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AUCHHIsno]' OF OI{KGOX CITV; A r,si », ADDRESS TO POPE PIXTS IX OF THK CLERGY AND LAITY OF THE ECC;LP:SL\STTCAL PROVINCE OF OREGON. PORTLAND, OREGON : CA^rHOIIG SENTINEL PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT. 1871. u rmfff w TT'*' § 1 fi I .^ji.^m--,..ammmmmmmtmm PASTORAL LETTER AM) CONCILIARY DISCOURSE .»F I'lTK AIosi Ri:v. F. N. BLANCHET,D.D. AKCHI'.ISIIOP OF OREGON CiTr; ALSO, ADDRESS TO POPE PIUS IX. «>F THE <'l.EIiGY AN]:) J.AITY OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PROVINCE OF OREGON. poim:^NU OREGON : ; CATHOLIC SENTINEL* PRINTING ESTABLILHxMENT. gRSP p t i( "1 V /' 1/ • • • PASTORAL LJ ^r^r I :ii CONCERNING THE TWO FIRST DOOMATIC CONSTITIJTIONS OF THE (ECl MKNK Al, VATICAN COUNCIL. P ]( FRANCIS NORHERT BLANCHE! BY THE ORACE OF (H)D ANT) THE FAVOR OF THE HOLY APOSTOLIC SEE, ARCHBISHOP OF ORBHION CITY : i 1 i( To the Clergy and Faithful of our Archdiocese, Greeting, Health and Benediction, in Jesits Christ our Lord- Venebaui-e Brethren ov tick Ci euoy and Dkaui.y Bei.ovk.h Hiikthrcx oi- riii; Laity When we left you lui the Tith of Octolier, lust. yeftr, for the QCoumcuieiil Cotmcil of the Viitir.iui, to he opened on the 8th of Dcceinbor, we exixioted to be only a few months absent from our Diocf-sc ; and behold, ten months have nearly elapsed, and we are still in Rome, not knowing when we may be allowed to return among you. ^laiiy of the Prelates have obtained pt^rmissiou to return to their Dioceses, on acconnt of bad health or urgent necessities of their churches : but to those having no such excuses, the Holy Father has rt^comoud- ed to remain. Thinking ourstdves to be in the condition of the last, we have resolved to call for no leave, although it is hard to remain so long from our dear tloek. But be well assured, be- loved brethren, that although absent and very far from you, our mind and our heart are still with you, so that we have you daily before our eyes and we daily pray for you and bless you from the holy altar, .ind this we do in a special manner, when, coming out of the Conciliary Chapel, we go and kneel down at the rail of the confession of St. Peter, with a large niimber of Cardinals and Prelates. Prostrated there before the tomb of the Prince of Apostles, we pour forth our soul in the presence of God in acts of thanksgiving to our dear blessed Saviour for all He has done for the whole world, through His first Vicar upon earth, reconunending our Diocese, our Clergy, our Sisters, our dour faithful, the fervent, the luki- warm and thi> jXH)r sinner, to the {jowerful inter- cession of the great fimnder of the (^hun^h, and fervently Vjegging of Him to obtain from His Divine Master all that any or every one of you may l>e in need of, spiritually or ttsmporally, in order that you may nil make sun; your salva- tion. And this prayer we will continue to say and rejx3at as long as wt; remain in the Eternal City. But this testimony of our love and afFection is not the first one wo have sent you, for it has been many tir »•« preceded with .some, more private, it is true, '^ if 'lo less warm marks of our affectionate ren»embru kjcs of you all. In the first place we will s^M^ak to you, beloved brethren, of the first dogmatic constitution on the Catholic faith, proclaimed and confirmed in the third Public Se.ssion, held on the 24th of April, A. D. 1870. It has for its object the condemna- tion — tst, of the errors of alwolute rationalism, under the form of materialism, pantheism and vulgar rationalism ; 2d, the errors of semi-ration- alism, or temperate rationalism, practiced by men glorifying themselves with the name of christian, with regard to christian knowledge by Divine faith in comparison with rational and natural science, and con.se<|uently with regai"d t<» the relation between Divine revelation and hu- man reason, between faith and science ; 3d, of the 52415 p 4 -.[►•riiil .•i-ior-i whii)i 111'' li'lnii 'il \,y ilii. tiii'tli(i4 «»f ^'iiii-ni'iDiiiiliMiti mil t'rum it« fui-nifr pi-im-ipliN t'lii' Ml ■ |i"rvt'i'si(ni i»i' Hiitri!! I'liriHtiiiii ilo/max, wlh'tll'M" rtdi'i'i'iiiii c till' m'niiiliH m'li'* • iif soiin' tnitlisof fiiith, |i;'iii •!;) illy with )i';;unl to niituri' iHl'l l^riK'", HI- ti( lliliir.il itii 1 >Wji 'llllhllMl oiilri'. 'Di'-ic c'lToiN, vvliirli ill'" thi" iiH'^ nf tli ■ \>vi- ifiidiil l{'t'iiriii.iti'iii (if til" Mixtt'i'iitli ii'iitiiry, uri' til'- r(>iis"i|ii 'II of til thr.'ii >ir*''«'' '•vil'* wliii'li it liniiiyjlit into tliii I'clifjiiiiis world — :i hi'Iisl" of dih- LfiiMl, iin 1 Hiorii lor iill iiiadu of rclivcion, iv viol'iit liiilri'il for ami \v,ir ii:,';iiint. ri'li;/iiMiM iniit,t.r.'ri*, fol- lowed by ii d 1 J) ;i'iyt»» of iiii iiiity. Ivi't nil r''ud ;iiid jiid^C''; tli ■ .•rror>' tioiidc/iiiii'd liy tlii' ( 'oiuiidl i.f Trcii', iifti'i- liiiviii;^ rcj.'it.'d th" Divine iiiithority of tile ('hiircli, iind l'uviii:f matters of f:iitli to llie private jii l^'iii 11', of e^■l'l•y oii", Imve little liy little dividi' I th ■ijisehes iii*o iiiiuiy dis;ij^i'eeiii^ uiid discordant s'l-'-", so that it len^'tli nil faith in (lirist h;i.s ti.eii loit liy many. They luive ^'oiie still fiirth 'r, i'or they liavi' hej^uii to ileiiy that t.hi' Marred Script ores wliieh they afflriiiod wiik the fountain and the only one jiid^'e of ehristjun doctrine :ii"e Divine, and they have iven likened tlu:m to iiiythieal stoiies. Are not thesu facts very apt t;<> hrinu; dlsLrus* and scorn ii]i<)n relij^ion •' And UK men often pass from the distiust and s<'.orn of ii tliini< t,o an hatred for it, there has takmi root and haM Inen wide-sjiread tlirou^rhont tlio world, that doctrine of ratioTialisin, or natnr- iilisiii, whi(di attacks with all its toree ihe chris- tian ri.diji;ion, because it is a supernatural institu- tion, in order tha' it may estaldish the reign of that which ;h;y call pure reason and nature, by driviii;<< "hris*!, who is our s destroy the very foundation of human society. -Vnd what- i< :iiori di'ploiable, tlji, spirit of d."nying' ' rod, His revelation, christian i\die'ion, and everythinij; l)ut, a natural reliirion of reason, is [lublicly taneht and propa;j;atcd, }>.irticnlarly in I'aiitipe, even ia universities, by infidel pro- fessovs. These men arc tryinu" to cast m the worhl, and ihcy are seekint;' to do it throu>rtj jjfoveiiH'U'uts, throiiedi universi- ties, throiin'h schoids, press, and every mode of intliK'nec and |Miw<'r that thoy can cxrreiNc. Nn wonder, then, that lhi« impiety lias so rapidly ailvani'cd from every iiuartcr, that even many of the (hildrcn of tlie t'hurch have wandered from till' path of true piety, and thnniMh them ' 'atho- hi' Ihouyht has bi I'll wc akeued by tliis ^^radnal Weakening of truth; for, sediii:ed by these divers and straiij^e doctrines, and mali(rioiisly confound- \\\\i, nature and K""'"'''! human knowled'aches. and t tlu^ falh^n, to strenthen the weak, t() embrace, those who re- turn, to confirm tht' good and urge tlicm to jK'rfcetioii, wdiat .shall she (h) on this wdemii occa- sion in order to put a stop to these, impious and monstrous errors, to apply a salutary remedy to their obnoxious intlueuco and to remove all dan- gers from the (christian people? She will, in the first place, expose hin- doctrine: that there is a lihd who made all things; that He may be known even by the natural light of human rea- son ; that there is a rf^velation and a christian religion; that man is bound to give a revealing (rod, by faith, the full homage of his intellect and will ; that although faith lie above reason, theiecan never be any discord between them, be- cause God, who reveals niysteries and infiifies f.iith, has giv(^n man's mind the light of reason ; .and iJod neiiher denies Hims>df, nor can truth contradict ^trnth. And after this exposition of her faith, the (ninnh cf imdin-fl frnin tl\iin ''iitlio- \h\* Kriiiltiiil y t^U'^*l' (liviTS mly (M)IlfouU(l- l((Vf iiiiil Di- ll til.' ►CfimiiK' ly miith'T, the •orrnpt the in- iiniiupst hoiu-t lis all li.T rtrst til,, world, into y riiunih, til- ths fiiUt^i, t" those vvlio rn- urgc t-lifiu <" lisHiili'mu ncort- lo inipiouH iiml iiry rcnicily t» Kinovti Jill Aiin- Sho will, in tho that there is a at Ho may be of human roa- and a christian j;\vc a rovcaling of his intollect 10 ahovo reason, tweon them, Ih;- \hh and infiiHcn Vi^ht (if reason: nor can truth is exposition "f the ern^rs that ■s their authors t anathema t«■<■* nf (iiillieiillistn ImMly eonie f.pf wliiihc.iir little children already now, and a ward uniiuse what was coiisi.l- pnmd and uives Ilis ^rnice to tin' hiinihle." [.St. ered by many prilatcs in tlf lM,Mniiin;,' as inop- .laJiics, t. (l.l Ood, therefore, withdraws unil ixn'nne. was made l.y the fierce (;allic an opin.si- liidcs Iliiiis.U' and His truths fium t-iieli us ar.' tion, not oidy opiK.rtime but i.f tli. ^rreatcst ne- piiffcd 14. Willi the coni'cit of tlieirown wit or ecssity. Tliat opposition eairie from within and learninjr, or any oth.r talents, whether naturjil without ilie Coniicil. or (vc piired ; whilst He disi luscs flis secrets to It is certainly very painful tu s,.i iccurded in the little and humble, [St. .Matt. II. ■J•^, Mills the within opi».sitinii, the naiiie> nf some of our their souls with Ileuvcnly li'..:ht Miid works His mu^t ri'sji-rtid and Lived l''iilheis n nil also the liivatest wonders I ly them. Ah, h t ns atlinire, iiiinies of -oin" leuriied an I illust rious ihampio:is lielovnl hrcthren, and ailore the wonderful ways of the t'hurch, wlm, liy their writin>j;s, hail .so of the wisdom of (KhI. Tjcarn from tliis to avoid well deserved from her. Would to (iod that the pride and self conceit, and to he always humble, ■.