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BLACKBURN, PKINTERH AND I'lIBLISHERH, DAILY KRhE J'RKSIs OKKICK 1809. « » t l» » H >l t f f f > >y >f f U T^Tf > f H f f t T>f >i rTTTTTTrfTTftTTfyfr ' » THE DOCTRINE AND PRACTICE OK INDULGENCES. -♦♦♦- CONTEOVERSY BETWEEN THEVERYREV.I. HELLMUTH,D.D, DEAK OK HURON AND RECTOR OK 8T. PALL'9 CATHEDKAL, AND THE REV. J. M. BRUYERE VICAHOENEBAL of the nUH'ESE (»K HASDWr Republished, by permissbB: f^-y-- '- T&ff'^°'^* l^ banks, which only occura once^ or "twice iiUhe'year" wo „S '°''°l*'i^ '"?"r ?'^J?'*s of interest upon which the eye rests, as Zt^^^ '"P^" *r ^*P?^'' ^? ^K Coliseum. It fills the mind ^th aston isnment , so vastwere its original proportions, that it was capable of con- taining h7,(K)0 HjioitHtorH. It wiwt here that lor 4fKi yoain the blrMxly gla- diatorial games were exhibitwl ; here the venerated Ignatius sealed hia testimony with his blood ; and here thousands of the servants of Jesuii Christ have HuHerrd and »lied mther than deny Him who bought them. Immediately adjoining are the triiunphal arches of Titus and ( 'onstantine —on the former is sculptured the (lolden Candlestick, taken from the Temple of . cniHalem. And now we visit the Catacombs, those wonderful sepukhres for the living. What tales of woe could they tell ! .lust iw the heathen once drove the Christian into those damp retreats, the only place where they coidd worship God, so do the Pope and his (.'ardinals even now drive the Protestants without the walls of the city, lest the holy precincts of the Vatican should bo defiled by the proximity of those who worship God in spirit and in truth. After inspecting the Pantheon we visit the Latcran Church. In this church is the " Scala Sancta," or sacred staircase, which is sujjposed to have belonged to the house of Pilate, and to be the identical stairs which Our Lord descended when he left the judgment hall. The Roman Catholics attach great merit to jwcending these stairs on the hands and knees. For each step indulgence is granted for nine hundred days, so that going up twice in a lifetime will secure the pardon of all sin. A proof of the inaoility of Rome to reform is found in the fact that even now, as in the days of Tetzel, you find on the tloors of all the churches in Rome and throughout Italy notices of sale of indulgences for every sin and crime: " Indulgentia pleneria pro vivis et defunctis." What mockery of religion ! We next visit the Vatican Museum, with its wonderful collec- tion of ancient sculptures and relics. To attempt to give a description of its wonders would be useless in such a rapid sketch aa this necessarily must be. And now we pass on to the Pope's council chamber, audience hall, dining room and bed room, &c., &c. Next, to the Cathedral of all Cathe- drals—the great St. Peter's. It occupied nearly two hundred years in building, and is said to have cost fifty millions of dollars. Its external length 18 613 feet, the height of the dome 434 feet. On entering, the mind ia lost in astonishment at the vast proportions, splendid architecture, and brilliant decorations. It contains with comfort about 40,000 worshippers, and stands on an area of eight acres. In the centre, immediately under the dome, stands the high altar, surmounted by a bronze canopy 94 feet in height. The floor is entirely of marble. Everything is on such a colossal 8<^e that it defies all description. As we walk up the nave, on the right is the bronze figvure of St. Peter, with a metalic halo about his head, and the keys in his hand. Antiquarians generally agree that this is the heathen statue of Jupiter, deprived of his lightning, and convertetl.'not only into a Christian, but a Christian Pope. The toe of the right foot is nearly kissed ofl" by the faithful. It is well that his lightning is taken away!! On leaving St. Peter's we had a good view of the Pope, who was driving past in state. His face has a good natured smile, and his features bespeak amiability and benevolence. Long aa Rome has resisted every modem improvement for the comfort and convenience of its inhabitants, it has at last yielded in some points. Instead of the miserable oil lamps there is gas. After a resistance of twenty years railways have been admitted. On the Ist of February we start from Rome for Naples, and as the train conveys us without the ancient city everything which meets the eye is fraught with deep historic interest ; there is the old Appian road. At Albano station we see the palace of Domitian, and the tomb of Pompey ; further on are the famous Pontine Marshes. Next we come to Appii Fonim, where St. Paul was met by his friends on his way to Rome. And last, we pass Capua, about two miles from ancient Capua, so illustrious for its defence against Hannibal. About nine o'clock, p. m., we reach Naples. : " : Our hotfl in opiMmitf tho bonutifiil \w\, ami jiiHt Mow im, to thr left, rmM M(»unt VcHUvluH. lltTc we H|»fMit iiriuly u lortninht, an*l ft'wtM nur cyen uiK>n the womliTM whirli tlu^ city mnUims. The* buy, witli tin- »>x.-.'i.tion (.f llmt of ('..iiMtttntinoiilf, in thf finoiit in tlir worl.l. It m thirty Hvr miloH in .ircuit. Aft«'r mH|«- a ilav to roinix-ii and Hcr.iilaiirniii. So coiMpkltlv witp tlww' oitifiH burio«l, that in um-vtw of tiitw thoir vrry rxiHt^-ntM- wan lost HiRht of. Oncof th»'laik'<'Mt Hiibiirlw of NapliM hiiM Im-ph crc,'onrr..u«„Hsa.ilt .„, |,i„ fHlowVSianH hnne-*;" " ""*'' " '^•' *'"*' '"' '''"'"''' "''" ^•"- -'"'-« '" truth ami llavinK iK-foro my ryrH a KvnopMiH of a Icctiiir .Iflivoml vcHtprdav I.m»tV.i ^ \ .'*•''; ^"1' ''"•' "" *•»• ''"on.of a I thp churrhon in Home iiiul thZ i^K^ outlUly. not Of., o/ .»!.. of i.ul.ilgemPH for ^v.ry .'i and . rim?. *f „ I..1I r ' Plrn»ri» pro vivw H H.fi..Kti».' What mnokery J r^jiiion ' •" 'n<«"I««-ntm fr?r.!?r ?L* 1 t''pw in( ulgonccH or remission of Nil,, are advertiBe. m ?fn wrr'"!'/^^' *"*''' ^*"* '^^^- •««turertheJollowi,,^5ue;t on/: f h« t,i?r ^'*^ Huthoritativo Htaf^^ment of Catholic dwtrino (/id he find o '"''"If "'•«< meant the rem-wtion of 6in ? »h,r!n;i 1 ^^ »"thority, besides his own, can he give for the l)old aasertions dnJ™ of te' K ' »f^'r-V «in and.orimo" arc mivertiHed for sSK "t the «f ♦K- n* *^'^ churches m Rome and throughout Italy f These charffea icuL^S '" wZ^rr'^' n^./,^ruc. mfght wen eLort from 1 im ?h^ excjamation, What Mockery of Religion " They should not he lichtlv tb":? oV*;!""^''" ^^r*^' *"•' ^^'^' '^''''^- lecturer Ur\menviableS Prnwi'„H"^n^^ ^?"'' "^P^^' ? ^? ^0 «ta^. ^or the information of mv £d.Se^^ '"°'*-"*'''""' '^' ^°^*""« °^ **^« C'atholic Church JegidSg An indulgence is NOT a permisaiou to commit sin. nor is it whaMhe S^'°S^r"^°^^°"'^ '"'^H? believe, a pardon foV sbs a ready '^^^^^ Sin^; f ^°' ""' *°x?°"^- Nor is an indulgence purchaaeabinorTv Sh^ / """"'y.- ^r ' '^ *b^ ^^- I>ea» will take the S3 of con SSt erVcItX'^ our Catholic standard works, Teven of King over ^? c^Sh'oSXh^^^^^^^^ Feiri" ''' '''''' ^' ''' ^•'"•^'- '^"-^•^« ,* J;3''^? P**!^"^ ™",«* '^'^^^ *!""« ponanco for his sir. and received pardon for them, before he can receive tVe benefit of an indulgence 2. Ihat an nu ulgence is a releasing of the debt of temnoral nTini«b ment which remained due on account of those sins which Ts to tfe St and eternal punishment, had been already remitted by ' opimance and'ccil For further iufonnation we refer the Dean to auv of our childrPi. to» asseSn S iiin ''^^ pronounce as absolutely fUlse and oaliimnious the a^Tmlverf iii indulgences as un( er8to.xl even in our meanim; of the word f^ ThSinnS f '",^'"^' throuLhout Italy, or in any Catholic coun-' Sn I" for H.„ . " ^-^^ "^'^ reserw.lus exclamation, " What mockery of reli- SsDiration ^nfuTt"^ T"' clign taries of his own church, who ,feny tbe inspiration of Holy bcripture, and the divinity of ,.ur L..rd Jesus Christ i have the honor to remain, Dear Sir, your obedient servant, St. Meters Church, London, May in. 18C9. .: ;: . . 9 Vnm the Daily Kr««i PrcM. May 21, 1800. OKW iii:ll.iii;tii to vit'AH-r of till! Frt-e Pr»m«. O 1 f ' The IlBiTr .. l,<.NiM)N, Mai "O, 1861). Sir.,— In ro|)ly tn the letter of the Rev. Virar-Gcneral Brinrero, in reference to my lerture delivered on Tuewlay evening loHt, beuire the fihurch of England Young Men's AH«ociation, on my tour through Italy, I heg tn Hay that, in the flmt placp, I repudiate tin' idea of my having made " an nngenorouK assault on my fellow-f Jhrifitians." I have spoken of the ByRtom and dogmas of the Church of Rome, m propounded by her own rfivines, and not of the community of Roman Catholics- • many of whom do not deem it necessary to ascertain or invpstigate the multifarious dogmas of their church ; and from the letter of the Rev. Mr. Bniyere, I fear he must either have forgotten, or never studied carefully, the teaching of his own church on the subject in question, or he would not have written as ho did. Nothing would be further from my thoughts and wishes than to give utterance to anything that would hurt the feelings of the rev. gentleman or any of our Roman Catholic fellow-citizens, witn whom we live happily in a spirit of friendship, and which I trust will ever continue to characterize the community here. The Rev. Mr. Bmyere prefaces his communication with a statement that " it is not our habit to make uncalled-for attacks on the religiouB con- viction of those of our fellow-citizens who may differ from us." This intro- duction would seem to imply a desire on the part of the rev. gentleman to attribute to me an opposite nropensity, and so originate a conlioversy cal- culated " to accomplish little, if any good." This imputation comes but badly