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Recent Attacks Upon
tlio Papacy.
REPLY OF REV. DR. WHITE.
Tb.alccturtofIteT.Chu. I Whlto, D D,
faitor of 8U Mltlhaw'a chnrcb, al Carroll
hall on BohiIit Mining la, wii llitened "
bjininjlanci IhaUllcol tha bill loom
lowlni. Notonlrr l" "x "'"u,''
room, bit hundred, wcra compelled to go
awif nniblatoget wltbln Unbuilding
aound of tba tpoker' toIci. At tha re
quest of mnr rlr"" w to-4j publlih
lha lectura entire, with lha following letter
from Iter Dr. White i
M EOITOtt IA Contenting to thl publiea
tloa of therollowlog lecture ia your columns
I with to premise that my only oi
ohjeol le to
elucidate and defend n point of Uelholla do
trine which has btca uaneeetearlly eisellsd
aaa talsreprsotl I disclaim nil intention
of beta personally offensive, while ft! the
iiai tint 1 protest agKtt.it tha use of tha
niak-aaoBva, nvminfi, num. mi, .rajjfiaa, m
wbleboar adversaries so constantly apply t
tlathaltae and la tha fl(h whltth ther Droit
Thesecxprstttooi, Introduced la I- nglend two
ttaadrad year ego, na tar ma o derision and
contempt, have never been recognised by Eng
llib or American Catholics, and tbtrarora it 1
aet aootlitaot either with ebarltyor reflae-
meal to employ mem mi etusaoi ubiu i-v
qalree no auab weapons
Ifee ull aaxllle aeadtfcatnlbat Mil
Temane cist.
It any expression whkh I hart ussd should
ftppaar unreasonably eevere, I bop It will be
Ukip, not ae directed agalast my opponents
riersoaaiiy, out against in prioriiira rj
an wblab they endeavor to uphold) as my
only with and aim la to vindicate the doe
trloce or that Church whleh la tbt Hilar nad
ground of the truth "I Tlm 3
UBAILBI 1 VflUTi.D D
A bant aataa m on thl aw a tha Bt Dr. Naw
nan. paator of tha, Matropolltaa Matbadut
aharahlatbUttty, thought proatr to aatar
tftta hla btarara with uualt upon tbt
OatholU doatrlB raaptetlog tba Papal aapran
aey. Aathla aamon waa wldaty alraulatcd
tbreagb tha aolaama of a dally Ppr, and
It a fit oaoailoo for axpoalng th aolld grouada
oa wbUh tha Uatholia Church eUtmt for tha
blahoo oi lion a prtnaar oi nooor ana juna
dlatloa, Tbla waa U aabjaet of a praUnaianry
dlaouradllTrdoa th 20th of Jnoa la Si.
Mattbaw a aburah, and tba aeopa of wblcb waa
inf voinorT, iron oaripiura au traaiitB
that aaah n tDDranitT had ranllr beaaeon-
farrtd by Ohrlai upon Pater, Ih npoatlo, who
waa tha Brit blahop of Roma Thla dltooun
nmm ! aonoraa wiin rvpift pnncipanj
irgra two if diiidivu. dd iBjinan. pit, o v
wmitmioa. tha other tha Itav lit Han.
darlaad. itaalor of a Pretbfterlin ona:r-
(at ion Th rtmarki of th forma r araatu
raaad la A pamphlet of thlrty-oo paga.
uiiao a-aapnoat or ivniia Biona," wnicn
woapolitalyaantto m by tha author, and la
wbloKba b undrtka to dtmoaatrat that
th Roman Papacy la tba graateit fallacy
that baa rr baea Impoaa I oa bum an r4
uuiy atac a iaii oi um -' nna ini at mot
Bttatloo.h lnforma oa will reiull from Ma
appeal alreet to the tnfallibl word of tba om
nWleotOod" Jlafor aaterlag upon aa
amloatlonjof tba mtrlt of thli'da moo it ration,
It may sot ba oat of plaoa to rtmra tbaf
oroinar vvtiuamaon nppcnra 10 nara oaan
alagalarly uafortunat la th mod of Intro
daelojr his pamphlet to th public Ia the
first place he entitle It uP$tpko, or Whit
word BMDlioa la a Oreak term. anA taken f ran
the eeeond chapter of the book of Revelations,
wfc.leh la full of mysterious allusions, and
which no Protsstaot commentator has ever
attempted to expound without Insurrlog the
well merited imputation of a visionary Sir
Isaac Newton waa unquestionably a great
fihlloeopher, and by hla wonderful discoveries
a tha physical world he has nequlredlmmortaJ
Tome) but ao sooner did ba turn his telescope
Trosa the planets to the visions of th Apoca
lypse, than be sankja the eeelaof praphele le
the level of the moat Ignorant MJlicrUe Tbt
adoption Of nucha title by Brother William
bob woum iseu one io suspect mat ne nas aoi
eaeapad altorslher the disease known under
th nam of th Apocalyptic mania. II Is
evidently Terr fond of abstractions for In the
dad la at Ion of hla ttamnhlat. lnataaJ of ail.
dresatng himself la plain Logllshtoi.hrlstlans
aad Amerlcane, he soars aloft Into the highest
reglonaof metaphysics, and with a toush ol
the sublime hailing the "Spirit or Uhrlatlan
lty" and the Uealus of America he an
nouneee himself to these Ideal personages as
a "bible born witness for Jesus ' I hope t
UqW, IB UI CQUIII UI 1BVBB iwronxw, mil on
nttempieaaemoneiraiion, ir irom jasuryini
hlieeiumptioaofs0heTJureblaaebaraetr,wlU
prove him to benwlr ,eis of Illegitimate birth
It would aeam. Indeed, that brother Wll
llamaoa a teatlmonv for Jcbub haa not been
looked upon by hla eorallgtontsts as exhaua
tlwa of tha auttleat. since the Her ltr SuaJais
land haa coma forth aa hi second to give a
finishing touch to the argument Ha under
takes to show, that the prlmasy of Peter, aa
held by the Catholic Uhureh la a mom trout
dogma of assumption,1 and that the Papacy
founded upon It Is a ' stupendous delusion
wdkd ia uBauoei to uui peer irom ine
world." The Doctor, however, in the !! In a
and wielding of hla weapons, baa basa more
prudent than brother Williamson Although
vuiwaiit unciuixu nna idb anoflHIVPlie
weakness, he has not taken so lofty a flight
I a to the world of abstractions He heaven
tared, however, far enough In the sphere of
aerial disputation, to remind ono of an Impres
sive ecene that waa witnessed In the terr Ural
aga of Christianity It Is related In eeeleslae
tlcal history, thai Simon, the magician, of
wnom mention ia mane in ine acib oi ID
Apotiiat, luuap tuij nnu wooii at retcr de
nounced aa belnc "In the bonds of Inloultv i
enjoyed a great reputation at Home and at
tho Court of Nero, aa a divinity Having as
sured thaomoeror that ha could mount uota
heaven by hie own power, he attempted the
feat la the presence of aa tmmeose concourse
orpeopleibut when he had raised himself Into
thaalr by his magical art, he was brought
dowa la double quick time, by the Influence
"i in prayer oi icier, nnu proteins iimDs.
Tble Incident la denied by In Sunder
land, although It Is related aa a fact by
coma of the most respectable wrltere of the
ear ir cnuren, ni Justin jnartyr, at Amoroso,
St Cyril of Jerusalem, St Augustln, J'aIUs-
triua, iiiuore ot i-biubiudi, tneoaorci, an
others teller, D(cl kit art Simon Hut
whether it ba a fact or not. Ia or little moment
at present, as I allude to It only for lta meta
phorical application, for It mar be aald with
truth, that the fata of blmon Magus laemt-
nanny ajmuoucai oi taeueieti WOlon la Be
eeilanta of tha Papacy are ever doomed te
suffer It Is not ooly useless. It Is adangerous
Ikl.. turn . . I VTl. I . ..,..., .. .".. .
i"i ivi , aw w.a luuniuunt pnur to at
tack the dynasty of Peter) for It provce that
be baa eyec and sees not thaf In tha
wiua ui iiiui, hu wiia ail tnai IS
arand and powerful and venerable eat
lmnerlshnbleln tha Uhrlatlao I'hnrah. before
him, he Is still groping his way la the dark,
lie can never move th roab. of l'eten to use a
tnatanhor of Dr. Hunderlaod. ha nlfbt ae wall
attempt to turn on of tb pyramids of Egypt
upoa lta apex Hut, ba should remember,
from the warning of more than eighteen hun
dred years, that upoa whomsoever thai atone
ehelifeil bj lta moral weight, It will grind
Hint into puwuer
How have ar opponents undertaken to
demonstrate that the Koman Paoaer la tba
greatest of fallacies, or a monstrous dogma of
assumption! inennawer io mis query win
aipuvar ,u tvuitt ui mi, auuriti, in which
X shell endeavor to show that la their reply to
111 BIUUIIHI, VH ! BUUJVV,, IJiVJ UHTB 111 tut
flrat olace evaded tha n.aln nueatlon. !
whether It Is possible, either la the light o I
reason or of Scripture, to conceive a visible)
church on earth without a risible hnad aae
oodly, that their Interpretation of Scripture,
la opposition to tha primacy of Peter, amounts
to bo mi ag more man msir own ancBrtamor
rather felaa opinion, and consequently affords
no evidence In their favor Tblrdlr. that in
quoting tha works of tb ancient fathers ae
against in primacy, iney nar grossly mis
represented the views and conduat of those
luustrious men
1 All Christian denominations admit that
Christ eatabllihed a Church among men, that
a to Bay, a vibioi ana orgaoiieu society, aod
la my dlsooursa oa tha prlmasy of Peter, I
argued that this society could aot possibly
aaswertheeodsof its Institution, and In fast
haa never existed, without au external gov
rament which raaornliaa a haadahin i ,
thprtty This argument was based, flrat, upon
the general principle confirmed and acted upon
by the universal sentiment and practice of
mankind, which haa always recognised the
necessity of a head or a supreme power in
every properly orgaoiietl community Dors
oi vrr eivn goverumont axniDlt t DIB fea
turel Doee not every political constitution
bather written or unwritten, suppose thu
one of Its eiseatlal elements! lilt tnno
aaat to reason, therefore or consistent with the
raftiwimii oi vi ou an isnoneiy w ae
Using, to say that In the organliatlou of ills
Uhureh oa earth be did not provide for this!
i, Beta niir leeiBaieiit luiorms US liArllt
' gave some apostles and some prophets an l
soma evangelists, aod some ptttore and
teachers, for the perfectUg of Ihe ssluts, for
th work ofth ministry for the edifilucui
th body of Christ, until we all meet in the
unity of th faith and of Ihe kcowledge of the
Soa ol Uod, uoto a perfect man, unto the
measure of the stature of the fullneis of
Christ) that we henceforth be no more iii
dren tossed to and fro end serried about with
every wind of doctrine," &c , ( Lphes , chapter
lv,l did he not matilfestlr establish a society
lb object of which was to maintain the unify
of falta or of doctrine aa I to afford tha neeea
aary aafcruards against nhe change and per
taraloo of revealed truthj and how could tble
.i"h..b? pVVVr?A " cealral au
thorlty to wMahall bellcfand teaching should
conform! If bediduot a, u int suoh X crntre
of aulhorlty, two thing; would nooei.Vrlly
follow rirst, thathlBduatrluss bulnr Icfi 15
the fancy or speculailon or l.Jlvilul teich
ere, unity of belief could uot poasiUy be main
Mined Secondly, that In the construction
hi Church for the eternal salvation of souli
Christ manifested less wisdom than human
legislator do In providing fur Ihe tcmportl in
terecte of their fellow mru
Wy argument lu favor of a eunerlorlty of
taak aad Jurisdiction In tin of theapostlss,
was founded la the second place aa the aelutl
state of Christendom, on tbe palpable and lm
poeloffact that lb vast majority of Culls
tlaaa at Ib preseat day are ualled la ona
faith under tt same aplrltual government!
that is, ere la communion with ths Ulshop of
Horns, whom they acknowledge to be tbe su
rreme pastor of tba Church This fact did not
ak place yestsrday, or tbre hundred years
ago Tne very attempt of tha .reformers lu
tbe sixteenth century, to overthrow tbe
Catholic organisation, it a proof that It exist
ed before that time, and all other Cfforta of the
different adversaries r tb Church, la ages
prior to the itiforiaktloo only furnish u'l
(loaal aad loeenteitiole erldeuce or tba cam l
foel Ulsloryrecordathe uatoes end titles of
el l aavtreliu rumur, ii.huior Jlonr.
fromriinIX.who bow iolirluilr Minna, '
I vim I ii "! " ".". ..." i.i Ik. I ..,1....
