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Sorning Star and Catholic Messenger. 1~LIRD tVRrT SUNDAT MOsRGIO. 'REV. A. J. RYAN, eas er O 1Iesar !o0 PAPER.l IT ar Y IL TO ONI ADDILU .. «Cop * ................... 1 Tw es " . .......***..... :... n·00 No erders will receive attention unless so ompaneaed by the eash. Ageas ir the star. . . l *alArV, Frsnkln. Saar. DuecAw, B3'tori Nodpga. W. Boauraouf ti, NgtI ' ftotbee, La. -A. Iawe a, eomnew Masket and Twepty-I * aso ts. J. J. O'CoxzLL, BSavannah. one3 Nl4MLsol, Mason, Oa~ sowLn CAROLWA. bIsrHasI )MoLouylTharleston. Sied...... Ft Sunday. Feb{. ,.SM*L hsriw tL1tep ad Ce. To avoid unneesesary delay, all letters, communiaetions and post-office orders should be addressed "Editor Morning Star." Letter FPlm Us Graee, the elot Rev. rohbbishop of New Orleans. We believe it iaportast that we should call the attention of the faeitHt to the no cetly of austaatnig tbhe . lAt pree, 4sespsctair that of thbit tioyt. S,ýTh, pres lisa Alrays ezeracise8 Au 3ml mense iufaea~q, whether for good or for SevIl; but owing to the pervrreity o our ':A4*bt , so proouadly corrapted, se atog-. 1pIlimKed to what is wrong, t i- iaened s aiuch more powerful for evilthan fpr good, tnmd if we sheild live a pluotre of the crimes which it isa prodpcel, it indeed would bea firightfl .ont. It is, therefore, the duty of every good ahobelie to suetain the religious press, now more thbn over, and in this ponnectioa we recommend, ih a partioelar manner, the eomanuo STAR, A journal published in our Archiepiscopal Oity with ear full ap probation. It has already rendered great service to the eause of religion, and is destined to render still greater one in the udetre. We shall be happy to see it pros per more and more, so that it may long continue to eubserve the iaterests of reli gion and of society. S$t N. J. PDHIeR, Arebiepiscopus, Neo AureliasenaIs. New Orleans, La., Feast of the Purifica tion of the Blessed Virgin, February, 2d, 1873. TAr PIROr*OATOR AND TUE MORNING STAR. We take peculiar pleasure in reproducing the following kind notice from our honored co. temporary the Prepesgter. We would hesitate topublish it if re could be sapposed thereby to endorse the idea of precedence which the humility of our neighbor would imply. But while aware that our greater space enables us to publish more matter than the Propeaeer, we are aware also of our inferiority ia eAitnrisl strength, now that our editor-ln-obleft sabent. We cannot, however, omit the opportunity of showing how amicably Catholic papers can occupy the same field without being Influenced by the feeling of rivalry: Tax MOR.L I STAR AND CATiOLIC Mueg.N o;na-On Last Sunday this sterling Catifolic paper eatered upon its sixth volume with a brightness of prospect, on which we beg its managers to eeoep our warmest congratula tioens. As a mere weekly newspaper, the Star is exceeding ieteresting, while as a Catholic family paper, we regard it as superior to meat, and second only to one, published in the United 8tatea. The exception here made is in fravor of the Catholic Rericw. Ci.ostmo or Trs DOInICAw MInsioN AND Faxr LccTRvx AT Trm CUacCn or ST. VINCIxrr E PAUL, TIURD DIsraICT.-The Msion at this church will close this, 8auday, evening at 7 o'clock. Father iooney, one of the Dominiocan Mtaslen ers will lecture, takingt fobr hi subject **The Spirits' World, or the teaobhipge of the Chabuh respecting the good and evil spirit.," A. this will probably b the lst time this year that our citareos will have an opportanity of bearing one of these eloquent priests, we have no doubt that the ohurh will be rewowled. There wilI be no ehagle for admIuire, but a c ollectlon will be$haon up to help to defray the expeaeees of the Mlim--. We return thanks to Mt.Doherty und Mrs. FPinaega, of the Vieet taMe, St. Therna'e Fair, for kinl.ramembranesl Friday aight. We did got oknow before that such champatmne sver foned iets way to Fairs, or thenoe to edito rial sanuctum.. There was something strange aboet that c.lnnpasgne. It would not foam a lt in th, Ibotle, btntpoOr it into a gire and it foamedl iteelf'brl$'ll away. It did not get a clance, however, to pD"y thlt Jriclk more than onquire theboys goS to understand ~ur ~ - :·r.