right Of
supervision Hence the pope is fire.
Iquently called by the Fathers the
Bishop Of bishops and the pastor of
pastors. Hence the Council of Florence
declares that full power to feed TO rule,
and to govern the whole church was
| given to the pope in the person of st.
Peter.
The power which the pope possesses is
Ordinary, i. e. one that belongs to him
! in virtue of his office, and is not de-
Ilegated to him by another authority As
the successor of st. Peter he holds
his office and, consequently, the power
attached to it. Both the office and its
\ inherent power proceed Immediately
! from Christ, not from the apostles or
the community. Therefore the councils
declare that the pope has received the
power to govern the church in the per-
son of st. Peter. But if he received
lit in the person of Peter, it was not
! conferred on him by the church. The
fourth council of Lateran teaches that
l"by institution of Our Lord, the Roman
church, as the mother and teacher of
all the faithful, possesses the primacy
Of ordinary jurisdiction over every 9TH
er church" This supremacy the Ro-
man church possesses inasmuch as the
pope holds the supremacy over the 9TH
err bishops
The pope's jurisdiction is immediate
! in this sense, that he has not only the
fright Of acting through intermediate
Ipowers-for instance on the bishops
through the patriarchs and upon the
faithful through the bishops-it imme-
diately affects the whole and all it's
parts, the pastors as well as the flock.
st. Peter was certainly given charge Of
the lambs as well as of the sheep.
Hence the pope as the pastor Of all
can deal directly with all Though
the apostles founded churches each hav-
ing it's own head or bishop, yet, as we
see from their epistles, they did not
surrender their right to exercise their
power on the individual members Of
these churches q Cor V, 3; 2 Cor. II 10.)
This universal power, however, was or
binary in the case of st. Peter, but ex-
/ traordinary in the case Of the other
apostles. Hence 1t has been inherited
I by the successor of st. Peter, but not
/ by the successors of the other apostles.
Hence the direct interposition of the
popes in various parts of the east as
well as of the West from the earliest
times, their frequent exercise Of juris-
diction through legates, the custom Of
appealing to Rome. This ordinary and
7 immediate jurisdiction of the supreme
pastor does not impair the ordinary and
| immediate jurisdiction Of the bishops
under him, as the appointment of one
chief shepherd over many fiocks does
not remove the power Of the special
shepherd of each flock The existence
of higher court of appeals does not do
away with the ordinary jurisdiction of
4 the inferior courts
Hence it follows that the pope has
the right of free intercourse with the
pastors and the hocks of the entire
church, am that nobody, neither w.
| dividual nor TEMPORAL power has right
70 prevent or trouble it, ---s
The pope possesses the fulness Of that
spiritual power granted to the church,
and not only the better portion of it, so
that it has no need to be supplemented
by the power of the bishops. ST. Peter
was placed as the one foundation of
! the WlOlG CQlllGG VI the GllulNlls liz
! received the keys of the kingdom Of
/ heaven without restriction. He was
made supreme pastor of the entire flock.
Whether we consider the individual pas
tors separately or collectively they are
subject to the supreme pastor, form
I part Of the flock committed to him, and
/ have no share in the primary, nor in
! the prerogatives attaching to It, There
fore this power is not supplemented
by that conferred on the subordinate
pastors, bat is in itself the fulness Of
/ jurisdiction given to the church.
Hence the second Council Of Lyons
declares: THE church Of Rome pos
|sesses the supreme and full primary
and principally over the whole church,
which in truth and humility she ack-
|nowledges to have received with the
/ fitness of authority from Our Lord I'm
the person of st. Peter" The Coun-