UD tO Peter btmllf, WHO lOunuBu.u-- '
rial see la Dot thil ft proof inei me unriiuin
1.. .. -....! A hABlliriln Af ll 1
Uhureh alwars reeocnlted a headship of au- t
V.""!:". ."' '. .".. an annr) rin (ha I '
thorttrt Suppose loraa man would deny tht
a chief exaeutir authority had alwaja beea
admitted loth republic ofth United State I
nrk.i MnnLi mil ear lo hi ml If wi enteieJ i
Into an argument with him oa this point,
would weeol refer him to tha actual strut lure
of iheao-ernsneol,eoaalBUng of the leglila-
that tbla orcaaliatton bad cxtatcd
laeathatlma of Uaarg Waahlngton) tht
waeoald namath dilTaraat Traaldeata. from
ourowa time up to th adoj tloa of tha Con
atltutloal Would w not eoniUartht raa
aoalnft naaaiwarablat and It out eppoaent
Kraiaiva ia aia view, wauia w not jamy
nk po bin aa Incapable of appretf
atiag an argameai asd tnererora uawonny oi
s a left lfow much mora forcible and aonclu
IT la this reflection In ftTorof a Tlilbla
batdiblp in th Ubureaot unrnii now couii
Uarcnerable lUtaofauprem pofitltr xtal'
lag through mora tbaa alghtcea hundred
years nav remainrn unoroaen nmiuai a
clultudesand eooTUlitoa of aoelaty, amid
therli aaddawalallof rmptr,lf It bad not
always been a profound eoQTlatton of tha
Uhrlstua world, that such a spiritual head
ship was aa eaeantlal faatut lo tha ooastitu
ttoaofthaObureht Tba aspect preaeotsd by
thtUatholl world at th prseal day la but
another Hag of bar xlitene from tha apos
tAliattmea, a a tlilbla body uader th Juris
.lUllnnnf lalhl hand II li In thil !
i pact at it ail, amagoinoantmuiirauon oi mt
farm or atfiifltur which a TU.bl church
ought to bare, aseordlojr, to th common sens
DininilDU fiCBrvi ! vtiuian tu mwi v
th words and aaylags of oar Dlvln HaTlour,
It la vary natural to flad him Ineulcatlag
Ihes view ortb aplrltual society which h
nin,1k.l n Ikhllah. .nA rant titlnr Hun
der symbota or mctapbor which uanlfeatly
suppose n guvemma; power vbiu wu -
OB U lUIUfl 1 - " "" " I
Uatlbew xllli ill Luke xxiWd as a bbmp
fold.IJoba xl 16 aaabady, (llrit Uortath-
I... -it, !li Knhtalkaa Ivi A. Ota .10.1 and It
in hm riMrwiiil of man.lt la plain that
hntit BvlalhlahaaJ It aauld no mora lUb-
elit or answer th aada of Its Institution than
aay headleaoXklagdom, ahtapfold ot body la
th seaular order Did h not aay, la alluding
to his TtB.bleUbureh,thtthr would ba one
fold nnd one sbapheidT Did not hi apostles
iwaya ornnatue iniraation oi inn uniif oj
schism or hareiy, a n grlerous crime, ex
eluding o from BalTatlon1(xvltlTiOalatlans.
Tl J me I iingiiaii ioi iuoi int vauitoi
as traosmlttod to us from th apostolts age to
thaprsanttlma1 Do ant all antiquity at
teat, that although thoapoellea wtrql a
to tba orooar f unsUooa oi th apoatleehiD, vt.
aaSLJromxpraeB It, on la chosen out
eaa im
mlrh
irnm fLiulvara Jalr2.N9rtl
So reaaoaabla and etf-Tldent Is tba prlnel
pi which raogolii th necessity of head
or superior In every organised society, thai
our separated brethren nil proeUeally admit
It. They all, la their particular denomina
tions, hate a central or auperlor authority.
u af, ii anon no aumgriij ib rrquiraa increir
Ikll, 11 IWU BB BUkllviaiJ irifUliahl MIVIVIJ I
forthexternal government, huw much more
necesanrr la it for tha internal bailer or the
preservation of tha unity of lha fallh. Tor
whlehOhrlst especially established his Uhureht
If this senlralpewer has Its utility or aeeesslty
la tbe partlsnlar Uhrtailaa aecte, why ahould
II not claim equal coailderatloa. or rather ep-
rear still more aeceisary for Christendom tt
argct ir th object of Christ's Church waa to
preserve th unity of th faith, was it aot
mush mere worthy of him, as the incarnate
wisdom of Uod, to appoint a central authority
for lb whole Church, than to allow every
lodlridual to get ud a socle tr. ealllar It after
himself, aad thus multiplying ed iajUWaia die
eenslone aad divisions among Uhrisllensl
The remerka which 1 her atad an far.
area emanate of the arenment which f ad
ducedoa a former oeeaaio. la order lo chow
tnaiw nav iaa tirongeii presumptive, or
rather tho moat positive evidence, la fa-'
tor of tha proposition that Christ appoints!
a visible bead to preside over hla visible :
Church Out observe, the gentlemen who have
unstiiiMi tj mwir bit rgunent, dbt alio
taiiwi tiTitraau ion purttQa at it ineagn
the universal Beatlmaaa aad practice of m.n
kind, both lathe aeeular and spiritual ordar,
recocnlie tha neecssltv of a visible eoverntof
power lo every eommusltyi though the grand
eat lUuitratloa of Chrlatlaalty la our owo day
provea that auah governing power waa always
almlttod aad always existed In the Churchi
inougn ineeamaiaeaiaaisiiaciiycoaarmea tt
tha descrlptlooc given of It la the sacred vol
ume, mv ODDoeeats bars ant eoadeacended ta
face Ibis argument with a single word of re
ply, and yet It must b admitted that tbe
whole solution ol tb question at Issue turns
upon the principle Involved la thle argument!
f tr. If Christ o constituted his Church as to
require a visible head, very little dlscuasioa
would be necessary to bow the uadoubteH
claim of Peter and hla aussessorB to tbla pri
macy or Jurtedletloo Instead or answering
tniB argument tn tuiveraarie 01 tauaren,
boldly asaumlng that the spiritual Bupremaey
claimed for Peter and hla auceeaters in oiBee
Is a monstrous dogma and the greateel or
lausciee, nave appeaieu io ine scripture ana
to tbe testlmoayor the ancient fathers, for the
Jurpoieof Invalidating the reaaonlng which I
edueed from tbe same Bourses I snail now
proceed to show that here alio they have
vaded th ere at oueetlon. which alone ore-
aeate Itself for the eoaslderatloa of the Chris
tian who Is sincerely inquiring after the truth
X. With tb Christian who la In earnest
nooutine aeivetioa oi nissoui, ana wao sin
cerely deslree to learn the truths which hell
bound to believe, aad the duties ha haa ta ful
qi to question to o eciiiea is, not wnsi
neriaiBinaiviuuaiiniyininaupooiJ.eiUQject,
aesardlnr to their neetillar laiarnretation nt
. .:Tr .?i.r. 7a". "..r-.:- "i. - .. .
tbe Scripture, but what was the teaching of
Cbrlstl What ar tha doctrlaes that hi
revealed to his apostles, and that he com-
taaaucii tacni to announce to tnasainai 'iiany
on believe an 1 Is baptised, h will b ssvsd "
says our blessed Iord; "but he who bellercth
not, will be damned," aa tba Protestant Ulble
has it Hark.xvllo) Hut what are we te
believe! We cannot believe doctrloec which
we do aot know, or of which we have ooly aa
uncertain enlalnnifDr the mlad sianol rest
upon or ba satis It ad with such uncertainty If
we naa oetniag more taaa opinion on this
Bubjeet, our religion would be mere skepti
cism; It would make ue Just as liable to deny
Ibe truths or revelation aa to admit them 1
thorefora eoatend, ae I remarked on a previ
ous occasion, that the certainty of faith, which
Is ao necessary te place the mind at restoa
the momentous questloo of salvation cannot
ba acquired from the Scriptures, eslaterpreted
r kuiiiu iniia ,u tjeiiiiiuiaa, BaiBirrpreivil
by private Jadcmeat, or without the Interpol
tloa of a living aad authoritative tribunal The
Scripture la a dead letteri It does not speak
for itself, aod moreover-ontalalag, as It does
a revelelloa la regard le mattere in Anilely
above the reach of human latetftgencei for
Instance, the n at ore aad designs of Uod, the
mysteries of the Tjflnlty, tbe Incarnation, the
t rant mission of original sin, and olbsr similar
doctrines 11 must necessarily be a perpetual
pusite to the mlad left tn Its own Judgment,
and must lead toaa eadless variety or error
and aiieculatlon Has net ths truth ot this
remark been verified on a stupendous scale
since tbe reformation loth sixteenth century,
when Luther proclaimed the right of each
individual ta latarnrat th herinlur fur him. i
aelfl What waa the araetlaal anollaatiao of I
ma rum ji rveuiieu ioaaiiiiiy in aa iu
Unite variety or contradictory and eoateoding
sects, aot an of whleh tHaaaaad ar aartalntr
til. ..-.... V. I. ..I. .... '. . . I
la regard ta th noetrtaeaot Christ Tbar
wii aa ibbbhw BBawtrni uibbb iHtiiuia,
lilsUta of Iautber btmaelf, among which war
In nutittrau is jt,Bvptiata.tn Ammiiri,
be Demoelacs the Commoholdere. the Uv
aleapere, the Volygamlata, the Antlonmlaas,
the lnfernala,thaSacerdotala,Ae, JBockofthe
church. Dub lUd) Bnt how many hundred
Christianity hae been subsequently split by
subjecting (he sacred volume to private Inter
pre tail on I In th earliest narlod of the
reformation, tbar war not less than two.
nunarea aiuercnt explanations of those words
of Christ, "this Is my body " Perrooe.Vtrerf
tome. 2. D 1111. an I Oiliadtr. s rtrarmar him.
sslf, enumerate sixteen different opinions on
imiuuj-tiai BBueiBciioaiorBin lima i Jknt
do we not behold the came eonfusloa aad con'
tradletloa emonc the Bests at the urate nt dav.
Borne admit tine the dlvinltv of Christ, others
denying It) aowa asserting the necessity of
baptlam, others rejecting lt soma efllrmtng aa
im pu-iiuuirHi, viuiii rviru'iiaiiag ta
Ideat yet all deriving their views from Ihe
-aripiure,Bna consequently msKiox tne scrip
tur belle Itself!
II .. V....lt,l.t.1kl. a.. a ..I..
They make It speak wee aver seats they please,
rws framad aittrsiaaerailst laqalrei
laq
row
flalslaseesshsMiln propbsey grows biflier,
a a. wi avafrviaav bv-. ,a.vya, bi
at they tae tixt
laspira. avryuea
Thus cot th work of reformatloa gj ahead
the sacred volume baoomtog la this way aoth
lag more than a sort of hobby, at which every
man and woman tinkers after his ownorbtr
fashion,
Ae If rallgtea were latended
Var BAtklaar alaa Itnl ba ka anamJail if?Hr.
irom these remarka we mar uoderetaod
wnatvaiuei to M acton the Bcrtplural arg u
msats or my opponents agaloit the prim
acr or Pater One or them haa oatentatlnuiiv
S rod aimed hlmaslf a bible-born witness for
ssus, and baa trsated us -to a dissertation on
urct particles, id oruer to snowtnatacar
talotextof Scripture cannot Imply Ihe eon
ferrlogofanr aucelal Dreroaatlre of lurlidle
tlon upon that epoetin Tb other has un ler
taken to bask him up, and has Indicated no
ir man iru propositions, for me purpose
of confirming the reaaonlng of bis associate
But what hav their effort availed towards
sstlllag ibe mala polnt the! Is, towards prov
lag that th New Testament does not accord
lo Peter a primacy or rank and authority!
The only cooeluslou from their remark is
that such Ib their opinion la regard to the
meaning ot Scripture But, as Chrlsllaa faith
conslats in something more than mere opin
Ion that la, In believing even unto doath as
the martyrs did, the doctrines which Christ
commanded to be taught and believed It is
plain that nobody will be sttlafled with
brother Williamson, or any othsr man's opln
loo about the Scriptures lor the question Is
uot what they think on the subject, but what
li Ihe Hue meaning of the Scripture! Scrip
lure Is not JcrlMure except la tha right ssosa
ol Scripture Your will, after your death, it
not your last will and testament, unless It be
Interpreted according to your intention The
words and syllables of vonr last will mi, u
bo Intel preled a. to contradict and defeat your
purpose So Is It with the Scripture The
Holy bcriPlurels not Ilolr bcrlnture atemt
In tbe right seme of Holy Scripture My pp
ponrnle In arguing from the sacred text have
uot pr ived their view to be the right irnie of
Scripture, they htr given us nothing more
than their own private opinion, aod hen e
tueir tieuonsirallOB, bowevee they may pre
teul u derived from tbe Infallible word of
Uod, Is no demonstration at all When
brother Williamson therefore telle us that he
,0i' k 0 ,tom th" eluJ1 ' Uathollo argu-
... u,,,l'"a iait requisition iieareu'e i
arlklere,'aahat-n.a iw- niki n ni.i
that be hi! Oalr ahnt fr . lit! nr.nMi th.
cUaJelittndlng es firm at evert and when he
. m .. IIM ,,,,, u wucn u
i iXl Wll BlwU t,ota wliaess, it Is ovl
dsuethat his birth must have been of very i
7 .r V ""afaoter, ana altogether out
or the utuaf orderi for he was bora of the
wioag mother, and like that Imaginary god
deis Mlnervasprloglog from th brain of Jupl
tor, bit testimony T but the ersatureor hie
own fallible head' (Psephos, r II I
The auestlon now nresrnt. t i . i-
tllrliif nlnil, now .r.w.cu,.i i,. tliht
..oi. of BirlpHiral I .; eo.ld.atlr.br
lt.'V'Hr!.iYJ:!f.'i","J'':'" I
UoaiulllDa Ktwrulimial imir, .nif-lew.
qulrlng mind, how erewelwa'!