~.~ me [From the teethwesern Preobyterla. l How Papal Inshtllbiity is Proved; and what Papal InfhUlllity mlens. 1. Father Wel or ewes urs thanks for bar lag reseed him frmobllivi. It is too bad that our neighbors should have sponged o :-him ea letsUy,.btidleng up, In iQnt, _ aeiýnMt ishr erdltioe, on the bhoe hapter they aoe so tore been pillaging from his now very learned book B thats p. It is now pla that after a llnthe ar.gs - ealy Jesuit argumeonst, and that Fater 'en ger is thei father of it It will now be what we meanby the prof. we bare th I in, from time to time, oT suit mend olj A Jesailt dvoeote ims nouaY ooei.eiod aes a asl of eae to be sudte. Jseultism and dd pliesiynn5lynbmy 1ne. Fo evdey puragrap. rebti. £l!gIn prloloEf J7r t~gli daoii y ,I ae preps o mum r seoe ua . eS mauk r ohe valued -a Joent( , mment. 3. We do not sied t askGOra ibat Won iger l., Yet rtatry's pubilsl stters coo tan oonoluelva and .abadast exposures of Wealos falhshoos A~sy e. can verify them-forot mesh.-Tis !taa4D0Ua faltl that Weberlr ls i Ioeta lspleo; and-wu leeky JusaitiFithou dlasorNea. What elew could Archbishop Kentrek call blo but a bIueilering ignoramus ? So much,. or W lenlrger f. t 3.'As to the share In this diseuss on, of the Paper under patomsage f Arebbilfep Perdhe it is simply a,,lApspt , to out :We)gpelr, Wn. iger. For instance voa i exposed the efforts t4 *elelZe Terti~oUn, aon we ohallenge ab txinat loo of the -f-togf of it on our files. OoealdewtbeWenlgtrfeul on thIs one pob*; 1. Tby aserted that Tertullian believed and taught papal utMiboility; 2. They declared thbwbalda sewsemoe to I what be never.sid; a, Ihs p l the nuno tation in our umtieat O.L 97b, they. faied our quotato to m it oerrespond to theit own; 4. TboJabe iLo Iyltin precisely the mnme warr at. 10 . th. ' ol eIr Paper of Sept. 5f, es ifto add stultifoation to fron they Rive the u ttatlo . sorreotly ". in tbei IPape of Del . 8b, the) p nbls without reply oer ms s oatf ful ~eetlod on their r. dn;. In their Papa of Deo. Id, the deny thee. seeateasas athley 1. And to thei .rq tand athnd theirs ta ide eal . We ils dd that In the some Paper ef *ov 10th, lydellberaely deesiove tbheir read by leaving out a pbaragraph denouncing their other quototious as franulent; 10. And in their Paper of Jan. Ith, they assre their ras derathat "we never eontroverted their other quotations." Leok of spaoe pirosnts our eaameratiog bther Weagerisms connected with this point In quantitly and quality they would astonish Weniger himself, We think however that ten 'Wenigerlsa in reference to a lingl point, is sufficient to enable say one to appreciate the truthfulness oftheir narrative. PRACTICAL IMrVALLIBUUTu. The absurdity of all the arguments addbced in favor of infllibility, show that the seal of its Jeenitical champlons grows, not out of seal for the trthof it, but out of zealt for the use to which it is to be applied. Accordin to Bishop Eieft'r t toeent address to the militant onion ofNews Orleans, "the duty of a Catholic is to do what the Church comUand, him to do." Aeordingto the new dogma, t pope is the Organ of the Church; the pope is lunliible; all the popeawmre Iiliblle. Their iojuoc. lose mlee be 9be r ed. Romish travelig lea turert tell cs that they are stIvianlg t pequre the soendenon of Ronmanism in this oometry. They tll ut they areisUrt to sedlaed.'. If they do, it will be their duty to cee that all the Ohureh-that iatbe pope-commands, or has commanded, be put into effect throughout the country. hue question at once anites. How would that mutt these who differ from Roman ists in matters of religlon LThey boast that the Church of Rome has never changed, and cannot obhange. Would not the ascendency of Romalism In that oase, revive the atrocities of the midle ades I This is a erelos. gueslon. Leo X in his ll of 1500 against Lather, says : "It is Clear as the seemday sn that the pepee my predecaeors, hare nerer erred us their ca nons or contlitutions." Plus 1X in his syllabus, says: "The popes ham naerer exceeded the limits of their power." We ask Intelligent Romanists toread with care, the following extracts from the Canon Law of the Romish Church. We would like to know whether they are willing by swallowing the dogma, to pl0dge themselves to aid in car rying out these atrocious, and devilish cruel tie, against any and all who teach or think differently from what the Romish Church preseribes f We quote from the edition of the Corpus Jorie uanonic--Body of Canon Law-pub lished A. D., 0 rep Gregory, XIII. Of course we are preparek to verify our citations. - DECRETALS OF GREGORY, IX.' Lmnas, V. TiTUrus, VII. CHPTr 9.