■•ifted talents which they used with su 'niieh ef- if yon wish to preserve the true faith ; for faith fort on the ivroiii;' side, had been employed with itself, which is commonly looked «hhju as tlio tic same i)ersistency fur a cause more worthy of fo\inda*ion of all good, and without which it is their zeal I The imtside ii|i|Hisitiiiii was composed imiHissible to plciise (lod, [Hehrews, 11. <),] absii- of the sci-callul "libei'Ml ( 'athulic party," and of liilely depends upon humility — even that humil- all tin. em.mies of our holy reli^fioii, assisted hy ity which obli^fcs the soul to adore \\hat it can- the impious and infidel jiress, jiouring daily tho not understand ; to submit to the most hiimiliatinj^ tilth of their furious ra,i,'e un the Holy I'tither and truths, and to "cast down every lieiL,'!)! that ex- 1 lie defenders of his ri',''hts. It was therefore pain- alteth itself against the knowledge of (iod, and ful to the highest degree tusec the inopjiortnnists to bring into captivity every understanding to jiraised, oxalteil and raiseil up to Heaven liy --iicli the obedience of ( 'hrist.'" i'.'. for. 1(1. ). ."i.' ( >, wii-ked men and a wie'^ele il pris-, encouraged and I.oid .b siis I ;_'i\es us a spirit of humility .iiid in- snpjMirteil by 'he impiiPiis aihl intld'l journals I I'ease our faith ; grant that it mtiy l>c .1 lively wliosi. euliinins euntaitieil the most feiirfullilasphe- and practical faith. Such a treasure, hehived mies against all that is goud ami holy ; whilst, lirelhreu, may be ohlained liy desiiing, by seek- on the contr.iry, thi y hail lait shancfnl niisrejire- t, itig and by heartjy praying for it. senlations ami nialieions ealuiunies fur the great In the ,H(.coud place, we will sjieak to ytui, he- majority fa vuriuL,' the definition. Such a false, |iiv(.d brethren, of the important dogma wb.ich disagreeable and unenvialile pd-ii Ion of the minor- was defined and prcuuulgated on the ISth iiisi., in ity inthimed the /( al ofuuenf the l-'athcrs, Hisliop 'he fourth pulilic session of (he Vatican (Meuinen- (Itistaldi, of Sahices, on lie- thirty-.sccoiul day of ieal Council, that of the infallibility of the Pop.., the discussi in of the fc/diiii, .su that, itlluding tu speaking (.r '■"fhclf', on nuitters of faith ami i! in a streim of elo piem^e, he said; "for my morals, as ihi> doctor of all christians. Let, it be ptirt, if T had the misfortune to find my name Well understood that the Pontifical infallibility mentioned by such wicked journals, T would think is not a novelty or a new doctrine, as some pre- it was ctFai'ed from the Hook of T.ifc." A fi w tend to assert, for it has always btien believed and days after, many on both sides of the unestioure- prauticed in the Church, though not dognuitii'ally nounci-d speaking any further, defined. It has always heiai admitted by all the- Xow, lielo\'ed brethren, as t.he.se niisrepresi^nta- ological schools and thi; most illustrious doctors, tioiis tind slanders nnulc against the Holy Father and reeogni/ed liy the ancienr assemblies of the and the majority of the Council, inay have been Church, hifure the violent intrusion of (Talliciin- carried into Oregon, we intend giving to all the ism, ai'complished by tho order of Louis XI\'. means of knowing tho truth, and cionsiM^uently of 'I'he Church might have continued practicing the correcting and rectifj-ing the wrong impressions Piipal iufallibility and believing it, as she has any one might have received by reading the re- done in all past centuries, without defining it, as jM)rt of these journals, or any othir produ(;tions, sh,;. has successively defined many other points of blaming the (Ecumenical Council. We expect to i iilitiiiii "iiir ul.jt ,-t ill ,j:\\\ni( n »l<.t.:li .if < 1 illi.'iiii- r.i'lnr llami. iv, S, .1., w. iv .1, «l IiumI t,, rtiuilyr.- i-«rii, Its iiNiiinitiiiim ami fi'iiilcnii's, und hdiii.' tli>' i"U-.titiitiiiii nf tlu' rlmnli, in nmkiii^ it r>- lniM.f- i>f t)i.' ili)>.'iiiii wliirh itliamlari'dto iiiipiiKii iinsiiituHvi' aii'l tli-' . [.Inc .i|Mt.' i)iirti(i|niut nt tli. with -.1 li.iijf mill Ml iiiiK'h tcii!iri»y. I'.mf itlcMl -.ovlr, in ('.nuicil. llulli.aiii-'iii wiiH u.it kiii-wii IhIuiv tin- ki"uI In il. j,,..*' ihr I'l.pr, wh. i, tliiH ln^'li inaml il'iry «if wt'i»t,(a'iiHc liisiM. liiiil tlirii, that iMiliiiiuj^flftc VII thf AiMMliiIir limly, iilistiiiatr in a jn n;>,nil, », !•■ (^••HtiiHi'M, 111. I'.ailili.iil iiifallil.ilify wuh |.riirli- «'/'//«■ aii.l al.>«)lnt.' iiifallil.ilify, vv..iil.1 nfiis.' t.. (•ally a.'kii.iwl.Ml^v.l. Tli.' liiwi >lia.l..w tlir.iwn j"iii wiMi \)\r iiiaj.ii'ily. Tliis aiiar.lii.al H\«t.iii, iijioii Unit li^'lit . am.' IV.. Ill lh.it t. mi. r,! wlii. li ■^li'lt''f'''l mi'l'T 'li.! fpiHciinil . liara.t.T, wii^ i.l.-t.iir..l f..r Hi.v.nty y. ar.s tlic licav.n i.f tli.> h iil>'l I'y Hi f liiinilr.d voIiut* (if tli.' n-v.ilii- w.Mt.'rn (linnli. Tli.' il..„'iiniti.'iil (}alli.aniNi,i ti,.niny i.iinil.iiiuiiiiiin um thf ivHtnivr .>f \h>- ilat.-, fn.in that tiMiiMr.l ..iMMh. In that t iiii.' it mni' "* t'hiinh uf Clirinl. 'I'li-'ii f..n..w.'il a wiiH flrMt, Mi'.'n ami tli.ii K.-^faii t.i .'.i)r..a,l ; and tlir »hai (> iiolnnic ..n the aii.la.iuiis plan, w iii.li hud Cunncil of Tivnt t.Tiiiinat.il .•v.'nh.fuiv that .sys- f'>r ilx Mipi'ort all tin' fn.ini.-. of tin' I hiinli ami t.'fii of nli«i..ii.i inf.'.tiun had tak.'n it.* full Hi.' 1'ai.ary. I'liLli.- ..pinion wan niin-'d to a lii;,di m-<.wth. 'I'll.' (•..ntii.v. isy hail n.it aHstinicdNiitii- pi''!' of ffrfrviv n." I.y all kinds of .■*..phi'«inH, M.'a- (d.'iit, iiiiiM.rtan.'o t.. .lia w tli wlid.. att.ntion ..f *""''l with donhtfid, ap.Miyi.liil and falf.> hi^- tln- Connidl, i.ivoc.'iipi.'.l ali..s.' all with the ^vr;A tnri's, fahri.Mti'd l.y sfclarian.s against the rop-'s. h-'ivwy whi.di th.-n ov.r.spr.a.l I'lnrop... Hut ..vcn '•'»"■ I^'ipn'T was di'^.Mi.ssi-d and dfiii.d in its .-.s- th.ii (liitholi,^iviii;,' ai.l to th.' pos.d to th.' I'ontill.al infallil.ilily ..mid Imvc <^''''"'ii»' l«H"l'^''' "f ''''• I>'illiii^"'i'- 'ddd. ii nndi'V 1„.,.„ con.lfinncd. fl"' p*iidonynio of ./<0( '/>. Aicunlinj^ to tlir doi- Hiitwhih" (ialluwiisin first llonrisli.d, fh. n .!,- 'rin.' whi.h wan drawn In the famous drilanvlioti (din.'d. and, in ..ur days. ai,'ain tiud t.i infii.su "f ''"'•'!<•>'■* "♦' "lan, it was no more th.' past..r Komr vitality into its .xpiiin- l.ody, th.' Holy S. r ^^1"' da.iild -..v.rn th.- Il...'k and -iv.' it th.' spii- has Hlniiiltiincou.sly don- two things : it nrv.T dr- '^"''1 f"'"l "f 'h- .hiistian t.arhiu,^'; l.iit it, wan tin.d it and always protist.'d a^'ainst it, and this, ""' ""•■!< 'I'"* -^l'""!'! ml.' and f..'d the pastor; and top'th.T with th.'ahs.'n.a-of do^'inati.al dcHni- i'" this was a.kiiuwl.'dy:."! an infallihlc .loi't..r, it tiou and the (nintinui'dprcs.'n.v of pul.lic protista- was lait as tli.' ..r>r:in of thr .'pisropal l.o.ly .'oni- tion, oonipriHi's tho two paralUl facts whUdi tills ninnicatinj,H.. hiia its infallil.ilily. Thus wilhd it th.'Hi! last .■(■ntitrit'H and .shows th.; ilo.^trin.- in its »'"' ^'"'i''! pro^Ti'ss of iii.id.iii tini.'s, s..v.r.'i.-iity tni.) liKht, that is, imt '/,///, ^' aul .'/w,. And, in "f >''■■ """il"'"' iiitr..du.,'d in lli.' ( hur.h as in ih.' Ih.' ni.'anwhilc, Ihr historl.al nianif.'.sl.iti.iii of ^♦■''''- And tl is was call.d a r.'tnrn to th.