Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-03-18

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Oh my countrymen, Is this Ameri.
ca? Can it be that under the Flag
of Freedom our free public school is
to be debauched and strangled;
that the great fundamental prin-
ciple Of separation of Church
and State is to be set at
naught; that liberty must die that
prestcraft may live? Can 1t be that
America can forget herself: that she
Is to be added to the catalogue of re-
publics the inscription OF whose ruin
is: "They were, but they are not?"
Can 1t be that the light of liberty
which she has held aloft is to be OBJ
scured by corruption and sink down.
down, down, into the darkness and
death of medieval superstitution and
despotism?
And oh, my countrymen, what can
we say to these petty-minded Protest
| ants who. for the sake of a few paltry
| dollars which they have improperly
| received and hope to further receive
| in aid of some private school, will
| lend aid to the continuance of the
principle that promotes SO great a
wrongr
The Protestant has nothing to fear.
! He has no Pope to damn him to all
eternity if he disobeys If the Pro-
testant disregards the principle of sep
aration Of church and state it Is pure
| ly from selfish motives; while the poor
Roman Catholic fears that power
which he vainly imagines can consign
| him to He'll.
When Nicholas Breakspear, an Eng
| lishman, was made Pope of Rome In
| 1854, to become known as Adrian. ",
! he bestowed the sovereignty of Ireland
upon the King Of England. Henry IT.
and by that act condepned Ireland to
| live in subsection for more than seven
! hundred years. And yet the Roman
| Catholic Irishman, who would tell YOU
today that an Englishman never had a
right to damn anybody, is the most
ardent believer in the papal power and
its infallibility that the world sup.
plies. Such is the perversity of the
human mind and the power Of super
| Stitious fear.
The canon law IS the law OF the
Church of Rome. No priest or prelatt
dare deny its authority. And Yet the
canon law declares that: "All human
power is from evil. and must, there
fore, be standing under the Pope
| Also, "The temporal powers must act
| Internationally, in accordance Will
the orders of the spiritual" Also
1.-The church has the right to practice
| the unconditional censure of books.
| Also: 1.-THE Pope has the right to an
nul state laws, treaties, constitutions
etc: to absolve from obedience there
to- as soon as they seem detrimental
to the rights of the church, or those
of the clergy" These quotations from
the Canon Law come from DR.. G. F
Won Schultz, professor of canonica
law at Prague, and their accuracy
cannot be disproven.
Pope Plus IX, in the syllabus o
Errors" states that 1t is an error tt
| teach that: "In the case of conflicting
laws between two powers. the civil
law ought to prevail" Also, the 'Syl
labus" says that it is an error to teacl
that "The ecclesiastical power mus
not exercise its authority without tht
permission and assent of the civil gov
ernn1ent."
Let us now turn to another and Still
later authority. I have before. me {
book entitled Manual of Christian
Doctrine" And this is the book. Thi:
book is published by John Joseph Nc
Vey of Philadelphia. Pa. under dat
of 1928. and the preface declares that
This book is intended as a manual o.
religious instruction not only in th'
novitiates and scholasticates of teach
ing congregations. but also in th'
classes of high schools, academies ant
colleges"
This book is passed by the censor
and bears the endorsement of d. j
Dougherty, archbishop of Philadelphia
The book is published in the form o.
questions and answers. From them
take the following:
paoa OMaStia, fb,
Pope possess none but spiritual pow
err" Answer: He also possesse:
temporal power in the states OF th'
church.
Question: "Why is this power legit
imate?" Answer: because it rest:
on the best possible titles cD Or
the election and choice of those ma
tions which. when abandoned by thu
emperors of the East, sought refug'
under the protection of the Popes; g,
On the just conquests of Pepin ant
Charlemagne and on the free grant o.
the Countess Matilda; (S) On pre-
scription Of over ten centuries"
Question: "Why is this power ne
cessary?" Answer: in the presen
state of human affairs. this SOY
ereignty is absolutely necessary fo
the good of the Church and the fret
| government OIL SOulS.
We now turn to page 1872 and flnt
a heading which reads: Union o
Church and State" From unde
that heading we take the following
questions and answers
Question: what more should th'
State do than respect the rights ant
liberty of the Church," Answer
"The State should also aid, protec
| and defend the Church.
Question: "On what IS this dut!
founded?" Answer: "On the obliga
ton Of civil society to profess reli
gion. For, since nations come from
the Creator. they owe Him, as ma
tions. alteration, love and obedience
just as do individuals"
( Question: what then is the prima
obligation of heads of States?" Ans
wc:: Their principal obligation il
to practice the Catholic religion
themselves. and, as they are in pow
er. to protect and defend it,"
Question: Has the State The
right and duty to prescribe schisn
or heresy?" Answer: Yes, it ha:
the right and the duty to do SO botf
for the good of the nation. and fol
that of the faithful themselves; TO,
religious unity is the principal foun
dation of social unity"
You understand that by "schism OF
heresy' is meant any religion Other
than Roman Catholicism. That state.
ment simply means that they claim
the right to prohibit all other reli.
gions. All Protestants are consid
cred heretics by Rome.
Question: when may the State
tolerate dissenting worship?" Ans.
wcr: when these worships have ac-
quired a sort of legal existence con-
secrated by time and accorded BY
treaties or covenants"
Question: May the State separ-
ate itself from the church," Ans.
Mer. "NO hecauSe ii rnaN nnf nuitlh