The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-02-01
MOBERG's RkP|D-FIRE
BATTERY IN ACTION
rhe Rev. James c. Beissel.

suffering editor, beg to place the fol-
! lowing before the public, which also, ]
have reason to believe, is becoming
thoroughly tired Of this entire dispute.
| 1t appears impossible for you TO
argue without bringing acrimonious
and altogether uncalled for insinua-
tons as TO the mental condition of any
one of your opponents In other. and
| palmer words, you lose your temper
and become abusive This is a far
enthusiasm. you must adnit-that is.
if you ever admit anything at all which
| has not the hall mark OF the Vatican
Your own action. however, has the
merit Of relieving me OF the scruples
I have hereto entertained against Of
Tending your personal sensibilities, and
I shall therefore speak somewhat more
biuntly and to the point
You say that there must be infallibil-
ity at least somewhere Surely: God Is
infallibie; and, if He is let alone, be-
lieve that He might yet manage TO get
along without the assistance of papal
ready-made infallibility, warranted
genuine. He did so once
Next you ask who in the world has
this gift Of fnfallIbility?' Nobody.
dear sir, nobody. Ask me an easier
one-if you can
You next say that I claim some
share OF il myself Oh, no: I am not
ply mistaken; I said I would quote the
writings and commands of the Popes
themselves Probably You overlooked
that; it is polite TO say so anyhow
Later on you complain that I do not
read your exposition of the Inquisition.
read part of it, and that was abund-
antly enough for me. AS soon as you
showed that you defended it, basing
your defense on the specious apology
of a Jesuit who, to begin with, and in
the face OF the severaI bulls and let
tiers Of Pope Innocent III, stsn in ex-
istence, has the NERVE to state that
the Inquisition was not brooded, hatch
ed and forced upon the world by the
priesthood, I read no more Such an
exposition Is utterly worthless, as its
very basis is nothing more than
mendacious garbling of historical facts.
with the damnalory evidence sup
pressed
The editor has limited his indulgence
OF grataitous space to include Satur-
day. / do not blame him; but this
time is entirely insufficient for the
preparation OF an article had propos-
ed to write containing extracts from
authentic writings OF different Popes
and from proceedings OF episcopal con-
ventions, arranged chronoiogically, in
support of my statements regarding
the Inuuisition- I must therefore OF
necessity forego the pleasure of setting
you right in that matter; for you would
believe the Popes. would you not? Or
would you say that they, also. did not
know what they were talking about2
Next you revert to the papal infallf-
bility So shall I. and my position re-
garding that point is still this: You
claim the Pope to be infallible in all
matters relating TO your faith, BE-
CAUSE in all such matters ne Is IN
der the personal and exclusive man
posedly runs the show From your
point of view that settles il. just as in
the old New York ditty, st believe it,
cause Judge Duffy told me So
Now. as the papal infaInbility was
no1 on the showbills for about one
thousand good long years, and later On
suffered another lapse of about five
hundred more. don't you think that the
Holy Ghost neglected the show shame
fully? Logically you ought TO have had
hum communicated at least or burn
ed at the stake. II would have been a
swell Job for your beloved Inquisitlon
Honestly now, do you actually be-
lieve that the Holy Ghost did commune
in any manner with holinesses like the
PONIES of the Borghian stamp OF Pol
SONERS. or with a debauehee like
Paul III2 Or perhaps he attends the
Pope only. in his official capacity, and
during regular office hours? Wen. we
Will let II go at that
oh. no. Father Beissel, the Gospels
never were the causes OF any quarreis,
and If they were followed there could
be none II is just because men OF
your cloth take upon themselves TO
say that they find things in the Gospels
that were never there, ana THEN LoIcA-
hlV lam them DOWN l14S l43A S~NS u -
erybody else. nolens volens. 70 believe
or go 70 hell, that strife has been rife
II, the church from the earliest times.
Remember what St Paul says IN Gaiaf-
1. Y. S: But though we, or an angel
from heaven. preach any other gospei
INTO YOU than that which WE have
PREACHED, let him be ACCUSED
And YOU are doing that every day
By the way, was it the Holy Ghost
who authorized the Popes TO IAPRof Z
on THE LORD 5 PRAYER by cutting
ont the last paragraph Compare Mat
thew s. V. 9. 10, II, Il and Is with any
Catholic PRAYER book, and you VIII ind
that the last paragraph of verse Is Is
left out.)
Then YOU 60 on saying: Before the
coming OF Christ the Synagogue was
tbat authority. established by God Tor
that purpose Aou1 fea-
SON claims as well as mine that no man
can impose a dogma to the belief OF
bis feIlawman. unless IT be proved that
this man has authority 10 do So Now,
God could not, and can not do alb
urd things There Is no doubt that