The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-12-17

uDu0r
of eternal punishment to send their
children to Catholic schools wher-
ever they are within reach. The
Third Plenary Council of Baltimore
reaffirmed the position of the church
in this matter and again commanded
all Catholic parents to send their
children to the parOchial schools,
unless they provide sufficiently and
fully for their Christian education
at home or at other Catholic schools.
1t further provides that the parish
priest who is negligent in his sup
Port to these schools should be re-
moved from that church.
d. Also, as we saw on last Sum
day night, the character of the edu-
cation in these parochial schools is
antiQuated and greatly inferior to
that offered in the public schools.
e. Much might be said here of
the manner in which the Roman
church is attempting by direction
and indirectiOn to divert public
funds for the support of their
schools, Gin which they are distress
ingly unsuccessfuD but that would
be foreign to our purpose just now.
Our proposition was to prove that
there is absolutely no liberty Of
mind, thought, or opinion given by
the Catholic church except within
certain circumscribed limits and be-
yond this, they dare not go. This
is obvious from the official laws and
declarations just referred to.
2. Religious Liberty.-The first
amendment to the Constitution of
the United States which says, Con
SreSs shall make no law respecting
the establishment of religion or the
prohibiting the free exercise there
OF, has been rendered poWerless so
far as the Catholics Of our country
are concerned. Religious liberty is
q right only in theory to members
Of the Catholic church. It is privi-
lege they are never allowed to prac-
tice. That church claims the right
TO control the conscience, as we'll as
the mind Of man. If it were not for
the power Of Professionalism in Amer
lea not one Of us, whether Catho-
lie or Protestant, would be allowed
even a show of religious liberty and
coul d not boast, as we now do, that
we are allowed to worship God ac-
cording to the dictates of our own
consciences. Let us see as to that:
Bishop O'COnnor, of Pittsburg said,
Religious liberty is merely end ured
until the opposite can be carried in
to effect without peril to the Catho-
lie world" Father Hecker said,
"The day will come when Roman
Catholics will take this country and
build their institutions over the
grave of Professionalism, and then re-
hgious liberty is at an end" Cardi-
nal Manning states that, ''The church
has the right, in virtue of her divine
commission, to require of every one
to accept her doctrine"
Listen for moment to the Cath
Ollie press OH the subject of religious
liberty. The New York Tablet says,
They have, as Protestants, no au-
thority in religion, and count for
nothing in the Church of God They
have from God no right for propa-
gandism, and religious liberty is in
no sense violated when the national
authority closes their mouths and
places of holding forth" The Shep-
herd of the Valley, of st. Louis,
said, eff Catholics ever gain a sufTi-
cient majority in this country, reli-
gious freedom is at an end so say
our enemies; SO we believe
Lest the Catholics should claim
that these expressions are eX-cathe-
rda and without authority from the
head of that church, we quote from
the Popes themselves: Pope Plus
TX ''7Tbo por,oo,, n