The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-06-27
ANSWER TO ANGLICANUS.

Our space will not permit to follow cor
respondent Anglicanus through the historical
maze into which he has entered. We have proved
from the scholarship of his church. that the
early British church was doctrinally one with the
Church of Rome; that the British bishops and St.
Augustine taught the same doctrines; that the pre-
lates who assisted at the Councils of Aries and
Sardica acknowledged the supremacy and universal
jurisdiction Of the popes. Anglicanus. unable to
carry our defense shifts his position and now en-
tiers upon territory and resorts to the tactics
Of the controversial guerilla
There are Just two points in the letter we pub
lish today meriting an explanation, if not con
tradiction the Adrian " episode and the charge
Of heresy brought against the Pope, Honorus. In
refutation of the arguments advanced by Angli-
in hs letters. have, with the solitary ex-
ception of the Cathode historian Bede, hitherto
cited from the writings Of Anglican divines We
continue to do So The Anglican clergyman. Rev.
!. r. Green. in his Short History of the English
People effeetually dsposes of the contention of
Anglicanus that the Pope by divine right donated
Ireland to Henry II.
Read now what Green writes
The enterprise as it was laid before Adrian
a
Ireland from the general body of Chrstendom the
absence Of learning and civilization the scandaous
vices Of its people were alleged represented by
Henry's agents. as grounds for Henry's action. 1t
the general belief at the time that all islands
fell under the jurisdiction of the Papal see and
it was a possession of the Roman Church that
Henry sought Adran's permission to enter Ire
land The king represented that his sole aim was
to enlarge the bounds of the church. to restrain the
progress of vice, to plant virtue among the people
and to increase the Christian religion.
Adrian, by his bull approved the enterprise as one
prompted by the ardor of faith and love of reli-
glon.' You the Pope was deceived Adrian,
moreover, acted on no divine right nor claimed any
such in granting the petition of Henry. The ma
lions Of Europe were at that time Catholic They
appealed to the Pope as TO the supreme Judge and
arbter in civil matters Thus, by consent of the
nations did the Holy See acquire right over the
prncipalties of Christendom jure humane. In
virtue of this conceded right the Jurisprudence
of the twelfth century acknowledged the authority
of the Roman pontiffs to act as they deemed best
in the interest of religion Further, it was then.
and down even to the Fifteenth century. believed
that the Emperor Constantine had given all Chris
tian islands to the Roman Church to maintain the
splendor Of religion.
Now touching the Honorius case hear what
Cardinal Newman has to say: The condemna-
ton Of Honorius by the council in no way com
promises the doctrine of Papal infallbility. At |
the most il was only decided (by the counciD that
Honorus in his own person was hereto which
is Inconsistent with Catholic doctrine" Dif- |
ficulties Of Anrleanism vol. H.. D. 317)
The learn ochemonte is still more explicit;
Pope Homo r, writes. may be reproached with /
having encourage ror indirectly by not proceed
ing against il viii timely vigor; but it cannot be
said that he deri.rd error which would alone tell
against the dogma A pope is not infal-
libe in proceeding, such those of Honorius who
contributed Internationally to the increase of her
esy by not issuing decisions against it. His let
tiers to Sergus contain decision neither do they
contain any Ease doctrine. lie was condemned /