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fiilf thi tHrl f Wnti.
tVtMJtNit, Pal. ApiH T, I"!
Thi i'nii(Mui'p4 In tin
', nineelt l ii'iim It mI hM tiptm the
'titlliltllty of Ui Pope" by MI1m'H
Htrewmater, should I' In tin hands of
rvrr eltUen, and placed within the
the cover of etrtv Hilitiv Fur aigo
Wetttatlvt remaining, tuiii't losh',
with the truth of littn y n lied, and
that, tts, within the !m o( the Hit
man Catholic Hunch m ear lu head,
It will stand unprallelcd for ni to
ttuiie, ml should It" most sacrttlly pro
nerved mt a part of Hi" history tuie
mvted with Hit promulgation of the
ln, nlmitrtl ilogina, mitl roliulou
fraud, practiced by authority of Hie
newt Infernal hierarchy that ever
Pursed the earth.
It wa ticlifliiftlly delivered In Latin
Whim tln iVunteiileal Council Hi Home
In l"7fl, when that hody met with closed
duora, and nothing wn allowed ttt bo
made public except by authority of
Pope Flu IX., who, hy the great
Ultra mniiliimi mitl Jesuit majority, de
clared the "Infallibility nf the 1Vmi.'
TIiIh "dlscouiW shook tho wall of
the Vatican, and ooiialdorlnjr lb" time
anil place, mora surprising tintl power
ful titan MurMn Cut her' debate before
the diet lit Worm.
KnwiN A. HllKIIMAN.
Venerable Father ami Ilrothor.
Not with four, but with a conscience
fifu and tranquil before Clod, who live
and mui mo, 1 rims to rtMak hi thin
august awiti'nibly.
From tho tlmo I am found oritod
hero among you, I havo followed with
attention tha d I won I' which havo
been pronounced, onxlou that a ray of
light tmiy descend from alrovo, illumin
ing my lnUtlljrcnnn, permitting mo to
vote tho ennona of thl holy Moiiinnnl
cal Coiinitll with jun fuct knowl.'iljfo of
tbnlrraumi, '
tVnntraUtd with tho wmtinmnt of
ri'HKinMlhlllty-for which (lod will do
rnand of tno n nccntint 1 am jdatjod to
utiidy with M!ritMilotia attontlon tho
Berlptureaof tho Old and Now 1VhI.ii
innnt, and to lntorro(ito 11in vmior
able monuiiicnt (if tho truth, that 1
may Ijo jiurrrilttod to know If tho holy
jmntilT, who htiro proMldiw, In ctirtalnly
tho uncflPitior of lit, IVtor, vltmr f
Jemii Chrlat, and tho Infulliblo doctor
of tho church.
To nolvo thin Rrtmt (jtiontlon I wo
that I am obliged to fimntally wipariito
from tho actual itattt of tiling, and t
tranKjMrt my mind, with tho torch of
tho goMpcl In my bandit, to tho tliium In
which nolthi-r ultramontonltiia nor
fralllcanlnm rxlU'd, and in which tho
church had for doctor Ht, I'aul, Ht.
IVtor and 8t John; dootor to whom
noono wilt deny dlvlno authority, with
out placing In doubt tho Holy lllblo,
which wo havo bofore un, to tum h it,
and tho Council of Tront to proclaim
tho rulo of faith and of moral,
I open, then, thewt acrttd pngo, and
1 boldly nay, nolhliiK can I find which
naiictlona-nolthor proximate nr r
moto tho opinion of tho ultramon
tanti. Though It I greatly to toy ur
prUo, fori do not moot with, In tho
apontollo time, anything thcro that
g-ivo rlo to tho urtlofi upon a pom
a a nucci Mor of Ht, (Vtcr and vicar of
JomiN Chrlit-nolthcr um Mahomitt
ai though ho did not fx Int.
You, Hlr Manning, uy that thl I
blattphomy, Vou, Sir l'lim IK., nay
that 1 am domontod. No, goutlimmn; 1
do not hlatphcmo, nog am 1 tiind, 1 f iiv
ing read all tho New Tcntarncfit, I
declare before (iod, with my hand
rained to tho gn at crucifix, that not a
vt'tlgo can thnro bo mot with of tho
jmpacy a it now cxlxt.