from the Vicar-General, who. in conjunction witn his rev. brethren, was party to a meeting assembled in the City Hall to discuss polemics, and patronise a controversialist Roman Catholic priest in expatiating on the aoctrine of the " Supremacy of the Pope." It became necessary, in consequence of this procedure, to direct the attention of the " Young Men of the Chiurch of England Association " to this subject, and show to them its fallacy. But where was this refutation of this Komish tenet expressed and exposed 1 Not in the City Hall, to the mixed offence and smile of a promiscuous religious community, but in otir Lecture Hall, intended spe- ciallv for the use of the Church of England Young Men's Association. V^icar General Bruyere then with ill-grace puts forward my originating an uncalled-for attack on the religious conviction of our Roman Catholic fellow citizens. In expressing our opinions in the lecture— to which he takes exception — on the different systems and dogmas of churches, we are only exercising that liberty which is ceded to all bodies, whether political or religious, and this liberty of thought and speech— the birthright of man — is happily en- joyed to the full in all Protestant countries by Roman Catholics and Pro- testants alike. The day. I hope, is not far distant when in Romania and in all other Roman Catholic countries the like privileges will be granted. I trust the Rev. Vicar and others will always be able to separate sys- tems from perscnaiitien. X lUiiy agree wun iiic rav. ivir. crUycrc, inui iiic weupwns ui itiXia and honesty " should be used in this or any other matter, ana he may rest assured that I would not have ventured to make a statement or statements which I could not fully substantiate from incontrovertible facts, and from documentary evidences furnished— not from Protestant soiu-ces— but from Roman Catholic authorities. 8 The Rov. Vicar asks mo to substantiate (in rather strong terms) what I have said in my lecture, expressed by him in the foHowing words : *' Having before my eyes a Bynoimis o' a lectiiro tlelivcrcfl yesterday evening in UiiH <^>ty 'ly the Kev. Dean Hellmutn, I find therein the following asBertions : "'The Rfiinan ('atholic* attach great merit to aHcending those Htaire (scala Bancta) on the hands and knees. For each step indulgence is granted i>y the Poi>c for nine hundred days, so that going up twice in a lifetime will secure the pardon of all sin. A proof of the inability of Eoino to Reform is found in the fact that even now, as in the days of Tetzel, you find on the doors of all the churches throtighout llome and Italy^ notices of sale of indulgences for every sin and crime: Indulgentia pleneria pro vivis et defunctis. What mockery of religion ! ! ' "These assertions imply, first, that indulgences are the remission of sin; and secondly, that these indulgences, or remission of sin, are aflvertiMe' of religion !' They should not be lightly made, and unless yiroved, will place the rev. lecturer in the unenviable nosition of a bearer of false testimony against his neighbor— in fact, of being a puolic calumniator." Ist— As to the meaning of the wora " Indulgence :" Whatever definition Protf^stant divines may nave given to the word in question, it is clear from positive and implied teaching of the authorities of Rome, that by " Indulgence " something more is meant than what Mr. Bniyere says, the mere "^ releasing of the debt of temporal punishment which remained due on account or those sins, which, as to the guilt and eternal punishment, had been already remitted by repentance and con- fession." I shall now quote Roman authority which will prove to any one of common sense that the teaching of the Church of Rome in reference to " Indulgence " is exactly what I stated in my lecture. In '^Duffy's Catholic Library, Part 9, translated from the Italian of St. Alphonsus M. Liguori," (Dublin, 1845), we reatl in page 31 : " Lit us also endeavor to gain as many indulgences as we can. Holy indulgences abridge the pains which we must suffer in purgatory. I will here mention some of the many indulgences which you can obtain. • "First, he who hears mass gains an indulgence of 3,800 years. Secondly, he virho wears the scapular of Mount Carmel, observes chastity, abstains from meat on Wednesday, and recites every day the Our Father, Hail Mary, aud Glory be to the father, &c., seven times, will be soon delivered from purgatory, as we read in the Office of the Blessed Vii^n of Mount Carmel. There are also many indul- gences gained by wearing scapulars of the Blessetl Virgin in sorrow, of the concep- tion and de Dercede. Thirdly, he who says the Angelus Domini when the bell nngs for it gains many indulgences. Fourthly, they who say : Blessed be the holy, immaculate, and most pure conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, gain an indul- gence of a hundred years. To them who say the Hail Holy Queen, is gained an indulgence of 40 days. For pronouncing the name of Jesus and Mary, twenty-five days- They who say five Paters and Aves in honor of the Passion of Jesus Christ, and the dolours of the Virgin Maiy, gain an indulgence of 10,000 years." The " Indulgences " are further set forth by authority in the following language— Rucolta, page 59 : " 'P^ o' the sac-fed iuciKoriais of the s;uiicrings of our Lord Jesus Christ is the ^j^rs, and it ia worthy of every act of religion and devotion, as having been ascended more than once by our Redeemer, and having been consecrated by his precious blood in the last hours of his life. Since then— after being brought from Jerusalem to Rome at the expense of the Holy Empress Helena, about the year 326, and placed near the Patriarchal Lateran Basilica, and afterwards magnificently placed by Sixtus V„ ]!}B9, in a chapel celebrated ^i^ the whole world, "called the * J ' ^m • Holy of Holies -it was much fiwiuciittd, luul, thnmgli tho piety of faitliful t.'hris- tianH of every cIuhh and ootulition, wan aHcended devoutly on their knees. " ' In onler for ever to excite tht; faithful to ho i)iou8 and useful an exerciHO, the Holy Leo IV., about the year 850, and Pascal II., by Wh Bull of August 5, 1,100, being the first of his Pontificate, (of which the originals are kei)t in the archives of the Basilica,) conceded nine years' indulgence for each of the twenty -tight steim of the said holy stairs, to whosoever with a tnUy contrite heart ascends them kneeling and praying, and meditating on the suflerings of our lionl Jesus t'hrist. "Tins VII., afterwards, by a decree of the Holy (college of Indulgences, on the '2nd Hcptemher, 1H17, renewed and (conceded forever th(f fore-mentioned in»lu!- frence, making it applicable also to the souls in purgatory.' Kucolta, page 50. " It is apparent from tin's that the devotee obtains an indulgence of nine years for earh stef > ; and as there are twenty-eight stei)s, he may setuirc by one complete per- formance, an inchilgcnce of '252 yeai-s ! "The mode of perfonning this pilgrimage is as follows : "The devf)tee. on approaching the stairs, sprinkles himself with holy water, makes the sign of the cross, and then kn'^T~.\"^ Italy notices of sale of indulgences for evpry sin and crime." In mv letter I summoned hini to prove the above .v ( .ping assertion. How dJes thj Dean meet my challenge Pause, hou.a realer, at the followTng^ep y - Surely Father Bruyere wi 1 not deny the fact that the sale of iffi- gences is advertised m print, in letters of gold, in the churches of Rome 12 and Italy cenerally, in Uiohc lu.ld letters- Iiululiiontia nlcnaria iKinK'tim mo vZeft dofunSi8." "Surely " I have alrculy .len.e.l and aua.n ern^ XtiejiUv denv that indul«euc(>s are. advertise.! tor Hah^ in R<>iuc or m,fX et n the whole worhl. Adnntting, for tlu« nonee, that people arc notified occasionally that certain indui«ene.;s may l.e pvinodm priy.^ Sy li^^ where is the particle of evidence tlat they are oftered to SrinduWncos belong to the spiritual order, and therefore cunnot ho ^'"ttflS w^Lver»ant■^^•ith Canon T.uv, he would know that^tl,e most strinKent regulations have been enacted against the s»v e or purchase KcredtSgs, which, i, ^cdesiasticalhinguage, .s ternie.1 Suuony, and hatat all times, the delinm.ents in t us regar.rhave been vus.ted w.th t Rfivereat uonaltiea So far fr.)m exacting [laynuMit tor indulgences the fact rthatirallX>8 where they are granted by the Pope, ti;e indult con vwing the m^^^^^^ terminates with the f.dlowiiig words : -Datum rS ex aSn.ua dictoe, &c., gratis et absque ullaoiunino soliitionn .piovis Sr-GraitXt Roni'e, in'our palace, Ac-., gmtiatous? ;, '"^'l witliout any m™t Xatever under any cmsideration. In proof «t what 1 have just SS 1 2y .1 enti n that liis Lordshin the Bishop of S«iid>vich luu^.just received S Rome Ajv^stoUad letters hated the 1 Ith of Aprd granting a SnanT indulgence to the truthful of the Universal (Jhurc^i, Rome itselt ?Slv inSed. The following ard the conditions essentially required foTh^ga^Tnig thereof :--lst. The faithful must fast three ;iay«. 2»d They mffcoifess their sins in the sacrament of P^^"^^^ «"'\E ^ie v receive the blessed eucharist. 3rd. fhey '""^^vTC & Father t uf and means, grant some alms, to use the words of the Holy .^thcr t at, Sing thereby led to true i)enance, and ihcir sius being expiated through ScnSt of penance they approach with greater confidence to ^e Throne of God, to obtain His mercy and grace in seasonable aid. Uus oSlRonian' document, which shows what is ^o"^ >" ^JJ^^p *« "' the Universal Church, will be left In the oftice of the Frel Fress, for the hS^tionof all who may wish to see the verification of our Stemente' Tmu^ l>e re.ardi by all ^ a ^tt^^^JJjt-'g^.