The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1912-03-02
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- hy Pope Plus X DsOsab,r 4
A docunsut indesd. rAicA stanes
positively against all the most cher
iahed American ideals. and The Amer
lean constitution
This syllabus of the pope denies
the freedom Of the prcxA. oondemns
separation Of church and state. and
All the principles and policies Of a
i frco church and free state.
Tho Menace prints the moat Of the
nighty errors condemned by Piue
TX. ns translated By the Jesuit. schra-
der. IN his book. Der Pabst und die
Modcrnen Ideen-- The author IL a
thorough defender Of the papacy. and
his translation cannot Be- discredited.
Besides. we have the Latin text be
fore us. and can give the original n
required 10 do 20.
We are quoting this famous Roman
document because reference n made
20 Il continually BY authors and
speakers and for the Immediate and
certain use Of our readers who need
the authority and use Il In public and
private discussions
These statements are not what The
Menace thinks the Roman Catholic
church hold a. firmly AZ words OF the
Bible. but what the pope says the Ro-
man church must hold and believe.
Put these statements up 70 your
Catholic friend and citizen. and make
him see that his church r. going one
way and this nation another. That n
he stands for and with his church.
then no IL against American ideals
and the American constitution.
The Qncyclical "ouantA Cura. pub
llshed December & 1854. was accom-
panied BY eighty propositions num-
bered AZ follows;
Is. Every man Is not entitled 20 en-
brace and 10 profess that religion
which he may hold for the true one.
led By the light OF reason
i6. Men cannot hnd the way OF
eternal salvation, and obtain eternal
blessedness. in the practice Of every
kind Of religion.
II. The eternal salvation Of all
those who do not live IN any way In
the true church OF Christ is not TO
be hoped for.
Is. Professionalism is not mere
ly different form Of the same Chris
tian faith; and II n not given 70 be
equally weIi-pleaslng 10 God as IN the
I Catholic church.
10. The church IA a true and per-
feet society, entirely free. and pos
eeeses her proper and permanent
rrights granted 70 her tby her disfne
founder. and u does not belong 70
the state 20 define what are the rights
OF the church. and what are the lin
its within which she can exercise
them.
20. The church may use her author
ity without the permission or consent
OF the state,
2i. The church has the power dog
matioally TO decide that the religion
of the Catholic church is the only
true religion.
20. The obligation which complete
ly binds Catholic teachers and au-
thors must not be limited only 70
subjects which are propounded 20 all.
10 be believed as articles OF faith by
an infallIble utterance OF the church.
"a. The church has the power TO
use external force. She has also a
direct and an indirect temporal
power.
25. Beyond the power inherent In
the episcopate no other temporal pow
or has been conceded to II by the
state either expressly or tacitly. and
therefore not any power which the
government of the state can at Its
pleasure withdraw,
26. The church has an innate and
legitimate right Of acquisition and
possession.
"a. The ordained servants Of the
church and the Roman pontin are BY
no means TO be excluded from all con-
troll and dominion over temporal az
fairs.
Is. bishops themselves may pubiish
apostolIcal letters without permission
Of the government Of the state.
20. Graoes granted by the pope are
not TO be regarded as invalid II they
are not requested BY the government
OF the state.
so. The immunity Of the church and
OF ecclesiastical persons has not It's
origin In civil Law.
81. Spiritual jurisdiction for tenn.
poral causes. of the clergy. both civil
and criminal. is not. by any means,
70 be abolished. and not without con
sulting the apostolic see or against
its protest.
ss. II belongs exclusively 70 the pow.
er OF ecclesiastical Jurisdiction. and
that Of proper and innate right. 70
control theological studies.
81. No national churches can be
erected which are Withdrawn from the
authority Of the pope Of Rome. and
fully separated from him.
50. The state does not possess a.
the origin and fountain OF all rights
an unbounded right
lo The doctrine OF the Catholic
church Il not contrary TO the welfare
and advantage Of human society.
a. IN case Of conflict between the
laws OF the two powers the temporal
law does not prevail
as The temporal authority has not
the power TO revoke solemn treaties
commonly called concordats. which
have been made with the holy see In
respect 10 the exercise Of the rights
OF ecclesiastical immunity without its
consent or against its opposition. moi
the right TO declare or make them
void.