Ho not rofuw) mo your attention, my
vcmerahlo brethren; nor with your mur
muring and interruption jtmtlfy th'mti
who nay that thl council U not free,
bncauito your vote havo beforehand
been Irnjiowd uoon you, If that wit
certain, thl augunt ienibly, unto
which arc directed tho ob'rvation of
all tho world, would fall Into tlifl irumt
profound dimmed It, If It i dlred that
it hall bo great, wo fount b freo,
Agrccablo to hi excellency, Monwmor
Duponlotip who make tho lgn of ap
probation with hlhoad-l am tmoour
aged, and will proceed.
I tend lug, then, tho holy tok with
all tho atUintloa that tho Lord h
mado mo capable of, I do not moot ono
l nglo chapter or ono lnglo voro in
which Jeu gave to Ht, IVtor tho
chleftaimhlp of tho apotlo, hi fit
lalmron. If Simon, tho mm of Jorui, having
been that which wo belle vo today hall
b hi holinc, l'lu IX,, atrango It I
that it cannot bo found to any; When
I have anccndcd to my Kathor, you
muat all obey Hlmon IVter a you now
obey mo. lie U otab)Uhod for my
vicar on earth." Not only I ChrUt
Hunt upon thi particular, but how
little did be think of giving a head to
tho church, when he had priiiiod
throne to hi apOHtlu, to judge the
twelve tribe of Ixraol. (Matthew,
chapter 10, vemc 2H,) llo promlnod
twelve, one for each ono, without ay
ing, that among tboe throne, one
nhould be more elevakd, and Ixilong to
Peter. Undoubtedly, if uch wa hi
It'lt-ntUM! lr w.,!il l ldulil I
Tl.l I ! U t-v i U ' v.! !.,!.
tltaM - t- ii -I l i' it. nitv '!'''
S . r to M i- l.i 1 ti br "ft!ii c!
S ht it Li i tit Hi fim'
lit HH'.pi f ll,r Win i t, i! Ijit;! 111'
ltr tli imurt t'f bttl'lit' a1"! Iilnk'.
Din) In !l It ' t'lf I'tonil" (' lb' I"'')
j. lilt IS tmit it ' m t M !!
bad l.imi ! iinititiiti lMr ltt
li , lit' "im!, ,t finlllil to lt fihi t
him 'in mh tunitustul i'r ptt tt-
tia) min) .
f,,M waj tttf lliiij H,il ttnet
ptnliliilti'.l IS t. r and bU colteagtie
from nU'nl(k or int it llng auibni lt),
or bating jowtr tm r Un faithful a
tln Uiiy do otr h geiillli' (l.tikn
2.' I If IVter haw Imii
elt t ted hi( .lenttit did lint tlll 'M'l 111
bitaiie ftil'oHlng our Ii -adltlon, tbo
Itapncy ha In lu bund two twnnN,
)mlwil of plt-ltiml and einMtiiil
nniir.
Thero I one thing which b ur-
inUi'tl lue very itiinh, agitating mv
mind ami nnvlng to mo; "If IVter had
Ihhhi elii'tetl "ii'i would wo havo h-i'
lliltteil hl 1'olleagne to have gollB
wit h Nt, John to Kmiiai lii to niuiounco
thugoil of tho Hon of (iod? (Act
H:l I .) It appear to u, venerablo
luethren, If wf aro now permitted tho
ntii'i, wo nliould Nt'iid hi ! ullni'ii, l'lu
IX., and hUenilneiicy, Moimenor l'lim-
tier, to thol'atrlarcli of Comstiiiillnoplo
ttt peiMundt! blm to put an cm) to tho
Hchlntn of tin) orient.
Hut hero 1 find another of greater
Importance. An ecumenical council
met In JoruNalcm to decide itintl i,
that divided tho faithful, Who mimt
have convoked thl council If IVtor
wa pope? Clear! v, Ht. IVter, Who
miiHt havo prcidded, IVtor or hi dele
gate? Who tnunt havo reigned or pro
mulgated It canon? Ht. IVter, Well,
thou, nothing of that kind followed.
Our apiiHllo aHMlHtod at tho council, tho
itmo a tho other; it wa not him who
rrumcd thu (llm:ulon, but Jnmo; and
when tho decree were proclaimed, It
wa dono In the untno of thu apotle,
elder mid brethren (Act 15,)
I thl tho pruetloo of our church?
