The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-08-27

~ A1AA anu lie would then marry him
to the Catholic woman.
And this is the rule and practice
or the Catholic church the world
over. II you are a Protestant and
are married to a Protestant, and
wanted to marry a Catholic, so far
as the church is concerned all YOU
would have to do it to secure your
divorce and the Catholic priest
would be only too glad to marry
you. And yet they go prating
around and boast of how the Catho-
Tic church stands against divorces,
they don't stand against common
adultery yet, much less divorces.
Friends, [ am an American citi-
zen, a Protestant, Baptist preacher,
L DO not believe, in un-Christian
methods and measures; and I can but
reel that if one of those hirelings of
the hierarchy of Rome who came
stalking into one of our Macon
homes and told one of our Protest
ant women that she never had been
married, had been taken out and
tarred and feathered, it would have
mad a wholesome effect upon the
rest OF their tribe who are running
over the face of the earth crying
adultery" and trying to break up
happy homes.
z. We now come to see the in
fiuence Of the Roman Catholic
church upon the homes of America
through it's Confessional. Of all the
perniciOus influence of the Roman
Catholic church, perhaps the most
diabolical is what is known as
Auricular Confession.
According to the teachings of that
church dissolution from sin bv the
priest is dependent on confession of
sin to the priest. Only those sins
are forgiven which are confessed.
sin unconfessed to the priest is
sin unforgiven by the priest Hence,
ROmanlsm teaches the absolute ne
cessity of every one who would enter
heaven confessing to the priest every
thought, word, deed and even dream.
Unless the confession is absolute,
the forgiveness cannot be complete.
The very secrets of the soul must
be uncovered before the priest.
The confessional has entrapped it's
thousands. Horrible is it's history,
1t is the most dangerous point in
Catholicism. Why?
The Confessional is dangerous be-
cause of the celibacy of the priests.
The priests, Of course, are unmarried
men. Many of them are young men.
All of them are human men. Often
they are inf1amed by strong drink,
for it is a we'll recognized fact that
Catholic priests are not at all averse,
as a rule, to their beer or their
tOddy.
The stigma attached to a priest
guilty of adultery is very slight in
the eyes of the Roman Catholic
church. 1t openly teaches that mar
riage Of priest IS sin far more
heinous than committing adultery.
Let us see: Hossius, who was the
President of the Council of Trent
in his Confession, C. Sc, says:
"Pighius is blamed, who wrote that
a priest, who through infirmity of
the flesh, hath fallen into whore
dom, sins less than if he should
marry. This doctrine with some is
vile, but with Catholics it is most
honest"
Costerus teaches: "Should a priest
indulge in uncleanliness, nay, keep
a concubine in his own house, al
though he is thereby guilty of great
sacrilege, yet he sins more heinously
if he marry"
Cardinal Campeggio (Card. Camp,
op., Sleid., com. 1, ~ holds: "That
for priests to become husbands, is
by far more grievous sin than if
they should keep prostitutes in their