- an- th.' I'apal infallihiility had pro-nssed and a.l- ''i'lit I'oiistitnt ion of thf .'hnstian society, aitcord- vaii.'cd, and had he, n ni.Hv pra.'tir, d and inor. t.. whi.di our Lord J. sns ( 'Inisl, had not estah- au(daini.'d than .'wr .luring- thrs.' last thn-r liiin- l'-'"'' TFis ■•hiir.h npc-n a fundaiii. iital ro.'k, hut dri'd A'.'iirs. iipi.n a pih' of stou. s with.iiit ndh. sion, -with th.' tfnt'h was the stato of the 411. .■.ti,,u uf Calli.an- ii.-.'id. ni;.l fact of a niaj.irity and a .'..nstitntional ism boforc tho year l^'OT. One would have sup- .■inai.hical Poi..' ; aii.l finally, a r..p' d.'thn.n.'d, jMised that the sect wa« dead and Imrle.l, wluii '"' ''^' 1''"^' o!,li-...l to r 'nd.r an a. ■.•..nut .vry t.n n.3t lon^'iifter the world was inf..rm.d that Bishop V'"!"^ •" *^'' < Viuncil. .Maret, of Sura, I'ti purtlms, was pn paring; a work to revive it. Th.' piildi.; mind was niii.li ast.m- This theory, wlii.h was Imt. a denial of the ished at the new>. Lun^ l)"fori' the puliliiati.m ('hnr.h and of its uni\rrsal tra.lilion, di.I not fail of his V(diiiniu\ed by th.' llev. firuiatiou with tin- humiliation and denial of tin- r.r--*.^','^iai ■ll~ — " ^=~ w^mi I'liiiii. V. \\)\u-h Mi';v wiiM -nil flic >, liiil wliiili, (I loii)^ tinii'lHf'iiii , 111' lial VI ry artfully pri |iiniil, tniiislutcil ill til.' illlfi ri'iit laii.;iiii'^'i'>» llf llir nM mill iii'W wurlil, iiul scut tn till' niiliipjm iM'fiiri' tlii'V liiiil lift tli'ir Si IS fur tln' (I!iiiiiiiiii';il ( 'inin- i'il. W'liiiM till Mill tliat noil'- llf tlii'ir (Mi|iiiM liml i-i>iii'lii'il till' (li-itmit rilmi'i's of our liii|i|iy liiinl fur till' I iiiil iiiiiatiiui of till' pi'rfi^'t, ainl K^lnrinUM iiiiiiiii ipf ill I'nlatiH oti tlir M'niat ([iicHtiiiii uf tin' I'u|ial iiifnlllliilii V ! Hi>*iii/ liiiiimlf t(i till- iHiiiiilaf |)as'ii ., til Mil' .-'l<'ii'iiilily nf (In Cuiiiiril. HIm tlniiii' wa-* tli ■ iiiuiiiiortiiiiity "f (i Ciiiuilinry (li'lhiitioii of tlir I'ontiliral infnlliliili- ty ; liiit iimliT tliat ilisunii'' Iw really iii'''ii'1'il riitiilmttiii'f iiifalliliilitv itMclf, ;w lir strnii 'Iv iliil tiftcrwarilM. His rfusuii.-* lunl iiruiiiin'iits wi'fi' iiiori' H|i('('iiiii'j aii:l faliii'ioii" tliim real uiul triii'. Ill till' t'ai t till' llaiiii' iii\ailir.;< our lioly In lii'f, lu' WDiiM liavc iiM I'l'iiiain i|iiipt, wi'li I'rnsiiil ariiiM. Uinli r tlii' frivoloiw pritrxt of not otfrinl- iii;^, liy a /" "■ '/'>/)//(/ (.'; till' lilii'i'al ('allmlii' jiavty, the licl'i'tirH, till' srliisiiiatii's aii-l I'vni tin- iiifl- ili'ls, he wuulil uoi hi'sitiiti' to lot till- tlaiiii's iii- (iri'iwi? iinil thus i'X|ios.i tli ' ('Imrrli to yrt j^'rcatrr dmiK-ers. Siirli was tlio stale of ( Jallii'auisiii mil tlp' dis- [losit ion of its alii'ttors lirfovi- tlif ojM'iiiii;^ of tin- CuUlKul. AftiT it was opiii'il, many of tin- von- (jralilc FatliiTs joiiu'il tlii' T'islio[) of Orleans in liis tlii'iiii' of til" iiioinMirtiiiiity. As a spirit of ili'.isioii was j)!rvailiii'_;' tin' r[iisi'opal hmly ami till' nii'iiilHrs of till' I'ler;;}', to tlio 1,'ri'at srainlal (if till' faithful, aii'l tlirrr was no other reineily to put it down Init a deeisiou upon the jierplexeil liiiestioii, ii jiostulatuin was sigiioil hy a large iiumlier of Fatlii.'rs, h('o;';i;ing the nojjnmtie Dispu- tation to hriiig it without delay li"fore the Coiiii- eil. A eounter postiilatiim of Hie inopportunists was also sitrned and sent to thelloly Father. And six mouths aft I'r the Coiineil hadljeen ojjeni'd fhv Ki'/i< i>h( iii tlu' rriniaev and the iufalliljilitv of til • I'lilf wat ,it l.i'. |s;o. It leiuaiiied iiinli'i' ililiate for over two iiinutlis, diiriii^r uliiili tiiiH a d' III;/!' of mioiiyiiioiiH piiin- pIlletM. full of sophiHMI^threittn IIM'l »hll|i|er*, ill- undated tile Father-; hut fie y w-v all \ ie- torioiHly refuted. The tlliini' of the ( iallieallN heillK ""h ly Mill ol the iiio[i|Kirt unity, it was uaiiii'.illy r^p. it. il thii' 'his, their rampart , lieiiii.' oiii'i' fnreeil tiny would all iiiimeili'iti ly join with the opporlmii->ts : Init no sill li thiii'.^ liap|ii'ind, tor tiny \Nii'i not only -iieli stroll',' ino| poi'tiiui-'s, Imt siuli stroii^' (ial- lieaiM, that diiriu;,' the tliii'ly-s,-\ I'li (iiiii-ral Con tfi'e'j'atious, and especially diiriii'.^ thetii-l tifliiii, ill diseiissiii(/ the Lfeueral fi'dtures and iin ril« of the y/ii III'', they never (^ca.sed to oji|Mise if ulid to iMirry out their opjHisition iis far as they could, liy repeatin^f over ainl ovei' a^'aiii llnir lijs- toi'ieal facts mid tlnir artriiiiieiits to tl ItVet of pioviiij; that the Pontithal iiifalliliilily eonll 111' proved neither liy Seripture nm Ky ( iein la 1 Coiiucils mid tradition. Thi»s(' e'roundli'HM assertions wen; sti'oii;,'ly n- fufi.'d anil the opposite truths vietorionsly proved hy many orators. For your satist.e lion, lirloM il lii'i'threii. We intend ^fiviu;,'' you a sliorl speeinieii of some of the ar;;;uiniuts an 1 proofs so lieuiiMfiill,\ detailed li 'fore the ('oiliieil liy many Iiarned and elopc'ii^ l'\ith rs, lh.it you may have an idea of the ;ir wcri' ^iM'ti 151 aHinnativc votes, SS ni'iia- of lliflioly Kudiari.st; licraiisi', ariordin;^' toanein- tivc i nd ()'2 conditional on<'s; tlnsc last W'Tf incut jiridatr, of tlic two, one coiistitnti's tlic lii'ad mostly (ill for a more .s*rin;;cnt dctiiiition, and and the other tlic heart of lli.' ( hiirch. Tlio word consc jiifiitly in favor of tin- majority. Hnt il infallililc, it is Iriir, is not found in the (iospd; was only in the fourth jmhlii! session, lield on but it matters not, doctrinally, if tln' eqiiivalent Moudiiy, the l^th of .Inly, that, tin? rather too is found in it. And, indeo.l, who can read tho lonic vexed niit-st.ion of t rallicanism was at lust funr fj^reat word.s addrossed hy our iSavionr to Pc- ser"'led and fixed forever hy the votes yiven on tor, directly and individually, and not seo tho tliat day and tin,' eoiiHrimition of the I'ope. ]\IaJiy infallibility overllowin^' iiiion liim from tho liut- of the l'"alhers liiid gone home for various reasons ; torn of the Divine words with a sniMTabiindaiit a cerfain number of ojiiKjuents had abandoned splendor^'' What eonld .Tphiis (.'hrist luive said their o(pjKisIiion ; thtMit hers were absent, and tin more formal, more ^ilaiii and more impressive, number of votes Wits only ''loo. They all eavi siipiaisin^ lie really intended to confer to His tlhir vote . for the dogmatie, eoiiMtitntion just read Vicar uid successois the jirerogatives of iijfalli- io them, save two, who gave a negative vote, bility';' And the Holy Fiither having given his sanction. Our Blessed Saviour had prcxioiisly said [St. there ln'gan a tlinnder of jindonged applauses .Matt. T. '-2I.] that the wise man builds Iuh houHO 4 among the multitude tilling tlie nave of the great upon a rock. He was Himself the wisilom of I'liilding, at the same time Heaven applauded tho (iud who came down from Heaven to build a decision with peals of tlinnder. hon.se, to found a city and to establish a From what I have said and what you have kingdom here njioii earth wliich should Ixj beard of (iallieanism, beloved brethren, j'oii may forever victorious over all the powers of easily eoniliide and .see how deejily rooted, in lull, and should last until the end of many parts of Kiirope, was that si-et, and how time. And in order t words of truth. Ami wauls to '^ive him the supreme fum lion of uni- wliat binds Houls iiud k(M'ps them in servitude!' versiil j)ast()r ; tin! fiinetion of feeding? not only It is error, iind witli it sin. What unloeks tho the himbs, represeutiii'jr the Honk of the faithful, Moulr' It is truth, and with it sanctity. Tlit-ro- but the sheep also; the sheep, which, aiMurding ,. fore, invested with tlie iiowcr of binding' and to all the interpreters, represent the conductors /^/Ar"/H r, [St. Luke, 22. HI. 32.] As if he would say : Si- t.vcepimial, unufrsHl and ."'tjin nu, one is found mon, a weak man as thou art, Satan will try to *« ask himself without being able tt. answer : sift thee and thy brethren as wlieat ; but \ fear "What did J(^sus Christ pretend to give Peter if not, T want thee to be the support aud and strong ^"' l»'^s not given him, as the foundation and holding of all. And I, God, who cannot put con- chief of the Church, infallible power in matt..rs tradiction in my word, I will that thou never be cuueeruing the Church." shaken in thy faith. Hence it i.s I have prayed But, said the opponi'iits in the holy iissembly — for thee aud have obtained that ^/(,y/WiY/t .v/^i^// and this they repeated n to me in Heaven and on earth; thy brethren ; I will that the firmne8,s of thy go ye, therefore, teach all nations, and behold faith be communicated to my Church ; I will I am with you all days, even to the (Mmsumma- thatthoufillestmy whole Church with the infrlli- tion of the world." [St. Matt., 2S. IS. l!