^f ^1^ t.^hin2 than the unsupported assertions ot Detvn Hcllmuth. But il lur £ SimoTy be miuire^with regard to the .juest on of the sale of indul- XeriSJi produce that of a gentleman now in this city, who suent more S?in ieXn Dean Hefimuth spent clays whose official position Zfires of S to have a thorough knowledge of the doctr.nes and prac- S of the Church as regards indulgences, in the Eternal City, and wTiose Shfuln^ and honor lave not l^en compromised by false accusations against his fellow-Christians. I may now be permitted to a«k the public who have ctvrefullv read the letter Which appeTed in the Free Press of this morning, whether the DeSC SvKe question at issue, that is to say, whether he has sub- SiS ?he avJfuVcharges he made in his lecture on Tuesday evening The^ charges were, 1st, that indulgences are ^eniM of T^^^ these induliences for every sin and crime are advert sed §^ «^j^^^;3 doors of all the churches in Rome and throujjhout Italy. ^'^Vn.?? Tfho nntbe Dean either to substantiate his assertions or to retract them. If he dSef neSS, aS^^^^ public will judge of his honor as a gentleman, and his veracitv and charity as a Christian Minister. "For the beiiefit of the rev. lecturer, I l.eg to transcribe tj^^ louowiug obsetrations frbm the pen of a ProtestantM^aergyman, Rev. J. Nightmgalt, in his work styled " The Religions of all Nations : - " The religion of the Roman CatholicH.ought always, P.^t^f «^^*« ^ ^^8 *,red apartfX ita profeBsors, wheUier Kings, PopoB or infenor Bishop. , anU its M I 13 teiictM aiui itin foinw hHouUI bt- tieati'tl "f separately. 'I'o thi- luiknowlcdged crcedn, cHtechinim, and other fomiulariefl of the Catholic ('hurch, we nhould resort for a faithful (leHoription of what Roman Catholics do really hold as doctrines essential to salvation ; and as such held by the faithfid in all times, ijlaces and conntries. 'ITiouKh the Catholic fonns in some |K)intH may vitry in nuinDer and splendor, the (Catholic doctrines cannot ; though opinions mav diffi'i and change with circum- stances, articles of faith nunain tne same. Without ii erythinq and xdniit nothing." I desire, in all I have to say on this subject, to deal, not so much with the Vicar-General as w^ith the sry^em of doctrine and practices of his 14 Church, iw iMopoimdeil and acted upon by Popes and other Romiah Divhiee 80 that no honest man, be he Roman Catliohc or Protestant, shall be able to charge me with partiality, much less make use of such epithets as Vicar- General Bruyere is pleased to indulge in. It must be admitted by adl who are acqiminte^l with the rluinninq and shifting doctrine of the ^ufaUible Church of Rome, that it is quite impos- sible to embody in a single letter-of limited space-all that could be said to define the mmmng of Indulgence," and the mile of the same, with its kindred inseparable and equally unscriptural doctrine of Purqatoni and the J/aw hence I thought the quotations I made in my first letter from acknowledged Bulls of Popes and from other Roman Catholic authors would suthce to satisfy any reasonable man as to the correctness of mv statements in the lecture to the Church of England Young Men's Asso- ciation. But as the Vicar-Ueneral thinks I have not sufficiently answered'his questions (and I do not expect ever to satisfy him), I am ready and pre- pared with adaitional testimony, and that from Roman authorities, to show that my statements are in perfect unison with the teaching and practices of the Romish Chnrch. The subject of " Indulgences" must ever be replete with interest to all Protestant Christians, inasmuch as the enormities and traffic of them by theChurch of Rome was over-ruled l?y a gracious Providence for tlie liberation of England and part of Germany from the temporal and spirit- ual dominion of Rome. « T ^a\ ^ *» *^® question, what authority there is for my statement that Indulgence meant "a remission of sins'!" I shall now show that no other definition can be given of the word, whether applied to temporal pumshment in this life or in the life to come ; that this has ever pmcti- caUy been, and stUl is, the direct and indirect teaching of the Church of Kome from the eleventh to the present century, we shall presently see trom the Bulls of Popes and other prominent divines of that Church Ihe first indiscriminate " Indulgence" on record is that of Urban' II , A. p., 1096, who promised to all Crusaders "indulgence of all their sins an 1096 ^"'''''"''^ ^'^^^ *^^ Paradise of bliss."-Y\AG Barron, Anna!, ad. In the year 1300, Boniface VIII. granted to all those who should for a certain number of days visit the Churches of St. Peter and St Paul noton^fa pletmry and larger, but a most plenary remission of all their sijis Vide BuUar, Compend. Cherubin Rom. 1623, torn. 1, p. 36. from this we cleariy see & full pardon— a perfect, a more pei-fect and most perfect REMISSION OF ALL THEIR SIN^ ''P^jeci, ana Fifty years after this we find Clement VI. granting a most extraordi- nary indulgence to John and Joan, King and Queen of France, and to their successors upon the throne— in which express leave is given to their Contessor to free them from the obligation of all such oaths as they may nave tsken,andfindit inconvenient perjury I And if perjury is sin, is not this a permission to commit sin ? And hence indulgence" is a remission of sin. Hist. App., p. 353. ■ 4^?"^ -rJ". ^ work called the " Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary " printed at Pans, A. D. 1553, fol. 62, we find the following :— : ;, 1.". : I ■' Again : at folio 73 we find,— oth;rJirJrsSCstcS?^^^^^^ »^ ^'- HoIv (>„. i„ Ron.. Bay them, HhaU obtain NINEIT THOU^Sn^^^^^^^^ , Wio that devouti; «.n8 Granted of onr Holy Father JohnXIhXl^ff^nle^' '^"^"'' ^"^ ''""''•" Indulgencps have sometimes Im-ph imnrintori ,.«,-" rosar es and crucifiveH Of thV tl "^P""*?« on or annexed to medals. Indulgence iShTPomMhLv^^^^^^^^ ^ s'gnal instance in the BuK Mari^tTon"" a^ny daj relelThrS^uk'^oul Tp """ .P**'"" "''''*»'' '^"'l «"« "ve twee on a Sunday or fioly Day shall r!l«.^ of Purgatory; and reciting them nostroH and five ^ve MariL ujon a FrliTto'tLT'' = *'«» '•«".*'»« «^« P"*^^ whievtf Z^dd & SINS to HALLOWED WAX (SaNBLE " «r«*P"ig in his hands a intelfcSi^Sr^^^^^^ Popes themselves. Let the by the Pop^s themselves-^'tt syn™?^^^^^ These are only a few of the mS f^Tf • i*.V^^^ " remiss? 07i of sin." Catholic authorities to show fW^«-^f,'"'^H^''^"oted from ftoraan /act "remissiZo/Jn'' *^^' 'indulgence" Ib practically, and in tun^Z'^oXX^&^lt''?^^^^ the Romish Church some cen- in formS- davs *^^ '^^' ^°' '* ^^ ^ much practised mom. as ^p?Sa^SiSn'^^^^^^^^ informs.uB that the KSSSS^^*^- ^"^ tl^?-of^/u^^^^^^^ as fdkws*:-'"''''''" *^^ '"^'^^ announcement of the Jubilee is given fom^ofj&er°ThTo?gnrLer^^^^^^^ ^"^^^ *he indulgence in authority of his blessed aS^^^^^^^^ pfte? aid pf«l^^#^' and supported by 'th^ loosmg which the Lord ha« jn^nted tn ,^» fuS ' i"*^'** P^i^^'" "^ binding and tenor of the present, we me^iK'±,\\"ogT AMp'Ji^vr^'^^^ accordingl>^e OP THEIR SINS, a« granted in JuK^ai^ t„ tt «« li^ ''^''•*^''^^..^P b«mwsion fh^^\''^t^.''^y' ^J^'^li indulgfncrS lo belnnbV^^^^ the souls who departed this life ininp^ ivT^t. "^o^oe applied by way of 8uflFra «f fj "-!. iil'J"''" as Wednesday, Friday and Satiirdav ^nd i- TL f™' most ifoly Sac;ai;;nrof 'tLe'SSst^aid ^^y'^^^ '1'^'''^ wlth'reve^en^ \he to the suggestions of their respectivTflevn^f„«^ ^"^ ^^^ ^^ **»« P^^ according «.y other pLce out ,.f ;he sairSy^^h^TS^n^^t^^^^^ Hi dcHiifnated bv the onlinarifH of such places, or their victim .ed, such SUM or QI^ANTITY OF MONEY, GOLD OR SILVER, aa is limited and taxed ;" and then follows a scale of sixteen diff'erent prices, accommoda- ting the Bull to the wealth and ability of so many grades of jmrchaser.9 Pofydore Virgil, the historian, who mentions this Bull, asserts, that though the money was collected professedly to go to war with the great Turk, j^et after vast sums had been amassed, no war was waged, but all found its way into the private coff^ers of the Simonical Pontiff !— Vide Mendham s Venal Indulgences, p. xi. In the year 1517, Pope Leo, being in want of funds to carry on the building of St. Peter's issued a plenary "'Indulgence" TO ALL WHO SHOULD CONTRIBUTE 1 The indulgences were actually hired out to bishops and other speculators, who paid the Pope a sum before hand, and then sent their agents around to sell the privilege to the public. In Sax- ony the Pope's sister, Magdalene, having obtained a contract, employed a o-entleman of Milan named Aremband— afterwards an Archbishop— a,s her agent. Under him the notorious Monk, Tetzel, was employed to retail the spiritual wares. Tetzel set up a great red cross in the chiu-ches, and summoned the faithful by beat of drum to his money table. If they had committed the grossest sin that could be imagined— and his language was as foul as his life— an indulgence would blot it out in a moment. Let us iiear Tetzel's own language : " There is no sin so great that an indulgence cannot remit ; and even if anyohe— which is doubtless impossible— had offered violence to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, Je^ /tim i)ay, only let Mm pay well, and all will be forgiven him.' —Vide Tetzel s Anti-ThesiSi p. 190-101, 'No wonder that all Germany was thrown into an uproar. This monk and emissary of Rome unblushingly assured those who came to purchase * 17 ■ ; release for the souIh of their iMiretits :-" The vwment the motiey tinkle* in the chest, yoiir fathers soul mounts up out of purgatory " Here is the form of indulgence :— r.t MJ*'**' rf ,''*"■'' '^■*""'*' ^'.''"