(low much more mIiiiII wo examine, oh,
venerablo brethren? Tho more am I
convinced of It lu tho Holy Hcrlpture,
that the wm of Jouii doe riot appear
to bo tho ftrt. Now, then, among our
teaching that tho church wa built
upon Ht, IVter, Ht. I'aul, of whono
authority wo cannot doubt, ny In hi
cplntlo to tho Kphlarw(C'bap. 'I, voro
20), "that it I built upon tho founda
tion of tho apoMtlo and prophet, Jeu
ChrUt hlmelf being tho principal
corner-tone,
The nhiuo Bpontlo believed o little In
tho upremacy of IVtor that they aro
clearly guilty who ways "We aro of
I'aul or we aro of Apollo (Jut Cor, 1:12)
a guilty a thono who ny, "We aro of
IVter," If thl lat apotle bad been
the vicar of C'hrlt, Ht, I'uul would
have well guarded blrnelf from censur
ing with o much violence thoo mut
ter which jHtrtalned to hi proper
colleague,
Tho xnrne apotlo, I'aul, In enumerat
ing the odlaer of the church, mention
apontle, proihot, evaigidit, doctor
and heiherd, It I credible, my ven
erable brethrcd, that Ht, I'aul, the
great apotle of tho Oenttie, forgot
tlioflrtrf then ot1lco-tho papacy
if the t apacy wa of divine lntltutlon?
Thl forgetfulne for me I a Import
Niblo, a If tho hltorlan of thl council
hould not make mention of hi holi
nc, l'lu IX. (Varlou voice: Sllenct;!
heresy! llonce!)
Calm yoiirelve, venerablo brethren.
I havo not yet finished, If I am pre
vented from proceeding, I will show to
tho world how you aro disposed to In
Justice, hy closing the mouth of a
minor member of thi. ttsirnbly. 1 hu
I will continue:
Tho aiMisllu I'uul make no mention
in any of hi epistle to tho different
church" of tho primacy of Peter, If
thl primacy exist.-If In a word, tho
church h bad a supremo head within
Itself, Infallible In It teaching could
tho great aot.l of the (ienlllo forget
to mention it? What say you? More
probable It I, that be would havo
written a lengthy epistle upon thl Im
portant matter. Then when wo erect
tho edifice of the christian doctrine a
we make the foundation, can we forgo
tho keystone of the arch? Now, then,
there I no argument that the church
wa never more beautiful, more pure,
nor more holy than In the time when
we had no pope. (C'rle: It 1 not
true! It I not true!) No, ay Monsenor
do Lava, no! If some one of u, vener
able brethren, ha the audacity to
think that tho church, that today ha
a Miie for it head, i more firm In tho
faith, more pure in moral, than the
apotollo church, tell me openly before
the universe, placing thl precinct a
center, from which our word ahall re
wound from polo to polo! I will proceed
and ee if the writing of Ht, Paul, Ht,
John or Ht, Jame discover any trace
or gertn of the papal ower, "Ht. Luke
Bt, Luke, the historian of the ml-
ionary labor of the apostle, main
tain alienee upon thl important point,
And the alienee of those holy men,
whoo writing form part of tho canon
,of tho divinely inspired Hcrlpture
for u o difficult and impossible, if
Peter wa iopo and 1 a Inexcusable,
a if Thlon, In writing the hhttory of
lln.l. .tt br (e,it!ii tlt
lllli' f I'M un
(, I,,, m,. te' i ef tlt a
nt 1.1 , wlm -leasliga tgnwltb
tht tiHftr. 'I'li' is a I.Umnlii
),u,,.. n ..i Ii ,,ti,.ittn .1 atei'Hjf
ii wilt fainiSin' No. in', lejr ten"
!.! tut llitt Mi I bate lull t.'i i il let"
tliU (,?!l .. ! ') tiki' a ti n 1 1 ) tin
ItiibiW, blit Hlilj b) Ibti tlix't', Jt'ill
i hi . Hit lit'" tif bUliep glte lint
rtudt tit dit It, a ibt my tin Mian
num b m e t nitipel iii tit. al nl
tjiat W bti h I It llete to lt the titttlt,
That whlibba tirnled iik innrti,
ami If I i an ili'tintitiie it, I tit" stl
eltee of the same HI. IVIi r, If tin'
Mitle wk Ihwl w hit h ton pHs liilm be
was, Outfit to nay, the tlt sr of Jesus
i bilt oiMitilh, be iine-l at let late
known U, If lie knew It, ho I It, that
at lint one single time did be l)sir as
(Hiite? ("imld he hate been IIiBiIh ipn
. . . t . . . I ft
on llitl nay or I eiin,eov, ween I'"
preached 1.1 llrl sei niou: and he wn
not made u h in the cotinclltif .U'rusti
Inn, and be tta not iniicle uch In
AiitliN'h, so neither was be made such
III the two epistle that he directed to
the church, Mow run tte conceive such
pope, my venerable brethren, If IVtor
was ie? Tlie result, then, is: if wo
ili'Mrc to maintain that he wu pom,
tho natural consequence Is, Hint ho wa
not known to be (mpo,
Now, I ask all who desire to think
ami reflect, are these two supposition
possible? I say, then, that among the
living apostle, the church never be
lieved they hud a pope. To niulnluln
tlio contrary, It will bo necessary to
deliver tho Holy Hcriptun to the
flame or Ignore them completely,
Hut I hear it siild on all sides: Then
what, was not Ht, IVter In Home? Wa
ho ii' f, crucified with hi head down
wards? No one know the place whore
ho taught, and the ultnrs where Le
said mass in thl eternal city!
