Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-18

| believe in the right OF temporal
power just as strongly as she did IN
| the dark ages, let them consult the
Evangelical Letters OF Pope Leo
| XIII"
This question is Of too great i'm
portance to be treated either lightly
| or inadequately. II the Church OF
| Rome, by her own laws and her own
utterances, is shown to believe that
| she has a right to temporal power,
which means the right to control
over civil affairs as we'll as affairs
which relate wholly to her doctrines
and the government of ecclesiastical
! affairs; and also is shown to disbe-
| lieve and oppose the principle OF
separation of Church and State, then
by her own words does she stand
| convicted and condemned as an en-
emy of those great and fundamental
principles of human rights which
| were placed in the Federal Constitu-
ton by our forefathers.
People are SO prone to question or
to deny the accuracy of quotations
regarding the Roman Church that
| will state that l am now going 20
quote from The Great Encycltcll
Letters Of Pope Leo XIII, published
by RenZigar Brothers, passed by the
Censor. and bearing the signature OF
Jno. NJ. Farley. Archbishop of New
York"
From pages 113 and ia we read:
"In very truth Jesus Christ gave 10
His apostles uprestrained authority
in regard to things sacred, together
with the genuine and most true
power of making laws, as also the
twofold right of Judging and punish
ing, which flow from that power.
,s-% l,o anf n n
State, that is to be mans guide to
Heaven. 1t is to the Church that
God has assigned the charge of see
ing and legislating for all that con-
Germs religion: of teaching all ma
tions; of spreading the the Christian
faith as widely as possible; in short,
of administering freely and without
hindrance, in accordance with her
own judgment. all matters that fall
within her competence"
Now this authority, perfect in II
self, and plainly meant to be un-
fettered. so long assailed by philo-
Sophy that truckles to the State, the
Church has never ceased to claim
for herself and openly to exercise.
The apostles themselves were the
first to uphold it, when. being for
bidden by the rulers of the Syna-
gogue to preach the Gospel, they
courageously answered, We must
obey God rather than men," This
same authority the holy Fathers OF
the Church were always careful to
maintain by weighty arguments, ac-
cordinG as occasion arose, and the
Roman Pontiffs have never shrunll
from defending it with unbending
constancy. Nay, more, princes and
all invested with power to rule have
themselves approved 1t, in theory
alike and in practice. 1t cannot be
called in question that in the max
ing of treaties. in the transaction Of
business matters in the sending and
receiving ambassadors. they have
been wont to treat with the Church
, as with q supreme and legitimate
power. And assuredly it ought TO
hold that it was not without n sim
gular disposition of Gods providence
| that this power of the Church was
| provided with civil sovereignty as
} the surest safeguard of her indepen-
dencC."
Please note carefully those words:
Civil sovereignty"
On page 125 Leo quotes Gregory
XVI as saying: Nor can We hope
: for happier results either for reli-
/, | sun VI lpl lilS CINIi SpN tl iItlIN.Il
from the wishes of those who desire
that the Church be separated from
the State
Again, On page 159 Fope Leo
; says: Wherefore civil society
must reverence His power and au-
thority. Justice, therefore, forbids
and reason itself forbids, the State
to be goddess; or to adopt line OF
action which would end in goddess
ness. namely, to treat the various
religions (as they call them) alike
and to bestcw upon them promis:
cuously equal rights and privileges
Since. then, the profession of one
religion is necessary in the State
that religioa must be professed
which alone is true. and which :;
1ecognized without difficulty. espec-
tally in Catholic states, because th1
marks of truth are, as it were, en-
craven upon it,
what he terms the worst kind ct
Liberalism" Leo saws: From this
teaching, as from its source ana
principle. flow that fatal principla
of the separation OF Church and
State"
Mr.. Speaker. I have now proven
: from her own mouth that the Roman
. Church stands opposed to religious
, liberty, that she stands opposed Il
our public schools, that she is OPP
POSED to separation of Church and
| State. and that she claims the right
to temporal power. But there are n
! Maine. as elsewhere, petty minded
politicians who would sell their
: skulls Gf they had any fc.. votes
as Judas sold his master These
spineless creatures cringe at the very
! thought of losing vote by standing
for principle. but l predict that
, very few such will be found in this
Legislature.
'But why hasten"o ask those who
would temporize, as Nero fiddled
) while Rome burned Maine" say
/ they, "is not in danger Even il
Maine were not in danger it would
be a towards plea. Eut even Maine
!, is in danger.
There arc some thousands of chill
J dren in Maine attending a so-called
public school, held not in public
: school buildings but in buildings OF
the Roman Church, taught by Cath
Ole Nuns or Sisters" hired as
public school teachers. and who give
religious instruction to the scholars
In the school rooms, following the
| AHS't uIbIOIt lHcTG Is also 4
persistent demand for a division of
the public school funds and a diver
sion of them to parochial schools.
For a moment let us turn to the
false plea that there is a moral ad
vantage in having children educated
IN parochial schools, and under the
teachings of the Roman Church.
Judge Collins, himself a Catholic
Judge of the Juvenile Court in New
fork City, reports that OF 145. 900
cases brought up each year in the