--Lucius, III. For the destrsution of all who hold, or do not fear to teach otherwise than the most holy Roman Churob teaches ae observe, with res pect to the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, or of Baptism, or of Confession of sine, or of Matrimony, or of the other ecclesiastical sacraments ; or generally, whoever the same Roman Church, or individual bishops, with oouneel of cleries throughout their diocesee, or clerics themselves the bee being vaeuct with oonesel-ehould it be needful - of neighboring bishope, shall judge to be here ties,-we bind with the ohain of perpetual anathema. We nevertheless, by this present ordination enjoin, that whoever is evidently detected'in heresy, or coftused by the darkness of whatever religion be shall be stripped of all eeclesiastioal rank, Aespoiled of every ecolee imstical office and benefice, and relinquished to theseoulara thoritles for suitable punishment; unless after the rebuke of his error, imme diately and spontaneoaly he returns to the unity of the Catholic faith, and consent to publely adjure his error according to the judgment of the bishop, and exhibit suitable stisfaction. But a layman, unless-as has been already said, he immediately adjores his heresy, gives eatisfaction, and flees to the or thodox Talth, shall be left to the secular au thority,. to receive pnlshment according to the quality of his obme But if any who are noble, are found under esupecion merely, unless they bshow theIr ,cr sonal innooeneo by a sluitable purgation, o cordingl to the charater of the anspicion, the are suected to a similar sentene These o whoaft the baoaretio er ror, or who after -v a puatre themesby ele exasriuatieof haren: rdnopg to he a no the of the hat hmwati fol o th oran o-eam s ha equitd, mthe oreb enaist hbessalosea their s l se eatd bhtel geeiIfth and Bet if henora and ~Ioap of tCm b. e Buthed, r t be- which ahall oppoa sbe aemnds orb ab eontc'r to the sd nelttl1n of the Llsbew, shall neglect to punish these resiing thee., shall be depred f cos mea with othbr etles, and of the gtpioopal .dl .lt pu.,lht if tov are crempt from dlocese m wsUom uthayaiuaflenl~mtt to the i udgsnt CnasIsa 10. -is ceeaI eof d t sies to i-;uaslssasd; i* S ath f.e wrCrg of 4 t , Cumn, A CMA vosr is th'e MWtretithe sesrg of the aeler js. sfe o perates ereaA they Hare Cethe Innacenet il. l r to proceed, by tthe ora3sr ef the h a rh. c-ar may those goods be .nally re b etdA unless heartily reterning and roaeun i l thl hEstical assoiates, some one may ih toahowb them compasslon. So at lsest, eaijerals punl exmet bishal lay hold on those rwhom spiritual discipline does not correct.. For Marce according to legal sanctlons, the geods of those cpitally punished for tr.tsop re conflscated, and hbe lives of their ohiy ren ed only out of pity, how much more ought , who goingstray from the true faith, .ffendJMss Chiist the son of God, thoniour 'litb which' is Chrilt, be cut off by ecclesias tial severity, and be Loiled of thei: temporal ' loods, luassel as is far more grievous ,to lnjure the eternal majesty, than a temporal . , s tham disaleriting of children a sever it¥ylef ah ankin4ato excite the censure. of bet9rthbo4u as i[f bI lrtett o some, gt of duty, one aught In yanv respebt to oppese it. Snic In mhuy' y Oses-veu accrding to divine Judgment- hildrea for their fathere may be temporally pnnobhd; so aceording to eanosi cal laws, whenoves tsbment isepplied, it is J!p, lYy eagains,. the authors of crime, but ey. i oLaru thbe efb~en of those was are '*Th them be admonlu and persuaded, and 4Paeeebcs#y let' eelar author iies, whatever ad hy dishare, 'be compelled by ecclesl asieai snsurso, as they ay wish to