That Ht, Peter wu domiciled In
Itomo, my voncritblo brethren, rest
solely upon tradition; further, suppose,
that ho had been bishop In Home, how
un wo prove hi episcopacy by hi
presence? Hcallgcro, ouo of the most
erudite of men, does imt hesitate to say
that tho bishopric of Ht, Peter and hi
residence In ilome must bo classed
among tho ridiculous legend, lte
(muled cries; "Hhut hi mouth, make
him come down from that chair!"j
Venerable brethren, lam prompt to
govern myself, but not to bo better In
an assembly llko ours. Prove ail thing
as commanded by the apostle, and be
lieve only that which isgood, Ilitcausrs,
my venerablo friends, we have a dic
tator before which all of u must
prostrate ourselves and fall, even unto
whom Hi Holiness i'lu IX,, must
bow hi head, Tho dictator I history,
whirl) I not a legend that can
l'
molded to a shape a the (totter model
hi cloy, but a a diamond Hi at cut
Indelible word In crystal, Unlll now I
huva rested only upon It, and havo
not met with any vestige of the papacy
In tho ttjMislollu time, Vou desire,
perhaps, to place me in the posi
tion of one accused of lying, Make it
mt If you can, Listen to tho Just
reason of these word; "liiou art
Peter, and upon thl rock I will build
my church" (Matthew Pi:H), I will
reply to thl objection directly, my
venerable brethren; but before doing
o I desire to present the reult of
my bltorlcal Investigations, Not hav
ing found any vestige of the pope In
the apostnllo time, I say to mywdf;
Terhap thry may lie found in tho an-
rial of the church and ( will go and
scorch, Well, then, I bunted for the
pope In tlie flrt four centuries, and
could not find that they gave any ac
count of him.
I hope that none of you will doubt
the great authority of the holy bishop
of Illponn, the great and blessed Ht,
Augustine, Thl plou doctor, the hon
or and glory of the Catholle church
who wa secretary of the council of
Mclivo, in the decree of that ven
erable assembly are to bo found these,
hi significant word: "Ail those who
appeal to tlioi'e of the north wide of
the ea (Mediterranean) cannot bo ad
mitted hy any to the communion In
Africa." Tho bishop of Africa so lit
tle recognized those of Home, punished
by excommunication those Who aubmlt
anything to arbitration,
These amo bishop, in the HI nth
Council of Carlbagn, celebrated under
Aureilu, who waof that city, writing
toColestin, bishop of Ilome, notifying
blm that he would not receive any
appeal from the bibop, priest or
clerical of Africa; that they would
send no more delegate or commis
sioner, and that they would not Intro
duce that haughty human Into the
church.