?* ''"^'' l''*y "« thee, and ab«)lve thee by the merits IJ^A f?^ holy pasHion And I, i„ virtue of the Apontolic ,x,wer that ha. Tin Z wWoh"l^"' •*^»'^«^'j«"J'-om_alloccle«iaHtical ceU.rei,. jidgmenta and peS aZL f^'" Penalties that thou shoul.lat have endure/in purgatory. I resWrthe; ZI.^ P'^.'cipate m the Hacraments of the church. I *incv,rporate thee Sm.h in Sm, Z^i'"l"H"^"*"! "• ""'^ •^•e«tabli«h thee in the purity iid innocence which. en?«r tti^r l"* ^^^f "*''*""; = *«',*^*' '" ^^^ ^«"'- «' ^e*"' th« K**'' l^y which B,Xw coSarv ?lr,^;^ t"rmentH and punishment «hall b« cl.med agEinHt tLe, and, on th" not dfJ^n,^ '^ *'' ''''^lu'? *" *^ paradiHe of joy shall be open, and if tllou s^iouldst a^vi • 'i°"^''^*"'i.*i"''^"f*' ^"^ '•«"»''» unalterable until thy last hour shaJl arrive, m the name oi the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Gh^.-Amen " Is it surprising that the great German Reformer should demand, to use his own language:-" Since the Pope is so powerful, why does he not de- liver all the souls in purgatory at once, out of his own charity, instejid of making their friends take them out by driblets V This uuestioii was never answered. . Luther's expostulations availed not. The Pope handed Luther and his mnety-five propositions over to his legate, with instructions to silence him either by threats or bribes. When both failed, he decided (like Pliny in ,!l^ of the primitive Christians) that authority ifiust at all events be ^Fil i,.o.r i? ^"^ ^^ "^' ^''^^ ** ^'8 weapon. In a Bull dated June A ' Ar'jf^^ ^^^ condemned ninety-one propositions as heresy, and ordered Luther to retract them witliin sixty days, on pain of being dealt with as a heretic. This, too, was in due form : the next step was to pre- pare the faggot and the fire, but from which, in the Providence of God he narrowly escaped. In 162.3 the Princes of the Germanic Empire presented a list to the J:'ope ot a Hundred Grievances, in which they complain:— 'That the Ro- man Pontiffs had Slicked all the marrow of their estates from the simple and too credulous Germans,"-" That by this traflBc in indulgences the greatest encoiu^ement is given to the commission of all manner of crimes lornication, incest, adultery, perjury, murder, theft, robbery, extortion."— Vide Vascic Rer Expec by Orthuinus Gratius, Cologne 1836; quoted by Mendham in his Council of Trent, p. 6. The catalogue of crime is no invention of the German Princes. As though to verify the charges thus brought against the Church, a book was at thattime openly sold in Paris, called " Taxa Cancellariie Apostolicse," in which those very cnmes, and a multitude of others, are enumerated, and Reprices marked for which absolution from them might be obtained! 1 or instance, murder and incest might either of them be pardoned for seven twel Vfr ^"'P^^*'®' ^^^^^ perjury would cost nine shillings, and robbery Roman Catholic divines have made efforts to overthrow the authority ot this book: at one time they called it " a Protestant forgery," at another, a List of the Fees of Office;" but both these subterfuges are rendered useless by the honest mdignation of a Roman ' Solic Divinft of th^ Sor- bouue, and Rector of the University of Paris, % . ^ .n his commentai .pon the ^pistle to Titus, having cited several charges that were made against the See of Rome, proceeds to say:—" That aU these charges might be con- sidered as the fiction of the enemies of the Pope, were it not for a book S'l!!!r'i'^^u*''P"'^'! ^^' ^'^'" PariH, entitled, "The Tax Book nf th. Apostolic Chancery,' in which more wickednew inav h« W™^ ♦k • all the summaries (fall vices and in which np«r.ilf<^ • •^™- **"" '" to most, and absolution to S X winBU Y it " """""* " ^'"^^ K« T^'» a"thentiaition of the book by one who would have been b\»A t^ As the Church of Rome claims to be infallible and thLfirnn?*^ does not and cannot change, she is consistent iffi ^l. ^T^^^"^^^ ^^ ^^^ md no doubt continues to suprSy her v^^^^^^^^^^ the ^fc /Tl^^^'^^' Hence she still keeps up the XertfseS ovTJthe doSnf ^ it empowers its purchaser " to choose Ss S con W ^and K"'^i'«'' him plenary indulgence and rmtmon o/wZ^so^^SZo^^^^ ^^'^ those reserved to the Apostolic chair (exZltth7ZiZ^^/^i «en«V^es, even his life, and again in the wlicle of^i^S -? u T^^ °^ ^^\^^y^ °°ce in during that ySi other Sdulgen^^^^^ tha bv whI?T'^ *° '"^^""i the ftSthfol mav have earned ?RTefit Sf stenteS' "rS,*"^ °^ all declared null and void, unless this Bdl liKe &oS ' I^k^ *" tSB^^'^i' ensure speedv sale for this Tdfee^'^^d & paid the IndSetSS forafe f'tUi ta * Thrwffi"-'^** merely a long faborious receipt for a frw ahiiw/ Jhe whole is indeed (London, fi^i^p '^^^Z lL"XV°rf iSf f^i" tl ST 4«t eotatt on the eightrp.go of the paper iJ'tKky'X'^d d«Sj , 10 the ™ry „,„■,«,, wU .in,,™ ,.re therein dJ^.riW.Cttrty'pi': ..T I . T«VNHI.ATION OP THE 8PANWH INIMri.OKNCK. ^t <^,*"'f"W«nM« which our most Holy Father Innocent XI c«i«»<^ * . it «ime into tL •««Kn.u{,r.» *i T ^r'^..**?r^f "I*' Autonco I.inaz. Afterv plenarv indulKenc« every time they do « oft«r^^ frc.miJSar.^.%^'":ho:*r.erBhA\'"^^ ""? HolyFri.layaBo„l in rele«.d gen;;?Ah';to?y^Tay^f {h^'e c^^^^^^^^ all the indul- HhaU not l>e able to vi"lt the n,.h r«vl?r ^"^hful who. l)eing Uwfully hindered, ' Our Fathers' and ^ hVi Ma^rvB • ,Sh ?Mnl^ t^l*''^^ ^^^ ^"^"^ f'""^"" Bixof thou«ual Btatimu^in thr'intTntln nf^^M^?**^^^ V^^*'« "»«'*»»! the hands an image of Our Lord Jesus ChS of SeL?h L^""! T*^ '"'^'^*"i *" ''"'''• order of N. F. St. Francis ' '****** "^^ *"*"« !>"««* o^ the poI^SVn'r^XurnJrd which Sem^f 'l^ "H'?!' V^« '^-"'^ ^^^^^e™ coUege. The said Holv rhri«T nf .v V*'™"i"'' ^J"" *»>« public benefit in the said . Jesus: waaplStoZcriS?- L?o^cte r''V^^^ «' *»>« child holy ^n on the crosS^^f&oly" LTKhe o,^:^*'' T?*^^ *'"' Lady put to her hole in which the hofy crow w.«^fir«i ^„h^LT^ R?*^ through the Lord was scouived and thTn JCj^^^'i^k ^ touched the pfUar at which Our has alsotouSThol^^fbZ rnd ,™f""f ^^^^ ^""^ ^« nail«d- It rence, and the hea^ U of St fc IdT^'^,^ "^P""" ^'^y' ^^^ Hx <>' St. Law- Magdalen, and pCd in t£ St^o1nh« It^L «l* ")"" T^^P*^ '" *^« h*'"- «' the altar of St Pet«rTf R^.^ . catacombs of the saints, which are under the hiah Angels of Asis. ' ° ^*' '^'^'* °* Gailicia, and in St. Mary of the „,j^ INDUL0ENCB8. other'SXrhedVy it^'gKSaJ; Sll^"^ '^^' ""'^ ^^^"^ ^'^ ^im, or any AND THAT 80«L GOES AB^vS^ OP ^S^ bS .v,,^»L'"'*"""'"^ "':/•''' "" «"'«. himself had absolved h^ ' ^"'^ punihhment, as if his HoUness Bha3eri%; b'e^liJ'"^ hi i^stt a^S oS^Tt ^"Ti, *"^* "^ '^"-»' " soul in punratorv desioTiftfino. ftl -!!,,i * ^i ft ^^^shaU take the communion for a as he 8hWo it7;t So^i altr^^^ tfc * ''uV*'^ PV":gatory, and this as often Holy Sacrament, &c,&c ^^^^ although it may not be the Most (Vijp^^ML^"? •°'^"^^°'=^« ^'^*«^*« *he medals and images of the Most Pure Lady ofSMuPshllTb^r"'" *^' ^''P"' "^^ P"""* °^ '^« C«"««« of O"' "n«fl, 1/ui. ,, '^^f"^^^A"= ■'CCOMPANYINO CRUCIFIX. of Tepotzotl^." ""^^ ^^*^*« *«"^hed with it the holy Christ of ivory. ADUiTIONAL ^tHTirilAU 4TTAC'HIP More la. DurwiK.. ».»d 8..u„ hu Kr«nteVr«>«"-«e. « you will Heo b^^ the iSt oVT^enS I CT v^u Jtt thk n..te, for in on« part it w confined to the naylng. orally or menUHv ^?h.^t word esuB.' TheHe articles are of all nriceH to huA di««m«Lrf« .i.^ i **"' •re accommodated with a rude picture oJS^e favoZ vKn^Slr oV P^^^^^ SXd ttni^A 7"«>otT"* '?i>^* "ummoned tiU after the TOwoohM ffijpuwd. The priest pr .iesacB to be iatisfiod, and allows the buria' rrrTi.i^ Mideira, and some otW places in Europe, there is no u:e, r Shalfl refer to the Bull of ClemeSviIlJenco^g ki/¥ II o/«5Jt ^ "'"* *^*"'* *^'''''" "°^*'"«'«»' promLlng the- •, plenary retnimon fV„i'T'^ ' n*!! ",•! '"""'-though I could cite hundroda of cm-n more from Roman CathMl.c HUthoritio8~-to convince any ..ni.rejudS ui«o^ Th fo''owiri ' ,r6a/m;extrart from the Roman Canftn Uw will give Hr.Uhci insight to the 8y«tem and teaching of the Church of 51.7 ..bo^'z^Llroril'^tenftrth^i^'"""'"''""''^''' Eecled«tical law., but ^ are de'^ri^^^toTllVarHrrwhatTel*^ '"^ *»>" "'^«-*' ^^^ ^»'« f''^-** While » HovereiKn remaintt excommunicated, bin subject* owe him no »11. S"Xto'Wm"* '"'""'*"'""" ^'^ *''- '-*""^»'' »'''' -"^Joct-i^aS^ frig's •'•' Th« S!».*1^;T '"'**' "'^**'*"' T* '?"'■ ^"^l* *« •*• ««' cwinot err. .. T* **'»5PP of Rome may compel pnnces to receive hiH Wates kept.'LX^i';S^,?3t'^o{'' *'"''''' "' "^•"'' *« ^"'^- ^W^'^^^'^^" '-^''t tob. de<^i„^±^ - -ff- the Bi«hop of Ro^e'. tonmnermfile people by heap, into hell,' yet may'no mS mTin SiJ^ PWBume to reprehend Jim Forasmuch aa he w called God he may be juda^ of °° IfS?' '2'' C^od may be judged of no man. ^ ^ ^"'^^ °' »».. Tw:vir!i » °°^'"^*^ "?* himself to be under the Bishop of Rome and that fteBWjop. of Rome i. ordafaed by God to have primacy over riJ tK,rid i. a herrtic, and cannot be saved, nor is not of the flock of Christ " ' i.'^SL'.o'llfeiH^y"'"'''' °^^'"'"'' ^°""« '^'■■•' A-SS: J". ™ fv.-?!?^®^^^"*^ the right-nay, the bounden duty-as a clergyman of the Church .f England on nuitable occasions, to 8pe4 to ray 3eS to tr.T^^f'' our repudiating the teaching andprSices of thVcSurSof ttome, and for which repudiation the noble Reformers of England were SS^' lbif^T'° '''^'^^ ^^""^ ''''^^^S ^^ further from my Hn^^nf^, ® addkssing my om-« people within the limits and pre- « {„« u^'''? ""^ charge- Aan to hurt the feelingg of any one. far le.S of ;«* ^ *5^l VP® *°^ P*^? *^** ^^i** correspondence, unpleasant as it is and mto which I fiave been forced by the Rev'^Vicar-Genelul Bruyere for dS- Jll ni.