loiltlndepeodentlrof aarlBeplratlon,mrlr I
- - ..-.'--. f. It ... I..IH-.1. . J I
an mitOTiorti wiihii vi iiiiriiiira.iiiyu
illegitimate ua la th ntil nit ot unriitu I
tin V..Ia.. Iktallnal llataa lit hll UAMfl I
tty what does It tell usl Peter, la hla second
.-t.il. ,.r. ...aw. tin a MAnh. xl k.
epistle Uform us that "no prophaey of 1
Hcrlptur la of private Interpretation," tl
la th Scripture muit be understood la aseo
that
aeaord
mm with the teaahlBK of authorllr la tha
aim epistle, alludlag to th writing of St
Paul, he aaja that they contain "some things
wblea are hard to be understood, which they
mat are uoicirnro inu ubiubhwhh, umj
do the other Scriptures, uato their own de
struction" Whatlstbemaanlaffof thladeela
ration, If not that the sacred volume waa not
allowed to be Interpreted br Individuals la
oppoalllon toth teaching of Uhrlil a duly
appointed ministers! Hut, to put this argu
meet more forcibly, let It be observed that the
pre a thing and ministry of tho Uhristlaa
Lhurchwere la full operation long before
any portion of the New Testament was writ
ten The gospel of St Matthew did not ap
pear until eight year after our Lord atten
tion Into heaven and that or St John, with
th Hook of ltevelatlona.was not publlibsd
until sixty Ore years after that event Th
Uhureh. therefore, aa constituted by Uhrttt,
waa fully org tailed, coot) it log of apostles
and other teacberc, and of faithful subject and
obedient to them faaforalha NewTestamcat
was written, and U followt front thla fast that
th New Testament waa produead by th
Uhureh. and not ih Church be th New Tea
t a menu Thla New Tcetamant, which Is a
record la part of Ih nets and sayings of our
dtvla Saviour and hla apoatlea, waa bora of
the Uhurchi her apottltt wrote that Inspired
volume, nad heni b is th ooly authorita
tive and anal Judfo as to th meaning of It
declarations Thai volume la but a written
expreastonef what aha believed and taught
before It was published, and bene ah I
logically and from th vary nature of the cue
th ultimate tribunal for determining th
seas la which It I to bo accepted. Th
scripture ia hit
aenilment. and hi
height or rashness and pride," ae St, Augustln
rem ark a, Tom till, lit Wit ered 1 to explain
It Inoonoaltlon to her bailer I nak. la not
thla the common state view of thequeatlonl
iiii inn written voniinuiioo vi ia uiuiu
ointfiui aui viiivr iiviiuviffiHiiivm. .
Individual allowed to Interpret It according to
bis own particular Ideast Ia be not bound
and compelled to accept tha traditional sense
or that Instrument! Why sol Ileeaus the
uoniumuon 01 me nation in not in ptT
thing of the Individual, but th property of
tha Manlela their amenta or national ahar
acter It existed loth mlndt of Its framer
and of th people before It beeam th funds
mental law of the state, and hens the only
rermiiBiDie ana rvaogniieu morn m ascertain
ag Its msanlng, la through the decisions of
ine national mounaia wnisn nara vmma rrgu
rule required for the explanation of th sacred
volume! Hence tb ad at liable remark of Ter
tulllan, In alluding to that who, not la com
munion with the Uatholla Uhureh, quoted
scripture ladefeneoof their error si "There
iuwiivivii avvt.wa ivw va .w. -.... a v.
vo though the debate ou tb Scriptures
eaouid not aotui-n out mio sanain, aan
party, the order of thing required tbathis
question should be flrat proposed, which la
aow tba only ona to be discussed, T whom
belongs th very faith whose are the Scrip
tares by whom, aad through whom, and
wbeo, aad to whom was that ruledellrared
whereby men became Uhrlttltatr Poi,where
ever both th Ira Christian rale aa4 faith
shall beahowa to b. there will beth true
Scriptures, aad the true expositions, aad all
true Christina traditions " IDs Prcctcrtp. n JT
so much for tha oecessttyof an authority
as a guide to the meaning of the Scripture
Hut. If we consider thle auhleet hlstorliallr.
the same truth will force Itself atlll mora pow
erfullr utrto tha mind When we ask our
eelveewhat Is the teaching or the letplred
volume oa any particular point ef doctrine,
the questloo Is, what waa tbatru meaning of
tha sacred text, or how was It understood,
when It flrst appeared amongChrlttlaosI Now,
thle Is evidently a question of fact a fact
which earn lalo existence more than 1100
years ago, aaa neae the oaiy poaslbl meana
of ascertaining tt with certainty, (a special
raieiation KeptBU, 1 irom UI testimony Of
ff- VUIH'ia-i
thla witaaaal
ture cannot speak for, itself Ic 11 any!
ona or the secte outeld ol cetboueity 1 uaa
any ono of them be named that eaa trace lta
existence up to the time of the original reve
lation! Can we not -mint out the time when
each on of them arose, bund rede aad hua
dredsof years subsequently to tb laaugara
tlon of the Christian system! No one of fbeee
sects can be a competent or reliable witness la
thecals There Is but on living witness In
Ih world that eas defiantly aaserf Us qaallfla
aatlon to settle this rao men toes q net tloa. It
Is that body or society which, axiallag at tbe
r resent hour, unites us by aa us interrupted
alth and on oi stoutness, with the moment
when Peter first proclaimed theOospelon tha
day or Pentecost. Tble witness le the Catholic
Church, which mounting upoa a living bod r
la this argument Ido not allude to the Church
as an organtxatloa Invested with any super
natural attributes, but merely aa an historical
wltnessi and la thla sense alone, even ho raanlv
speaking the testimony of the Church Is the
only trustworthy sonre of knowledge la re
gat I to the meaning or the Sorlptere llente,
did t reJetlek Hbleget, one of the greatest Phil
osophere and historians of our age, la explain
' .... ..l-: i..i: .i.. i. .. " r.r: :.. .7
ing me grounds oi nit euDmitaioo totnauetn.
uite tjaurcn. uceiai insi o touaa to tesii"
monv of that Church to be the rraataat hlstor.
i leal authority on earth for the events of tbe
put How could It beotherwlsel Is It sot
ehe, in fact, the! hae transmitted th Scrip-
lures the mislves from the beglonlog, through
ages of persecution and baibarlsm, and despite
the assaults or error aad Infldalllv. down to
our owo times! Do we not know that Inde
pendently or her teetlmony, we would be alto-
ctaer iiianai oi t rery eaisicae oi in
1 New Testament! Waa It not from her hands
that th Reformer or the sixteenth century
received the lllbl t War they sot all Catho
lics before they turned toth butleess of re-
forming tne unuren oiunnsr, ana waa it not
upon her testimony that they accepted the
fosDCl as tha lasDlred word of Qodt Hnt.If
her teatlmnny waa conclusive as to the fast
that the New Testament wae written by In
spired men, should It not have been equally
convincing lo retard to the otktr ftt, that her
teaching Bad beca from the very origin or
ariaiivniij, id aeooraaao wiin lie ueeiera
tlonsl There la ao refntiar thla ami man ti far
It place all oppoaente of the Cbursh, who In
terpret ine new -leaiemsnt against ner, oe
twoco the borne of a dlleolma from which It
Is Impossible to extricate themsslves They
must either deny the New Testement or they
must aicept the Catholic exposition of It But
ths Church, la not only aa historical witness,
possessing all the qualities that ahould com
mand assent aha le alao a dlvlae witness
When Christ commissioned Hie peelJe so
C reach tb gospel to all nations, II promised
be with them all days, even to the end of
the world Uattbew. xxvlll, IfrOT They
were toba witnesses unta 111 at la Judaaula
Samaria, and to th uttermoel part of 1
earth I Acts UI Their testimony, therefore.
... - u., a A .AM.iKHM tktAH.k .11 Una k
a aol onl ta aOBltan thraueh. all tima be
the teaeblng of their succeaaors, but II was
aiao to na perpBtuauy upaeiu ana gunraea
aniBiiv( ui itiaauaieiaaaiaatakBBiiBai iiists,
the Cbursh, both 1 a human, and supernatural
point of view, la the highest and the only poi
aioi auiaority mat can teauir wiin eertaiaty
as to th origin, the canon, th Inspiration,
mm aw m, vdfiu, alia saoun, in in
and th aenaa of the Hal Harintur
1 aoweome to th aonlleatloa of these va.
marks to the particular subjest uader discus
sloo When a Protestant quotes tbe New Tes
tament against tbe Catholic belief oa the
primacy of Peter, he proves nothing! because,
If you ask blffli How can you shew that your
iw to tru miii vt oeripiur! ' in oniy
aniwarthat he eaa give Is, that such Is his
opinion) he has ao authority te back him, his
ooly light 1c hla own fallible Judgment, and
consequently, tbe Scripture for Elm la ao
Scripture, and aaa weapon In his hands against
other It falls harmless at their feet Ills a
verr different thine with tha Cathnlle iia
apt eala with confidence aad with certainty to
the inspired volume In favor ef his belief, be
cause he know that tb church to which be
be longs-having given birth to tbe New Tse la
ment! havlog nxed the eaaoa ef the cacred
book 1 1 having trantmltted them la their pu
rity and Integrity from the beginning to tha
present time Is the only reliable witness aa
to thslr meaning and, therefore, when he
quotas Scripture according le her vlsw.be Is
supported by the testimony of the Christian
world, from tha very age of the apoetlee, and
his api eal te tbe Scripture la Urele4 with all
the evidence that can establish the certainly
of any past event ler this reason did St
Augustln, In the fourth century, declare that
he would not believe In the gospel, If the au
thorlty or the Catholle Cbursh did not move
him to do to Tom vtlU Coot r 1-p Man
And thle la the language or all Catholics
Take away the authority of tha Church, aad
wa must discard tha Scrlatures thamsalrea
Hencedld Jean Jacques Uousseau, IhepkUoio-
l"r oi utiitti, iii ib vtaiviniatie uiviaes
who wished to palm upon him their peculiar
views or Christianity! " Show m that I ought
io sunjeoi my reason to ear authority and I
will be a Catholle to-morrow " tLt Minittrt
Prottlt MUM iwtmfl 1-e. auotad bv Parana.
Prated de Script) Kousssau hero uttered a
Bound principle, because tbera le no logical
medium between rationalism or deltm, and
the authorltyof the Church Krjsetthla authority-,
aod you have ao certain means of
moiiniaini iu great iat at a uuriawaa rv
elation This faat. as well aa tha anthentleltr.
canon, Inspiration, and true scobs of Scrip
ture, are ell events of the past) they cannot ba
learned by reason or private Judgment, but
only from competent testimony, end the
Church is the only witness that can enlighten
us oo these points As en historical witness,
she affords us a morel eertaiaty of tba truth of
lirr uumriui
to the mind
Just as convincing and exclusive of doubt, as
If Christ himself wsrebefora us, announcing
III. i....... ...... .a a.H.L at. i.l ,..
iia inmiu-ui,imtu null) ana vjiiasiiD,
therefore sppcale triumphantly to the sacred
text la vlud cation or her doctrine, because he
knows that He tsashlnga. If honestly Inter-
C re ted by the canoaeofa sound exegesis, must
e corroborative of that doctrine Un th con-
uai ji tin iiiTiinnii vi tii vjiiutcu, ia, argu
ing from the Scripture against ber, psora
viiiiuKI uni nivfcij fan uvjiviiuhi iiiii
lht which has already been demo est rated
Liltn the atheist, who ohleeta ta tha extalaaa
of Uod) like the deist, who objects to ths dl
vlnlty of Chrlstt they object to certain doe-
nun in mo uainuiia Laurin jibbbv, ia
order to refute these objections, it Is quite
eultlcleDt to show that the Scripture la sus
crptlble of telng Interpreted la aceordaace
with ber teaching or lo other words, that there
Is no incompatibility between her teaching
and the dec era (tone of the cacred volume
Our opponents should tak aotlsetbat tb
llhurak la nnl nkllaa.l )A nmva H,nf kaiHu
trlnet from Scripture She existed before the
Miaiiilii
New Tesl
not hoi 1
larncm. snii eonaequeaiiy biib uoes
i front 1L but from Ihe commission
given her by Christ himself When assailed
ey ner adversaries, me oaa ajways pieaa pos
session) and benee, It Is not necessary for bsr
rUdisatlon thai ah prov her dottriaes but,
II Is the business of her assailants to iiiprovt
them When a man has been la aulst noises.
slon of a piece of property for many years, ha
I. not lo Moulted matilr beo.ui. 11.1 par.
.on pr.Mntl hlm.elf tha rllklfol own.r
Th.'po.....orl..oloHI.dlo.nowl.l.llll.. I
put II li tk, builnii oflka o,w .Ulmint to
Prota that th.r r not food or luffliltot
Tka .laoAf IkllUlkAlli Ohnk IhlM.
