The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-02-26


tween Professionalism and Ro-
man Catholicism. In that it was
shown that in the Roman Catholic
church, in the laast analysis, all pow
er is vested in the Pope who claims
for himself, as the head of his
church, infallibility, and that this is
an accepted dogmaa of his church,
having been so decreed in 1870. 1t
was also shown that in Protestant
ism Christ alone is head of the
churches, and that the open Bible is
the only rule of faith and life for
Christ's followers.
I come now to discuss, in the same
kindly spirit, the Papal Infallibility
and certain great problems growing
out of it for all people, and espe-
cially for the American people
AS the basis of this study I have
selected those famous words of
Jesus: Render, therefore, unto
Caesar the things that are Caesars:
and unto God the things that are
Gods"
In crisis in Christ's life His enc
mics sought to entangle Him in
questions of Jewish and Roman law.
They asked Him: ''Is it lawful to pay
tax unto Caesar or not?" If He shall
answer: ITO Cesar the enemies
will say: "He is not loyal to God"
If He shall say: mot to Caesar"
they will say: 'He is in rebellion
against the Roman government" He
answered: Render unto Caesar the
things that are Caesars; and unto
God the things that are Gods" In
this sentence, once for all time, so
far as Christ was concerned, He
drew the line which should separate
Church and State. The church is of
God and has it's mighty work to do.
The State is the reign of Civil Law
and has it's mighty work to do. Both
are for the good Of man and the
glory of God, but each has a specific
duty to perform, and neither should
assume to do work of the other.
They are both essential to the pro-
gress Of man, just as two parallel
tracks of q railroad are essential to
the going Of the engines. If, how
ever, one track rail gets misplaced
and bent into the other the engine
will be wrecked. SO, when the
Church and State get mixed up in
stead Of each running it's own track
there is sooner or later a terrible
wreck. A clash, a smash up in his
tory, and both Church and State are
greatly hindered in their progress.
In some cases it has taken centuries
to repair the damage done by the
wreck.
In discussing the questions of 9TH
er churches generally, one can dis
cuss clean cut religious issues; but
in the very nature Of the case, in dis
cussing Roman Catholicism one has
to study questions which that
church, by it's claims of infallibility
has mixed. These questions touch
our very hearthstones. On the one
side, religiOusly; and on the other,
gOvcrnmentally. To discuss them,
even fraternalIy, sometimes engen-
ders bitterness. To refuse to study
them is to invite ruin.
1. Take the problems of religious
home life.
The Pope claims infallibiIity, he
takes the place of God on earth, by
his own claims and the decree of the
Roman Catholic church in 1870.
Therefore, he assumes to govern
the home life of the people.
His throne is in the Vatican, in
Rome, Italy, but he claims that his
throne must rule the world. The
United States has made the marriage
contract both civil and religious. 1t
is wholly civil in that the State
grants the license. 1t is religio-
civil in that the ceremony is legal if
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