®*PJ!^ B ™y •'^ P^I''« opinions on the teacUng and pnijtices of cShofeinH-^""'' "^^y be the means of leading maSy of ?ur S2 Catholic fnends to enquire what has given ri .; to the Reformation, and PhnlSvl"^ 'J^' i*^r»^ ^«*^««" *J^« ^'h«^«h of Rome S ^e Sin „i/ ^ng^'^^. and why so many Archbishops, Bishops, Clergy, noble inen^andmen and women of every rank and station in^i«tv^SS ^u'roh^oTR^t '''""*'' ^""^ ignominious death, to remaining members of the" I am, Sir, yours very tmly, I. HELLMUTH. Hi From the Daily Free Press, May 29, 1869. V1CAR.OE1V. BRIJYERE TO DEAW HELLMUTH. To the Editor of the Free Press. . *?^^ ~i^-^*®1* ^®^K'? a^ence the Rev. Dean Hellmuth appears affain mmselt. Tfie public at large, whose uneasiness and misgivings had been greatly excited by the sudden and unexpected disappearance of the Rev hf^'^A^""^ ^^^ 9?""''^ f. ^^Sl^^^^ feels, I have no doS, considerablv reheved at seeing the would be champion of pure (Christianity branSin^ again in bold defiance the sword of Goliath. I mav Sire thp Rpv^ gentleman that I share heartily in the common rejoiciSnTl avaif mfself of this opportunity to tender him mv sincere congratXtioZ pSf h s happy and safe return to the midst of his anxious flock ^ t^ o?"{i ^- T *®S *^? ^Y- Dean that he need not have travelled verv far to swell hw lucubrations into five columns of the Free Press ES merely as no doubt he has done, to consult the penny books or the trS of the t'rotestant B ble Societies, the ofi^spring of an imStion heS by an overdose of bigotry and a holy hatred of^Rome. wSTt?oubW myself with demolisEing tl,o huge castle which my Rev. oppSt SH gences as understood and practiced by the Catliolic Church and her Faithful children a« over the world. The readier will be eSedlherebv «M^' f *^^ '^^^^T^ ^*^^ the doctrine of the clthSchurch i ^mS^ ex^unded by unquestionable authority, and theZne d^ctriS WhS-.f"^ misrepresented by mutilated and distorted texts or bv ^Jf^^5^iPr2*^""*'''"'^''""™^"*«'"»^ho8e works have long See beeJ condemned by the proper authorities at Rome. ^ I now come to a plain statement of our doctrine on indulgences THp Tuestn?:-" ""' ^^"^ ^' *^' ^"°^^ '^'"^ '^^^'''^ PuFsfhe fdioJng Q. What does the Church teach concerning indulgences ' aretoB?ut£^*ffitC:^o%*'^?„rl„^l«^-|5^^^^^^^ ''"^ *^^' ^^^^^ Q. What is the use of an indulgence ? mit^Bini"'''*'"^"''*''" "''*' *''""' ^ P^"'* ^«'' «"«■*" «««»« n°r license to com- f»,B'l',{u°i u*"" "j'iJ* '■®""*. P»»' 8>n— for sin must be remitted by penance lu. to ?a:r|^LW&.t?^/2To?^r «i- to "^°'^''^«^"' befoL^aTSfeTnS indSLct'^^'^'TSd.fcnH^ J"^' •^"- ^"^y *h« ^°"o^^°^ 'lefinition of i?« «,?! 5 T ^^dulgentia est remissio poenoe temporalis Deo pro pecca- sL«umXnSr' ^'^^^' rr* ^ ¥'^^ minX!?xtm SSf,Sn^^ Poemtentise, per applicationem thesuuri ecclesiffi." (An i^Sf ^f '• * r°^rT ^'.^th® ^^"^^^^ punishment due to God ^ ^«t iif^^u",*^'^^^ ^«^Si^«° a« to the ^ilt, and this indulgence k granted by the legitimate Minister, outside of the tribunal orScebv g^ application of the treasure of the Church.) If m^Kv fhSdesires SdSl^L*£''''^^^-*"*^°"*y ^^" ^"«<* Perrine,whos^^^ Est autm taduIgentiA rea^itoio pcenoe temporalis, adhnc nAsi: r^rJ.Lr^ T.LIlZr^. p«uam uiiernam peccati* debitci." (An Indufgence"is"therem'i'S of fhe temporal punishment di,e to sin after the guift and the eSSsh pent h^ye been remitted) I beg to remind the Dean that the woX I 23 qjwte from, " Theologise Gury and Perrone,"are both taught at Rome this L^!? S*^' T ^ *^®. Y^ry shadow of what my Protestant friend would cau the Koman Inquisition, and under the eyes of Pope Pius IX Let me agam treat the Rev. Dean to a quotation from Bellarmine another authoritv equally approVed as the above :-"Poro Indulgenti* non remittunt cu pam, neque venialem ; sed solum poenam eamque tem- ^^T" * (I°*lulgences, therefore, do not remit sin, neither mortal nor venial, but merely the temporary punishment.) Perhaps the Rev. gentle- mM would like to hear what Cardinal Wiseman says on the subject of indulgences. Here are the expressions of the distinguished Divme — i tear many here present will be incredulous when I tell them that it— M mdulgence— IS no pardon for sin of any sort, past, present or future '— Wliat then, IS an indulgence? It is no more than a remission by the church, m virtue of the keys, or the judicial authority committed to her ot a portion or the entu-e of the temporal punishment due to sin. The innmte merits of Chnst form the fund whence this remission is derived " Without extending quotations from Catholic standard works to 'an unnecessary length, I beg to lay before the eyes of my reverend friend one wmch 18 entitled to the greatest respect on his part, being the evidence of a Protestant writer. Chambers' Encyclopedia, published in Philadelphia m the year 1863, repeats I may say, word for word, the definition of indul- genc^, as given by Catholic theology. " The indulgence," says the writer, m Koman CatHolic theology, means a remission, by Church authority to repentant smners, of the temporal punishment which in the Catholic theory remajins due after the sin and its eternal punishment have been remitted " I look in vam for any authoritative document, which can in the least sus- tain the assertions of ignorant scribblers, that indulgences are pardon for sin, past, present or future, and that forgiveness for the greatest crime is sold at a stipulated sum. These false and malicious notions of our doc- trines may well be entertained by the readers of the penny books or the lying tracts. The enlightened and liberal among those who differ from us m religious belief, will form their estimate of our Catholic doctrines by perusmg our approved standard works. Our doctrines are not hidden under a bushel, they are not revealed to the few initiated and withdrawn frona the gaze of the multitude. We proclaim them boldly and fearlessly m the elementary books placed in the hands of our children ; in our devo- tional works used by the people during divine service j in all onr theological and controversial works; in a word, in our pulpits, in the lecture room, as well as in the house of God. Before I proceed with this brief synopsis concerning Indulgences, I have to repeat, that my object is not to prove that our doctrine on this subject is correct and scriptural. The Inquirer after Truth may use his own judgment and discretion— admit or reject Indulgences as he may think fit. One thing I insist upon, namely, that we shall not be charged with behevmg and teaching " absurd and wicked tenets," which we utterly *bhor. Let the reader bear in mind that an Indulgence is a remission con- ferred by the power of the Church, of the temporal vma&\mGvA remaining due after the guilt of sin has been cancelled in the Sacrament of Penance, and which, otherwise, we would have to endure either here or hereafter. The church teaches that every sin, however grievous, is remitted through sacra- mental absolution, accompanied by the requisite dispositions on the part of the penitent, or by an act of perfect contrition, as regards its guilt and tne eicriial puninhimd due to It. But the debt of temporal punishment 18 not always remitted at the same time. This latter is done away with by deep repentance ; or by works of satisfaction, i. e., prayers alms-deeds, fwtwg, &c,, or by the patient endurance of troubles and adversities sent 24 earlieTJouth that «in S reSSi bfie^fect^^S^^^^^^ ^''"^ *^«^ and perfect act of charity or bv the sS^rpm^nf .f S ' '"'^ ^ya.s»Prerae Christ for the remissS of s^n Sf^v !?f ? r * "^ Penance instituted by hea.d^«NeVerthele.,thfcffit?^^^^ for? D5n1?^n\C^-"^/^^^",*^"^ d«=*™« ^° one reaaonablvTk S^contenLgtr nS^^^^^^^ ^^^'^"^^ *^« P^^^^^^ P™ci% we for sin, after &rtTndVema^^^^^^ I may be n«rniTf A^ t eternal punishment have been remitted ? Now Jer4^b^r*Chu^chTytie'of?h;^^^^^^ ".'? -T^^ *^«'°^' communicat^ to l^-^f a SrtS, «? f £ i^^'' %*il' J'^^^*''^^ authoritv, ment due to sin ' ^ ° ' '''^ ^''^ ''"*'^^' «^ *h« tempoml punish- Church possesses JhpSn5r ^^^^Of^ing *» our ideas of this subject, the second pK S theCcouSu^if T?^^^^^^^ ..^ ^" ™^°*^«"' '° *h' gences is salitaiy fof the faitSfi,! lift *i** ^'i^ proper use of indul- one aak me whenrp H^t +^« n^ ^?^'"®*- ^°d»'- Should any would W,^S.*^**-^^Vr^^,'^«"ve this extraordinary rK)wer 1 7xSLtZ.^lh'fl^^^''..'^J^m that it is from Christ ourloTwi,i you shdfl loose' UDon^h''''lt.'n'Kn^^":i'*'r°'- "^ ^^^ ^o you, whatsoever IB tTI Ik L^ ^Ft'i ^hall be loosed also in heaven "— Math vvi» 18. The church has further, a« is demonstrated inlSlish^g tKe™ - as miimler of the One True Church of God * ^ oniamed exhausted,^ fhey aViS As Vo the'BainTs it SZowTV.r'' ^ ofthern performed greater penances and mSoVe eSis&^n^ fhi"?^^ own sms required. This saMsfaction and thes^ wSs of S^rirroi^''" being gjthered together, and my iirit Slh°e ™wSl>f ^ L^""" dial intended to rec£iK5e;.lSfrtL'Tn?n™^?Ir«" «-»<=- cue the soul from eternal loss Now wi S. i^ Kf ' °' '5" ''?^?' '" <"'■ every; respect. From tKe„fT°!irir^™«l??T?.?™'«'.i-' thenameofcanoS frl thoZollffi^'"" f^".- ^I"'* "««'«> But while the» ^it^SSf ^b^e^a^r 'w^-eS&rhe^SJSt 26 value and importance, the Church reserved to itself the right of mitigation rllLT^T "f ""»« ances Thus, the extraordinary sTow aS femw man^ested bjr the penitent during tLe performance of his teak wiSwa!