(.j It bility I give to thee ; that from the head which is true that these solemn words were addressed to thou art thyself, thou makest it descend into the all of the Apostles; and lujbody denies the ^wwer whole body. CoufirHi thy brethren, for ray idea, and infallibility pn)iuised by these words to the my plan, is uot that thy brethren confirm whole body of the pastors, charged to trcach the thee, biit that thou confirmest thy brethren, whole earth. But mark this: between what Je- Such is the meaning of the words of Christ, by bus Christ gives here to all, and what, he had which it is not difficult to understand that the previously and solely given to out; only, thiTO doctrine which makes the infallibility of the Pon- must be a perfect accord, a (complete harmony, a(!- tiff depend upon the confirmation of the episcopate, cording to the beautiful saying of Bossuet : " The turns over the evangelical formula, and that in- end does uot destroy tlie beginjung." Therefore, stead of Peter confirming liis brethren, these are when we siiy : Jesus Christ .sends to teach all the ones who must confirm Peter. creatures the holy Church, represented by the In fine, our Blessed Saviour, in one of his man- Apostles, we must understand the Church to be ifestations, asks Peter three times the great testi- such as he has founded, that is, the Chiu-ch built mony of . hia love : "Simon, son of John, lovest upon Peter; the Church, the assf mbly of all the thou me more thau these?" [St. John, 21. 15.] faithful whose faith is being ccmfirmed by the fC/'-^ *'^ ^ U'^1 c^^<^'V f7 i^-rr / ear //i -/(^(C*ri 9 /, ho '^ \7(/^' -tV/.f^ / tr'\ ^^l-V -.'ij^i! 10 words 1,1' ]',•■ [•; \]\i' ('Imrcli, tlir kiiij^dniii of H'livcii wlio-; ■ k'l yM I'rtrr ciiri'lfH iih a xi^^ii of sii- ])ri'7ii" iiiillioilt y ; tlir Chiircli, tliiit is, iill tlic Hock of hniilis anil kJi'M'Ji, callrd to walk under thr siip'Tvi :ilit y dii'f'i'tly and pri'sonally ^ivcn to its clii-f liiiriHidf. Kvidcntly, thi-n'foru, l)C'twfi'u wlutt is (M)iuniuuicati'd at first to Pctor iilouo, coii- stituti'd the base of the I'difii.'c, us nie pastoi'. The i'ontitical infalli1)ility is also jirovcd hy till' infallible authority of (jleneral t'oniicils, in- tcrpri'ting the word of Josns Christ and procdaiin- ing the traditional titles I'verywhcre and always acknowledged in ourPouMff. Tli is second author- ity the Callicans have pretended to reduce to nothing, by boldly asserting that, in tho Coun- cils, no title had over been given to the chief of tlieChureh which might authorize the positive belief to his infallibility. The answer is, that although a dogmatic foririnla be not yet contained t'xjjlicitly in the decrees of any Conucil, nevurthe- less, that formnla can be dedncted theologically and solemnly consecrated by anotlier Council. Hen(^e it is easj' to comprehi^nd how, when there 18 a (jnestion of the [)rerogatives inherent to the Sovon^ign Pontificate, a ])osterior Co\inciI can givi' a formula explicit of anotlier attriljuto al- ready implicitly ineluded in foriuidas consecrated by previous Council-. In this case, the do(^trine does not (diange ; it is not invented ; it only de- velops and shows its'df, however ancient it be, in a new forinula. Such are the dogmati<; fonnnlas a(xdaiined by the two great O'^eumenieal Councils of Lyons in X'i'iA, and Florence in \\',i^. Among the foi'mulas of Creneral Council, Ave we pr-fer that of Flonnice, Viecansc? it de- fines ill the p.'aiuest manner the principal pre- rogativi's of th' Sovereign Poi' + ificate. Listtm then, b(doved brethiin, to the great Cathidic voict' affirming wit>i a solemnity and brightness which could hardly be surpassed, the infallible authority of our Pontiffs ; "We define that the Roman Pontiff is the successor of blessed Peter, Prine,(> of the Apostles, and the true Vicar of Je- sus Christ, the (!luef the whole Church, the father and doctor of a'l (diristians. And we declare that to him, in the lil.ssed Peter, has been given bv Jesus ('lirist our T-ord, tlw full power to feed, rub- and govern the I'niversal Church." Such is thi' solemn decrei' of (he (Jenei'al Couin'il of Florenije. .\Hsurcdly, no more than in the ( Josjud, is tho Pon- tifical infallibility found here in its ex])licit for- mida; l)ut liere also wi; will say: All! what matter is it if its ei(nivalent presi'nts itsidf with spleiulori' Tt is, therefoi'e, no wonder that from these niagnificiuit titles, consecrated by an infalli- ble authority, the Catholic theology and univer- sal sense of the Catludic.s should have (h'llucted the Papal infallibility itself. And the conclusion is very obvious; for, _/?/'.si', if the Ronuiu Pontiff be truly the J'ictir of Jexiiit Clirint, constituted bj' Jesus ('hi-ist Himself to the government of His Churcli, thenceforth, in tho sphere where thfi Pontiff is constituted Vicar, the powi'rof Jesus Christ becomes his jiower, with the diff'erence that in Jesus Christ it is a proper and native power, whilst in His Vicar it is a deli^- gated and eonimuniirated power. Witli regard to tlu^ power of governing, Peter is not only another Christ, but he is Christ Himself. The coiudusion of this is, that one must choose between these two, or to di'iiy that the Pope is, in the full sense of the word, the Vii^ar of Jesus Christ ; or to ad- mit that, lu) more than Christ Himself, he can err in defining doctrines and teaching truth. tScroiid, If the Koman Pontiff' be th(> miprcnw fhicf of tin; whole ClivrrJi, then he is to the Church what tho head is to the body — chief to direct, chief to Avatch, chief to govern and <'.onsi"iuently infallildi' chief; never able, (!ven once, to put error in his Avord Avithont failing in his e.ss(>ntial function to guide and preserve thi' body all entire. Tliiril, If tlu> UoTuan PouKtt'be tlie xiiiri rxdl dor!'^r of thr Vhuri'h, therefore, as such, he repre- sents the authority of Him Avho saiil of Hims.ilf ; "I am the truth. You have but one master, and that master, it is T. " Assuredly he constitutes, Avith the Bishops, a teaching body, and us a col- lege of doctors to Avhom our Lord .said : "Go and be the masters of the doctrine; go and be the doctors of the world." Yes, but in the centre and at tlu' summit of that teaching body, there is the great Master, the great officer, the great depository of the truth and the grand preserver of the faith ; in a Avord, according to the text, the doctor of idl Christtiins. Fourth, If Peter, in the Church of Cod, be the Uii/ri'ru'd jKOitor ui the lambs and sheep, of the faithful and Bishops, according toBossuet's beau- tiful saying, "pastors l>eft)rt> the faithful and sluM'p before the jiastor of pastors," it follows. n the re to re, tliiil there is Imu mn' llo( k ;iii.l unr \W\- Wo iiiid iiivisihh- riiHtxjr. N'uw, iirconliujj tu the Floroiitiii"' (h»y:iiili, th<; Utniiiin I'uiititt' im thiit soh' iiiid universal iiiiHtor ; therefore, this beiiiji' a (h- fiiied doy'iiiii, the j^uoil Ciitliolie. sensL', to'j;ethor with tiie good jioptihir senses, liiive a ri;?ht to de- eide ii);iiinst tlie (iiillieiiu doctrine, thiit it is not tor the sheep to gnide th(> pastor, hut ratlic r for the pastoi' to miich' tlie itoi'k in the Wiiy of truth and life. J'\fl/i, What is, in t}ie( liuivli, tlir IJonian i'on- titt", tlio successor of St. I'eti r'r Let us hear ai^ain, Im loved t)rethreii, tlie g'reat \oiee of the (I'jiinien- iual (,'ouueil. He is ucjt only the Viriir i>f .fi,si!K ('hri.v, the ihictur nf t/w irorl'/, \\\t- ihiif nf tin C'/lKir/i and the iiit:(or of khhI", hut hr has still a title nioi'e jiiovinn' and more sij;;nitie;iut of his Hoverein'ii infiillihility, for the holy (Jouneil calls him I'lilhe!