.i. - .---...-.., wuuvi --
ior, m ariuioa- Hamsi nr irom in otnr
lure, era obllced to pror that tha Scriptures
Inr. aB AhllaTa.1 M
deny or condemn her teaching, but this they
enn never oo, ai winii atiunaantiy iogwu
la the foregoing remarks No obJestloDean be
urged against bar from tho Rcrlpturec that is
not auseeptlbl of a most satis factory txplan
Now, what at thanala scriptural oblee
ttoac urged by my opponent la tnlsdlicutilon
against th prlmasy of Petert They may be
Uaiaa ika wa Kaajia, Iha nKllnlAvlaal BA 1
Ih Iheologlealt those derived from In use of
language and thos based upon the nature oi
tne unriaiiaa unuren ja adenoma; nt in'"
Dlrliualaupremasy,! observed that our Lnrd,
i oib nrs meeiine; wun reter. lmormxi
thai he would be called Uephaathat on a
subsequent occasion, having received from
Peter's Una a elorloua aoareaaloa or his dlvln
Ity, ha really did change hla name, at the cams
i raw i it iag nie rtimn tor tm tn
-uieaiea nn inou, oimon iiavjonnn. iui
flesh aad Mood hath not revealed It unto thee,
but my Father which le la heaven) and I sty
alee unto thee thai thou art Peter, and upon
thla rock I will build my Church, and the
fates af hell shell not prevail against It) and
will give unto the the key or tb kingdom
oriUavea" Matt.svli if, 1 The literal
cense of tble passage, ae 1 showed from the
tBBiimonyoi mm
aaeient Fathers and that of
the tacit dlstlnguteked Protectant eommrnta
tore. Ia that Peter here ( a uni stent
fylag a rook, because Christ Inteaded to butld
his Church upon Mm. Bit my objectors eon
lead that such waa net tbe cats, because in
Ureek the nam gltea to Petev waa Pifrci,
nad the rock oa which th Church we to b
built was fttr As our Lord, however, did
aol ad Ires Peter InOreek, this objecllon falls
tothegrouad atoaco. Chrlat spots to Peter
la tha Syro-Chaldaletoagae, Baying to htm
1 Thou art CleW aad oa thl ATI 1 will build
my Church " Moreover, may aot two eouns,
of dlffereat termlaattoas, be placed la eppoil
tloa with each other, aa elgalfylag the aame
thl eg, aad le not thle manifestly ihe sate In
the paraare quoted, the Oreak idiom requlr
tac that the aame of a man ahould have the
masculine ending, while th symbolical word
had Ihe fs ml a lee one. Suppose Christ, with
out mentioning Peter at all, had aald of him
self "lam Carlifei, and oa thleperral will
build my Church," would our Ureek frliads
bar aay objection taltl Bat th strangest
featur la th dlfflsulty which I am now sift
lor. I Its Dresumntuaus eusDosltlon that all
Christendom for flrteea hundred years did aot
understand Ureek half a well a brother Wll-J
liamaoa and Tit Saailarlaadi aad that tha an
cleat there,S Bssll,Uhryeostom,Urecory of
Nasloatum, Cyril of Alexandria, aod a Boat of
o there, who spoke and wrote lha Ureek laa
taagtlatta elastic purity, war mere school
ays tempered with the beltealiteof Wash
legtoa elty. Hut my opponent!, havlag got off
tha roeks pefres aod pcret, begin to squabble
with the eurrouading perilleaolaod Jtel.
aad after a wonderful frerfaHnal wwntti of
Ursek erudltloa, there eomee forth only tbe
rUieutm$ of a eoasJaelon, that Chtitt In ad
dreaaloff Pater meant to eayt &o aurely es thy
aame le Peter, so surely will I build my Church
upoa myieir ' Is there any reason or connec
tion la each a speech 1 Would Christ have
flrat iadlsatod hie Intention to change hie
aame aad afterwards. so gd it, merely for tbe
purpose of telllag him that a ear aa ha waa
called Peter, he would build hie Oh arte, upoa
himself I I do aot hesitate to assert that such
a supposition Is shlMlsh aad absurd. Ubisrvr,
moreover. Christ did not say "Thy name ta
Peter anion thl rock," ko., but "Thou ark
Peter." At If hie words dialled only what
my oppoaente pretend, why nave not tha Pro
lestaat translators or the New Teitament eo
rendered the lexll There Is ao version of th
sacred record that coatalna any such or equiv
alent expressions All the Protestant ver
sion t that I have seen agree with the Catholic.
icy au aayi"inou an reier, ana oa tula
ttklwlll build my Church." But there la
fabricate aerlotural arxumeate aaalast her
If Luther and other reforatera raiaatad whnl
books of the lasplred volume when they found
u too pi
terr e
twist the Bible Into ararT ootilbl shine ta
suit their particular views. If I am not mis
taken, oalr a fswdeva aero, la thlaallr.Chrta
tlaolty aa understood by a liberal et poll tor of
lararaniaia
Ingealous sophistry, oa a par with tha expls
a alia a which a aaartata writer has alvaa a
of thos words of our Lord lo Pster, "lovesa;
iaui a biuib mis ,ua , jaitar uia inurrvi
tlon Christ mat ions or hla dlselnlsaat th
sea of Tlbtrlaa.wbcre Peter wae flsbleg When
ths had dined oo bread and fish, our Lord
eaiu to i a tar, Bitnaa, aou oi jooan, lavass
inou me more tnan tnessi ' A similar quae
tlon was out twine aealn.aad uaaa Pater aa.
luring hla Dlvln Master of his love, tb latter
anarg eu mm ao icsu nis lamne aaa ate saeep.
oat ia, ia wbbii uvea (joaa ainii i,atB
But what did all thl mean, according to the
learned writer Just referred tol Christ ln
leaded clmpty to loqulr of Peter whether h
tared kim mora lhanh loved thi which ha
had caught.
the preceding obser valient are more than
aumslent to show that thepatiagec of Scrip
ture adduced, far from condemning or weaken
ing the Catholic view of Peter'e primacy, on
Ihe contrary powerfully euctalntl Hut we
ar told that aaeh n primacy Is altogether Ir
reconcilable with tho eoadusl of Peter lade
aylng his Dlvlna Master It ahould be ob
esrved, however, thai this denial took place
before the Inauguration of the Christian
Uhureh Were aol all tho apostles before
that time weak, timid, and mora or less worldly-minded
meal Did not the sons orzebedee
manifest an ambitious and sel&th spirit which
Christ reproved I Wee there not a contention
among tha a poetics aa l which of than should
be accounted the greater t Did they aotfall In
fact abandon our Lord during his passion!
If then the denial of Pater, which waa aatort
ed from him only by fear, could be an lasuper
lo hold al n
ad errors
of lb lhr aaoatiea would be eaunilrenn.
elatlre egalnil their claim to the apoetollc
office The circumstance of Peter'e dental,
however Instead of affordlagarffumeat against
the particular distinction to be conferred upon
him, furnisbss aa additional proof or Hi for
our dlvlna Saviour knew that Peter would
deny him, aad therefore he aald to him t " Si
mon, Simon, behold sataa hath desired to ha ve
(uu, ion hi mi em you aa -v dii out i
eve preyed for thee that thy faith fail not
at wbbb inou Bti Buorerivii aitsngtaea toy
breth.o " f Luke sxlL 17 1 De wa not flad
hereaatrong lotlmattoo of Peter's supreme-
art wnywouiuour tjora pray in ocnaif oi
Ale fallh more than for the others, If aol lo
qualify him for the office of strengthening his
brethren! How could h strengthen them If
be were not stronger than they If thay were
an vtjuai ia omnia uignity, it wouiu oe nam
ral to suppose that they would all have been
etrenethsoed alike lleaoe, St Uhryeostom,
the Illustrious bishop of CoaitajaUnopI. a.
ludlaIOIb arasalnaal Darl which Petar IoaW
la lha election to supply tbe place of Judas,
th traitor, remarks i " lie la the flrst to pro
seed la thle matter, beeauaa all have been da
nverea over into ate a ends tor to aim unrist
aald, whm thou art eoavertad, Btyengthea thy
brhiea. Tom 111,1a leas Act
There le another ccrlntural ohlaotlon which
I must briefly notice It is salJ that tbe
B.ll.a(lll..(.ll.ll.l.. I. ir.i.i . j.
- vi wui ib aw a vtar, id juiiibiw, al. uu
not iKply any special prerogative in St. Pe-
!. viiihm os risi triis ue i "uiner louaaa
tloa aomaa eaa lay than that Is lall, whlsh la
Jems Christ" (ICor, chilli Now this Is
precisely the Catholic dot trine Christ Is the
frlmsry aad absolute foundation or th Chris
ten eJldeef but as Ihe church Is a visible
bulldlcr. tba structure or which la continual v
golngoa and continuously subtlitlng by tbe
wi ui iiaaiu inu tfliBiatailUK, it HIUBt BV
cestarllv reaulra a visible foundation, eonalat.
lag la tko agency of men a the beale of these
wperatmae ueaeeot i-aui writing to tnocpa
eslana ear i Ye are built udoo th found
tlon of the apostles aad prophets, Jesus
uaiii, simmi bio( ib eniei ornr-stooe '
(kphee eh 111 New, If II wae Bolderoga
lory to the dignity and power of Christ that
ta apos ties were in louauaiioa of tne
church in a subordinate sense, neither is it In.
consistent with his dlrnltr that one of Ih
epostles, by his appolelmeat. should be tbe
ivuBuatioa ib a particular aaa more eminent
manner than Ihe other. Thle la all that we
lain farftl alpa ntlmia ,t tank- an.l
Jurisdiction which Is bated upoa the clearest
declarations or holy writ, aad whtsh Is cor
roborated aod locontsttlbly proved by that
Catholle tradition, which haa transmlltsd to
us alike the books ol Scripture and tha sense
lo which they ara te ba understood
One of my oppoaeats has truly said, that
this is th chosen vantage ground of th
wbibou. in, tnia vantage grauna is tne
Eower and glory or lha true church It Is this
Igk groundon which w behold bardecked
uainaer spisoaio jewels or unity, sanctity,
apostolleltr and catholicity, nod which dle-
tlneulah her hv a h marl nA imail.t.li.hta
line from all the spurious orrshoots or crrpr,
from all that mushroom heterodoxy which
sprlogsupoae day.to perish ad disappear
the next It Is from this lofty ground.from this
Impregnable Gibraltar of t hrlstlanlty, thai
She hae for orer 1 1Q0 raars hi, l riinia tn th
vlolcaeof persecution and the assaults of
-I i onui"7i nu siui noiai oui for tae
untiiaK 0BiipiBiioa oi in wonu in
brllllaat and eonsolle llrht orimiiruti
scended truth No wonder thai the adver
saries of the churth dsaounse tradition ae a
rule of faith, it Is too powerful a wlt
asss egalasl their lonovatiooa. They
admit Indeed the tradition of tha church
MwitninsiMDii ucism ana rationalism,
and also aitolhe fact that tba Bcrlpturca
arethelnsplrsd word or Uodi but, by the
Srosseit laooaslstsocy they reletl that Ira
tlon la regard to particular doctrieea The
tradition of the church, on the aunjesl of re
vested tratb. eomprehsnds la an enlarged
sente.the written end unwritten word of Uod
and the gaaeral means by which this tradition
Is transmlttsd and perpetuated (ton ago
to age, are Ihe public Jaa 1 continued teaching
ofthe churchi the acts of her councils and
especially such a era ecumsolsah tb acta of
her martyrsi the aaered liturgy or the ritual
pr reiiglooi ih writing or th fathri tbo
loglsal treatisss, eccleilastlcal history, and
area th testimony or hsr adversaries All
these Bourses or Information have each their
value la themselves, but, com bleed they fur
!,h"OUBofvMBea wblchlslrrcslstl
M The teaching ofthe church, however,
1,tt.U. 'y.1"?" na ' authority by
whlh all others are to be tette I in mar-it to
dogmatical truth, because Christ too filed th
depoalt.of faith to th apostles and their iue
cessors aad hence, even K t lis Scriptures did
Datailil. A, in Alba. i.in.. i ' -..!
?!kfx!.,!ot "7lnr wltings la relation
le the dogmas of ChrlatlaBltv. wa An Ma tut
po lists In bar official tcaclilnga aufflcTeat
tPAimrl af Kall.f If . .-... T. .-
grounder belief If we epealihereforoto
the testimony of the anclait rather, It I
H.i,i,.v,lluiiiliiif cooarm ncr teaen
5f' . .w,d0 lh." th raor, eonfldeotly ai
they testify unanimously q her favor.
f , la my dlseoursc oa the primacy of Peter, I
quoted passages from some of the most die
tlegulshed fathere of the prlmltlt ehureh.
showing unequivocally thai liter uoderatooa
the words, "thou art Peter " (to, to allude to
1 eter as the rock or founded m on which the
Church was lo ba ereoted My opponents ad
mit tba patristic authorities cited, aad la
order to defeat ray argument, they undertake
I t.t In ord.r o .till inn, prlm.ir -hlek
w. .ii.rlfor r.Ur.nd kl.iuec.iiot.il l.oot
..ou.h for Iben to Ihow l!t In. .ulhorltlea
wkl.l Ik.ra.lt.d .r. .uicjp llbVof adia-.,.
,alitupriLttoa toj muit alii piora Mil
tu uioie.waa urgeaaa favorable to "woman s
"Trace It Is aot surprising, therefore,! hat
b ta.s ta Biwmaaki.a ba-A ttlUlullr aXmA
torted. It deaerves to be olaoed. fa boiaf of
these authorities will ad mil oatyaf aa oppo
site Interpretation! la other words, that (hey
deny nndeoademn the primacy, Th primacy
exists aaa fasti th Pop, who la recognised.
at successor oi retervytn great majority Oi
tha Chrlsllaa world, lain posscsslooi aod this
fact might atlll axist ven if eo Scripture or
petrlitl wrltlec had tr appeared Tha
constltulloa ef tba Uatholla Ghana is raore
ancient tbaa theaei b does aot hold from
them or under them, but from th direst ap
polatment of Christ Ueace, It followc that
although th text quoted from the father
might be taken la a different seee from that
claimed by me, th title to th primacy would
still remain Indisputable) first, bscaute this
title la sons thing prior to all scriptural or
written testimony. Secondly, because the la
terpratatloa which lay opponents have given
ef thpatrtstls authorities sited. Is perfectly
recont liable with th Catholic view of Ihe
auMeaL Thirdly, because the taxi from SI
Matthew, "Thou fcrt Peterand oa this rock I
will build my Church." 1 nol th only soure
from whtsh ih nailer rr tha r.ik... i. ,aaii
to tha primacy ts to b aeeartalaed. but there
a -A Alkaa.. .all, ..A ... .?- .. .a.
