The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1916-11-18
ROMAN BISHOP BRAzENLY DEFIES
THE LAW OF GREAT COMMONWEALTH

Ger 10 the heads of al tAs Institutions
In Georgia, under his jurisdietioa, which
come within the sooPe of the vsArsy act.
Hatred Of Popular Sovereignty
The bishop in thus insolently set
ting the whim and wish Of auto
cratic Rome ADORE fAs statutes Of
ihs sorsrcigH state Of Georgia. seeks
to justify his lawlessncss under the
prcicxt that he regards the law
framed 10 protect helpless and de-
fenseless children from possible
abuses and wrongs as unconstitu-
tional. Until the supreme court
passes on the present law, q Is ne
law Of Georgia, supreme in its
claim on all law-abiding citizens
and this defiance Of that law proves
the truth Of the contention of true
Americans and patriots that Rome
Is at pdr against the fundamental
principles Of our government, and
The sovereignty Of TIE people.
Boniface's Bull
The bishop while thus defying
the law, adds insult to injury by
actually oondescending to permit ne
duly qualified state officials 10 do
heir sTorn duty, one fine, provided
they act under he's conditions and
stipulationS. II is difficult TO be-
lieve that q representative Of the
hierarchy would have the hardihood
TO thus insult the Legislature and
the governor and express his con-
tempt for popular sovereignty and
the orderly expression Of law, in a
democratic commonwealth that has
so freely accorded TO his un-demo-
cratic church all the freedom and
rights enjoyed by the law-abiding
non-political churches.
But this lawless attitude Of this
representative Of the hierarchy ia
valuable as showing indifferent and
Rome drugged Protestants that the
boasts that the papacy never changes
is not q vainglorious and shallow
contention. 1t shows that her theory
and position today is at heart the
same as when pope Boniface VIII
promulgated his infamous bull,
IMAM SdHctdm, which contains the
following verbatim utterance.
"ln this church and in its power
are two swords-to-wit, a spiritual
and a temporal, and this we are
taught by the words of the GOSPEL.
'H' Both, therefore, the spiritual
and the material swords, are in the
power Of the church, the latter in
deed to be used for the church, the
former by the church, the one by the
priest, the other by the hands Of
kings and soldiers, but by the will
and sufferance Of the priest. Il is
fitting, moreover, that one sword
should be under the other, and the
temporal subject to the spiritual
power. ." +" We moreover proclaim.
declare, and pronounce that it il
altogether necessary for salvation
for every human Being to be subject
to the Roman pontiff.S
How perfectly the above accords
with the spirit Of Bishop Keiley's
defiance Of the civil law in Georgia.
This contempt for civil power and
assumption of the right Of the Ro-
man church to refuse to recognize
the law as enacted by q sovereign
state pending an appeal to the hiSh-
er courts which the bishop voices
in letter soon to follow, Is merely a
tDsHtieth century expression Of pope
BOHifdes's thirteenth century bun.
In the old days the church had the
power to use and did use, the tem-
poral sword. The state was her
bondseryant. Today the Roman
hierarchy is seeking to make This
lrepubhc the b0ndserrdnt Of the 10
man church, and pending that hour,
she finds it impossible to refrain
from expressing her dge-long con-
tempt for popular Sovereignty while
emphasizing her contention that
the will of the church is Superior
10 the imperial will Of the sovs.-
eigns of a great commonwealth as
expressed in a law enacted BY q
sweeping majority Of the lawmakers
and approved by the governor Of the
state. In this present attempt to
thwart the will Of the people and
break up the democratic theory OF
government we see THE REAL
SPIRIT OF ROME.
Rome VS.. Georgia
When the sovereign people Of q
commonwealth pass a measure
through their Representatives and
senators, and that bill receives the
Signature Of the governor Of tha