That the Patriarch of Home, from
the earliest time, had endeavored to
bring all authority to himself I an
evident act that he did not oesst he
aupremacy that the Ultra-montane at
tribute to Mm, If be had mm:&
It, would the bishop of Africa have
ventured (Ht, Augustine among them)
to prohibit appeal to the decree of
hi supreme tribunal
I recognize, notwithstanding, that
the Patriarch of Home occupied the
first place, One of the law of Jus
tlnlan say: "We command that you
conform to the definition of the four
councils, that the holy father of an
dent Home shall Ire the first of the
t,,.!.,.- ftnl that hi liij'I'H. tlie
Am titiUtine ef i "i.itMt i'Ui !, t li
i,t f, ne.t (ill .. tli't k ) f
t.i ,t n." i t ' tlie I' '!- 1 1 1
Hit lull l btl') ll III I'll., t ' - !.!,
mi tt iiita'ii.i ttiitlinn, fut llit law nf
JtteltiiUit Is ai wiilii H In hv.,t
!!. iintir of tin' I'atila'tb ." I
I'mvilt tt ii t i me tb liiif, ami llu ii t
tit j .i tulii linn In ftiieUtt r, I'm i t
mnple, it'sln Hist in rtitMtiif;
lln te lnMt!t iiiine ttii(itbir an - mi
bij iifaH I h bishops of the h tticilnitt,
II. e presl.lemy Wtiiihl llSluisil) U
Iflti'ti to tb pltlltate ef Flt'H'ttre, as It
i aitinitg thu orieiilai who initeetlii to
the Patriarch nf t'itilaiitinnile, ami
In I'.ngland, In tho Art liblsliop nf Can
(el bin J( but neither the first, littr Hie
ieond, hor the llilnl, t an tsi t, tui'ei
nf the assigned hiHIoh In a jurldte-j
lion liter hi enmpsiimin,
The liepdl Iwlii ti of tlie lilliis tif
Itiuiie priM i'eils tint from tlielr tilt Inn
iowtr, but the Importance of the city
where its see Is. Monsenor Harhoy,
of I 'nils, Unci soorlor In dignity to
the Aichliishop of Avltfiion, ami not
withstanding that Pari wa given a
cansltleratlou Hint could not n en
joyed, If In lime bo could have his
pal lice in tho bend of the Heine, It
will be found upon the Hhono, This
I true In the religion hierarchies at
I also In civil and political mutters.
The prefect of Florence I no more than
the prefect of i'lsa, but civil and politi
cally is of greater lriiMirtance.
I have said that from the first age,
tiio Ptttrlarcli of Homo has usplred to
tho unlyorsiii government of tlie
church; end dlsgrucofully, perhaps, It
may bo obtained; but hi pretention
will not follow for certain; for the em
peror Theodosiu II, made a law that
the Patrlurch of Constantinople should
have thosame authority n hoof Homo.
Tho father of tho Council of Coiuo-
rioiila, gathered all tho bishop of an
cient and new Homo in tho same cate
gory, In all thing Including the ec
clesiastics. Tho Hlxth Council of Carth
age prohibl ted all of the bishop from
arrogating tho title of pontiff over the
bishop or sovereign bishop, Willi
regard to the title of universal bishop
which the (wipe arrogated to them
solve much later, Ht. Cregory f., be
lieving that hi ucci!or would never
think of adorning tbemoivc with It,
wroto these word: "Not one of my
predecessor have consented to bear
thl profane title, because, when ft pa
triarch arrogate to himself tlie name
of Universal, the character of tho pa
triarch will uffer discredit. Put thl
away far olf, then, from tho Christian
who desire to give a title that will
cause discredit to hi brethren,"
Ht Gregory sent these word to hi
uollouifUH at Constantinople, who ore-
Uotided to make himself tlie primate of
the church, "I do not know the im
port of tho title of Universal, that John
ha taken Illegally, and not one of tho
Patriarch ha arrogated to himself
this profane name, because, how many
disgraces must wo not expect if among
the pi iestn there should arise such am
bition, "Ho I the king of the son of
pride," The Popo Peingiu II, called
John, the b!bop of Constantinople,
who anplrcd to the supremo pontificate,
irnplou and profane,"
These authorities, and I could cite a
hundred more of cjual value, If they do
not prove wlthaalmiiar clortrnes to
the splendor of the mid-day sun, that
the first bishop of Itome were not
reeognled a universal bishop aid
head of the church, until much later
time, And for tho other part, who
dis s not know that from the year 'Vl'i,
In which wa celehn t'sd the first KOii-
nnenleai Council of Constantinople
among more than cloven hundred
bishop that assisted at the first tlx
general council, there wre not to be
found more that nineteen bishop from
the west.