^ considered a ji«t cause for a proportionate relaxatL A^iJ£3 gence was.gianted to penitents at the approach of a persecution a£ to penitents m danger of death. For further informaS on this Sc^ the mquirer ^ter truth may consult any approved history of the ChS' To conclude this question of doctrine on indulgences I mav statet wSl are granted on certain conditions, always morlT&i^tt to o^' Sj^ human nature, as they are intended as a remedial and SonrZiS- ment for past offences. And these conditions vary, accS-S to Se SrP of the indulgences granted by the Chm-ch. On tfc ocS of the gZI Indulgence, called the JubUee, they are aa follows :-i8t The ^rson to receive them must be in the state of grace, which imposes oS the necessity of sincere sorrow for sin, witH a Arm prnTWrramendment and. Fasting, abstmence from flesli meat, and huSiliktion forTreeSs ?heS^erSpSiV^4trt ^'''^' according to the intentioTof tne Ksoyereign font^ft. 4th. Receiving communion in the stete of grace 5th Almsdeeds These alms must be applied to the relief of the Z?" to the support of hospitals or orphan asyliJms, or the erection of churffi in poor missions. Wliilst speaking of the conditions on which SduCcS XfT'^'i *^-'T ^* P««e««Fy to state from miquestionSe HoX what were the instructions given to Tetzel, when appointed to Breach S mdulpnces referred to by Dean Hellmuth and hor^aSffl hi^lf of this important duty These instructione. as given by Valentine (SSe doctor of theology m his work "Tetzel and Luther," Ue 2 foUows- That all persons who repented of and confessed, fasting; thekS who received the holy communion, said certein payers in seven dT^rent churches or before as many altars, and contributed aScSg to their means a donation towards St Peter's Basilica, should obteS ffremiSon of the temporal pumshment due to their sins, once for their lives SS £ ±? ^ ^t^ '^'"''f-^ ^ ^^S'' ^^ death that this SgSriS be applied, by way of mtercession, to the soils in purgatory while S- 2S rt r '' *^ ^ ^i^^ *° «^t^« it by devout^ conSn Jand com municatmg before a sacred image or picture. In the entire document, " instructio summaria," says Dr. Grone there does not occur a thou,ffht which the Church at the present dky wS £ SS*^.'"^rjJ^-i ^^'^ F«tnictio summaria" furLr declarVTat those who cannot afford a pecunmry donation are not therefore to be denied the grace of the Indulgence which seeks not less the salvation of soTtC the advantage of the Basilica-"Let such as have no money repE tS Tlt^^"" a"" ^^^ ",'^ ^''^^ *^ tie poor." What a refutation have we Ke ?n «ii.Y W^r"" "^^°iT *?r '* ^i'P^ ^^«'« Indulgence as an alleged tiSffic n„fif !),« '*^ ""^'P®'^ ^^ }^^ ^^''^duct of Tetzel himself, and his sub^- nates, they are admonished to lead an exemplary life, to avoid taverSrand to abstain from unnecessary expense. ta,yciu»,anu That cases of levity nevertheless took place, Dr. Grone admits but he S^f-'^J denies that Tetzel gave cause'^for Animadversion In all the «^„S^w f "°?^"*f "^^'"^ ^«*"^^*« T^tzel's mission, we look in vain for a S^ K ^F'^^^ calculated to sustain the awful disclosures revealed to the world by the Dean m his last letter, concerning the great red cross the money table, the drum beating, &c., &'c. These and othfr ridiculorSum! mcs j« • pnjvea oy ur. Uioue to have been the invention of German writera notorious for their hatred and bitter hostility to the Chm-ch 1 hope my impartial reader will have formed by this time a correct idea 27 nJZf'^^^'''^ ^^"' indulgences, as stated by unquestionable authoritv But before proceeding any further I bee to rpn/nf fc;^ *i,!^^ autnonty. is short ancf treacherL-thrquiWwhiS^^^^^^ T'^'^'T m^^nf V"' *>i?.^ga»» «f VOWS and the sacrament of Fenance thHext Stf. ''^ 'f^'"f ^' T'^^'h the sovereign, then about bSS thedeTd- Having thus stated the Catholic doctrine on Induleences from th^ Woved authorities of the Church, let us nowsee ifSmanne? Dei flellmuth endeavors to answer the questions we put to hTm vS -"'LS authoritative sta ement of Catholic doctrine diS he finfthat'lndSc^Sce t^rhis oriSSLlr^^ ^' ^'^^^ ^'^^^^.^^ heende^vJi topXL tlt^T, L I, ^ falsehood, by spurious quotations and falsified extract! w^t 'is^he Si ^T. ^T^ S""' "^^ '"^^'^"^ Catholic dSesmw! ZZ^ Pw ! V ?® **^^^ th^se extracts and quotations second W from Protestant controversialists, who have put meanSS on them tW they were never intended to convey. Everv one ca^^W Hi«&i •; riTj. Si^h^r-""''"-*' r-?-" °f cots "pSL/^hlu to Clement V^l^^ "'?"" ^^^iT^^^ °^ ignorance, when, in rIfeS vueen J!.iizabeth. This we freely admit, and maintain that it wm one of the most glorious acts of the Pope's reign. But the indulgence was eranted SiiTv*^ conditions. . Fifthly, he cjuotes a work Jffie lS3 th2 Slewed Virgin Mary, printed at Paris m 1553. His first extract from that simply prov^"our point, that an indulgence the temporal punishment ; the second quotation. whTcTrlreYo^piS s"ivf n'^^^^^^^ '. ^^'' ««««>»* quotition, fVo.,ri fli •? fope Sixtus VI.. bears intrinsic proofs of being an absolut^ ^^'u' 'iTiTJ^f ?°P« «^nt »/^ years of pardon for dwdlvsiis r^^evfntf SyV.t'Jr ^ «^ *hat sJlpt^^a^^c: ryDnai, even U they refer to venial sins. (Peraris torn IV nasp a-^d H«. maulg.) His reference to the indulgences^^ted by Adria^^Tofio?? XIII., Clement ViII simply prove nothing for his case^ for '^ tS S^cSSCrgSl?^^^^^^^^^ '-'^'^ *^- were^tllaK Jubilee on the occasion of the approaching CEcumenicS Coanci? fee pS^nT-Vmi^nf *^f r'" of the^document^Xn he mles the fXJ^^.^ a most ample mdulgence and remission of their sins" For Se theCdTre^V'JI^n.^^ ^f ^P f this. Diocese by the Holy for ^rin »• wiJIj • • ^°^ * °^°^* a°lPl« remission and indulgence lor sin. Where remission of sin precedes the indulgence and mart ih« latl^n Sr^S *^if,r^'?«^« ^l'^' ^ sSS event Zl^l i?vi^T,S ^ ^ean Heiimuth. First, the faithfol shall visifr their r«roec- daA T^hSv^tLvrX^^^^^^^^ Second they shall feStforXi +k^ ir^y' t"ey shall confess their sins, and receive with rpvPTfin<.p the most holy sacrament of the Eucharist ; 'and/foSv ^ev SYrive alms to the poor, accordine to thp «„ar,P*ti«'n« .7 U"^f I' r^!^ T"^?^^® dms to the por, acco^rdin. to^r^gg^^^^^^^ Sly— 1 hat an indulgence is not a remission of sin. sin^ l^ve™ SSlppirH":;^"'*'' ^ "^^H^ge^ce is not a remission of sin, BwS 0«Sf^^**'' ^*^f°,«' confession, and the reception of the n™ ?y,oT ''^*"f^ ^^ essential pre-requisites ? Secondly-Does it not ,Knt h^ a^ indulgence is not a pardon for sin to come ? Thftdly-D??s ^CnZ^'Z^L^f^:"^^ *^^^^'^" indulgence is^ot3rf«g^ PrSoi!^ ' t'y. ^^ °°* ?* *^^ SO easy a^ the ample indulgence riven bv SdevemhSSS ^^^y with'TrtSiS Vw^= ^/.eiytning paintul to human nature : which has a horror for confpgflinn off'tSC Ten St^^ Tf' ^ ^**^^^y '^l^^^' and hS, iSi'SXt Tn S ti!i r- ^^i^oke the whole ancient penitential system of the church ™nmH- ^f VT yi** authority besides himself could he (the DeaS rive hJ vSftvandSLt wX"^i Tu" ^'"^'^^ *^** the question is one of fK»ri t • T. , ,• H<^^ does the Dean meet it ? How does he nmvp wie cnurcnes— Kisiim teneatis amici " Why, bv soinir baok t^ thp S ?8 mS.^'Ihp'^^T'^Jl? *° ^'^^^ *^^* indulJencL^weK^L^J^ whSh aSHl wm °^'^'*^ ^ vengeance-this is raising a cloud of dffst rJstion i« T ;pl!l"°^*^^''i *^^ mendacity of his statement. The he saw himself 'i Hear him ■-« She (the cSircSf stilTk^run ieSf&i*'''?^'"*'.^r *^« ^^™ «^ Churchrof Lme^d Itilr TdS gentia plenaria quotidiana perpetua pro vivis et defunctis.' (fell SS- 20 mmmyovmeyes fhe italics are his own. This is but the oririnal assertion made in his ecture and the truth of which is not only oSest?S but emphaticallv denied. \ean cannot be relied wheS trSSrof tK? %l}f ^' "^f^'ff *" ^^^« «^«"' «« neither can he wnen treating ot the alleged sale of indulgences in the past. inhabi^tsTE iZS^' ^"^ "^^'h 1 ^"P^ Alexander VI. granted to the Ma^e stSl?^^^^^ indulgence In the Bull, howler, there 18 a Clause stnctly limiting the pnvdeges of the induleence to ihn^ wlm s^^raStroVm/^^^^^^^^ ^? "*^-f ^ ^^".^ f- theTteS or'dlinTdru'h' ?l^ ^i ^^^ ""SqlS'X" ^i;?."*? ^*^i^ ^<^> we are here under a constitution where rpliffimm nn/i SSSitt&ra?^^^^ freely andTj§?e^»ri hr^ i ""^^^J "^^ suspended at the end of the Lve, thTver? iSti^ u:-.^!!!.^^»" Hierarchy thereupon declared his croiiosition h«r««,.al cop* "'^trS'"'^"pnnr Sf "'''^- ^j? y".*'?^' *° *^« ^^^s", and tortu^"d"hiin to of 38 fnri r"!!?"^' J? '<^>'*^'^"«« Popes and Caidinuh* conuH'lled Galileo by force to retract" and recant the truth of his syHteni that the "ftu./^ c:ea«e8 to be true that the earth revclven arouid tT Hun? or di( the ^th Suppose Father Bruyere had the power— as he haDuilv has not— to i»a suppose he hjul the power to make us '^retract," "recint" and -'abiuJe '' what WE believe to fee true, but what he believes to be heretical wwl'd truth cease to be truth, because it is denied de--~ "^ ' ' overcome by temporal force, and coerced by the luia irent, or by the abusive language of Mr. Bruyere 1 1 ruth will continue truth, however much its advocates may be reviled or denounced as " liars, slanderers, calumniators," &c., &c. A (^ must be veiy weak indeed, when its advocates are obliged to resort to iZZe such as 18 emh)died m Vicar-Gen. Bniyere's lettera '«nguage ft,ir *"^, «f*^5ed to leave the verdict with the public, whether I have not oAS^v'^^'^iS^' statements I made in my lecture before the CWh of Eng and Young Men's Christian Association, in reference to indulgenSs authoT^l r?nT. '"/ ^^^ir^ *f tir ?y ^^«°^ ^ ^««*We Roman CathS authority as to the sale and the evils of these indulgences, which Mr Bniv- ere will no doubt pronounce a "Protestant forgery/' for wkh him ProS TANT and FOROERY, and any other vile epithet, are syno^ymoia Neve? theless, the following is from Walsingham, p. 246 :- " This ver the marrii wealth. would not SELL, none which he would grant without' monky H« am n i„a„Y gences. formerly reserved by the Popeljraself, for two ye^,' for tUe ye J^^ ex communications, nhanlnfmna /.,^«,,v,„*„ti t._ _!!