The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-03-19


States. For America, England and
all of the Nation s>of the earth have
recognized this as a fixed principle
and practice. Most of the Nations
of the earth have adopted this reli-
gious principle in THEIR OWN
GOVERNMENTS, and ALL RELI-
GIOUS BODIES BUT ONE, which
have grown UP here recognize and
uphold the righteousness and equity
Of it. All PROTESTANTISM CLIO
RIES IN IT. 1t has marked the pro-
gress of the world since it's adoption,
as no other principle has in fifteen
hundred years. Most of Europe has
adopted it, and modern China and
Japan. Under it's influence nearly
all of the Nations Of the World have
opened their doors to the preaching
Of the Gospel.
TO THIS PRINCIPLE ALL PRO
TESTANTISM IS LOYAL IN AMERI-
CA. BUT WHAT OF ROMAN CATH
OLICISM?
If you speak Of RELIGIOUS LIB
ERTY to Roman Catholic he viii
tell you that he believes in it, and
will cite you quickly to the example
of LORD BALTIMORE, and tell you
that Catholicism was among the first
factors in establishing religious lib
erty in America.
The Morning Star, the Catholic
paper Of New Orleans, recently pub
lished an article translated from a
Spanish paper in which it said:
eve Catholics start out with the
principle that Catholicism is the only
religious truth, and that man is
naturally a Christian, and is bound
to be in order to save his soul, and
on those grounds, and for those pur-
poses, we demand liberty whenever
and wherever it is denied us. But
we object with all our might that il
should be a necessary consequence
or correlated obligation to grant the
same liberty to those who oppose us.
And if we were to feel or to act
otherwise, we would acknowledge
ourselves illogical in our most init
mate convictions -
This Expositor of Roman Catholi-
cism claims that his church is the
only church, that none can be saved
outside of the Roman Catholic
church, and sets himself squarely
against the American idea of RELT-
GIOUS LIBERTY. In short, his po-
sition is this: Religious liberty to
Roman Catholics means the right for
them to teach and practice their re-
ligion as their hierarchy commands
them to do. 1t means that Roman
Catholicism claims and demands reli-
gious liberty in a Protestant country
because it is a Protestant principle,
but in countries where Roman Catho-
liclsm predOminates they should re-
fuse to grant religious liberty to-
others than Roman Catholics. 1t
also means, logically, that if Roman
Catholics can overthrow religious
liberty here, or anywhere, it is their
duty and purpose to do so.
But let us notice their highest au-
thority. The Papacy declares that
the principle of separation of Church
and State is GA Goddess principle"
Leo XIII. taught American Catholics
that |The American Government is
weak because of the separation of
Church and State" The present
POpe-Pius X.-says: ''That Church
and State should be separate is a
most pernicious doctrine" Thus,
we have the different attitudes of
the two great systems of religion to-
ward the great American principle of
separation Of Church and State.
These attitudes grow out of the
fundamental principles of interpreted
ton as held by the two great sys-
TENS. 1t merits study that truth
may win. In the combat the teach