- — Father of ( 'atlioli, lioly h'ather 1 Yes, we helieve we are thy children; and all those who have a share in ihe palei'iiity of souls, hold it fron; thee. O, Father, truly nnivcr.sill No one, in the (,'liuveh, without passing 1hrou<;h th'»>, h.ive the power of f;i\ ing life, of which thou art the universal channel for all places and all centuries, t'ouocive now, if you cau, how such a fathiT, speaking as Vicar of Jesus (Ihrist to the great Catholic family, could ever fail and deceive his children, and that his children, \ ictinis of the aauie erroi-, might try out to him from all places; "O, Father! thou hast deceived us."" As the great conciliary wf)rd contirms the evan- gelical word concerning the I'ontitical iufalliliil- ity, so also the public practice or tradition of the Church contirms the one iind the other. Ijct us go to the cradk of the (hundi and we shall see there thf; gi-eat tree of the I 'atholic Papacy shoot- ing forth, as its first great l)oughs, the Pati'i'areh- iites of Antioch, of Alexandria ; and later, of Con- stantinople — all receiving from the same root the same sap and the same life, issued fnun the heart of Christ, iind passing through Peter, to he poured out jiiore iKUiutii'uUy throughout the whole uni- verse. Coming down from theuce to the centuries of tln> great manifestations of the C'atholic mind, we meet the four gnat t]']ciiiuenical ('ouncils of Nice, I'^/phesus, ( onstantinople and (halcedon, having hut one solemn voice to pr)i' lii>;}i privil'';^.' (it" t' tlif sininTs of thiit iiddrcss iiiid of tlic ilrcfpcx foniii'd in those Pi'ovini'iiil ('oiukiiIm, should huvc rcfu-tcd a ftsw yi'iiVH iiftor, to procdiiiTii in thi- (JCiMuiirniciil ('oin>- inl of \hi) Viitifian, Avliiit tht>y hud aHirincd with their ,si<^niit\iresi(thoiiie with so y rea- son of the contradict ion it puqiortH. Tti \h" histi)ry of the Papacy, //oiicfinx and F/17/', and in the hi-story of the Councils, !iil/r and Ciiiin'iiii ■/ , and iiKiiiy o^lcv fac'« wi i-c hroutjht and rei)<'ated hefniv the Council hy the opponents of the Pontifical infallihili^y, >)iit they wore vic- toriously refuted ; for these few isolated and oh- scr.re fa(!ts (^an pr()V(> nothiuf^ aj^ainst the (dear testinionies of S(;ripture, (xenernl Councils and secular facts of the Poutifi<;ate, even with res])ec,t to infallihility shininir so hrij^'lit in liistory. Wo (ioiudTido hy sayin;j; that th(> doctrinal in- fallihility of Peter and of his successors is one of the truths most clearly proved liy Scripture, (ionoral Councils and ti-adition ; that it is the in- t destrnet^hlo cement of the divine constitution of" the (liuich ; that no one <'an deal a hlow to it without overthrowini^ thi; cc'oiioiny of the faith ; that the supreme chief of an infallihle Church must necessai'ily he infallible himself; that the foundation of an iiunioveahle edifi(!C must bo im- moveable itself, and a condition of the (."ihurcli's infallibility, the latt(>r being; iiifoilible because the former is; that, moreover, the doctrine of Peter is preidsely what assures the certitude of our faith. A very lon^j; and ol)stinat,e opj)osition wys made to the Pontifical infallibility, by the in(a'edulous outside, and by learned, pious and venerable Pre- lates inside of the (,'ouncil. I iod so permitted it that the question should be more deeply studied and (examined and all difficulties (deared up and i-emoved, in order to show the greater manifesta- tion of the truth. Without denyinur that there were many learned and eh)(pient Fatliei-s in the minority, wo say, and positively affirm, that the larnsive in the he- giuning, but bi'fore the great ([uestions were l)rought in for discussion it was reduccKl to half of its former dimensions, so that any one endowed with a common voi(^e was sure to be understood. It was said th;it a moral unanimity was neces- sai-y for a dognuiti(^ definition, but this was a wj'ong assertion, for the unanimity of suffrages had never been reipiired; it never took ] dace. The divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ would never have been defined at Nice, if the Fathers of of the first (lv!umeni(!al Council had submitted to that (condition. Tn bringing forward, on the prent^nt occasion, the (juestion of moral unanimity in order to defeat the definition of the Pontifical infallibility, the Oallicans placed themselves in a position which manifestivl rather too (d"arly the great contradiction in which they fell, by pub- lishing as their rule, the superiority of the Coun- (dl over the Poi)e dissenting from the majority, and behidd, in the present instance th(! majority was united with the Pope, and they refused to submit. Tt has been said that the Pope would be isolat- ed, absolute and separated from the Church, over which h(! would exendse a despotic sway. No such thing wouM ever happen, for the Pope, whom Ave ought to love, can never be separated from the universal Church ; he can nev(>r define anylhing but what she bcdievos; he only nuiin- tains in its integritj% against all profan'> novelty, the faith which she has professed from all times and whi(di shi> (-.(mtinues to proft>8s in all places. Our Protestant friends and non-Catholics need have no fears for the pea(30 of the Church, niptures among the Bishops, or heren-ies in our midst. No, for the time of heivsies is past and their fruits are too well known. And above all, the Fathers of the op^iosition are too well rccog- ui/ed for their piety and their zeal fiu" the wel- fare of tht^ Church, to suppose that thej"^ will not submit. They will, sooner or later, return. Their mitred heads will bow and their cpiseop.al lips will say Credo.' in regard to the dogmatic constitution defining the prerogatives of the Pope. For a guarantee of this, oiu* hope, we have already the adhesion given, before leaving the Conciliaiy room, of the two Prelates who gave negative votes on the Iftth ; we have also the adhesions of ef 13 the Ciiriliiials of Vifinia, Pra.uin', Ivsiuk^iu iiiul uthciN, iH'fDVi' Iciiviiiii' TvuiiH' fill' tlu'ir dincc scs. Tu fiui', ill ifutiiry like uur.«, ovcrtlowt'd witli a (leliijjfi' of till' worst human jiassions and a for- nmt of \vii;ki'd cri'ors, such as iutiddity, incredu- lity, rationalism, paiithfisiii and materialism ; at a time when a spirit of iusiihordii'ation, indepen- dence and revolt is rafjciu^ in Europe, civil and relifj:ious authority is thrown away, huu\an and divin ■ laws are trampled, dissenters have no ground to rest u])on ; at an epoch Mhen the most wicked j)rineii>les of f^^overnin;^' are put in prac- tice, le;j;itiuiate j^overuTneuts are disjMJsessed and fall to ruin imder the wt-itrht of revolution, and a danK'''rous sect with th(> s;i-e;illed Liberal (.'atholic party, was trying' to shorten the only oiio su- preme authority remaiuinn' unimpaired on earth, it was certainly most necessary that, instead of lM'inowerless against its majesty, is what the holy OEcumenical Conn- (^il has done in promulgating the last doguuitical er constitution, the principal ettW'ts of which will be the destmction of error and false dogmas, tlu! reconstruction of true authority and an increase of filial love and affection for the suprem. Pontiff, the doctor and pastor of all christians. Let us enter into detail. There has been fabri- (^ated, laid down and applied, under the sanction of 1 1 ill I the nil I, for alwut one hundred years, nearly all the social dogmas which govern, that is, which grind and pulveri/e human society ; dogmas of J^O and their derivations, sectarianism and divin- ity of State, atheism of the law, principle's of na- tionality, right of error, right of frauds, right of dispoacssion and right of force. The Pope, not long since, condemned a list of thi^ principal ones, in the Syllabus. These arc the dogmas Avhieh have been made with the intention of using them, and they have been used and are still being used. The fabrication of them is in full activity. Its dogmatic is an immense instrument of public and private violeni-e. The revolutionary practice is multiplying the glariu;.' proofs of tluit. 'l"he fa)irieators anil aiH)stles of tlu'se nuiuerous dogmas of dispossession arc to be found everywhere in those that are |)opular in letters, in philosophy and iu polities. Tlu-ir general jjlan is dis|KlMS'•ss- iug tirod from the world and the world froiritrod, by \ J' means of force, the ultimate wonl forerror. Snr^h are tin; false and wicked dogmas which the Pontifical infallil)ility has to contend with and destroy. Ah! the race of thi; Oospel lias neither tlie same aim nor the sami! wants as the rt>volution, and cannot do the same things. — Its tendencies are different. It does not create dogmas nor speculate upon them. It affirms them at tlie price of its popularity, at thi^ price of it.