The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-04-26
is II PATRIOTIC TO OPPOSE
RIGHTS GUARANTEED BY THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE
UNITED STATES?

rope PluS TX. relGnGd up to 1873;
in his syllabus Of Errors" he says,
cit (thc State) has not the right to
assert the supremacy of it's own laws
when they come in conflict with the
ecclesiastical law" That is, the law
of the church of Rome.
1t was under the reign of Pope Leo
XIII that Bishop Benz. ]. Kelley was
made prince" of the Roman Cath
oiic system. This pope died in 1908;
he wrote number Of letters adj
dressed to the world. many of which
have been printed in book form, and
can be secured from Benziger Bros,
Publishers to the Holy See," New
York. From this book, The Great
EnCyClical Letters of Pope Leo XIII.
the following present laws Of the
Catholic church are cited:
The Pore's Arrogant Claim of Power.
eve hold upon this earth the place
of God Almighty.' P. 304 cit be-
longs to the pope 49, to show ##
what It is necessary to do" ?. 1874
Marriage Law OF the Catholic Church.
Referring to marriage under civil
Or State law, he says that having put
ii ION the same footing with mere
civil contracts. the lamentable result
followed, that, outraging the dignity
Of Christian matrimOny, citizens
made use of legalized concubinage."
P. IS. SHOULD WE 'ILLEGITI-
MATES HEAR THE BISHOP?
Attack 0n Public School System.
All free schools provide for 'the
goddess education of youth. p 1872.
He says that the Catholic church is
''the greatest and most reliable
teacher Of mankind, and i'll her
dwells an inyiolable right to teach.
F. 1874
The Catholic church presumes to
define TRUTH, then declares 'fto al
low people to go unframed who yio-
late or destroy it, would be most i'm
piOus, most foolish, and most inhu-
man" r. 1873. The supreme teacher
in the church is the Roman POntif.
p 1873
Roman:sm Stands for Union of
Church and State.
whatsoever is separated from the
church is united to an adulteress."
P. 358.
"That kind of civilization which
conflicts with the doctrines and laws
of holy church is nothing but
worthless imitation and a meaning
less name p. -.
ITO wish the church to be subject
to the civil power ** is a great
folly and sheer injustice" P 1874.
"Those favoring separation of
Church, and State yearn for q shame
less f3orty:l", P. 125.
ltoneaSs: >Attacis on Constitutional
Liberties.
szsISsis@q1ite unlawful to demand,
de eael{S oi<Yto grant unconditional
freed Chr. Of Thought, Of speech, of
u, Writing.or%Qf worship" P. 1G1.
on pa r. z s, this pope says, ut
is not lawful for the State 81 to
hold in equal favor different kinds of
religion: "# thinking and making
~ known ones thoughts is not III
herent IN the rights Of Citizens"
Are Roman Catholics Subject to
StaGS l-aW?
eff the laws Of the State are mani
testify at variance with the divine law,
containing enactments hUrtful to the
church. or conveying :njunctions ad-
verse to the duties imposed by reli-
giOn or if they violate in the person
of the supreme Pontif the authority
of Jesus Christ, then, truly, to resist
becomes a positive duty, to obey,
crime" P. 1875.
FreemasOnPy.
Masons ALLOW no dogma Of reli-
gion or truth which cannot be under
stood by the human Intelligence"
mr.. &.