The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-06-18
LONG LIVE THE POPE"

The Butte Miner" an enterprising and yigor-
ously edited journal, unconsciously, we salts
fled, assumes that "Papal supremacy is develop
ment beginning from the conversion of Constan-
tine early in the fourth century" By Papal SUI
premacy, we assume the miner" means the au-
thority and the right which the Pope, as bishop
of Rome and successor of st. Peter, claims to ex-
ercse over the the clergy and laity of the Catholic
world. That this claim was not and could not hav
been publicly proclaimed and acknowledged before
the fourth century, or before Christianity became
the state religion of the Roman empire under Con-
stantine, is undeniably true, but l say that this
right of priority of jurisdiction and this supremacy
of the Bishop of Rome was not, from the morning
of Christianity, an essential part of the Christian
edifice is tc state what is not fact This suprem-
acy of st. Peter and his successors in the See of
Rome was established by our Lord Jesus Christ as
an essential part of the constitution of His church.
and no civil or ecclesiastical power could or can
make any alteration in the proclamation of Christ.
Let us consult the records. In the early morn
ing of our Lords public ministry, two brothers,
Andrew and Simon (the sons of Jona), we're fish
erman, originally from Bethsaida in Galilee,
fishing village the shore of the Lake of Gennes-
areth-John "A. From here they removed to Ca
pernaum, near the mouth of the Jordan, on the
same lake-Mark / 20. Andrew became disciple
of John, the Precursor or the Baptist. He was
present with many others when the Baptist saw
Jesus coming to him." and heard John proclaim
aloud when he beheld the Messiah "Behold the
Lamb of God give testimony indeed that this is
the Son of God, for I saw the Spirit, the Holy
Ghost descending upon Hims--John 1929 Then
Andrew attached himself to Jesus, sought out his
brother Simon and brought him to the Christ
who, looking upon the brother said to him. "Thou
art Simon, the son of iona; henceforth thou shalt
be called Cephas, which is interpreted Peter
John 1872
Bear in mind that the meaning of the Syriac
word Cephas, the Greek. Petros and the Latin
Petrus, is rock It is particularly important to
remember this in view of what happened three
years after our Lord met Simon, the brother of
Andrew, and called him Peter or rock And this
is what happened
About the time of the great Jewish feast of
the Passover, say in the year 81 the Messiah chose
his twelve apostles and heading the names of these
members of the Apostolic Senate is that of "Simon
who is called Peter."-Matt. 1872 Now, after Sc
Letting these twelve, Christ encountered deputa-
tation of the Pharisees and Sadducees: Who
asked him to show them sign from heaven" This
the Messiah refused to do and, after he walked
away from them he continued his walk and en-
tered the confines of Caesarea Philippi. Here he
met many of his disciples and among them "Sinon,
son of Jona." Now, let us hear ST. Matthew:
"And Jesus asked his diciples, saying: Whom
say that am9 But they said: Some, John,
the Baptist, and Elias, and other Jeremias or
one of the prophets. Jesus saith to them: Whom