_ . ^ ' 'V. "«"!"yea«, ex ham, p. 246. It must be evident to all that it is vain and fruitless to reason with one whose argiiments consist of abuse, and who unblushingly denies every terti mony and all documentary evidences, when they (fo not suitS e^n thougli they come from his own Churcli, and defiantly denounces Tquoto tlOnS as "DISTORTED OR FALSIFIED, OR GIVEN BY WITNESS^ winRE THEMSELVES NOT WORTHY OP CREDIT !" "i^J!.»»J!« WHO ARE ,,'^^;^^^^^^iF^m anderyoying British protection, and occupying the position of a religious teacher whose bounden duty it is to inculcate Obedience to the powers that are,'' can make use of the following language Ld hL s stem •-** ''^^°^°" of Vicar-General Bruyere^s ch^ter " He (DeMi Hellmuth) quotes Townahend to prove that Clement VII trranted Ixte^l^""' ^^ ^^o should take part in the conteS^i "bC fe ,Jr^^*f?v°'*^'i®*'i^.^''*^*^- ^""«' ^« f«ely admit, and maintainthat h S^^^tSltetTon*^^^^ "'^^^^''^ '^^- ^^' thelndiS^ae^ilJ I suppose in this case, also, " the faithful" had to do neiOince offer uu «mym and GIVE ALlks, Wore the plena^-^ Mg^ZlrlTvZ SaiT Zi¥^-^^T^*?'^*°'.*^°1«""«^^<^ should takepart in the conteiS- plated rebellion in Ireland against Queen Elizabeth." I^twithstanding the tlat denial of the Vicar-General as to ths r.rAdihilitv nf the. ^„;^-.«„„„ t t„,„ aaaucea from Koman Catholic authorities in ray iifo. 2 r^ly on the pmtice of indulgences he knows fuU well that I could multiply them, Snd fill column after column of the Free Press for some time to come on the cor- A or ought to kifow. howlLK*^ ^ft^^^ ^.4 k«0W8. oroughtto know how thrPo^)eZtK^^ • *f^«^'>:«'•^ ^•-'" '^«°^''. a throne at the top oMhc HtaiK S?%t^f !Vu«. '.".l^ll^t'"". -ittin^^upon a throne at the top 7th" ntaira of S pT - nu '"l^"***"". «ttin« upon indula^^ncen to L,craST^^ Church, hrows handfuli of age ; Vicar-Gen SSo, St ?o knZ tn''^*'' '"''i* "« *?>^° *»i™ ^om- wT,en he dedicated t^JcLrXftHeL^^^^^^ '""^ ^.^^P*' ^^'"'^^'-i'' «cnce 08 there fall drops of m^n w)inf+^' gave "as many days of indul- davB and nights" He mi?ht Jo'kir * I"'"* without ceasing for three iniulgences^ave been affied toT/Z^^r^'.^T' "* ^^''^''^ t^^es, ^Hng<,of headAonZ,fl^nf. /«/* * "-^ doth lumps of wax, ropes. tude more supeSuf rS Vif ' '''^'' ^ ««»7,. and a multi: not with tnith bTSi "Whaf '« "»»n''""'l"« »« present to name. May it errors if the ChurTo ° IS, iilftl. i »"«»"»; "f my "»'* '» 'hose normaUy and Msentiolly Protestoiil Th. iw- t %'«"<''". historically, aud the Chureh of Rome VTSf, JH '»"'« '■«'"™ver«y betweeu u. rXrtrn^"£-«-='^^^^^^^^^^^ «ttd satisfaction for ^1 theX orthe So e worif fch '^H^n^Ption propitiation there is none other satisfaction for w^nbTthat alone W^^I'^f"** and actual, and Maases, m the which it was commoiavTi.I fLf ^^^ • . 5^j^**'i **>« sacrifices of deno'JlLTasllX'fSr" t a^^^^^ ^'r^ ^f England or Indulgences), and the " worah n .,^ f^i I ? ' ?^ ^"''#?*"^ ^^ Pardons and such reUcs as thL p^rTefuSm^llt^ w*^^^^ *"d relics," 8hippdatGlastonbirCanterwTn!$ ^fK**^^^^ Reformation wo^- At Exeter thflm w iiS eXiitUlf Oif THE TABLE OF THE LWa Sup^p ^»f ""^^ ^'''*'^ MANGER, AND OF Moses, of his eod aS thS Sv^ J^"^^ *''' ''?'= burning bush TOBIT'S Fl'sH, OF BTEskED mSs mS oS nf.t^'' ' HONEYCOMB, OF y^ Visit the churches in B^n^llSi^e^r^iSL'^XSl^^^^^ n4 t!iSl!n n'l/tf r- nl^^'^l'V "°* ^ '""•''» HurpriHe that it is not a settled point by whom therbJSiTbl EXv«^' fW ^k^ *^* ^'■^^''^ <*h« ^'■««'^ Church) even to this very day it is not Senfo^tks a^dhe'U'r^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^l^ \"^ thecoSS so ^h^ f^t^R "' ""^ '»'l"l»^n°«J ^ necessary in the primitivf chiTi^h as k k now As the orthodox Church, we can most ea«Uy understand 8om?r"Sn7or TndXenl^ ±Jwhop Fisher finishes the argument in these memorable words: 1^*1, tf^^ ^""'"^ ^/^^°y *h** ^^^ al'use of them may take place on both aides Vcr ^f'^rS he'li;r** '^•^'^ r^ ^^^ ^^^^^ with soSe sin^t^r *iw,'L.d.^a[ „".,"*^® .*"°^' ^e who receives them mav make thfim a hind'" '— i""'— ~--- varcicssiy.' - — ......g cuuxc Ro^oSnh *i!^r*i°°\^^ ''r ^^ ,*S« n»9?t learned champions of the iSatioS^X ''?• ° -f *PPjy *? Yi^^ar-General BruyereV further imormation aa to the antiquity and primitive practice of indulgences 36 We gee thus that tho very earliest time to which the Bishon of Rn. end ot the sixth century, mid even this he Joes not venture authoritativelv is, "As^h^^Tm. "'""'""• "' '" ^•^°«"" ^y *"y evidence"' All he J^'S I shall now say a few words on the unscripturul doctrine of MixiNn im the merits of samts with the merits of CVstvSGLerS Braver? says that the following is the definition of indulgencLT^" InduTLtSim ^tfeT'sLnctSr-P^rT"? ?t'*« t>er app'licatiouem 3SZ Y insti et sanctorum. [An indulgence is the remission of the puuuhment due to sm by application of ChriHt and the saints J P"«umment Such a doctrine as advocated by the Vicar-General and his Church we written WOK —the Bible. The mere idea of a treasure of merits consiat ing of the mingled merits of Christ and His saints, is noEu short of .mp.ety. To teach, authoritatively and dogmaticaUV-aS ho ?JhS of Rome does-that a mortal man, and sinful at the best, has at his Ss! a treasure to npake amends and satisfaction to God's etenial justke f S ;ZEK^ gmlt of .io|«rted souls, and liquidate that .)oSTthei>dS? of punishment which they have not yet paid by suttlnnirs we cannot buf regard a* a presumption most offensive'^to the gr.af jfhoWi Td mo"t Hk GiTrl*"?'' r^ ^^'^- ^•""."P'*^^ '^^ religion. It is rSbbbg ChriTtof £ in^i^^ k 11 " '^^P.':«V'at>n8 the atoning sacrifice of Christ's dmth, and of Its infinite fullness; it is asserting that Christ is not able "to save to the UTTERMOST all that come unto God by Him." (Heb vii 26 ) nuj^* ^P^^^? ^™™ H"^y "^"t will suflSce :— " The blood of Jesus Christ His Svin cleanseth us from all sin."-l John, i 7 '^or bv one tinea. —Heb. x. 14. But of Him are ye m Christ Jesos. who. of God is made unto us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and redemption '' Chi^h of £S'"*" ^"^"' ''"'^^' ^^^^^^' ^^ ^"^ ^ °^y ^'^ °^ *he Uui^Xlt "^^J^i^bundant merits of the Saints," the words of the Lord of th^ rwifif P ** *^' Ti;^ '■^?* ^^ foundation of the false doctrine "So like^dse ye, when you shall have done ALL these things that are commanded it'^aT^ur Ityt^dl^^^^^' ''^^^^^^ SERVANTS; Zhavod^ne'SS This, I think Mr. Editor, wiU be enough for the present on Indulgences. Vicar-General Bruyere has chaUenged me for a '^^ campaign duriSg the summer season." Notwithstanding the multiplicity of prying enlage- W !^'i ^/^ cheerfuUy ready to fight the battle, (not with oamarweaSoBs. but with the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of the livina Godi and prepared to go on with tlie kindred false doctrines and teachings of the Church of Rome, not only during V the whole summer season," but until tne whole subject of Roman errors, which were the causes of the blessed Reformation, shall have been exhausted ; for I can no longer consider this subject as personal, but as involving the principle whether Protestantism or Romanism is according to the mind and Word of God : and herewith I l^ ^^^iT' ^^^a^o'i ^^ of the Church of Rome; 7, Romish InfallibS i'Jiir^f i.^'-^?^^u' l^'Worshipmng the Vir^ Mary, Saints anj Angela; Jl, Denial of the Sacramental Cnp to the people; 12, the Holy 36 One thing, however I must say, that I shall not address mvself affain f n ^i wH.^- ^'"y^''/ ''P^?^ *^"«^« J'^^g^age, repudiatioTof e^ivShor ity but his own, make it impossible for any gentleman to reaso^S^^h £" I shall, however supply the Free Press from we?k to S witTlrtir; on the subjects J have named without ever reSng S^^^^ Bruyere or his abusive productions. ^ ^ vicar-Cren. f>,o;?T''-"uT^,^°iJ?^^?"^^ my Roman Catholic fellow-citizens ac^ain that I cherish the kmdliest fee ings towards them and thnT r!nlhw,l , ' i / «mrtt»;.2?'''^ "'™""'"' •.".ven given »„,„V4t m™ whL"^' I am, sir, your obedient servant, I. HELLMttTt-it' From the Daily Free Press, June 3, 1869. VICAH^EN. BBUIERE TO DEARf HEJLLMIJTH. To the Editor of the Free Press. crirrR^,^^ SiB,— In this momiug's Free Press, the Dean of Huron has given uttemnce to his long pent up feelings in a long tirade of Smf™ v4«^l^^^^^ ™'"^ "P occJonaJly'withhaSppSid ttiSfe hJhullt ?^° ^^^^ "^^^ r^^.^^y ''"^ has a right to complain and show Wo w""^ '* ? ourselves. It is the whole Catliolic body whoBrfeeHnl have been wantonly and gr evously outraced We wpr^ li^m, 1« L ^1 SSrLT*^ r W^hristiaLTKenomLlSr^^^^^^ td th^te^rr *'**'•' *^^*°« and believing his owi?«ed 3SI to the dictates of his own conscience. Behold ! without anv nrnw^ «« b^gre the wholp community, and in the height of his wisdom summ^? b^e his supreme tribunal the whole Cathofic body-LTitrPrieS S Op and Pope-4o give an account to him (Dean Hellmlrthrof thrir ftSh " mtonSy ' ^ ^ ^ *^® "**?*'"^® ^^'^ contempt of the entire com" ^ In vain in the name of the Catholic body, have I called unon thA r^ renisea to do either. I have, fix)m unquestionable authontv. estabbsffii fcSJw *"r ""^ ^^'^P^<^> and convinced an impartial Slic that th« hottftfle charge of selfinjr them at p^m« s«A „ii ' "il t" i.. ^._ "^ l^f* *?« *Cfl^?■1•I?^'*^• di^tery ohheChWh of Huror^n aid Sn'^fn SSSv!.^*r^i?l°°'**'^«'.P«™^»*si» maintaining thatTK ffi^ and darkneaa hght ; re ecting with contempt andkging fway teeSS J ( E I I t t I u It word IS not worth having that mv fl;,'fw;f?