hbe repu d.4 sad .atesmrd. litbhfl, to peblicly make othat all heeties found a scountries atth et belr juridctietn, when pointed oat by cdrc'h, hey will endeavor to eterminate 0 u e; ;so that, however, or whenever, any one be t autLhority, whether ssumed tempo a~jti, or petpesy, let him be required to earm b oath this a emet. Bet it the tempora Lsd requested sad admoelihed by the Churshall esset to purge his oountry Irom hsretioal depravity, let him be be snd with the chain of ezoommunleation by the me tropolitan and the co-provincial bishops; and *f a seer to gie satisfotion within a year, let it be rort d to the Pope, that he may de clare his 'als a#olved from their allei ane, and set forth his territory td be oecupled by Cathelles, wheefter having exterminated tlbhe esees, shall. hold it without opposition and prescvo it t pnariltof faith-saving the right of the svevsergp jorl, provided he op poses no obstacle ar blndrance to this ; the same law nevertheless is to be observed against those who bhvd no ospetior Lords. "Those Catholls 'who having assumed the cross have armed themselves for the extermi ustr-ofhburestes,ualt enjoy the esme tIdul. gene,. and be rewarded with the same holy privilege conceded to those bearing aid to the Holy land Moreover, we exeommunicate, believers, re ceivers, defenders and aiders of heretics ; firm ly, decreeing that if any such disdain giving satisfaetlan within year, by that aet he be comes infamous, nor may he be admitted to publidofflees or councils, nor to the election of others to effiee, nor as a witness; he also be sagamlaestCate, he can neither bequeath nor inberit No one is obliged to transact busi ness with him, though he may be compelled to respond by others. If, for instance, he be a Jndge, his sentence is without authority, and none may bring cases before him. If he be an advocate, let no one accept his support; if s notary let the Instruments of writing prepared by him be worthless, let them be damned with their damned author. In like eases let the same rule be observed. But if be be a cleric, let him be deposed from every office and benefioe, that where the fault is greater punishment may be greater. And if any, shall disdain to avoid those marked by the Ohuhb, let them also be struck with the sentence of excommunication until due satisfaction is made. Clearly the clergy may not give the sacraments of twe Church to these pestilents; nor presume to afford them Christian burial, nor receive their alms nor oblations; other wise let them be deprived of their olfee, to which they may never be restored, but by a special indulgence-of the Holy See; the same rules apply to the regular clergy, and their privileges ease in the diocese where they pre some to commit such excess. We add further that any Archbishop or bishop, by himself, his archdeacon, or other honorable and suitable persons, shall once or twice a year go around his parish where it is re orted heretics live, and there he may com en as witnesses, or if it seem expediedt, the whole neighborhood, to swear, whether there are any heretics there, or persons holding secret assemblies, or differ ing in life or manners from the faithful, and to point them out to the bishop. Then the bishop may convoke the aconused into his pres ence, who unless they purge themselves from the crime alleged, or if they relapse into their original Weidy, should be canonically punish ed. It ~rgetful of religion or through a damnable obetinacy, those cited, should refuse to swear, let them from this fact be regarded as also heretis. We will therefore and command and in vir tue of their obedience most strictly enjoin, that bishope in order to fulfill these rules eli casiously, shnuld watch their dioceses with diligenes, if they wish to ucsoe canonical vengeance. For f any bishop neglect or is re mis ooneeraing his oath to purge his diocese from heretical depravity when that shall cer tainly appear, he shall be deposed from his bishopric, and another suitable person shall be put in his place, who is willing and able to overthrow heretical depravity. CHAPTER 11. Advocates and notaries faroring teretics supesded from offe, etc., Innocent, II. Since a specialinjunction is more feared than a general command, we earnestly recommend to advocates and notaries, under no pretext whatever, to girvp aid, ceunsel, or favor, to heretics, or to those who believe in.them, their partisans or defenders; to afford thems no sup port, in laws sults, processes, or any litigations to not make for them oany public instnments nor writings whatever. Should you presume to act contrary to this, w e dere tl bsu e esospendesd from your office and dedhtto perpetual infamy. S Canhtnr 13.