Year: 1870

been drawn up by the Papal authorities
setting forth "the principal errors of ou
age, which plus TX lin his long pontii
cate, has had occasion to refute or de
nounce In allocutions or encyclicaI or 9th
er apostolical letters.


There are great many of these
errors, for the age is an active one
and It's civilization has taken many
forms. Eighty distinct propositions are
set forth in the not very elegant Latin
of the syllabus" as pernicious errors,
with references to the documents in
which Plus has exposed them besides
many more which arc limited at in the
notes. 1t is now proposed to adopt the
Syllabus "afimatively" in the ecu
menical Council-that is to embody. as
essential doctrines in the Catholic creed
the opposite of all the propositions here
contained. This makes some of them in
tercsting. For instance, among the
errors denounced are these:
XIII. That the method by which the
ology was studied by the ancient scholas-
the wants Of our times and the progress
Of science.


XIV. That every man is free to en-
brace and profess whatever religion he, in
the light OF reason, regards as true
XVI. That men may find way of
| salvation in any relation.
XVII. That at least there is good hope
for the salvation Of those who are not
found In the true Church of Christ.
xviii. That Protestan tism is but an
| other form of the true Christian religion,
in which, as well as in the Catholic
Church. it is possible to please God.
XIV. That it is not in the province
of the Church to apply force. nor does
1t possess any temporal power, direct or
Indirect


AAXV. That nothing prevents the
removal, by the act of general council
or of the people of the Church, or of
the supreme Pontifcate from the bishop
and the city of Rome to another bishop
and another city.


Kill. That in conflict between the
civil and the ecclesiastical law, the former
should prevail.


Xiv. That the civil authorities may
NEEDLE with things which concern relig.
ion, morals and spiritual discipline may
judge upon pastoral instructions officially
given as rule Of conscience or make
DEGREES upon the administration of the
divine sacraments and the dispositions
necessary for receiving them.


xiv. That the control of public
schools, in which the youth of any Chris
tian state are taught, with perchance the
exception ofEpiscopal seminaries, can and
ought to rest with the civil authorities,
and that so exclusively that no other
authorities be permitted to meddie with
the course of instruction. the discipline of
the scholars, the conferring of degrees
or the selection and approval of teach
ers


LV. That Church and State ought to
be separated.


LXV. That it must not be believed
that Christ raised marriage to the dignity
OF sacrament. --. d


LXXIII. That the force of a mere
civil contract can constitute true mar
riage among Christians; that contract
of marriage between Christians is not
always sacrament, or that there is any
contract at all if the sacrament is exclud-
ed.


LNAIV. That causes which are strict
ly matrimonial, and concern matrimonial
duties or relations, fall within the pro-
vince of civil tribunals.


LXXVI. That the abolition OF the
temporal power cf the Apostolic See
would greatly conduce to the freedom
and prosperity of the Church.
LXXNII. That it is praiseworthy in
certain countries of Catholic name to
provide that men who emigrate thither
shall be free TO worship according to
their own belief


LINK. That it is false that civil lib
erty in matters Of worship. and the full
power of openly and publicly declaring
any convictions, conduce to the consump-
ton of the morals and the minds of the
people, and to the propagation of the
pest of indifferentism


The adoption of the Syllabus "afirma-
lively by the Council will bind every
Catholic, then, to the opposite of each of
these declarations. Every member of
that church will then be compelled either
er to abandon it or to put himself in
direct antagonism to religious feedom,
to secular education, and to republican
government in almost all it's applica-
tIOnS