^ riches, at the price of its liberty and of its blood ; thereby, no doubt, it wislies to put God in posses- sion of the world and the world in possession of ( lod ; but it expects that triuuiph only from the force of love and the ultimate word of truth. The absence and death of authority have de- livered the world to lies, to error, to crime and to the degrading hand of force, throwing unfortun- ate nations to share sometimes the daring of brigands and sometimes thi; impudence of scoun- drels. Separated from God, the authority had pori.shed among men. In affirming in the preseiuu! of mankind the whole extent of the rights of the Vicar of Jesus Christ, and in ac- knowledging in him the prerogatives of infalli- bility when he gives the rule of faith and morals, the Council and the Pope pro(daim that the source of authority is living and certain in the world. Undoubtedly might will wrestle to preserve its empire, but it will have heiieeforth to wrestle against the faith of mankind acknowledging thg authority to be iu the Pojm,'. It is there where the world that wants it, will find it, for enter- ing under his direction, into the dignity and utility of a ('hristian life. Th(>rofore, the recon- struction of authority in the world and the sub- stitution of authority to the humiliating and barren <'.aprices of dictature — such will he the so- cial conseipiencos of the Pontifical infallibility. In concert with the human consijience, reinstated in the serenity of light, the Papacy Avill jierftjrm the great work and will extend the eon(|uests of the cross on the immense domains of slavery and error. The revolution has begun by the prodn- lUdtion of the rights of man, it icill finish by thi; prochimdtion of the rights of God. Thus the Church of the 19th century, bom when the laugh, ters of Voltaire were the profession of faith of mankind, raised under the fire of derision, scoffed .il!i!iim..~iia. *»W-«i«MMMMH 14 /^<7/ at. I)y philosophy anil sciionco, pcrHccmtod by llio |H)Utic,, iMitrayed uud toniioutoii by all thu iwwora of tho t'lirth, and, in fino, havinLf uoarly huc- (Miinbcd, hero and there, to tho Htroko oi ration- alism, >lio saino Chiircih proclaims that tho word of Josus prevails after (^i^^htoon (ioiitiirios aj^ainst all th(! denials of doubts and of formal robollion, invested with all the material foreo whieli exists here below. It is the intolleotiial fact and the aet of faith, the most wonderful whie.li perhaps tho histoi-y of oenturies oontainH. In terininatin<^ this long pastoral of our affec;- tiou, wo entreat you, beloved brethren, to iJ^'iw most humble thanksgiving' to God for the signal- ized benefit granted to the world in thene unhappy times of universal aberrations and deplorablts blindness ; and, indeed, what more preeioua and more desirable gift could Divine merey afford to men that than solemn definition whieh delivers tho Chiireh from the troublesome seet of (luUicauiam and confirms us in the possession of an iiifdUible vuiKtcr of truth f of truth without which tho hu- man nature, giving way to its wanderings, would end by descending beneath the condition of brutes destitute of intelligence. Wo recommend you to daily ofl'er most solojun thanksgiving to (lod for having created and re- deemed you by the precious blood of His divine Son ; for having made you christians, children of God and of thai Church whose edifi(!e and founda- tion is immovable ; for having gTanted you to be born, not among the sectarians who are tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doc- trines, (Eph. 4, 14) but of Catholic parents, whose faith is grounded on a solid roek. In return for ail these benefits, love, cherish and obey your infaJlitde Mother, tho Chunih of Christ, foundi'd on a ro(;k ; lovp, cherish and obey your infallible l''ath"r, the Poi)e, the immoveable foundation of the Church. Let your faith Ik; a strong, living and practical one, your life shining with good works and worthy of the holy religion you profess. Make what amends you r'an for all the outrages offered to (rod, to tho Church of Christ and His Viear in these times of ini.[uity and fury of the gates of hell against all that is saered. We most earn- estly bog oi our Bles.sed Saviour Jesus C^hrist to increase that siiKsere religion whi<;h distinguishes you, and which, if you persevere in during the days of your i>ilgriiiuige upon earth, will lead you to tho full jjossession of tlu' felicity of tho Celes- tial Kingdom. We recommend our venerable brethren and zealous (lo-o^wrators to road thc^ present pastoral and to have a Te Dnnit sung in all the chunihes of our Ar<;hdioceso, in thanksgiving for all the benefits we have received from God, and especially for tho most precsious definition of tho Pontifical infallibility'. And wishing you, beloved breth- ren, all kinds of .spiritual and temporal happiness, we conclude with tho words of St. Paul to Timi*- thy : "The grace of our Lord Je.sus Christ be with you all." [1 Tim., ;l 18.] Given out of the Flaminian gates of Rome, July, 31, 1870. \i\ N. BLANCHET, ArrJibishoji of Orei/oii City. ISSbsJ'sSS'; IX -•■ ■ (K)N(U(). KRANCiscj yoiinKRTr iiLAX(JiiEi\ ARLiriEPiscovi oiu:. QONENSIS [N STATJlUrs F(KIH:iiATIS, AM ERIC .K S El'. TKMTRIONATAS, [N CONCTIJO VA7 /CAXO HA REX DA A'r NOiV HABIT A, RATIONE RENU XTIATIONIS ^UO JVNE LOqUEXDl, DIE'ld JULII, 1^<70, o^.E.MlNKNTISSIMI AC IIkVKIIKNI>ISSIMI PaTKKsI y, Eminkntissimi Pk.ksidbs! Muitas et luculente disnertas iiiidiviHtis probiitiones circa illam maxinii niotnciiti quiustionem de Koinani PoiiliHciis infiilli- bilitate. II(i!c doctrina catholica, ut niilii videtur, sufticienter vindicata est, et oh- jeetiones, contra ejusfundamenta acervata-, ^/ satis dirut^ fuerant. Nulla ratif) est ciir cadera argumenta ant novas disquisitiones anteponere aj^grediar. Attainen, quuni regionis Canadiensis, ubi natus sum, tides, ea de re, in hoc sancto C(etu, vix exjiosita sit, aliquid ad hane inanifestandam atter- endum esse jndico. Quuni iiisuper dic- tum fuerit fere omnes Unitorum Statuuni Ameriese Episcopojj, ftacerdotes et rtdelcs propositio definitioni non favere, ego, t-el^- C nior Episcopus, sive Araericie Britaiiia;, sive F(cderatorum Statuum, a veritate,*a magna regionis honore, necnon ab officii nostri sanctitate motus, dictam assertionem, utpote nimis generalem et consequenter erga multos injustara contradicere com- pellor. Et primum de America Britaunica hoc dicendum censeo. Gallo-Canadiensis quoad originem et educationem, per qua- draginta duos annos in patria vixi, septem annis in missionibus Novi Brunswick ex- ceptis, et ibidem doctrinani in nostro Bchemate consignatam semper professus sum. Sic etiam ab initio colonisationis, omnes incolui Uanadienses credidornnt. In hac enim regione, ubi viget sancta reli- gio Catholica sicut in Apostolicis tcinjiori- bus cum lUmo ac Hiiio Venerabilis Ecclo- sije Quebecciisis Archiepiscopo (pii, sinon abesset, idem testimonium attulissel, ciincf i episcoj)i districtuum dictorum Canada Ori- entalis, Canada Occideutalis et Flumen llu- brum usque ad loginquas Maris Pacirici ripas, clerus quoqiie et lideles, toto corde, unanimique voce deliuitionciii de((ua agi- tur expectant et j)0stulant. Ilanc doc- trinam in eo dem nujur rccognitos tractus, curreiitcdecimo septiino sacculo,attuk'rant missionarii ex Gallia venientes, necnon et ])nmi coloni quos religiosa Brit/ania transmiserat. Et, de die in diem, liiec lides dilectissima, in supra nominatis locis, iirmior evadit. Idemquoque, non ob- stantibus quibusdam dictis, atKrmandum est (juoad dis})ositioue9 deri et tideli- um ))rovincite Halifaxiensis ad quam dis- trictus jam uominatus Novi Brunswick ])crtinet, nulla est ibi alia sententia et sim- ilibus votis omnes emoventur. Qu(x^ vero dicenda habeo circa Ficdcra- tos Americie Status, specialiter exponam de provincia mea Oregonensi, idest, de adop- tionis meiu patria dilectissima, et delude goneraliter de omnibus Provinciis istius . magnie Republicje. ^ Quum in missionem Oregouensem qua- intra saxeos raontes et magnum Paci- tioum oceanum jacet, (assistente socio sacerdote qui nunc est InsuliC Van- couvercnsis Episcopus,) Anno Domini millesimo octingentesimo trigesimo oc- tavo, missus fuerim, ])er triginta duos l\ aniiot istii' l;ilM)r;iiis couiiiioriitu!" sum. <'viiK'i;»niiii iiosininnii ah Atliiiiticis Priiici|tiisrjiisiloiii nova' fainiliii' (•l^•i^itilHla', littorilms iisfiuc ad iiostnmi inyoiis I^iciH- iiicrciiioiitis (juo(|ii{> ct jpro^iVHsihiis (;avi- I'lmi marc, emu |ilausii ct suhmissiono stut- Mis Mim. I'ru'tciva, Anno oftiiisoiilcsimo turn lam ilctiiiitioiicm (iiiam |>rimum arci'|(- (|iiasis, conic allato luce sccpiciitia addcrc mihi in ProviiH'iam Ki'dcsiasticam. Kpiscopos