-- e rsame. We apthematise and exoomumnicate every he~~tasdioet tshe holy orthodox and _ Yilb mning all heretics of whatoe. ame, fuh g different faoes, but whose 5a m ti4 gether, sineu through vality th a ma nited. The demaned, the eoular powers being prdent, ae remitted to their execntloners to receivele punalshment, the priests to be first degehd fom-dtheir ordets; the oods of the laynete e o.dcatodethos os oth priests to b applir to the churhees from which they ft nobles are found simply under suspicion, untees they can show their innocence, by suit able purgation according to the weight of the suapeiion,and quality of the person, let them fall under the sword of the anathema, and let all avoid them till they have given complete saitsaottou, so that should they remain iii 4x eommuneatinsfor a year, let them thenocefesh be condemned as herMties. . CHnLPan li.-Gsr ssr i. t. tTssapinist,, - &rasdd jsm, s atd, aaall a tbeur by vbatever name V54 am eaued, tbeWaamoae diere4t, but ty are tid together by the tails tho oarmvni do they emregate. "Condetea by the Cf aflt them beraoleethbed to the mn.-t e~l***j;19,s P·D d* ae due Oplteon y say agreremr, however rat*I tnio meat was eonsrmed, toe soe a b tae man i Thbas a re slmet, o the v Crano Law of ri tties e intohe are absolved fromo e debtof idig ty, and from every Thes oare epesmn of the Can.o Law of aprit. That the lpqpes Idt o u e t4 to en foree.them with remorse ie!' r trylyis a fact ,tand upo, the aatute book waitta tbhhe op portunity when history ahall'repat itnlt: and Romanlsm sheall again rle the *orlde They are biding their timer Gregoey , pr nounces s ap aýytbea "g'ainos an b hoe an alter thema. o ee ,,,awl ilt is {lIr nOon day that the frataeis of the r .t er; e their powqr. ,.bn pot e iip ot were sllible-tmot eerpces omtlteo atb Io e.b o ' truth-;eprqeutatives of. the ý.ip1Yývioa-r viieegsentaof tho mdrltoeol'Go(.i oOndq whg spa'd r y iomin mnat anperish. When thl e day d0eaeof, *bleh- Papist lecturers .o.fndlz drea;l polima the Papacy smalle control thio counar,t of bt tlw will proveid, eonthe ncar eratlon of very on who tnks 'ordior teaohes what the 'Papacy forbid; they will peou vd for ae the o aton ofhl propeanrt poer the benefroit of the papal treasury; a aey will re quhimsire that every Romnt should become spy, and every civil fnotionary an eceleaiasti ca policeman they will make the population consist of but two classes, executioners, and victims. he wthat e cited show, that accordin to the theory of the Papacy, vernd perxeinisfa nat ionas l begee Is to be administered only sa cording to t he devees of the Church of Rome. rhebe are the r rtelon European powers are thrown dr the Papacya eek, man would free himaslf rom the coils of a deadly serpent. Let ne ar tices country profit, by their tlpe greed to, we may articape their almities.o The Popes Claiming and Exercising In Owing to the enormous lthree ngth of the reghbyeor'a s'e de Thisle, and the proe ure on our pace lastom week, we wreilnablg to publishte to th matt netber, ald we would againte re spectfully l the attr oention o than te esireur to origienal compact. 9 column articles were proposed and tacitly, agreed to, yet othe article we bae to pinb lish to-day riie nearly three colmmas of our nelghbor'a ap;Se. This takeS up'"a grrat deal more rold than impre wiliong tohat devote to the matter,rn had and besingtde, neme efsates a longer reply on our own part than we wouldsee desire to give. The immense mendacingth of the article in question would give toe impression that the TPrhesberinn had at length found some facts or reflections bearing on the question at issue. Let us see of what it treats. Its matter eourtemo divsible into four topte: liet. The mendacity of the erdrpi est. 2d. Tertullian again. 