Who can be Ignorant that the coun
cil were convoked by the emperor,
without desiring to bo informed of
them, and frequently in opposition to
tho desire of the blihop of Itome?
And that O.iu, bishop of Cordova,
presided In the first Council of Nice,
and compiled it canons? Trie same
0iu presided afterward at tho Coun
cil of Hurdlca, an4 excluded the dele
gate of Julius, bishop of Home, I will
not make any mora citations, my ven
erable brethren, and wiii pus to speak
of the great argument to refer anterior-
ally some of you, who aim to establish
the primacy of the bishop of Ilome,
For the ns k (stone) upon which the
holy church 1 to bo built I to be
understood at Peter. If thl were true,
the dispute may be ended; but our pre
decesor (and certainly they knew
something) do not express an opinion
upon that a some of you do,
Ht. Cyril, In hi fourth book upon the
Trinity, ay: "I believe that by the
"rock" must bo understood the unvarl
able faith of the apostle." Ht. Hilar
u, bihop of Polctler, In hi second
book upon the Trinity, ayi: "The
rock (stone) is the blessed and only
rock of faith confessed by the mouth of
Bt. Peter," and In the lxth book of the
Trinity, he4y; "It I thl rock of
the confession of faith upon which the
church ! builded." "Cod," say Ht.
Jerome, in the sixth book upon Ht,
Matthew, ''Upon thi rock will I bulid
my Church," 1 to say upon the faith of
the confession, Now, then, what wa
the confession of the apostle? Heboid
lti!tlM. ' Ih'nl !t t!" t lilisl, Hie
..it el H 1. 1 in, ttil,"
. lulu ii.i, the lin'j A tl.bU li)i i(
Mi'ae. np'iH tint M-intuI ilisj iti nf H)!
I li'ie, Ht l,n':r. ,if i. ! e.
fend the fat bet tif Hi" t'liiitii (I I'f t al
I 1I..1U ! at h pM'i l Ijt tlii stin.r iliw-
It t , A itttihg tin- itu t il if t ''hi UHmt
a'ltlintitt , Ht Ani?iiiim ueli ntm
it Iim fitl pla. '-) fut- hi tt lilniii and
sain til). Hear, Un it, it be ha
wiltlett ttpon lite l'lil I'pUtU' el Juliii!
' What slttel'j lliewi words, ituittl tnt
Cliurth upon this l It 1'hiii this
fttlth that to lite st Hiinl Mtt'luUt,
thu Hon of the llting timl.' "
lit hi tn iUii 121, iiptut Ht. Ji'lm, we
Hint with thl sienltltanl I'lirnse,
"t ism thl tik that lltiiti ha euii
fissed, I will build my Church, pine,
that Christ hfmseii waslhat its k. The
gient hUlttip, bi'lli'Vlng, mi little (list
the Church was built upeii Ht. IVter,
nslil tti hi flisk In the sermon I I
"Thou art r'eter ami tipun till lie k
(utohel-lhat thou bt confessed
iiNtn that rock that thou hast recog
nised, H)lng 'thou art tho Christ, tlie
Hun of tho living (iod1-1 build my
Church ustn myself, that I am the Hon
of Cod to build upon mid 1 do not build
upon thee IVter,"
That which Ht, Augustine toadies
UImiii till celebrated liussuire, wu the
opinion of all tho Christian world In
hi day; by following with It, I re-
sumo and establish, Qrst, that Jesus
gave to hi apostle tho game (tower
Hint ho dlu to Ht. IVter; second, that
tho apostle never recognized In Ht,
Peter, the vicar of Jcsu Christ, to be
tho Infallible doctor of tho church;
third, that tho r'ttuie Peter never
thought of being pope, nor did ho labor
a if he wu none: fourth, that the
council of tlie first fourcenturle, when
recognizing tlie high position that tho
bmhooof Home occupied In tlie church
by reason of being in Home, be was
only grunted an honorary pro-eminence,
and never with (rower and jurisdiction;
fifth, that tho holy father, in tho fa
mous passage "Thou art Peter, and
upon thi rock will I build my Church,"
never understood that the church wu
to be built upon Peter nu.wr pHrum),
hut upon the rock (mipf.r pHtnm), that
i to sav, Mii'in the confession of faith of
the apostle, I conclude, victoriously,
conforming to tit history, to reason, to
logic, In tho good sense and the Chris
tian conscience, that Jesus Christ
never travo any supremacy toHt, Peter,
and that tho bishop of Home were not
constituted sovereign of the church,
w thoutconlmotttlfigone by one all the
right of tho episcopacy. (Voices: "Hil
once!" "Insolent Protestant!" Hllence!")
