Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-01
JOSEPH F. SMITH,
DAVID o. MCKAY.
STEPHEN i. RICHARDS.
General Superintendency.
ROME AND clrRlsrs cuuEcn.

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ROME AND CIIRISrS CHURCH.
II The recent gathering of Catholics nj
Montreal. Canada, has caused n con-
|troversy In some Of the newspapers,
THAT may be of some interest to orr
readers Most Rev. Francis Bourne,
4 larchbishop of Westminster. preached
Ia sermon In which he set forth the we'll
known claims Of tho representatives OF
the Catholic church.. as follows:
~ believe that to. the Catholic church
tlhas been committed tho full revelation
Z lof Jesus Christ; nnd to her and to, her
ioIone, has been given authority to
Z speak In the name Of Sod Himself, and /.
It6 tell mankind what they are to be-
/. Illeye and what they are, to do. 80.
mot to 20 into .thc5world to offer re-
4ilieious opinions, but to preach to them
4 the teaching which they are to accept
with llnquestioning faith. AZ
the root of all this; apostolic work, rs
far as we can see. lies the return OF
4 England to the Catholic faith ana 70
THE allegiance she gave. 80 readily TO the
apostolic see priorl.to her apostasy OF
THE sixteenth century,. ss{
This q correspondent of the Vancou-
liver News Advertiser of Sept. II. d. A.
IMcRae, characterizcs as an "amazing,"
not to saysssnreposterous' doctrine He
thinks the Archbishop Is n survival In
Iris belief. of tho sixteenth century.
This is a mistake. howcyer.! Inc
Catholic doctrine is Just as. stated by
jthe prelate 1t is so held {. by every
5Iorthodox exponent Of tho church.
Rome claims for herself tho light tho
authority, tho mission that were given
and delegated to our Lord, and by
Hin to His apostles. She claims
even more, for she demands secular
power as well asGspiritual. She has
Ambassadors at the courts of kings
and empcrors. and shcfrcgards every
effort at separation OF church and state
as rebellion and apostasy.
Opponents of the Roman faith base
these claims upon the supposition
that tho Roman Catholic church Is
the Identical church founded on the
day of Pentecost. and that 1t has
(. retained the organization since the
beginning. 1t points to an unbroken
successionSof popeswho have held the
divine commission and all#the keys
OF the Kingdom. from the days Of
Peter. This Is the basis of the claims
made. If that foundation is proved to
he hut loose sand. the structure built
upon it cannot stand, And the foun-
iylatlon, certainly, cannot stand the test
of truth.
In the first place, the Catholic church
has deviatcd from the doctrines OF the
t,hurch of tho first Saints. We first
read OF tho title OF universal bishop.
"a d. COG. the canoncal authority OF
the Apocrypl,a, the Mitigate, and tradl-'
tion date no further back thnn the
council OF Trent, in the 18th century.
'ransubstantiation was first taught III
the sth century. In the 18th the Lords
aupper was changed to communion OF
ono emblem only. In the 18th we
hear OF tho doctrine OF seven sacra-
,nents The doctrines of the mcritorl-
GUS virtue of penancc. OF purgatorS'
and of prayers for the dead are no
older than the It'll century, The power
OF granting indulgcnces was claimed
in the 18th century. Auricuar confes-
sion was first cnjoincd by the 4th Late
ran council in the 18th century The
ce,ehacy OF the clergy as universal and
co,npulsory, was ordained ut the end
Rlofs the Ath,31and was confirmed by
Gregory VII. at the end of the nth
century QEiblo Handbook by Joseph
> lAngus, Nj. A.. ID. ID And thus the
Testimony or history is that much of
the Roman theology is a novelty, aii
innovation, us compared with the does
trincs taught by the first apostles,
565fIn tho second place. the church gov
crnmcnt of the Roman church IS as diff
& fcrent from tho church government cs-
tabliehcd by Jesus, our Lord, as the
government OF tho United States 0!
America is different from that of Rus.
+ sla. During the first five centuries q
I; complete revolution took place By
which government patterned aftei
imperial Rome WAS substituted for TIL,
thco-democr,ley that our Lord instltut'
cd in His church. BY that revolution
The Offices OF apostles. prophets, evan
Ecllsts, pastors, teachers. Instituted TO
the pcrfocting of the Saints.&werc ubol
8 ished and in their stead came popcs
cardinals, nrchbishops. ablcsatcs ant
what moi, sIfifl5 imitation M the en-
peror and his officials. As far n
+ the church government was concernc,
1t was a revolution as radical and thor
ough-golng MS 1T would be IL TIN
American citizens should do away viii
the Office 8of president and crown Thu
&giincun1 heflt prorlaim him pnneror a ~,