" am u,r 9tixjid grvunua,
which prove that they admitted a supremacy
of rank aod Jarlsdlstloa la Pster. eedfals bus
oettors tha bishops of Roma Tha first of
these proposltloa I hav already aufflsleatly
ettabllihed, la treating the aerlptural argu
ment en theBubjaet, I will new proceed to
m.iMv.iv! mi BeavauanqiBiraprpposiiiooe,
and thea.lt will appear which side la this dlt.
euiitoa, is under tb necessity of Impeaching
Of reJectlOeMh Wltaeaaaa thai KitiUib nul
on tha stand One of my oppoaeats has saldt,
I rka i,.l.tkl.k ik. ' .11 . n -
. vvmininn iinf Btioaee oi noni
hav to meet 1c this, to reconcile the testi
mony of their owo witnesses with Itself, so aa
rf v aaa i w a, l nungiKI Willi 11ICII, BU
support th Horn 1th (he mean th Catholic)
terpratatloa ot th pacsag la question i"
to bu;
Inter
tnasia toear, mai if wa can snow tnai tne
ratrlatle testimony adduced by our ad verier lea
i not Irreconcilable with th Catholle sense
of lb scriptural text, Thou art Peter," Ac ,
thea w hav gained our point Yrr wall. I
assent the task.
All the I ethers that I quoted la defence of
i etr a prim soy, Designate oim aa in roes or
foundation aa whleh Uhrlat hut.t hla Oh ireh.
or ascribe le him titles whleh suppose a head-
oip in tngorrnaieni oi in uaurcn now
do oar OBBonantn attamnt ta aaawer that in.
IhorlUeai By citing passages from th same
Fathers which allude to Cariif a th rock er
foundation of the Church, op whteh affirm
that thla rock or foundation la Peter confes
sion of laita But, as 1 hav already ex
plaleeO, no Catholic dee lee that Christ is tha
sol foundation ot the Church la the primary
and absolute sense, for He 1 th soure of all
power aad of all grace This, however. I by
no nsens Inconsistent with Peter' hevlng
( ppoitaiieieBaeiioB in a aeconaary
aad vicarial seme Th patristic authorities
T noted by my opponents do not deny this
he passage from, St Augnstla commenting
upon Tertulllan merely says that Peter was
built Quo a Christ, and aot Christ anon Peter
man BiBtirwuiyi wao uubbuobb tnis BBssriioni
Peter wee built usob Christ, and this waa tha
tsrr process hv whlsh he obtained a aunrama
cy of Jurisdiction That thla , waa the real
aeotlment of Augustla Is plain from many
other passages of hie work a, where, for la-
aienc. o eaiia i-eiertne -nrttoiine apos
ties." (Tom IIL Tract 6.ln Joan Jthe flrst
la the apostolic ordsr," Tom V, eermTS, No
1. oot. AU 1 "th flrst and ehlef lo tha order of
the apostles," (Ibid., aoi. WT J Aad egala,
when elludlnr toth Ohnreh hnaavet "Of thla
Church Peter tho apostle, on account of tho
primacy oi mi apostiesnip, oore a easrasicr
which represented th whole Church " Tern
III. Tract lit. In Jaaal Orli-aa la el tad aa
explaining th text from Bt, Matthew of all
inBBpastiBs. ana even oi an true uorisiians
But he la evidently lndalelnr her In a in rati.
eal or allegorical latsrprstatlon, and If hie
wurua arananyiaiBK ageiast tn primacy oi
Peter, they ar equally conclusive against
tha preteesloae ef ell ministers of th Oo-
pel If every Christian Is a rock or foun
dation of lha Church, eo as to exclude
all ether particular foundations, why do
certain men, without aay 14 w ful mission
aad without aay eertaiaty In regard to ihe
dogmee ot Christianity, affect to be epe
clal foundations, by preaching, and palming
upon the IgBOraaee and credulity of the multi
tude their set private opinion a for tha goepel
of Cbrlstl bly bpponeaU therefore, mutt
retreat his citation from Orlgeo or II will mil
itate ageiast blmsslf Though avert true
Christian la a found all oa of the Cbursh la a
general eenae, oy ine auppori wnica nia ex
empt and lnflueaee may contribute, thcr arc
other ijwW fouadatloae, ecsonllng to lha
office and ministry which they hava received
Cnrlst wa "tbe light of bob," yet he said lo
hla apostles, "Tou ar th light ef lb world,"
ad to all his followers la general he gave the
command, "Let your light ao shine before
mea that they may tour rood works." .
Her w have thrc grades of light Were
oot the apostle mor specially a light tbaa
tbe dltetplee In general, aad waa not Christ a
iigni in b sim Digner eeeatl
Th Bdearaarlaa ni flalhnllatfw aa nnt hi Ara
fortunate la eadeavortag to explain away the
Indisputable evidence of St Cyprian, la favor
or Peter's primacy They represent this Fa
ther ae aaylng that all tbe apottlet were In
vested with the same dignity aod power that
Peter bad, but what does Cyprian meant
They were equal la the dlgoity and power
whleh belonged to tba apostleshlpt that It, la
the ufflce of preaching the word and ad mints
tarlsg the sacraments, I grant) that the ywsrc
equal la thegoverament of the Church, deny
That this Is the msanlng of Cyprian, Is mani
fest from tha eontext Alter citing the words
or Christ, "Thou art Peter," Ac, and those
other words of Christ to Peter, "teed my
sheep." he adds, "Upoa that on He bullde
Hie Church, and to him He eielgas Ills sheep
to bated. Aad, although to all th apostles.
after His resurrection, lie gives aa equal
power, and sayst'As th father sent Ale I
alao eend you ' - yet, la order
to raeatfest antty. He hae by Ills own author
ity so placed tbe origin of that same unity, as
that It begin a from one Certainly, the othrr
apostles wsr what Fetfv waa, endowed with
aa equal fellowship, both of honor and power,
bullae commencement proceeJs rrom unity,
aad Ih primacy Is alveo lo Peter that the
Church of Christ mar be set forth as one, aad
the chair as one" De lalafe Dr. Sunder
land quotes a letter of Cyprian to pope
Stephen, and makec him aay that each bishop
la hi particular dlocete, le accountable only
to Uod. aa It there were ao superior authority
la tba Church to whleh ba owed submission
But, I would beg leave to state that bt, Cy-
Crlan ssys nothing of th sort; the Ber doctor
y Inserting tbe words eafy lathe text, has
used a license which Is altogether unjustifi
able Eplet. lib. a, eplsL 1 1
Some of the a ethers whom X hava adduced
as designating Peter the rock on which Christ
built bis Church, have also oa other occasions
termed Peter'e profession of faith the founda
tion of the Church Launay, referred to by
oo of ray opponents, enumerates at least
forty four who have used this language
They do nol reject th literal sense of the
text. Thou art Paler aod upon tble rock I
wlllbuUdsiy Church)" bulla order to show
the Bseesslty of adberlag to Ih faith of Peter,
that oa may prre ualty aadnot become a
eretlc, they her recourse to aflguratlv ex
ptanatloo. and by metonymy traoaferrlng th
name of the effect to th eaute, they term Pe
ter a aoareasloa of faith ths foundation or the
Church Hut whoever examinee th subject
attentively, will perceive thai auah an expocl
tloa, rer from detracting la tho Uaet from lha
evidence la favor of tbe prlmasy, on tbe con
trary aupporta and strengthens It Whea the
lathere aay that Christ foaeded his Church
upoa Peter's faith, they lo nol understand a
confession of faith distinct from Peter him
self, or a mere abstraction, but they mean a
confession of faith eomlog from the lipa of
Petert la other worde, they mean Peter be
I Is vine and confessing, or aa St Ambrose
remarks "Tho Church was not built upoa
Peter's beass and flaih, bat upoa Peter eon
o St J Now. what followi from thle!
tha gates of hell, according to Chrl
promise, are never to prevail against
Church built upon Peter e faith, and as 1
H It 1 Vl U.h.1 -17. t .U. ". I?
- J ." 1 in luiivni irwBi tniei a
Christ
nit the
UDOB Palar a faith, anil aa I hi.
faith could aot lo any Intelligible or practical
vaaaw its lyi IUHIUIIIIIS Ol ID UaBllO, UniCIB
It were the rule or tesl by whtsh th fallh of
other Christians was to be judged, It Is plain.
la th flrst place, that all who wish to be mm
bars or th Church founded by Christ must
hold th faith which Is taught by Peter aod
hie successors, eeeoadJy, that Peter was In.
vested with a superior authority, la order to
dsclere hie ralla ae a rule, and to require
conformity to lt thirdly, that ha atlll Urea In
hie euccessors. In order to perpetuate th
used aura, in erur
of Bromuleattn th
nv.kvi urvuuiatiB( so tru laiiu
Irom the sa ram ark a I think it law'.il
conclude, that the witnesses adduced by me
from among tba earl Father atlll hold good
for tb primacy of Peter but they bar x
blbltcd their belief oa this polat still more
emphatleaUr,by their living and dying lo com
munloo with th See of Pcier This is true of
all whom I bar cited, If we exoept Tertulllan
towards the aloe of bis life, whea ha joined
tb Moots ols I assl, whlih denied that the
Church bad the power or forgiving certain
grievous sins Bui even then, ha bear wit
ness to be fact that the bishop of Borne ex
ercised a primacy of Jurisdiction, for be sayst
"I hear that an edict baa been published, aod
Indeed a peremptory eaei the bishop of btah
opi, which licqulvaleat to th Sovereign "on
tiff, proclaim. ' 1 pardea tha slas of adultery
aod fornication to thos who havadonepsn
ance " Z?e PikflrtM Mr iaber. one of tha
Qerccit enemies of the Catboii Church, does
not hesitate to Infer Iran thle uassag that la
. wi sBrtuiuaa.-'BoaBiaeraDia earanoe
had been made by the See or Home ia tb claim
of tho primacy IDifficultleeof Bern , p 800 1
it wss ao advaaee at all. It wae nothing more
than the authority whisk Pope Clement, or
dalne I by Peter blmseir, bad excrctsod towards
the Church of Oorloth, Eptil I, Clem ad
uwi ajiuu uonieiter i ana rope
14th from PkUp U lha - a
y.h?V (Eussb Hist, bib r, eh Si J Whence
did they derive this authority but from Ibe
prlmasy of Peter!
In reeard to Orlgeo, l( Is wall known that ha
was la full communion with the Church, that
recognised a primacy la tha bishop of It owe
as the successor of St peter 1 1 bis well
meant effort to harmotalsa Ibe Plato nls tic
thllosophy with the doctrines of revelation,
ha was suipsciad, partlealarly after hie death,
of having fallen Into error regarding the ill via
Itypf Christ) but that Lewassouod oa tb
subject or Ibe primacy la eloorfrom tbe faet
that St Jcrom, towards the eod or the fourth
oealury, wae ono of bis must strenuous ad
vocatcs Alxog, Hist torn I ) Now, what
wsra tbe sentiments or this Illustrious i athsr
In regard to the Papal supremacy! Hear what
b says Iaa letter to Pope Damasust "I am
united to communion with your Holtneti.that
Is, with th chair of peter Oa that roak I
kUa0W. t lh Ohtireh I built Whorr
eateth the lamb out of this house Is a profane
man Whoever Is not la tha ark, shall perish
by tha flood II thlt Balhatath ha aaillf.
sealteieth " tpl.t , II ) I now com to St
pr!fl Bl,o0JP of Carthage od martyr,
about tha middle of th third' icatury, cor
roborating lathe most unequivocal saBoner
tbe brllllaat avldenoe already adduced from
him Although he wee ot opinion that Pope
Stephen, la his dsoltlon on the question of
heretics, baptism, carried Ms authority too
far, he never dented the authority It self, which
he certainly would hav don oo thl eocsslon
If II had not been ran,t(ir1 thrnii.Knui ik.
Church Un th contrary, la a letter to Pope
Cornelius alluding toeeriala schismatics, he
say si "They have the effrontery to convey
aod lo tha principal Church whence sacerdotal
unity took lta ilia," Ae Lib Eplst lift. ad.