No. I am not an Insolent Protestant,
No, a thousand time, fro! Tho history
I not Catholic, nor Anglican, norCal
vlnlstlo. nor Lutheran, nor Aryan, nor
Creek, nor Hohlsmatle, nor Ultra-montane,
Hi what It Is; that I to say,
something more pfrwerful than all the
confession of faith; than all the canon
of the F.cumorileai council, Write
aitalnst It, if you venture to do o. Hut
you cannot dotroy it, a neither can
vou take out one brick from theColi-
uum that you think you are able to
dctroy. If I havo said anything which
h storv mnv prove to bo false, Hiow me
that history, and I will not hesitate one
moment to make the most venable
apology. Hut have patience end see
that I have not yet said all that I flo
lre and can, if the funeral pyre
await me In the square f Ht, IVtor, I
will not fall, because I am determined
to proceed, Monsenor Uup.riloufr, in
hi celebrated observation upon thl
eouncll of the Vatican, ha said and
with reason, "that If we declare l'lu
IX, infallible, we must necessarily, by
natural logic, 'e ourselye necessarily
maintaining that all hi predecessor
were also infallible," Then, venerable
brethren, bore j the history raising
it voice with authority asurring u,
Hi at um opo have erred, We can
assert ujon thl or deny, If you please,
but I will prove It,
The Pope Vict'rr L, in IH approved
Montanism, and afterword ho con
demned it,
Marceiinu 'M to 'M', wa an Idol
ater, F.nterlng the temple of Veta
and offered Incense to the goddess,
Vou mav av. perhaps, that it wa an
act of debility, to which I contest, "A
vicar of jesu wnrri oi, nut n nmn
not be made an apolato,"
LlburlusI.rIcormentlng to the con
demnation of Athanasiu, and after
ward marie profession of Arylanlsm to
surjceed, that hi banishment might be
revoked and be restored to hi see,
Honorlu!'' j adhered to Monothe
ism, The Father Cralry ha proved it
with the evidence,
Cregory I, !M to ti'M called anti
Christ, whoever may give hirn the
name of universal bishop and to the
contrary, Jlonlfact Iff. (W7J pormioded
the parricide emperor rnoca to cower
upon hirn said title,
Paschal II. W,H to and Kugen
lu III. (II 11 to Jl.Vij authorized duel
Ing in the meantime that Juliu IL
VM and Piu IV, ll-VKiJ prohibits It,
Kugeniu JV, 1WIJ approved the
council (it Hasll and the restitution of
the chalice to the church of Hoherola,
and Piu II, (Il'tfJ revoked the eonoe
slon, Adrian II, W7J declared civil matri
mony valid; but Piu VIL lJ00to Wt
condemned It.
Hlxtu V, l,W, to I.'Wj publUhed an
a,l -iU it ut i f tb II: Wf, a t l bt H,l
,. . ,,.i,m. . its ti it i t, j,-, tint ilir j
Plus N il , . mIi mn. -I
i i. ,e. ut i ittn .'!i.i,,..l
II. e t mi pant el It i '.'' ' I lni'U-1
In Pawl 111, d I 'in MI '.'
