Year: 1879




hath equally care of al. But greater punshmen
is ready for the more mighty. If, nevertheless. it
should happen at time taat public power shonld bo
welded rashly and immoderatey by princes the teach


ing OF the Catholic church does not suffer subjects
to rise up against them, lest the tranquility of civil
order be more and more perturbed, or lest society
ters to that pass that 20 other hone Of safetv IL
visible it teaches that the remedy i, to be hasteed
by the merits Of Christian patience and by impor-
tunae prayer to God. But if the DEGREES Of iegisIo
tors and princes shall sanction anything or shall com
| msnd anything which is repugnant to the divine or
the natural law the dignity of the Christian name
ought to obey God rather than men,


THE QUESTION MARRIAGE.


Moreover, this salutary virtue Of the church Which
rebounds to the most we-ordered rule and preserva
ton OF civil society, domestic society Also which is
he germ OF every state and kingdom, of necessity
brethren, that the true foundation of this society," ac-
cordng to the necessity OF natural law, u the first
place, grounded in the indissoluble union Of man
and woman, and is built UP in the mutual duties and
obligations existing between parents aud children
masters and servants. You know also that this is al


most swept away by the maxins of socialism; just as
also the trmness being lost which it acquires from
religious marriage, necessarily the very authority of
the father the child and the duties of the child
towards it's parents are greatly relaxed On the other
hand, the church teaches that "marriage ia
ALL which in the very beginning OF tile world God
himself instituted and irreyocaby decreed for the
propagauon and preservation of the human race, has
been given an even greater strength aud sancty ly
Christ who conferred uponit the dignity of q sacra
ment and wille that it should typlty his own union
with the church; the apostle teaching us that as
Christ is the head Of the church SO is the man tlo
head OF the woman, and the church is subjected to
Christ, who embraces her with tho most chaste and
perpetual love, also it fitting that woman shoulI
be subject to their own husbands, and by them in
| turn should be cherished with faithful and con-
stant affection. Likewise, the church SO 1node,ates
master that it is sufficiently strong to keep sons and
servants III their duty yet does not pass Just bounds
For, according to Catholic teachings the authority
! OF the heavenly father aud Lord flows down 10
parents and masters, which that account not ONLY
takes from him its origin and strength but also nece-
sary borrows its nature i'll kind Hence the apostle
exhorts children "to obey their parents in the Lord
and to honor their father and their mother which il
the first commandment with rromlse.' But to
parents he gives this command: "And you, fathers,
provoke not your children to anger but bring them
up III the discipline and correction of the Lord
Again. to servants and masters by the same apostle
the divine precept is given that the former be obed-
flesh, as to Christ With p pooI ~ wiz, SIn
serving as to the Lord " but that the masters "for-
pear threatenngs knowing that the Lord of all is i'll
neayen and there is 10 respect Of persons with tod.
1t all these preceps diligently observed by all
whom they concern, according to the ordinance of
the divine will assuredy every family woua present
certain image of the celestial home. and thn re
markable benefits having their source there would
not be confined within the homo walls alone but





themselves.


AS TO THE RIGHTS OF PROPERTY.