Coraellum 1 And again, writing to Pope Ste
lavua iiviuaj iuu ,u nis BUBirot jreter.
phen, be urges blm to dispatch a letter to tha
province and people of Arlee, to Oaul, In order
ihbi aBrsiB ia Beaismaiicai pisnop Of tnat
sitr, nouM b tsmOTSJ Lib Eplil ltli If
ail MUnhamiia f laT Daaa lil-nhaa hart nnl a
superior authorllr over other bishops, haw
could Cyprian nak such a request!
ao remaining earners quotea oymeiaue
fence ot Peter a primacy, flourished lu th 4th
and 1th eenturlea.whea th Church enjoyad
peace hod liberty of aeUoa Several ecu
mcnlealand provloelal eouaell were held lo
that arly period, all of which war presided
over cr ine legates of tb Pope, or received
their binding authority from M confirma
tory icnteno Now, la corroboration of the
avldeac farnlshed la behalf of thenrimae hr
the above-mentioned lathers.vliiSt J a met, of
niBiniB) ursgory, oi nyssa hi uyru, Of jeru
salemi St Hilary, of Polstleni St Gregory
NettaoiaoandSt Augustloe.ttlBtlfllcienlto
remark that they war all, with one excep
tion, preeenl at on or mor of these councils,
aad eubierlbed te their decrees One word la
retard to aaeh af thaaa avnrula Thai Ural (lata-
era! Couaellof Nice agataitArlenlBtn washed
In tha year 13ft, aad consisted ot 811 bishops,
under the presidency ef legate eeatbPopo
ojirmrr ivrriasius, nyoop UOm, DIS, IID
l.eh 6 Photlus, De Sep I em Hyoodls 1 St
James, Of niSLOie,onor my witnessss, wee
preseni, anu wua sir oinet blinops reeog
nlced th suoreme authority of th Van
II waa decreed at thlseoaau that Easter
should be celebrate I on th Sunday after th
llth day of th March moon, and that the
Church of Alexandria should every year make
in lunar computation, ana tor warn it to
nana tnat tn apos toil autnority at to int
ler city might notify tha uniwrtaJ Caarva,
as to tha day oa which Latter was lob pos
itively observed Wa learn this faet from SI
CyrlLof Alexandria cited by Uucherlui la
Pref fare-, and II shows what was the ua
deubted sentiment of tha council la regard to
ilaas. who dented tha dUlnltvof th Ilolr
Q host ItaumberedlM bishops, all from th
Last, aad the fathers addressed a letter lo
Pope Damatus requesting him to confirm
their desrees This he did, and by this papal
tancUon tb couuell acquired tha nam and
authorltyof an ecumenical or general Cnuo
ell. (Theodoret,i:eel. Hist lib t e, 10 Pho
tlus, op clt.1
Now,St,Uregory,ofNyita,aodSt Oyrll, of
Jerusalem two ol my witnesses, aastitsd at
tbla eouaeli, and therefor with lit other
blshbps acknowledged tb primacy of Peter In
hi sueoeieor, the Blshopef Borne By th
action o thla council alto, St Gregory Net
Ian tan, another witness, was eoaflrmed as
Bishop or Constantinople and therefore ac
corded with th sentiment of Ih other pre
late In regard to the primacy In tha year
UI a couaelfwaa held at Mllaa agaloit Artan
Itm. aod eoetlsted of too bishops of Ih West
At this council St, Hilary, of Poletlers, with
two other legates of Pope Llberlus, prsslded,
whleh proves that he wae to communion with
th Bishop of Rome, who then claimed aod
exercised a primacy of Jurisdiction. (Aaa
1ie dee Cone torn,! 1
Tha third General Council waa held al
ukiuTaua m asi nitiuii .iiiifriiaiiin. inu
aumbered over 300 blthope St. Cyril of
jaia,anaria, anu two oiner legates oi i'op
Celestlae, presided. Ona of tbe legatee thus
addressed the assembly! "We thaekyou for
th acclamations wa hay heard, and th
r raise you have given to tour holy bead, (the
ope.) lodsed It has been known to
an ogee met tne no.y aaa most bissted Peter,
the tirlnca and head af th anoatlaa. th nlllac
or rait b. and the foundation or the Catholic
Church, received from oar Lord Jesus Christ,
th Savlear aid (Redeemer of mankind, the
keye or the klagdom.aad Io him was given
the nower to bind and loos alna. wa Jitwi iu
Judgti la th person of bis successors te the
rri,n tini, iaa win no IV iiwili " I All
cone Ephee apud Lab be, vol III 1 There
was no dissentient voice to this declaration,
aad bane tb deer of lb Father condemn
ing Nestorlus, began with thsse wordsi Com
relied br Ihe aaered eannna and br th .Hail
or our most holy Father 'iow ralalster,
Celestlae, bishop tna Church of Rome, wa
proceed to propoaaea sentence" (Ibid)
tjould any testimony ba strooger then this la
faror or Peter'e primacy, aod that of hla Sue
aetaors! Tbe same exerolts of the supremacy
attached to St Pater'a ehalr. was call ad forth
by th Eutyshlaa heresy, wltlch was coa-
BBti in ta uooneii oi uoaieeuoo, in toe
tear UI Nearly ala hundred bishani assisted
at thla synod, where pnpa Leo the Ureal pre
sided, by his legates. When th letter of th
Pan la tba eounell wn reA. th hlahnna ana
claimed, with one vole, "This Is tba faith of
theFathersi this Is tb faith ef the apostles.
Allot UB hare thla hIUf.tha nrlhodas ha.
list this Ftltr kai ipoktn by tbe mouth of
uo irtii, co uo vaai apai uxnoe, yoi
4 1 Bat Ih earn elx handred bishops also
requested th Pop to confirm their proceed
lags. Overus, as th head over tb mem
bers, you hav presided la th oeraoo of those
noiuiag jourpiac w entreat you, t ie re
fore, to honor our decision with your sane-
iiu-iauva, wv aaif aiai;ii wiin is uiiu,
let tour superior authority comnleta what Is
desirable for your children" Ibid, col 132
and 137 J Did th Fathere of Cbalccdon teeor
o'ic the primacy or Peter, or did Ihey not!
Let ua aow examine whether St Augusllae.
aaolher witness, who styles Peter the first of
tba apostlee. tha first aod principal la tha
apoatolle order, hoi Hog th primacy of th
apnstleshlp, and tells us that the princedom
or th apostalle chair alwaye flourished la the
Church of Rome, Eplst It 8, allele 11, ad
uiartanieir iusium win oner any cvi00CC,
ulatnly confirmatory or hla belief la Peters
eupremsoy aad that of his successors Writ
ing io innocent i, in id namoi tn uouacii
erullevlc, (annoilo, ) he sayst "Since it haa
rlcatedGod In bte speelalgrace to place you
atheepostollo chair, w do beseech you to
exerclae your pastoral eolloltudo In looking
after th Infirm tnembere of Christ ora
new heresy has been broached Hut we hope,
by the mercy of our Lord, who helps you lo
th discharge of your duty and hears your
Sreyere, that the abettora of thl psrnlolous
ootrloa will submit to the authority of rour
bollnsss, ierivtd front tht authority of t Dielae
St-rtplttrfi ' icoll Cooe , tol S, eol 1 Blft-9 1
la coojaaetloa with five African bishops, Bt
Augustln wrote another letter to the aame
reatiu, urging ia adoption oi effectual ma a
a urea aralnat tha errors of I'alarlua The eoa
flrmatory deeree of th Pope haying reached
aiuv, at auiuitis tnui iiiBuia ia it, in a i
dreealna? his floeki "Alreadr hava tha deal
sloos of the councils been sent to the apostolic
sect th answers hare reached us IAiiuii
tttUt&t may theerror also be now at aa end "
ISermotll, alias S, de verbis apostoll Tba
v(rviBn niuiia,, m. iruai, bi tu or ibbb sum
elanl to ahow that thawltneaaea ahnm I ..
duead la via .cation of the primacy of Peter,
iar irom sunirauicting inemscives, on in con
trary, have maintained thclreround.and havi
afforded addltlaael evidence la support of
a-ii uwiaiaiiva, tu I ,i,r II iu, rui in
foundation on which Christ built bis Cburcb
ToBumupUiawholedlseuasloo,IhaveshoifU
that my oppoaeats hava not attempted to an
ewer the areument derived from the common
seme and practice of mankind, In behalf of a
headship of authority In th Christian
Churchi thai their Interpretation of the
Scripture against It amounts simply lo their
owo private opinion, which decides nothing)
that the testimony or tradlttoo. aa furnished
oy in uatnoue unursn,is in only reliable
aed possible witness ot tha Newlestamcat.
as to Its authenticity, canon, inspiration and
msantnrt that the, a la Rrlnlu lha t naa
not harmoatie with the Catholle view tf p.
V.rv,"?".r"":"",ra In lesiiinoay
Of th ni-tialilva Ifathara aa.it -.ii..ii. t.t.'j
invalidating, on ths contrary corroborate
Ihe Catholle belief on this important subject,
aod by a legitimate deduction, that tb modest
phrases, monstrous dogma of assumption,"
aad "greatest fallacy aver Imposed upoa the
mlad of man," ae applied, by our opponents I
thSDlrltualauoreinaer of Patar aoJ hla au.
ecssors. And their proper Illustration father
in ta mm reasoniBg or ineir authors
la a farmer dlasouraa Iauatad aararal if la
ttpgulshod eommeolatoraof the New lest a-
sacas iron tu ranus oi arroieataniism, wao
Interpret tb words Thou art Peter, ana oa
thle rpekl will build ay Church." ru tbe same
literal sense that Is adopted by Catholics It
was only to ahow tha literal and obvious
senteof this scriptural passage that 1 quoted
their testimony, and Dr Sunderland admits
that so far their leatlmony boldsgoodf whence
It followc that thf ae witnesses are stilt la our
favor I did not produce them tor lha purpose
of testifying lu behalf of 1 he primacy of Peter
or bis successors, but ni rely to confirm the
literal Bens oi tn text in question. If tact
do not In rer from this that a primacy or Juris
diction waa eon f erred upoa Peter and passed
to hla successors lu th ss of Rome, It la only
one among the many evidences or the great
inconsistency or those who, white they pro
fess to admit nothing but th bible as a rule oi
faltb, repudiate lta statement whenever they
nna mem opposed io tneir preconceived Opin
ions. If one admit that Peter wee tha rook
oa which Christ built hla Churth, thea be
..h a,.I. Ik. ..... a' .
utagu- av tu IuuimMIDDCI, IOU OOt COO-
tend that Peter was ncf tb rock or found alio o
wi ins iiiiuren
I Will also remark that tha cstrlatla authnr.
Itles which I hare cited lu this address and on
fi-JTiwua eogasiua, an euppos mat rater
was at Rom and died there, and that tbe
Drtmaev el aim ad and avar.tla.wl ha lha l.l-hnna
of Rome, waa based upon tb rest of his havlog
established la that city hi apostolic ac But,
as Dr Sunderland baa published a sermon la
whleh ba labors lo mystify this question,
taking the ground that Pefer i ever wae at
Rome, I shall offer socio remarks la refutation
vi un Basertiuo inia assertion mucea falls
inm vat ini.uui mv tuucu lia IU BSTIOUS
afflrmalloa of aa educated man, ae aa aa-
?""... "i" i"f ia" ibiiu is remiauB me
forcibly of a pamphlet nubtlihed aomeveara
r ago. tha author of which gravely contended
la I that there never was such a person aa Nape
d . loa Hon a par la aod I do not hesitate to de
a elars tha this proposltloa about tbo existence
if Nsnoleon is aa ruiintiiiaii in.r.n ..
tha assertion that P.I.. ... .. . u...
m. .7 " " - aii aasisi a- mm at nvuiv
Th Ksrerend Doctor has published a very
long sermon on this subject, but wbeo you
come Io examine lis merits as aa argument,
litPlwafarHowaaflll
nolhlng more thaa a tissue of sophltlrr,mlsrep
mentation and gratuitous assumption, from
itiihiiioiid snu ueioro enter upon toe
exposure or Its fallacies, I will establish tbo
rcl that Peter wet at llome.tfaat be located th
ot Issopal bee, and Buffered martyrdom In that
City All antlaultv attests this retttherror.
we muit either admit It or reject everything
Ilk historical testlmooy I Clcroent.bUhopof
a-vwv, aaaia aa auHWIIViai; ijl 111 BJfaSIIPB, Bail
who wee ordained by St Peter blmselfd men
tions Peter nad Paul aa havlag suffered mar
tyrdom at Rome under his own eyes I plst
lad Cor, a ft and 0 1
Nt Ignatius martyr la lb flrst century,
wrote thus to Ihe Romans "I da not earn
mend you as St. Pster and St Paul did, they
wsra apostles of Christ, lama mere nothing "
irpist au atom wnat can be mora clear
from these words,l says tbe learned Pennon,
Protestant bishop of Chester, than that thla
holy martyr was of opinion that Peter, oo less
Ibaa Paul, prtashtd and mffmi Homtt
Vlad apist S , Ignet and 1 tact, d sueoes
prim. Uom Epics )
St Ircnmus, martyr, blsbon of Lyons, see
ond eentury, asssrts that Peter and Paul
preached the gospel at Rome, and established
the Cburcb, which he calls "the greatest and
most ancient, known to all founitd by tha
f?.OB,oriouP,tu' truI Paul 7j.it.
Ill, tfr Uteres, c. Ill 1 lM
St Dloavslus, bishop of Corinth, second
?.Va.7..'.?J"i Pll the ""mans, lafoFa.
usthal"st Peterand St Paul preached the
gospel in Corinth and I Jiowe, and sajferea
jaerw-m fa iht tatttr city " Apud Lussb.