1 , 8d.or la The danger of omi at the states. 4th. 'The cruelty and inbumanity 'o coet= rathale eaor than of the Church. I.-The Jesauts. Our courteous opponent aeouse the Jesuits of being liars. For out part we believe that the whole Jesuit Order-p~rieset or lay brothers-would perish at the stake rather than that any one member of the Order ahould tell a single lie or do any other wrong act deliberately. This is quite a diferefla of opinion, it is true, yet we fail to see wLat the matter has to do with the question of the Pope's Infallibility. Suppose all the Jesuits to be professionti liars, according to our gentlemanly and kind-hearted opponent; suppose Father Weninger in particular to be facileprinceps among them at that accomplishment, what of that I We have not cited Father Wen iager, or any other Jesuit, to prove the Infallibility of the Pope. WV have not offered them as authority. We have in deed taken from their pages certain cita tions from authorities quoted by them, bht it is easy to refer to the authorities quotedg d see if the citations are just. It will hardly do to take for granted that the quotations are false, just be cause they are found in 0 works of a Jesuit. If the Devil himself should quote from the Bible, which, by the way, he is very fond of doing, it would be but fair to refer to the text, and see if he was correct. As to the very polite eharge thnVa Jesuit Is per s. a liar, it rests excluasively on the word of the eminent writer' of the Pnresbgteriea, without a shadow of proof. The Calviaistic elergy have done such herole things for the Church, however, that perhaps their mere assertion ought to settle a qaestion. It is tree that St. Fran els Xavier, a Jesuit, converted whole na tione and baptized with his own hand hahudrod of thousands of converts from Pagealam, and so impressed them with the spirit of tChristlaanity that even now, after the lapse of thbiee centuries of perseention sad isolation from the rest of the Church, thq arsltill animated iby the heroic faith orthe matyrs. It is true that Jogues and Brebeeuf and Lallement and Bone, and doenas of other Jesuit. left the peaceful homes of Earope, where they could have enjoyed comforts like those enjoyed by the able and pious gentlemen who now critieie them as liars, and that they sk'dga nto the Iopthe f & Causadifn died In torture at the hands o(. savage Ilueie and Meibfwks. Yet they were al lmars. As to these heroes of Christian itywho speed thi, -strength upon evan de)ical tea-partli,;i a sQidee themselves to tbhetanos six eraeve thousand dellars a yor for tw!! as per week, of eourse 1t - well fer thei to held up their gloved bhen and turir. l their dainty noses at meof sech .low. tastes : they may eve* call them liars :abd heap opprobrinesm' upon them.; but the question will present itself, wotiM these new witnesses testify to the truth at the stake and amid the burning fagots t If.--TerulUian. Here we are 'bcharged with -nine or tea distinot vlijniles. We have not the faint est memorrof any one of them, and are notin a. position now to examine them. We have not a eompletfe ile of the Presbl *erign, and have not its number of Octeber 97t' . Sending for it we found the dffice s'#. jYgiur neigbbo will send' the num barsdalluded t6, with the places all miarked sle pJ~~). "ehppy to republish its decade rat rima,(earged .to us,) -and employ'-% Iawy.r'tmmlke soar defense, if we can't wour nrvse. ",. I" "l .-roanfsRm and the State. Oar opponent is very fearful that Ro mish lecturers are striving to secure'the ascenaaney-of Romanism in this country. It is an extraordisary piece of presnmption. in Bomaniam to aim at anything of the sort when we know that Pretestangism would ascorn ato dojAeha thing. Presbyter anism would not havelthe ascendaney here if it could, C.erta}ft not. Wes mUsttor get its deinga ,Geneva, ina eotlamd, is New England and every locality where -ither its numerical force or its impedence coald thrust it inte the contrel of sadls. Why, all modern history is all ofet proof thbat Protestantisml is essentially politica. Wherever IS