Moreover Catholic wisdom, resting upon the pre-
cepts Of natural and divine law provides also most
skilfuly for public and domestic tranquility y those
principles which she holds and teaches concerning
the right OF ownership, and the partition of goods
which are required for the necessities and uses of
life. For while the socialists traduce the law of
property as j human invention repl,gnant to the
natural equality of men, and, desiring community of
goods, hold that poverty should not be borne with
contenct mind, and that the possessions AMI rights
Of the rich may be violated with m,nlny the church
mucl. better and more usef,,y, recognizes the inc
4ualty among men, naturally diverse in strength of
body and mind III the possession OF goods Also and
commands that the right of property and MASTER
snip derived from nature itself shall be held intact
and lnVlolate by all; for she knows that theft
aud rapnc were so forbidden by God, the
author and executor of all law, that it is
not permitted even to desire the possession of an
other, and thieves and robbers not less ilan almI-
tcrers, will be shut ont from the heavenly Kingdom
Yet does not their loving mother neglect the care of
the poor or cease to take thought for their necessi
t1cs nay, even embracing them with the deepest ia
ternal Affection and well knowing them to bear the
likeness Of Christ himself, who considers anything
given by any one, to the least poor men, as Il
kindness done to himself. She holds them in great
honor assists them in all the ways she can fakes
care that homes and hospitals shall be erected III all
parts OF the earth for their reception nourislinct
and cure. She urges the rich with the wrishtiest
precel to give their suerfuity to the poor and She
threatens them with the Divine judgment, by which.
unless they succor the wants of the needy, they
shall be punished with eternal tortnrcs. Moreover
she greatly rejOices and solaces the minds of the
poor, either by holding before them the examples of
Christ who, although he WAS rich, for our sake be-
came roor; or, reminding them Of his words, how
he called the poor blessed, and bade them hoIc for
the tue rewards Of eternal happiness. Who now does
not see that this is tho best way of composing that
ancient struggle between the poor and the fic? For
SO the very evidence Of things and facts demons
srtes that this way being rejected or sighted QUO
OF TWO tmngs necessarily happens that either tho
greatest part OF the human race falls back into tho
basest condition OF Slavery, which prevailed for too
iong time among races, or that human society is
and robDeries-such as we grieve TO have seen hap
pen even i'll recent times. Since these things arc 80
venerable, brether we, whom in a manner rests
the government of the whole church, from the he
ginning Of the pontcatc, to peoples and princes
tossed by dreadful tempsts we have pointed ont the
now, i'll this latter day of dangerous confusion we
again lift our apostolic voice to them; and again,
ana again We pray them, as they value their own
and listen to the church, who has deserved 20 well
for her contribution to the prosperity of kingdoms
as teacher; let them perceive that the principles
OF government and religion joined together
| that by how much the church is diminished by so
much, have weakened the loyalty Of the subjects and
the majesty Of sovereignty: And when they shall
greater strength for avertng the pest of socialism
than is in human laws or in the alliances of nagis-
trates or in the arms of soldiers they will then at
length, restore the church to that condition of lib
erty wherein che can happily communicate her own
health giving force to all human society.


INVOKING THE BISHOPS TO ACTION.
You, venerable brethren, who have seen the origin
and growth of these invading evils, strive with all
energy aud ardor of souls that the Catholic doc
tnne may make it's way aud descend deep into the
minds OF ALL Strive that even from tender years all
shall learn to embrace God with lal love and to hal
low His name; to give honor to the majesty of princes
and laws to refrain from cupidy, and to diligently
guard the order which God has established both
in civil and in domestic society. Moreover, yo,,
ought to labor that Of the Catholic church shall
not dare either to join or any way favor the abhorred
sect; nay, more, that by virtuous actions and by
honesty in all things, they shall show how we'll and
happily human society would get along if the single
members sllone forth resplendent.


At time when the followers of socialism are most
zcalously seeking, out of the human race those who
practice trades, and who being very weary Of toll are
easily allured by the hope riches and the promise
OF good things, seems opportue to So
cieties of artiiicers and workingmen which, being
founded under the watchfu Of religion shall
make all the associated members concnted with their
lot and patient in labor, and shall incline them to the
leading of quiet and tranquil life.


On our and your undertakings, venerable brethren,
may He breathe, to whom forced to refer the
beginning and accepted end of every good work. For
the rest the very nature Of these days in which the
anniversary Of the Lords nativity is celebrated, III
spires lis with the hope Of Ills speedy help. For it
bids us also hope that salvat on. which the n-
fant Christ brought to world already growing old,
and almost fallen into the extreme of misery, and it
promises that to us also He will give the peace which
| then He announced to man by the angels: "Tor
neither is the hand of the Lord shortened that it can
not raise, Ills heavy that He cannot hear"
Therefore in these most auspicios days. praying for
you venerable brethren and for the faithful Of your
churches all happy and joyful we earnestly pray tho
aver of all good things that again the goodness and
kindness of our Saviour may appear to men who has
translated us from the power Of the direful enemy
into the most noble dignity of His own children.
And that We may more quickly and fully obtain
desire, do you yourselves venerable brethren, with
US address fervd prayers to the Lord and seek tho
patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary, immaculate
from birth aud Of her spouse, Joseph, and of tho
blessed apostles, Peter and Paul. in whose interccs
sions We greatly trust. In the meanwhile, as an
auspice of the divine bountics to you, venerable
brethren, and to your clergy, and to all faithful peo
pies in the Lord, inpart with the sinceres afec-
ton of our heart, the apostolic beneliction.


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