Hcoat, Hie est moihis cjuo invaluit a|»u capitis ct contidcntcr asscrcro j-osHiim omucs ere- Ecclcsia' scnlcntia: christiaiwc piacqno dcre,sicutetcg(),K<)nianum I*()nliticcm,nc- matrcs pueris siiis sjcpc tlictilavcnmt I'a- ati Petri succcssorcm, inthllihilitcr omncs pam jirincipis apostolonim sncccssorcm, doccrci^entcs. Ktcniju crcdimussuiirenium Domini Nostri.Icsu ("hrisli Vicariiim esse; Kcclesiie ortieialitcr ern're non i-osse, ijuia luuic diicem Kcdesiic usque in tincm }H'r- dici ncquit .Tustum, C'lemcnlem ct Sapien- mancntis, Deum ipsum rcpncscntarc supci- tissimumDeum imposuissc ^rc!j;i,(iuam per terrain; cidem a Cliristo Jesu davcs cu'- Hangiiinem Filii Sui dilcctissimi rcdeniit, Jorum datas fuissc; episcopos oniiies a pastorem fallibilcm ijtii a eodem acdpcrc; lidcni credimus quia, cum inysticum Kcclesia' J'apa' in nomine Spiritus Sancti l(j(juentis a'diticium uscjue ad consummationem sai- deticerc nccjui; suprcma ejus mandata pro culi permaneiidum sit ipsius fundanientum toto diristianorum i)oi)ulo oUligatoria esse codem modo tamdiu stare debet; credi- et veram tidci catliolicic notam in lirma mus quia, si Petrus ab errore non immun- adbavione tidei Petri inncniendam esse et is esset,, Jesus Christus, Salvator noster, in probandam. Ihcc diristianarum laatrum vaiium ei imposuisset munus coniirmandi assidua pva'dieatio in aiiimo puerorum im- fratrcssuos; credimus quia sine blaspho- primitur et per onines a-tates vitie cosdcm, miaassereiidum nonestnec innucndumDei ut ita dicam, comitatui. Communis scn- Filium Unigeuitum pro Petro Patrem su- sus iiddium lumenque rationis, divinte urn a>ternum frustra oravisse. ILec est revdationi innixum, auctoritatem infallibi- Hdes nostra in qua per totam Provindam lem, ad regendam Ecclesiam Dei iieces- Oregonensem vivimus et betamur. sariam, admittendain esse apprime demon- Si autcm generaliccr consideremus Sta- strant. Et idem confirmatur in mente ju- tum rdigionis Catbolica^ in supra dictis ventutis tarn per solemni'm Litterarum America? Uiiitis Statibus, hiuc exi)oncnda Pontiticalium i>ublicationein quam per esse videntur, scilicet : Septcm sunt ibidem cpiscoporum mandata circa easrespectuose, Ecdesiastic;eProvinciie,aexaginta ICpiscopi >iiie mora ct in toto accipendas, et y)rae- '2,500 saccrdotes el quinque vcl sex mille tcrca per paroc^liorum JtmiitutiiauGS qua' millia Catliolicoruni. Ilis positis, asserere tractant de Vicarii Clirisli prierogativis. audeo, antequam quajdam observationes, de- Hinc veneratio, pietas el confidentia quw finitioi)i baud faventes notiu fuerint, unaiii- erga supremum pastorem in omnibus orbis mem fuisse pastor um et ovium fidem re- catbolici regionibus manifestanturi ; hinc lative ad Summi Pontiticis inerrantiam. illa.^, multiplices eleemosinai quaj acl pedes Etiam nunc, quamvis Episcopi a]iqui,plus ejus per episcopos et aliis modis afferuntur. minusve mulati videntur, tcstificor omnes, Hocce jus plenum quo Ilomanus Ponli- iisdem pauds exceptis, antistites nostros et fcx absque errore/judicat, Doctores Eccle- pra;sertim doctissimum veritalisque studio- site agnoveruntfriovem decern stecula tam- sissimum Archieiiiscopum Spalding cele- quam semper vigens et divinitus fundatuni berrimie Ecclcsia' Baltimorensis praisu- pnedicaverunt, ipsique Petri successores lem, onmem clerum, omnesque laicos for- confidenter exercuerent. Si autem non titer et aperte Christum ipsum per os Pe- esset legitimum, nee a divino Fundatore tri ex cathedra loquenlis, in perpetuum constitutum, scqueretur doctores egregios, universum orbem docere, et suprema omnes sanctos, totamque Ecclesiam usur- Romanorum Pontificum judicia, esse pationem nullo modo justificatam perenni- irreformabiliter tenenda. Ideo, multo ter approbasse; quod certissime de sponsa verius, dicendum esset fere omnes Catholi- Chrisli immaculata minime dicendum est. ! / / / '&: f/Mrrifr i-j^rvuM r (K-l':uii)ils est Hicilt supra dictii' ilortriiia JV^Miictac Kcch'-iac iniiiiic'^J-t lior ii< clara ('\; isltio tiriniKHic vimlifatio, i;;i iitr^aii'luiii. ciiin iilciiior |uiiii'r|iii aucin A' a]>uil on mi- irit iti-> "lii'iTi' ii'iii liiiK'aiii "caii^a jaiiijairi jmlicata allii-inalio (•()iisilii« ninim non lawal. I'lo- «'»t." KU'iiim major pars |)()[iuli cliristiaiii, iliicct ftiain iiiiiniinfa, iiii'-tif iidiiiciii , major paiN saccrdotum, majoniuc pars at'4niim|uc >tii]on'iii apinl aliijiios ipii loliiis orlti-- cpiscoponim, Supremo I'asto, noincii calhorKMiiii retiiiciitcs, attamcu re miillis iiioili^ aiimiciitc, >i(' toto coriU' opinioiiiliiis (luibiisdaiu miindiim roLCciiti- coiilitciiliir voti^iipic liau I i'^iioti-^ palaiii liir-ari'idcrcdcvi IdMnt. S('d,.pi.im primiitii diclilaiil. I'ikIc, si frroiicac^sct sciitciitia liai'c proclamatio ali liac siiida Svnodo "piam caput ct meml)ra <'oii>"ordi(cr siis- factu, inter omne< (pii nomine chri-tiano linent promi-'sioncs divina' inane>^ovasi«;sent <^aiideiil, undiipie et in perpclnam ma\i- et portiL' iiit'eri adversus Keclesiam taiidi'm mam coiit'ovt'liit laetitium. piu'valuissont. Al)sit! Noimc dictum est M saltem : llirmarL' possum procauadi- •• verl.a mea non praefenl.mit V" ,,„^i ,.onriono, sicut jam si^niticavi, pro vas. IMunmi Oratovols m liac Sancta Aula ,i.^i„iH Fu-deratmaim Statuum I{ei)ul)liea, dixorunt, i)er detimtioMom, do qua dissen- ^.i j,,.,, .^]\\^ Septemdionalisac Meridionalis lur, /oliim eallioliconim er^'a t'l.nsti Vi- Americanim ]Kirtibiis. Si, ecoulra, volis :earium4«s,'efactum et toisan lenitus ox- uustris Concilium Vati dii^nior ante oculos vere crodentiiim in futurum apparebit. Dictum est insiiper eandcm detinitioneui turbationes in toto orbe terrarutu produc- tnram esse. Ilic distimxucndu videtur rl*!^ C^ua propter, ]ilurimis ad rein pertinen- tilius ralionibus praeternnssis, divino tfs- timoni(» imiixus, irloriam Dei omnipotentis intendens, KccIi'siaMMie salutem cu))ienK, huic delinitioni do Ivomani I'ontiticis Infid- iibiliiato, uti in (juarto C'apituto Soliematis expriiriitur, assontire valeo. t F. N. BLANCH ET, Jrcliifpiscopus Omfonopolitaniit. ^1"^ rR.VXSLATlON. [From tlicCuthdlir Sentinel], Wo have been jn-psentod with a coj)}' of tlie above discourso, which was to liave been delivered by our venerable Arch- bishop in the Vatican Council u])on the (piestion of Papal infallibility. The speech was not delivered, owing to the fact that at the request of the Most llev. Archbish- op of Westminster, all the Prelates, who were inscribed to speak, and had not yet delivered their addresses — Archbishop Blanchet being the seventy-eighth on the list of one hundred and twenty-three ora- tors — gave up speaking upon it, in order to close the discussion. Ilis Grace pre- sented the Holy Father with a copy of the speech, and passed one to the Secre- tary of the great Council, to be preserved with the acts of the same. The fMlowing is a translation of this interesting docu- ment : Most Eminent Presidents: Most Eminent and ]V[ost Rkv. Fathers : You have already heard many clear and eloquent jjroofs concerning the imjiortant question of the infallibility of the Jioman Pontiti". That doctrine has been, 1 believe, abundantly vindicated, and the numerous objections brought IbrAvard against its foundation, sutKciently demolished. I therefore see no reason why I should bring before you the same arguments or some new disquisitions. Juit as the belief of Canada, my native country, relating to the 18 suUjccI, li;is li.inlly yet bcoii oxposcil in tliis lioly ii>scml>ly, I jmlLj"' it iii-cc^smT . to wi\ soiuctliinL; ill m:uiif(statioii ol" tts fliitli. .Moivttvcr, since it, li;is Ihhm sni^l Unit luMrly ill! tlic IJi^lio|)s of tlu' I'liitiMl States, as \vv\\ iis the Priests mid tlie Fiiitlif'nl, do iioi tlivor flie )iro|iii-ed detiiii- tioM, I, the Senior Uisliop ot'Iiriti-li Amer- ica and the rniteil States, t'cel coiii|ieIU'd, for the sidvc of trutli, tlie lioiior of our counlrv, as well as llie sanctity of inv otKce, t(j contradict the aforesaid assertion as too general and conseiiuently unjust to- wards many C(»ncerned. And Hrst, I have this miu-h to say of British America : Horn of I'Vench Cana- dians and er thirty two years. I li;i. In the year ISf;{ I >;vw the coun- try created into a Varieate A|>ostolic, and three years later into an Kcclesiastical Province. I know its Bishops, clergy and faithful well, and I can allinu with confi- d(>nce, that they all believe, as I do, that the Sovereign Pont ill", successcu' to the Blessed Peter, iidallibly teaches all na- tions. l'\ii' we believe that the Supreme Chief of the