has power it imprints its every haracteridstle ean. the control of pstblie stairs. Without government alliance i lis thing. It las never been able to make theslightest progress in sayeeastr] withont the setie support ane' mtadue paf islity of the civil powers. At itas ir rcption like as epidemic.into..Eusroo It, enlisted princes and potentates on itd side at the' ere outset by giving them Un= bi sed leene r oae vilespeassions, And by bribingsrhem:with the plunder of een bsecasted eligious pioperty. It stepped into the ai÷as full clad in armor, with as lions and armies at its back. Wherever it eould not corrept the civil powers, it has made no headway. -Wherever it has nn merigal power, it controls every avenue of governmeat and publio poliey Is dictated by its spirit. How totally different is the character of Catholicism It takes rest in conhtries auce wit'4depetisfp or rvolutlen and sad dealy burstlikesi tempest over the land, sweeoing away by force every vestige of eppesteg'conviction and securing its foothbld, by. rapine eun robbery. No ! Gradually but surely it wins ever the pop, alar mad anit etrt to truth aid Christi anity. It does this without the aid of the civil powers, generally~ln the face of their open or secret hostility, jest as It is doing now in this country, in*England, and in Germany. Thus far the movement cer tainly is not political, for it is without any connection with the Government. But after gaining the vast majority of the people, what then Then there is still as little excuse for calling it pelitical. Then, so far-rom controlling the Govern ment an4 impressing its influence upon public polisy, it refuses to interfere, and it fi generally active opponents of the Church who control affairs. The Govern ments of France, Austria and Italy, man ipulated by Jews, Preteststs, Free Masons and Infidels, show this conclusively If these countries had a Protestant major ity as strong as that of the Cathelies, their Govqrnments would be mere Church ap pendages-machines ran in the inter est of the Saints. Even in this coun try, where Protestanism is at a heavy dis count and far from being paramount in in fluence, where a great majority of non-a tholics have no affiliation with it, even bere, there is a mighty brood of that by brid race called political parsons. They are certainly not Catholic Priests. Poli tice invades the Protestant pulpit. It is unheard of in the Catholic pulpit. And yet they say Remanlsm is a politic a thing. IV.--Tle Canon Law. This portion of the .Presbhyterlaa's article has nothing more than the last to do with the question of Infallibility. Did any bedy in the World (exoept the Prsbprtei a) ever elaim Infallibility for the Ca Law 5 'Is tan artisl of Faith that the :oed of Lei e. meet be conlseated pr WLt people r.4aby eat meat on Friday'' This would arete a·s extraordinary state of fairs. pF inatanee, It would beau artlole 'of Faith in France not to eat meat on Wednesdays a well as Fridays; in this country there would be no such article of Faith for Wednesday. Whatever the Churcb pro pounces infallibly, cousistem at least wounldprevent it from ever changing ; yet the Canon Law is frequently hangoed. What'tras law yeste~ay is d't* to-day. t tqere apny pretense ofrliftil ty in this i The Pope may issue very Isjadi tone Canons dtdisolpline. It is possible even that he should announce some inhn. man ediot. But ifhe did, it would be a si. on his part, like any other sin he might commit, and it would be equally sinful in any body to obey it. ThqegtatIon of our learned opponent from the SyllaU olis $otally wrong, so fak as we have.seen frb a cursory examina. lion:a e havd found no such text in that document. Ther is one which says that the Popes .and eamemial Councils have peyer exceeded the limits of their power. Bob this estasinly does not refer to each apparately, forw e kow that Ecumenical Councils have, on occasion, exceeded the limia of their power and been obliged by the Pope or Papal Legates to retract. Be sides, the action of the Popes in such pub. lic i.ud solemn form, as when in conjanc. tion with a general Council, is probably always clothed with the qualities necessary to the exercises 8f the great function of Infallibility. SWhat-then becomes of the wonderful ar. guments on which our antagonist bases its oipp.pition to the d.