Urlgen telle us. third century, that BI Paler,
after having preached la Pontus, Oiltttla,
Blthyala, A- went at tail to JIasw.tearr A
J.'1.?.1". iMrd century, sayst "Let uti
wa to noraanB proclaim, to whom Peter
p"Uf,t,Bf0Pfa'lel Uefrbeed"
Oontr Marclon, lib J And, "ir you
pear Italr.you hat Rom wheae autharlty
Is soon at head, waer filer eniTirid la the lama
meaner ai Ms dtvla Lord." id PratorlP
cap a 1
St Cyprian, bishop of Carthage, third) esa
tury, tells ua that Pop Uoraellaa "waa shotea
bishop whea th place of Fabian, that la, the
percofefrr,wastacabt " Eplst. ad Anton
r ussblu, fourth century, apeak of Linus
as flrsi bishop or the Church ot tha Romans,
atltr tha ledger rfrr" (Iachroolce 1
St Uptetus, rnurth century, rsfsis to th
tabtishmeat of th episcopal chair at Rom by
Peter, ae aa unquestionable faet, aod states
that Pster, the prlnse ot th apostlee, wss fhe
Jlrtt0meeupfU. lDib.li.Sl)
To these witters ef Ibe earliest ages wa
might add Lsctsotlus, Atheaeslui, fcplpha
alus, Augustln, Palladlus, and others of the
fourth and Ofth esatur lee. who all declare that
Peter went to Rom aad thcr suffered mar
tyrdom. Bishop Peart oa, ot tha Anglleaa
Chursb, has collected all these lestlmoolee la
the work; already quoted, oa Ih flrst bishops
of Rome
1 Tha faat at Patar haalit fcaaa Bt nam.
end died there, Is distinctly asserted by ano
ther etaasof writers, who have furnished ut
Wtth a a tain n a nl Ika Ana rJMaallfra A
IreaoMi. second ssntury, (Lib t, If ares 1 Ter
tulllsa, third, (Prate , e.lS t St Kplphaalae,
juui.a, insDrae, itii e.oboiub, louria, llius ,
I It) St Opiatac. hh.rLlb.Uoa Perm it 81
Auguaua.nnh. Eplst, left i hava all left ae
allBl of ths Bishops of Rom down to thslr
time, aod commence it with Peter
I The cam fact la proved by thet writers
who Inform ui that Si Mark wrote Ma eosoel
'nw uvuiatailQB Ol aTBter. aVpi,
blthop of llleropolls, a coteraporary ofthe
apOBtles, state that Mstk, in his gospel rela
ted what be heard from Petev at Rome aad that
Peter wrote bis Oral eplttle from Rome, call
ing II Babylon Apud Luseb.llb.il Clement,
or Alexandria, says tbe same, ae Ills elated
by Eusebius, who refers to a work of Clement
now lost, th Hypotyposeon St Irenvtue,
f loco clt iSt Jerom, DaScrlpae! i) Ter
tulllan. coat. Maralotiem, lib 4 t Orlgea,
apud Luttb, lib 0 Bt Auxuttla, DCoa
toa Lvsng , lib 1, aad tba Syrles vertloa of
St Mark's gospel, all bear witness to tbt same
fast At th sad of thle vorstoa arc the ward,
"her ods th gotpelof Mark, which h spoke
na wrote in iatin uom."
ft. The faet of Peter'e having beea at Heme
Is again attested by an amount Of monu
mental evidence which Is sufficient to con
ne the most skeptical. This evldsate Is
fouod la tba Bumeroue paintings, ovine,
mural Inscriptions, aad th very tomb of
the apostl Peter Calus, a priest of Ih Ro
man shurch la th eeeond aad third cen
tury, thue addresee Ih arrorlsts ef Ms day
la vladleatloiof Ihe faith pressrred at Ron,
asrecelted from the spottiest "I can show
you lb trophies of th spottlet ; for. whether
wo go totheatlean or to the Oitlao way,
wa Bhall meet with Ibt tropics of the founders
of this church " lAdvr Pro, apud Latch,
Hist, lib I Th toagnlflssat baelllc ef St.
Peter'e al Home now taod over the very
spot where that apoatle au ffersd death for th
faith, and tha church of St. Paul's, la th
same city, maths Ih plae war Paul waa be
headed Eutsblus, book 4 of bis history, asserts une
qulrocally, that ' Paul waa baheajedaad Peter
cruelfledaf Roma ta tha rslgaof Nerothtl
evldeatty proved by th raooameate oa which
their asmee ar Inscribed, aad whleh to thla
day (fourth century) arc ssea la th seme
ttrles orUome "
it Jerome (Dt Script LVcfei ) says ef Petert
"After be had been Bishop of the Church of
Antloch. aad had preached to the avert e
scattered through! wanue, U alalia, Ae.. la
th year of Claudius, tceaf fe Jteate to
oppose Simon Magus, and tbera occupied tha
rricelly chair during twenty five years, down
o the last year or Nero, by whom h waa
crowned trfraMrtrrdebycruolflxloa
Belag burled af Mom, a the Vatican Hill, h
reeelvea the vsneratloa of th whole city "
From tb testimonies adduced above, wa era
rally warranted la the eooclusloo that I her is
no historical faet more laeoateattbly estab
llshed than that of Bt. Peter'e baring bico at
Rom aod tbar suffered martyrdom, wheae It
follow that w are compelled either t admit
that fact or reject all historical testimony
whatsoever. It le aot surarlslnr. therefore.
that tho most learned writers oa tbe Protes
tant side bate had th candor to acknowledge
this fact, as Cave, Ushsr, Oaeaubon, Chanter,
Du.ilal' a.la.. 'r.a.i a '
Uorne. Urotlus, Joseph Seallger, John Pap
Ulus. iClDBlar. Hebalrua. Itllelaa. Hat llaa
Hiuuyii, ofiuiai ifuiii MinnvHH, I fltigi.
bi,absh uiaiB, aBttnoiai.aieaaaer.uiese
ler,aadolhsrs. The flrst rasntlonai of thsie authors ssyst
"W Intrepidly alDrm, wUA oli anttmUVt that
Pater waa at Rome, and far soma time resided
there" (Smo Apost S Petrus I Not even did
Calvla himself deny that I eter died at Roma
Oa account of tbe agreement among writers,"
he says, I do aot deny that ha died there "
Instil., book I cb 0 Among the numerous
extracts from Lsrdner, Mlshaells and Cave,
which Adam Clark, tha distinguished eommea
lator oa tha Scriptures, has lot rod need uto
his eamnllatlana. wa Dad th folia at In ra.
. ..' .r.'Ji. ..riTr.... c. r -. z
marks relatlv to St, Petet s martyrdom at
Romet "Thla tradition la th general, u aeon
tradletcd, dltlntcreitsd testimony of antlent
wrltere la th sevsral parts ot th world
Urecks, Latins, and byrlana Never
waa aav other nlaca named beitdea Romei nor
did any other city ever glory la the martyrdom
of Peter There were In tbe second aaa third
centuries, disputes between th Bishop of
j to ma anu outer trianopa ana uaursnss aooui
th tlm of ueenlnr Lasler and about th baa.
it-iii ui ii,ii.iinvg, uinnu ib unngp
or Rem what they called th Chair or Peter.
Jf U not for ear aener er tterttt tithtr es Carte ,
, A tkm..l4.. -! .- ...... ...- tll.k.-
i fans er rrerifsKir Jot lAe truth eervaf i ewrr
feined ft v eerie end wall atteaUd tradltlana II
any make an 111-ua of such fae'a. wa ar aot
accountable for It Wear not, from lh dread
of such abuses, fa eert-iarew iac crtdtl or oil kto
tory, th coassqusocec of wblcb would ba
After havlar Droducedaueh an array of wit
aeiaee, oot only from among the early wrltere
ef tha Church, but alao from th atataenaata
of tb most eminent and learned men oath
Protestant aide, to prov that Peter wae at
Rome, It may appear auperflaoaa to notice th
objections which Dr Sundstland has raised on
th subject, and which, as I hava obtsrved,
embody only a mass of sophistry, snlsrepressa
latlon and gratuitous supposition If wa can
not accord tbe Rer Doctor tha merit of hltto-
iorai research aaa logical acumen, wa must
certainly allow that he ha a wonderful fee 1 1
tty for th mystification et facta la fall
lerittheaedeaaer. f foe It cannot b called arn-
ment,) be InduUce la six reufJereftoa against
the factor Peter'e having bsea at Rome, and
w eaau proceed to examine teem separately
1 "Thar le aa siidiim la tha It hla that
Peter waa at Roma. whUa thara la avldaoea
Ibat ha was elsewhere " The eeeond part of
ma iruKniDa ia a DTiiiiBBs ptB bi reason
ing Does It foUowthat because a man haa
been at en me time la New York and Philadel
phia, be therefore aerr waa la Washington!
iiausti part oi in assertion is equally
untenable Does th Nsw Tsttamsot Inform
ua or all that Christ aod hie apoetlee aald aad
did! Dr Suadsrlsod no doubt observee th
Sunday or flrat dar of the weekaa arallrlaua
holiday. ao4 psrhapa would be greatly acao-
dallied W the horns attached to th strest-
aia HIM IVClia, IDU UIQI IDBI DDII OU
that day But where does tha Bible tall
?' obllgatios, ot keeping th Sua
ttli U dtVlaatly sale apart th Xa.rdy
Or lh aavaalh . r ii.. ..i. t JliI.I..
obscrvaaee, but not tba SandTy Therefore,
according to Doctor Suaderiaaa's reaaonlng,
waChtlaUaaa ahould haatt lath la.i.V
praellseer he nuat abandon bis blblUal u
i, tw b Biiutiaei tnat rater wee at
-vaaaai llllh BJIBf Bit, 1 IBBT OOI IDC DUBCSt
degree of probability thai tho NewTestsmeat
does really state thl fast! St Peter dates
hie first spittle from Boiylon. aad wa hare
ssea, from tha authorltyof Pap la flrat cen
tury, that be wrote II from Rome, whlsh ha
flguratlrelr termed B.ojfiOA. Orotlus, Rosso-
""" ituisi, laiorip ub iobi in an
cleats, (and tUy were tbe beet Jodgee,) under
stood Babylon of Rome "TMa opinion," aaya
Home la his isaraed Introduction to th study
of Scripture, Is confirmed by th general tee
tlmony of entlqultj." And he afterwards
dJl Urotlos. doctors Wfallby, lsrdner,
MaeKnlght.aadUalsB, Bishop Tomllae.aad
i iu iBBrsva 01 in nomisa eomrauaioa. ar
of opinion, that by Babylon St. Peter meant
figuratively Romr, vSUMUpti cotUd B.bvlo
by the Apostle John. Revelatloa, ch IT 1
S. The second and foflowlaa' aaasldratlna.
or rather auppoaltlons, which have beca ad-
" y a 4yr, iwetor hits rsisreaee to
certala writing., whlsh, fa tells us, are relied
OU BB awlilBnfla nt Pilar, h !. Kaa. at 1..
Thus ha mentions what fa calls "Peter'e Pro.
I am all on," "Legead of Peter aad Paul a
bon-,V Passages from Linus aod Aaasla
tus,"t Recognitions " "Olemsatlna,') "Apoe
toll IoitltuUoot"lVlctQr'e Letters," Her-
.... iiww,w u( iii to Bay, tnat an
these writing are considered by Catholic
either as spurious or of very doubtful author
ity, (except Victor's Lattere,)aod thai neae
of Ihem araever adduaad la nronfar lha ful
In qucatloa It follows tharetor that th Deo-
a vi urBt7air nam a ensue in ine air. or, as
soms would aay, a tumbled epoa a saar'i aest,
Helaborebard toget ao argument against us
out of Ptttr't Proclomailo but It rcoolla upoa
himself le aay, tuat ff the Prcsldeut ofth
United states Issues a ttroclamatloa. weaan.
not Infer from this thai he le, or ever waa per-
v...., yi.a.uiuniHj ,nr wain aia pro
Ian a Hon Is read Thl la evident enough, but
what may to infill W cartalaly hava a
right to conclude, until th contrary be proved,
that when he Issued hit proclamation, it cam
from Washington, tha seat of th ehlef execu
tive authority, and that tba Prcsldsot was
there whea fa Issued II.
8 Th Doctor Is kind enough to enlighten us
as to tna er.efa of the story that Peter was ever
at Rome, and gravely state that nothing waa
heardof II until about the year Bltt. If such
li the case, how comes It that so many wrltere
whom I hav quoted, and who flourished dur
ing the flrst three centuries, distinctly affirm
that Peter tret at Romet How comes it that
the same fact waa proclaimed at tbe Council
a! wi.. a., a ,.- .1....... u-- ...
ua. iavv.au su, wuin inirs wr aver tnroe
hundred bishops I . nfi,emiW'
4 Our opponent Is equally unceremonious
about history, ta attempting to explain how
the belief of Peter'e having been1 at Rome
has been so wldsly circulated He advance
not leea than twenty luppoittiont against tbe
fact, but not one or them loes be prorei and
as we faave showo. from tbe politics testimony
or aatiqutty. and from the oploloocof the
most learoeil men on the Protestant side,
that the belief laquestloa universally obtalosd
throughout tho Chrlsllaa world for fifteen
hundred years, only because the object of It
W.Iln.i''lVf'Jl f"ow manifestly,
Cither that all (HlFlalaaaifiam ,,., .I.- a k . .'
traeleJ period were but a eel of downright
dolts and Ignoramuses, ar that th Bar Dr
?"'" uuusr ta ososititjr oi studying
history over again
ft 11 BOB trlaa tn ha . ...!.. la filla
th question at Issue, whlsh la. whether dar
ing a certain lime, pater waa peraoaally pres
eol In Rome We hav proved, thai he was
there, baaaus ha anrTaraif ntartardom latitat
city But, the Doctor ssys that bs has blm lo
old Babylon Uraot that be was lo Babylon
at Bom particular time, aoee ie iwiiuw mai a
wae oarer lo Hornet Because a men was oote
la Nat Vnrk- rf..aa It follow that h Wllnataf
la Washington! Uutw ar not sure that the
Doctor hae got Peter la Babylon atasyffm,
unless 11 be by om process of spiritualism!
for tb Babylon tram which Peter wrote fall
flrst epistle, ae all antiquity attests, area ta
th opinion, of tha no Jeaintd Pfvtsstaots,
waa th cttyef Rom lUpropoiss toihow
that, "Thsr la neither tree nor tradition or
Peter sver belag personally at Rom, for lha
flril three eontt.tles " 11 fans aot shown thle,
and has not produced a alegla authorltyof
that period that denies the fact, while we have
cited many authorities that positively asssrl
It, and place It beyond th shadow of a doubt
a. in analysis oi in uootora aixin con
sideration anggssts only two points for re
mark Th flrst la, that all lb authorities
which ha mentions aealnatthe fact of Peter a
being at Rome, so far aa they are recognised
authorities by us, positively afflrm the fact
Such la th sate with Luseblus lertulllan,
I Ignatius, PeplsB, calus, Flrmllian aod
Clement or Alexandria But tba Doctor's art
of mystification, by an attempt to explain
away tb testimony or these witnesses, here
betraya Itself la all Us Ingenious Impof ency.