Church cannot err when he ollicially teaches, because it cannot be said that the just, merciful and im)st wise (4od would have given to his Church, re- deemed by the blood of his most beloved Son, a fiillible pastor, who might lead the lambs and sheep into noxious pastures or among the wolves. We believe this be- cause as, the mystical edilice of the Church is tt> last until the consummation of the W(jrld, so must its foundation stand the test of lime. We believed this because, if Peter was not free from error, Jesus Christ our Savior would have in vain im- jiosed on him the charge of confirming his brethren. We believe this because it cannot be said without blasphemy that the Son of Cod had in vain jirayed to His Kternal Father for Poter. Such is the be- lief of the Prelates, clergv and faithful in the Province of Oregon. But considering the State of religion in the United Stales of America in gener.al, I would say that in the seven Eclesiastical Provinces there are sixty Bishops, two thousand live hundred jiriests, live or six millions of Catholics, and assert, without hesitation, that before certain ohnrrvatfons, b}' no means favoring the deiinition, were made known, there was but one l)elief aFuoiig the pastors and faithful with re- gard to the inerrabillity of the Pope. Kven now, although some l>ishops seem to have changed their opinion,! neverth-.l.^ss testify that, with the exception of the few, all our chief ])astors,and especially the most learn- ed and the most studious seeker aft it truth, Archbisho)) Si)al(liiig, Prelate of the Met- ropolitan See of Baltinmre, as well as the clergy and laity, do firmly and openly jirofess that Christ Himself teaches for- ever in the whole world through the nujuth of Peter, speaking ex m/Iwdrfi, and that the siiprcnie decisions of the Koman / iter lit , / I'oiilirts :u'i' to lit' lu'lil iiii(li;mi,'tMl)lt'. 'I'luTi'titri' it can lie said \\'\\\\ iimrt' (•crtuiiily tliat iKMi'ly all tlu' Calliolicsofoiir I'rovin- <'t's, tVorn the <-ii(»n's nf tin- Atlantic to till' }j;ri'at I'acitic ocean, will accept willi siibmissiou tuioon as it i> deliiieil. To this, my testimony hroni^lit foilli in truth ami from all my heart, I heu; loave lo aiM the followinv; eoncerninj; the mode l)y which the heliet' in the intalliltility of the Head of the Church has ^rown and lu'coiae stronger. ("hri>lian laid |iioMs mothers often say and re|)eat tns Christ, oiu' Lord; that this leader of the Church, lastiiis;- till the con>ummation of time, represents (tod Himself, on eailh; that .Ic^ns Ciirist i^ave him the keys of the kini^doni of lleiiven; that all t!ie I>i>h- <)|is are M-nt l»y the Supreme IVrntitr, and receive from him both the iiislitntion and jurisdiction; that the faith of the I'ope, speakinir in the name of the Holy (ihost, cannot fail; that his supreme decisions are ohlinatory to the whole Cliri>tian pe(»ple; and that the true mark of Calholit-ity i> to he found in, and proved !)y a tirm ad- hesion to the faith of I'eler. 'I'his assidu- ous teacliiiit's Vicar. Hence the marks of veneratitin, piety and confi- dence which are manifest iiii' themselves all over the Catholic world. Hence the multiplied alms olVered to him and de- posited at his foot by the Bishops, or iu some other maimer. This full right, in virtue of which the Roman Pontitf judges without error, the doctors of the Church and nineteen cen- turies have taught as a riu;ht alwavs exist- ing and Divinily founded; ,ind the sUc- cessoi'-> of i'eler I hcni-elvi--, exercised il with contidence. l>ui should that ri^lit not Ik- legitimate, nor constituted by the I)i\ine Founder, it wmdd follow that the eminent doctor!*, all the saint> and the winkle Church, ha\c during that period approved ot" an usurpation altogethi-r un- juxiiliable. .Such a thing, nmst certainly, can by no nH'an> be ^ai 1 of the imnnicu- late spouse of Christ. Moreidered a^^ a ch'ar exposi- tion and a tirm vindication ofthe atbresaid doi'trine, so that I do not hesitate to say : ''the (pieslion is already decided," tor, the greater part of the Chi'istian peoph', the grealci" part of the clergy and the larger pari of the Bishops, thus coid'ess with all their hear!>, and o|ien!y re)i«'at their well known wishes, the Suprenu' Pastor, giving in many ways nneipiivocal marks of hi> assent. Therefore, if the doctrine which is unanimously held by tin- Head ami members of tlie Church was erroneous, the Divine promises would have become vain !Uid useles>, an it not said, ''My word shall nt)l pass away ?" Many orators have said, in this sacred hall, tiiat the zeal of the Catholics for Christ's N'icar would be cooled ami entirely extinguished, should this doctrine be de- tined. Such an :ipprehension, it seems to me, has no t'oundation .at all. Verily, I think that if the so much desired solution were omitted, the love and reverence which are iilVered l»y jiious children to the most blessed Father, as a tribute of filial devo- tion, would not, }ierliai>s, remain the same. But, on the contrary, if the infallibility of the universal Doctor be detined and jiro- claimed, then, indeed, will the Pastor of the lambs and sheep be erowneear, for the future, more venerable anidering that a fuller allirmation ofthe ])rinciple of authority would not favor their designs. It will also create murmur, dis- ciifih'iil iilnl ;i »iiil >lii| "ir Miiioiiij; ■ \\v ilc-iro, tliiii iinlcrtl ;i trif.it ;iiitl illi- ict.iiiiini; till- iiMiiit' (if ( "Mtlmli.s, lll'^i^l• licjinl of sorrow wuiilil |ici\aili' llu' wIikK' iicvcrlliclos ti> r«><'(>ivt> kiixlly :tiiiiu' wliit i»(i\frii tilt' worlil ; <-oiillit'i'ii |inlc. Init lliis |i soon ji^ iiiiiilt' l»y 'rinTcliirt', omiuirii;' iiiMiiy iimmiiis rcl.it- tlh' lidly Syiiufl, will I'likiinlli' «'Vi'ry\vluTi' hw: to the wiint' (jiu-tioii, n'Nlin;i on I>i- ;i wunu ami i'\ ('rla^liii.t joy in the lirarts \iin' ir^linivtiy.iiniinii at llic Lflory nr(;(»(| ol' all tli<»»' wlio H'rvtiitly jijloiy in tin- AIniiilily, and \vi>liin^ llic wi'Uiirt' of tl>»• Maln(' ot" ( 'liri^tian-. Clinicli, I am iliN|iosc(| to 'j;iv(.' my asH«>nt 'I'liis at lca>t I i-an allirrn witli rci^anl to to llic
  • iliiy tit' tin* Canada, as I liavc already >tati'o with IJoman Tontitr as it is «'\|ir('^s('d in tlu' ri'i;ai'il iIm' va^l l{('|i>il»lic of tin* Inilcd t'onrlli i-haptiT of tlic aicA'//;*/. Stales and to (lie other parts of North and + F. N. IW-AN('IIK/r. Sonth Amcrii-n. l» rr/rrn, ANi> riir surnrMr iiKAh or Tiir catholic i'liincii ox rAllTll. With our lioly h'alhor assed exercise of the spiritual jiower of her Chief Pastor. We mingle our sighs with his tears on witnessing the unholy desecration of those sacred temples and shrines, which l»ut yesterday were filled with the sweet odor of sacrifice and prayer, and are bc- <'ome to-day even the abode of the brutes. With him d»> we lay prostrate at the foot of the Cross, in humble supplications to Almighty (iod, that lie may rescue His alllicted >pouse and spai'e her the heart-rendinji siirht of sacrilege and abom- ination with which an infuriated mob, as so manv incarnate demons, till the Eternal City. To show the horror in which we hold this sacrilegious wrong done to our Holy Father, and in his person to Christ Him- self, Whose Vicar he is on earth, to brand this wickedness us an insidt offered the two hundred and fifty millions of Catholics, who revere l*ius TX. as their suprenu' ( 'hief and beloved Father, therefore we, the undersigned liishops, Clergy and faith- ful Laity of the Ecclesiastical Province of Oregon, from these outi)osts of Catholic civilization, do raise our voices and join hj solemn protest with our Catholic brethren of every nation and clime, against the law- less invasion of the States of the Church, by the armed hosts of the Piedmontese king. We regard this violent seizure of the Roman Territory as the most barbar- ous outrage hi an enlightened age, as a most wicked rebellion against the dispen- sation and ordinance of God ; as a high treason, not unlike that of the apostate f 21 :iii^cU, M'lio )iroii4touil. Wf ijcrni onr and iill. who in nit\ willi the i r\ of iiniij^nalion an(>n conni vent in tlit* ronNiitn- ilcniiialion of tlir l)lackt'>t ninic tlir liintorv nnUioii of tliih act of sa< rili-iii-, a^ liir in of onr day •. ;ilso to llic nalivr Pa)j;an f*uva<;. of our | il.rr Itillosv^ I li.' "-i'^nai mi » ..I i lie Mt.^i fon.stv wIm. with our misMimmry pri.">t. i.,.v. Arrld.i«lio|.. il,r l.'i.J.i K.-s. Ki^lmp, iind d»'Vol«'d r^'ll•Xlou^. Unini{«>n.| » f • t • » » f • • • •