*ma of Infallibility, first that ltomanlsm is dangerous to the State, apd secondly that some of-the-Gn on Laws are in its opinions wrong and un. just 8It does not follow that, Romanisml Would be any Pore_-daggerous if the Pope is Infallible, santhe Canon Laws have no necessary poai :,with his attribute of Isfallibility. Truly the argaments of our sndighbr are profoundly remote from the point at isle, for which, indeed, we do ' ot bleme it, asno real arguments can be Maeaul ogaist. tf by the mot skillful ot Balt it a fret that the Canon Law con. taM " atreeltMi" sad devilish ernelties" a the geale -etpafrwla states I It meet be remembered that the parties aganast w ' lgislton is directed, are hmredT. T y aceoaut for a little of'the P tr nervousness on the subject. .Sti . .we mast remember that Acretfr are aneathematissd l the Bible also. Their exeopegunlition is moreover clearly dtheted in the'ase Holy Law. And yet tl Alprecskely 'aatthe Church has done Itkh.edletsqauote S om by the Prsbyte ýa 4s.A iet i esto their abettors bhe aS lsema. Let tIembe excommunicated sAd dEitved ofpmbutiiestlon with Chris tian nugbbors. f thbe be cruelty it is at least ApestolBeal eruelty; it is the cruelty 'which pkohiblts lambs from intimate asso elation with ravening wolves. As to temporal punishment, the guilty are simply to be left to the civil authorities whose laws they may have contravened. The church punishes heretics spiritually and remits them tq the civil authority to be dealt unto as to temporal pains if they have incurred any. Is there any thing wrong But the eaterminators of heretics are eulooised antlepeauraged. It must be remeiibeired to what heretics reherenee;is - mide By the word heretic allusion was not made then to the same lass of persons asare idluded in the word now. In this age there are millions of persons born and raised in heresy. They may be considered, therefore, as compara tively innocent of active wrong. But in the times for which the edict quoted was made, a heretic was a man who had been a Catholic, and who voluntarily and wil fully abandoned the faith and publicity raised the. banner of revolt against the church. These parties uniformly proved dangeroas to the state, as they had as lit tle respect for civil as for spiritual au thority. They always attacked the re cognized system of morals at the same time that they attacked the recognized dogmas and thus came to be considered criminals. Heresy therefore was held by civil author itises as an offense against the State. Hence the State visited it with confiscation, im prisonment and other punishments. Moreover in certain localities heresy sometimes gained a foothold like brigan dage in the mountains or piracy in the Ca ribbean sea. The heresiarch would gather round him all the malcontents, all the intractable, all the outcasts of a whole re gion and, by lawless violence, make him self and band a terror to peaceable citi zens. These men were therefore regarded not only as public enemies, but as outlaws. The Church ratified this opinion and justi fled their treatment as such. Just as the outrages perpetrated by Mahommedans justified the wars which Christendom* waged angainst them, and which the Popes very justly approved and blessed under the name of the Crusades, so the " atroci tim" of the heretics referred -to in the edicts quoted, tIbly justiled their exter mination or suppresion not as mere here tiec, bat as outlaws and disturbers of pub lio order. The Pbopes were perfectly right in this. Does It follow that they would parsue the same course with heresies which should be in a totally dliferent eategory. In those days wheaever a man went so far as to revolt against the Church, he was ready for ay depth of Infamy. Now, it is totally ditfereat. It is now quite fashionable to be hereticil and the most respectable people do uat hesitate to deny the authority of the Church. They are not for that reasn, Os be supposed it forall iniquity antd may be',' as they ffir.ustly AVe a " " clit zens. It woulP~d~ ieetore b. nylog tore-