Ha endeavore to involve la doubt a portion or
tha testimony, beeause Eusebius quote It
upoa th authority or wrltlags which hava
from the statement of Luseblus himsetr,
who Is knowo anonr the learned a the rather
of e ccles let ileal hlitdry, who compiled hla
narrative from th taoel authentic eourees,
and wee particularly remarkable for exclud
ing everything of a spurious or doubtful ohsr
aetert But whea the other witnesses above
mentioned Inform us that Peter and Paul
founded the Church or Roms, that they
preached th faith la that elty, the meaning
oratl this, according to Dr Sunderland, Is not
that Potsraver wss in Rom, but possibly
that h may hav Terforraed this work by
proxy Ascordlng to this mod of Inter
preting history, it will be rather difficult, a
hundred years benee, to learn aaytblngcerlala
about what la passing In our own times The
reader, In examining the proceedings of the
Halted States Uooeress in the year 18M, will
fled that tha list Dr Sunderland officiated as
Chaplain to th Senate) but, according to lh
doctor a remarkable canons of exegesis, ao
one will Infer from tbltthtt be was ever fteafty
rnenf tn th Senate Chamber) for fa might
ay acted ae theplsta by proxyi or while
quietly aeated al home Bear a eaug Are ha
merely composed a batch of pat tlotle prayers,
whleh he sent off lo Ihe Senate for the pious
and devotional entertainment of Its members
Such Is the exalted view whleh my opponent
woaldhnv ua take of alatemeote made by
lb meal reepe table and learned author, and
conlrmed by the sentiment of Christendom
for asarly nineteen hundred years
Tha Doctor tells us araln that whea th
Father aod other writers apeak or the " chair
of Peter," or the "plate bt Peter,"they do net
a sea that tha Roman See wae that ehalr mora
thea come other elites. But If Rome wae not
tho chair of Pater la a peculiar aad falgber
scnes thaa other titles, how le it that these
other eptssopel Sees aavai claimed or pro
leaded ioxerelec the sup re maty of Jurisdic
tion held by tha See of Home I And why did
an unristenuom lor iiiibsd nunarea years
recognise this primacy In the He of Rome,
and In no other, but thai Pater had Osad hla
See there aad the Roman pontiffs, wrr b)a
liaiai aiBU its-1"- vvivvaavi, i l
, uatvuin aaiapw-via va ,uv iviiiiim aVVIUf'f
historical enigmas. X shall briefly notice soma
othsr rallaelee which hav escaped him, and
wnicn saouiu boi rcBitia esiiirina. wbcb
he rep re wot t th Catholle dogma as requiring
"ih whole Church of (iod, for all time aaa
for ell eternity, to etand upon on mere fal
It hie and mortal man," bo affirms what has no
caliteose except la bilowa tmaglaatloa The
Catholic dogma requttcB merely that there
should ba a visible bead In a visible Church
But If tner Is aoythloj unlntatllgtbl la this,
how Is It Ibat tha reverend Doc tot, having no
certainty of anything la connection with the
doctrines of Chrlat, assumes a headship over
hie congregation and palms upon them for th
word of tied his own crude, theories and
opinions I lie tails us also that the Catholle
dogma finds no support la tradttlea " outside
the pale ot the Papaey ltastr " Bur, a I hav
ahown, It happena thai all Christian antiquity
waa within the pale of the Papaey, He thaa
launches lorth lalo aa eothusleatla admiration
of the Church whteh Christ has beca building
an for eighteen centuries Dots he mean ibat
Christ hae been building up a bis Church all
th connletlng and contradictory sect that
have arisen at successive period! Would It
aot ba blasphemy to assert III Can we sup-
rot that tbli is th Church with which he.
he Uod ef truth nad senstlty, ha hd aay
part! Has any one ef these sects existed for
eighteen hundred years! Whsra wes Luther
anlim before Lathtrl Where wae Calvla lam
before Calvin t Where was Anglicanism be
fore Harry VIII and Queen Hesst Whsra
was Morn oats ra beror Joe Smith t If you
turn your eyce upoa lha Catholic world, yea
will behold a Cbursh that haa beca buiidia-
up for eighteen hundred yesri, aod whleh, In
stead of splitting up continually into cooten U
log factions aad evaporatlog into downrlghl
skepticism and Infidelity, with aa many I'opee
as tner ar ladlvlduals, prctents th grand
and sublime spectacle of a spiritual soelety,
embracing tb rreat majority or th Chrlsllaa
world, gathered from all th nalloea or tb
earlhi and however different ia language, la
nationality, la manners, and In political gov
ernment, realiilng tbe Idea si Ilia "oo fold
under Ob shepherd "
The reverend doctor haa been rather un
fortunate InealllDC up Napoleon, to testify
la favor of his peculiar tlewe of theChtlallan
Chuieh The history of ancient and modern
limes furntshss no mor brilliant evidence In
avor oi uBtnoiicny anu in j'apai oapremscr.
ihan the testimony of Ibis same Napoleon
That eatraodlnary man, by his gen I at and hla
' vapiaiiB bu risen to ine very piaaa
orr. He had reaaaad Fraae frn a.
arshyt be bad ehaloed dowo lh revolutionary
hydrat he bad cooquered Europei but his
bouadless ambttloa betrayed blm Into a ool
llsloBwIth tha Boverelgu Pontiff, Plus VII,
whlsh was lha forarunnar nt hla alnaaar-ii
Whanth Pop refused to co-operate wtth
him to th crusad against Lot land, helm
mediately eelrcd upon tbe Papal domlnloas,
and dragged lb holy Father Into captivity
In a letter to Prlasa Eagcne, his viceroy of
Italy, ha thus complained of Plus VIIi "Doe
h not koow how much th tlmss ar changed!
Doee he take roe for Louis th Debo&nstral
Or does he think that hla excommunications
will eausath arm to fall from mysoldlsrs
hands!' Ahlth arms did fall from hla sol
diers' bands, for aa Count Segur, aa eye-wli-nets,
Informs us, la lb Run lea campaign of
111., tbe grand army or Napoleon waa com-
Eltcty demoralised! "the arms dropped from
l hands of tha eoldiere, war brokeo, and
were lost lathe snow " Ministry of Card
inal Paoca, p 1M J Thus did tba very threat
whleh be had uttered against tb anointed of
th Lord recoil upon blmsslf by theordlnanee
of lUm whom tha saow, the lee, aad Iba
stormy wlads obey. Bui Iht was sot all
Uavlnsi loet his prestige, and surrounded by
the allied Powers, he was led a eapllv ton
solitary Islaod la ihe Atlantic ocean, where,
ihanka to the Infinlt mercy of an all wise
Providence, fee had. lelaure lo reflect upoa
the emptiness ofall humaa greatans and the
roily of opposing the Church, "tha pillar and
th ground of truth " What waa the s od elu
sion al which this great man arrived When
he waa admonished by the Inroads et disease,
theth would soon appear before the sover
elga Judge to reoder anlaccount of Ihis stew
ardafa p, trbat did fa saj t Honor to the greal
Napoleoal Honor to bis genius aad to his
Ohrlstiaa falthl "I waa born." aald he. "la
Ua Catholic religion, aad I wish to fulfil the
dutls whlsh, It Imposes I desire to receive
tha lacramsnta which It ad m lull ter s (Ar
lead, hist da PI VII, torn. I. p tUi U Man
tholoa, memolres de SI Hcieael Thus dlt
that wonderful maa, who at oaa time held all
Luropo la fate grasp, aod oppressed tha Church
ia ta pirua oi ner supreme pastor, acknowl
edge lo. bla laal hour thaf ho waa la th
wrong, aod par ao humble tribute ef respect
aadebedfeoeelo the very Pontiff whom fa
had persecuted
With auah e-a example before our eyee, aad
?atira0lV70l...,l5UrVM,f that might
bprsn d, will Dr Suuland bars tha
boldness to Mtuma th ttltuirlrfi-IaUa.
prophet, aad to eay that the -opitJuvl
tupendous delusion whleh la deatinetftodlB
appear from th.worldl' Doea fa not kaow.
If fa Is aeauaUt4 wta hit oar a congsuial au'
thorltlee.Uat thla hit beca tfaS Iyln"predie
tloa of afmost averr reformer elnoj the beglu
nine of lha slxtaeath cenluryl What was
taToait aod the motto of Luffaerl
thaVii- r"",lT,'B'Wa'"t.l'apai
Wylag I'tlbethydiata, I hope '
But, b Luther proved hlmtelf a raise
If?!! :5?lhh"wf,, ? ! Itlalati reformer
of Chrlst'e Church, every on who has ven
tured npea the came sooth saying explora
leas. baa balled faimasir aad prored te "V
fbi0hf.D5.o0.B.dr lnf rlrpll mania Oo
of tb most prominent among th seers of
modsrn times, la regard to the destiny of th
papal supremacy, waa the Rev O re&er.who
bavlpgdlisoverel that the two horns of ihe
Vklf.,l "" Empire, ealematy pro
claimed to tha world, that the Turk and tha
?.!. w,?ola both ' n tha yar "
Wfthwbalsredllto hlmsslt he TaiJ?dcd thle
anBoaaoemeoMtlsfor maoklad lo Judge II
It well, however, for Dr Sunderlaud thai fa
has not specified the particular tlm whea ths
"tupMdou delusion" of tb papacy will cUi"
appear from th world, whea he vataril
upoa Uai vague aad ehlMlsfa alsertloa, he
that le grand, venerable and Invincible ia Ike
RLVK TWV'W ?f h? P,L wi qot the
Catholic CfadreA trluroi-h 'over th pagan
peraeeultoa of nearly three hundred yara"
a??M5B,i Dl . B0 P' through the7 ages
of .b."bf '.? "' u l ltSmao. elvlll.
xatlon had been awept away, holding up th.
light of truth and science ao 1 everything pre
vious la ansttat literature, for th benefit of
'!il.1.r f '" ' rradually mould
ed th discordant elements of society, by her
har moolsloelnfluene and aalu ta i i.i.i
Into the social and political systems ofthe
pressntilay! llaa she not, amluat th crum
.ilaf of nPl. " eoovulsions of ocletr.
th toofllct or humaapatiloos and Interests
alway maintained ber loUd. aad Impregoabl
status la tha worldl la aha I... -I.;.?,B ....
(liffuted amoag th aalloDS, less oluTe4 by
heriiollyof faith and government to the re-
kiw kI-JTi TO WI .' '"i way then
h-".?I.V.dl,"PpiVuff,om world! If
h ,'ni" J "t"ltudea ofolgfaUsn faun,
-'.".n?" 01 1'iMl-d he. II h faaa
rrom tha beatings of ths tempest, what as
saults of earth aad faell will ever be eel. to
move her from the foundation, tba rook of
PCsr . the roek of nhii.t nn Li.h .k- .r
esUbllsbedl Let two great talods of the pres
ent age, front tihou The force of truth fans
Ts iibuiu BsprrssiUHOt sentiment, an
he a uss tlon What dnaa Mkimi.....
about the Catholic Church t "tfha aaJ k1
eommencament of ell tha goverameats, and of
ell tha ecclesiastical osteal I thro cote, that now
exist la the worldi and we feel no assurance
ibbi o ia not asiuasq to ae in Soa of Ihem
all Uk.i.ai ara a I anrl .n..ia -.V'"""'
ras great aad respected before the
foof la Urltaln-tefora l&a rraM
. Rhine-whin Urcelan "5
. iiouiiucu t ABiioon wnen idols
voi shipped In th temple of MtedaJ
rAt" ,0S,aIrT,lr JW? .w laod shair.
la the ml dt of a rait solitude, take hit stand
oo a brokeo arch of London bridge, to sketch
tba ruin of St Pauls
i " itaoae'e
.. . . .T'r ' "! a in enuurias?
ail loparLliabla lit. of tha Uatholla Uhireb.
T1.WM o.lr In tk, Uihl . .lc. bul ."J'
Bldanlaafarlka a.pil qf h.r mVLia alaii..
tal...h.tl .alios. .niTto rfc.o.r.t. hin.
klal,h.rroo..tllallo. aad h.r mil rV M
a..l. oclr wb.a .11 haa.a Ihla,. ih.ll ,,b.
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