Americanism Versus Romanism
by James L Chapman (9780217773317)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. The Catholics of Louisiana considered as Gallicans?The difference between Gallicans and Roman Catholics clearly stated. In tne Romish Church, as all well-informed men are aware, there are two distinct schools, called Gallicans and Anti-Gal- licans, or Gallicans and Roman Catholics. The first point, however, in order is, why do we consider the Catholics of Louisiana as Gallicans ? Webster defines Gallic thus: " Pertaining to Gaul, now France;" and Gallican, " Pertaining to France." Louis XIV., in 1682, caused the French clergy to assemble in Paris. At this meeting the following propositions were passed: " 1. The Popes have no power from God to interpose, directly or indirectly, in the temporal concerns of princes or of sovereign states. "2. The authority of general councils is superior to that of the Pope. "3. The usages of the French Church are inviolable. "4. The Pope is not infallible in point of faith, unless hia decisions are attended with the consent of the Church." In this we have the creed of a Gallican; and he who rejects it, contending for the temporal power of the Pope, is an Anti- Gallican, or Roman Catholic. Bishop Kenrick, one of the most careful and critical writers of the Romish Church in America, says: " In rejecting the temporal power of the Pope, the court divines of Louis XIV. chiefly rested on the divine right of kings, and their responsibility to God alone."?Primacy, p. 303. Here we have the fact plainly stated, that the doctrine of the temporal power of the Pope was rejected by the Catholic divines of Prance in the days of Louis XIV., 1682. We fondly hope that the Anti-Americans, in their haste to defend the Pope, will take time to see that this is not " a Know- Nothing lie." The following question naturally a...

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