^ "^ °^^ insinuations, that mv personal, f do not deny it : I meS to L «n • ^*^ -n T*™' ^ ^^^e been thing by its name, a spade a SrandanpE^J T" ^'i^' Imustcalla public must bear m mW tLt Shi n w^ elephant an elephant. But the myself is not] one oSt int butS^rp^^^s^^^^^^^ esty, and consequently of personal chamcrWiJ Tu'^^^'^^^A^^^^ hon- 7f.' \ ^^« l"Wic willSXimpSTnon ht^t'f-^^ ^^°^'^^* ^^^ of the Dean. He individual who K^^W ^ *^e ^hmmg complaints nor ght to complain, if 3y, t^^^^^^t^^r^"'' '"''"^ ^- howLltrsSlellrpSSTitft* ' '^ r *?g "^ --tesy. But Italy, anJ three days so^urn In rJI * ""f "^ Y^^' ^^*«^ » rapid fun over for the CatholicXrctrDSrfneTwh^S^I^^^^^^ doctrine^ proved the very reverse of her teacEs Tn fL+T' \ *^'' *'^«' *« ^ave one who pretends to know iSre affaVew rW ' -a ^^^^^-Patience with all hera<3credited teachei^, ffione BelSne rn'i^T' ^" ^T^'**'*" Dean's journeying over Italv anTiff^^f u i? •^' Liguori,&c. The Robert Peel'sfam^ous ride S\.ft^^^^ reminds 'one of Si? car. Thisgentleman travelled over a Cwd^n «pa«e of twenty-four hours, on an outeiSlSini;*^^^^ ^'^^^ ^» ^^^ of hisramil torn-, to the British pSme„n&^^^^ tented tfie most ioyal, the most SSSuV and f^^^^^ T ^^^ '^°«* *=««- face of the earth I Uvp nnt L^t. ! * ' ^^i* *"® ""^est country on the courtesy towards one whl SJ^raXdoHf Snyi^'.^"* how'Jx^S at our door practices wicked 3 immnraiiPl''^^^"A^^«o^ word Jays condemns SiLny,and Ss thoseSf Af^^^'^^-^^^^^ ' ^^ ^W .vet my Church £ openlv and n^^^S*^^^^^ Chiu-c^ condemns tS in ?hinSlcrp1^L ^*^^ Simony. iM^; tains that during his short Lv it^n^f *^'f 2^ ^^^ P^ ^«v- lecturer main- he saw with his oZem iSS{lai.r''A^''i^'«/-lPid flj«ht through S the churches in R^eCdfite "mT%l'\ ^'^ Z *^« ^^^^ ^^^^ D«m must be blessed with f ^"°"* ^*^*y- What penetrating sight the hiB lect°u?rwtotL^.a^s ^ Men's Christian A««oditio^1n a pnV^^^^^ ^^tT*^ of England YoXng again to hurt the Rev. Dean's teL^rffi i* I *? ^^^ to be obliged ation«. The lecture was rjubfcoS ^fdv^^^^ public were invited, and thrreminf ^r^ T f ^'"^ '° *^« Vmrn: the a fhendly hand, was sent to the n^2 l^u H*"^^' P^'epared evident y by could bJ Ind^d, irwouldb^El^'WV*^^ Young Men's Association Se re "lenLifi^'*^^^ confinecfto the «B«-ecy, nor is he accused of tJo mS m£?v Thf . ^k^^^^^^'Z ^^^^ «f been accustomed to see the columM of fKo.-i ® ^^^"^ ^»^« J«°g since The Church of Inglaaid digS ^^KhS *^^«<«»trover8y originated, which the public Sere ini?ffite?ed 1S^^'*°VA*P^«^ utterlyfalaa I took him to teJk S J^^^t ^"^^^^ *« have known, was ment. that our doctrines and piS^LTiou^^^^^^^^ authoritative docj! uu praciices about indulgences were not what he 38 had erroneously stated. From unquestionable sources on this matter I believe that I have convinced an unprejudiced public that,— ist anrndul- gence is not a remission of sin ; and, 2nd, that indulgences are not adver- tised for SALE m Rome, nor with the, sanction of the Church in any other part of the known world. To prove my statement I referred the lecturer to our approved catechisms, prayer books, theological and controversial works —in fine, to the teaching m the pulpit. All to no purpose. My obstinate opponent, unblushmgly, and in the broad light of noon, re-asserted in his tormer letters the statements contained in his lecture. In support of his assertions he did not disdain to have recourse to the weapons usual with the assailants of truth— distorted and mutilated texts, apocryphal works sou- nous productions. To the illustrious society founded by Ignatius is some- times attributed the immoral maxim that the end justifies the means The privilege to act upon it is reserved exclusively for the enemies of the Catho- lic Church. With them every means is justifiable, provided it attains the end aimed at, namely, to villify, to misrepresent and to render odious — * rom Luther s day to op own the enemies of the Church have never dared to attack It openly and in the face. They must first build up a phantom, the work of their own imagination, and then assail it with all the zeaf that a holy horror of Popery may inspire, I am glad to perceive, in this day's letter, that the Rev. Dean has ffef\^-'' w*'''' ^1*^J ^' °^ ^«"««^ °^*i"t^n« the unfortunate? tions of his lecture. I beg to congratulate him on his happy conveS in thus acknowledgmg the error of his ways. Better late than n^er' However, many will entertain serious doubts^^a^ to the genuineness ?f the change. Whether it be sincere, or owing to the impossilriSrof mlintjtin iJL^'/T'" ^""°^' f^ P"^^^^ °i^y J"^g«- The rev. lector noToS?r treads on the very unsafe ground of the remission of sin, of SeeS fl'S^f *^' T^' ^^-^^y he launches out on the broad and boSS domain of general discussion. The public will readily admitXt I am3 bound by any rule of controversy to follow, in his eSwSei a f^'y f'^^^^^^K^^oJ^ abandoned the field and sSnk SfSis own vantage ground. However, I am willing to grant him this on^e a P^rtmljr^utgence, aJid hmnor him, by cahnly disSngT^th him Siie of the many topics alluded to in his letter of this day. iinf'te w^7M'T*T^l*°\^^"««^t'"«** fro»n a certain Virgilius not the bara of Mantua, but the other— Polvdore Mpndnv Tn,! ♦! i„ ' axe regaled by a long quotation from wSfc^^^e ^4^ ^Ws ^ call him Catholici You must pardon me if I Jut hS! too o^n Ihe S S And poor Galileo— apropos of indulgences— see what a touchine mrn- graph he comes m for. To be sure, true literary and hbtoScnS have placed the stoiy of GaUleo's wrongs in thei^ tme St aS a^hS would now blush to repeat the fable of his sufferings L SlS^^^^^^^ weK'ir*^?- ^^'J?^*"J7r? r*^^^ «^ his con^nation a?e n^w well known. It is ascertained that he was c( ulemnedTnot for beinir a tf ^'rr'!L!^'^J7^^3±'>^Jh^^«}^ not for thai h" ^4d fi^^^:th^ iTScSt^ind'i^? ' uZdhii^^Si^^h'' '^' ^'r% ?^*/««°^« ofS fn Jain™ he told by Cardmal Bellarmme, his friend, to leave theology to thwe 39 mvamwas he advised to MtjihiiBi, \L • Vc Pj^ "^*^"°° '° *he sun; cited, what words could exwSrvZrhnr^rft^^^^^^'^-^'^y'''''''^^''- th»t chureh which changes its formularies, whose docSS of StS presence^ I fin^ aL there^Sterll^^^^ ?^*^*""' «^ ^^^ ^«al heLT lie How fflt^l^^W- But ao, the BeFnTZtki^l the ^liglish fXS^ lohg^^^^^^^ "? .^*^,^«^'^• He found horred the massf^d^^^Woly water t^^^ ^f Purgatory, ab-, Briton would allow hii/to & Iprfnided the^eAdtft Vl'liM ^'"^ ^ere repealed accordingly, the fathers off Hp Tm1^3 C '^^® doctrines Dpan vm rYn,nr!.j,^ ^^l^giu say mass and hear confessions? No Mr decline entering onrdTscSi^o73^S^Hi^?;.„t^S^^^^ "«' *^-' '^ ^ in my'K^ IS'KLI' vnr^ powerWuse I freely admitted, of etenS fustfni T& .1% ^nt^'H ^^^ ™^^ according to the laws oi eiernai justice. The C/atholic Church teaches with St Pai,! L tZl tfew:.r^^-% ^^--l"^"^ resistit potesta^'^&c , " He wh^^^^^ hSmX^^dSS'aW' ''trrul'P' ^"* % ^^« re^ p'oSe for SLl' K'^*^°"' ^'^^ suffe^Whalthe'S^^Sllte'^rSiSTJhe wS theviTldTr'I!:^^^^^ Q"««^ SbethlrdCrom' weu, they wouldliave needed no encouragement from Popes to Lt off the 41 I have the honor to be, with much respect aiid gratitude, Your obedient servant, St P.f.,' nu . T , '^■^- BRUYERE, V. G. bt. 1 eter s Church, London, June 1, 1869. From the London Free Press, June 5, 1869. CORRESPOBTDEAfCE 0\ IXDlJLOEivCES. To the Editor of the Free Press. Gtu t.. „ 1 i. '^'^^ Rectory, London, June 4th, 1869 tocom^^^wi h^tiX^^^^^^^ this morning that you intend the whole of fcKSiondiicron ^S, ^ '^^''^fi' ^^ V^mphht form, ino8t happy to liearTri be Wp it J^^^^^^'^'f'} H*« '^Y *hat I am' show tlie public that f Lvi Zf 7^V^ productive of much good, and from Roiircathoic authoritL tt 11^'"^"^^ "P^- ««aiitkted taken than the one f «taTed n?^l^T ^ ^^^f""^- ^^^ °*her view being s,.o*.,™ '"" , "'U'"*' .^, stated. Our warfare is not with mpn hut «,;♦!, *\!t reJoSk " ^""'^'^ "'""^■^''' ''' ^hichitsindividuarmembers'arrnot I am, Sir, Yours very truly, I. hellmuth: 42 From the Daily Free Press, June 9, 1869. C0RRE§P01VDEMCE ON INOrLOEIVCES. To the Editor of the Free Press. Dear Sir —In answer to your enquiry whether I would approve of yourpubhshing in a pamphlet form, the controversy lately carried on be- nS; ?°-.^®"^v"*^^'*,?'??.^^^' ^ ^" "^y that I have not the least objection to it. Ihe Catholic Church and her svstera can bear investiga- 'taon, andaee not aMid of light. Ignorance and bad faith are the only foes *^ w !^\' • ""^T^? *h^ '^°« ^y stating our doctrines, and unmask the ?J?f '!r.*H^?^';.*h.l''?r^"^^^*®"''^^» and contradictions of our opponents, IS the duty of the Catholic controveraialist. Thecour«eipuMued.by;the rev. dignitary of the Church of England, in the controversy about Indulgences, is in keeping with the tactics of all the adversanesof BMne during the last three hundred years. In their insane hatred for evet^hmg CatMic, they first set up a phantom of their own imagmatiomiand then attack it with a blind zeal, prompted by the worst passions. Ll3t mey«?j.:^8jjan«, suggest to our opponents, whoever they may be, it thev wish to arrive at a correct view of our teaching and prac- tices, to consult .first our Catholic standard works, and then assure them- selves that they dcreally know and understand the Catholic system It the correct statement of our doctrine fails to convince them, they wiu not, on that account, be ill-treated or abused by us. We are in duty Dound to re8i)ect honest convictions, however erroneous we may consider them. But, m the name of justice and common sense, let them cease to cnarge us with practices and doctrines which we abhor. This is but ius- tice and fair play. Let us have them. I have the honor to be, dear Sir, Your most obedient sei-vant, J. M. BRUYERE, V. G. St. Peter's Church, London, June 8, 186.9. ! % ' ■ ( ^