lis).. ,! tin m
II, it wby se-'N (itiNi's i iiii-U Has
tli, ,ii ft. it Is fit les'e as m H It I') iiur
hull ta1ln, Win ! blti (tTS.tit, la
gltlttf; titles Ift I.U tttt'il li' this utt
count M, In t In biMilil dii In Out
lot htiitii', W liflt It is (miml ititltenml,
lett'iilitg a;l many of Un tliit
)'- d that wire .ttiait to It, ai
llueiglt win II ilt ei tHea ! t wi dance
With the tb't Ultui of bi piinlet'i'ssoi
And I'eitatiily l'lu IX, has spukeii ex
I'atiietlt iiiitwlng finm tin depth til
hi s nulehrtt hi will to the soteivlgn
of the ihuith. Neter t'tuiclude, my
Venerable bii lliien, If tn atiiig of pit"
seiitlng to your sight the runt rod lit ion
of the pup" in llii'lr tetti lilcif". For a
mucli, If we pi'tM'Ulm the Inbillllilllty
of tlie actual hisi, or will have to
prove, that tlie Hite nevtr are contia
dlctorj, which it Impossible, or will
have to declare that the Holy Hpirlt
ha revealed to lis that tho Infallibility
of the pope Is only to date from ilio,
Are wo sudlclenily adventurous to
make It so''
1 'crimps the people are Indifferent
ami leave passing upon theological
question that they do riot understand
and w hore liriHirtunce to thotu doc not
come; but although while being indif
ferent for the principle, they are not
so when taking its account the acts,
Well, then do not deceive them, Jf the
decrees ef the dogma of pupal infalli
bility pass, tho protestunts, our adver
saries, will mount the breach with so
much more bravery, when they have
the history of It part. Meanwhile we
will only have a negation that will op
pose them. What they may say to u
when wo exhibit to them all tho
bishop of Homo from tho day of
Luke unto that of HI Holiness
I'lu IX,? Ala! Jf ail had been
like l'lu IX,, triumphant all along
the line, it would not have been
a disgraceful a It I, (CHe: "Hilerice!
alienee!" "Knough! enough!") Ho not
clamor, monsenore, to fear tho history
is to confess defeat; although we can
not blot out one of It jme. Leave me
to spunk arid I will be a brief a possi
ble on thi important aubjeet,
Tlie I'ope Vlglllu .VWj bonght the
papacy of Hetasariu, lioirnUrnant of
the Kmperor Justinian, Truest Is, he
bought with hi promise and never
(aid, I thl a canonical manner to en
circle the tiara? The rtocond council
ofCalcedonia formally condemned it,
In oniof H canon It reads; "The
bishop who obtain hi episcopacy by
money, hail lose it and shall be de
graded," Pop Kugeniu Iff, (II h) Imitated
Vlglllu, Ht, Hrrnard, the brilliant
star of hi time, responding to the pope
saying: "Can you Inform me, In thl
great city of Homo, if any of them have
received the popedom without first
having received gold or rrllverfor It?"
My venerable brethren, who will Ire the
pojio that will etab)lh a traffic at the
door of the Holy Hpirlt? Have any the
right to teach thl infallibility to the
Church? Vou keow the history of
Forrnrrsa toe well that I should arid any
thing to il, PUtphen VI, had hi body
exhumed, clothed with pontifical rai
ment, and commanded that hi finger,
that hal h tea stowed to give ben
edletlon, sboUd b$ cut off, and after
ward thrown into the Tiber, declaring
that he wa a perjurer and bastard,
Then the people imprisoned Htephen,
who wa p'rlsried and garroUid; and
directly Jlomnriu, the ujceor of
Hyphen, and after him John X,, reha
bilitated Formosa,
Perhttpyoii rrity tell me that these
are fable, not hisUrry, Fabhi? Co,
moimntitiru, to the library of the Vati
can, and read I'iotlrm, the historian
of the papacy and the annul of f Jar
on! mm (A, If, mi), TVri are act that
for the honor of the Holy He, we dtiire
to fgriore; but when we treat of defin
ing a dogma that will provoke a great
Meblsrrr between o, the iove shelter u
unto our venerable mother, the Apos
tolic itorrran Cathoiro church, must you
Impose silence upon u? I will proceed:
The erudite CVdinai Jhtronfu, pcak
ing tii the papal court rety (lend me your
attention, my venerable brethren, to
these word); "WhU wa the Homan
church In those times? What infamy!
Only the most powerful courtesan gov
erned In Home, They were those who
gave, exchanged and took bishopric,
and, horrible ft I to relate, made their
lover the fale (rope to mount the
throne of Ht, Peter," Jlaronfu (A, lb
(r!2,
I con Ut rid, that if these were false
and not true pope, o it is; but In thl
ca, If for one hundred and fifty year,
we find the ee of Home occupied by
antbpope, how can we reunite the
thread of ajal ueeeiori? Then,
what? How could the church exist a
century and a half without a chief
head? Note well that the greater part
lit those anti-pope came from the gen
ealogical tree of the papacy; and surely
they are those ducrfbed by Haronlu;
because until Cerrebrardo, thej great
adulator of the pope, ha the boldness
to ay In hi chronicle (A, I), my,
"Thi centenarian wa unfortunately
piocgd, that for nearly one hundred and
fifty year the pope had fallen from
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