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* tle, they are lost in
. of its own nature leads to irreligion,
sto others the
" CHARLESTON,
B fe reading in
But a tew w GOs g
correrpondent of ours from the West proved through
medium of our colimns that Mr, Wolff was unworthy
credit, and showed from his
was not entitled tomuch respect for.truth or
meanor, . i
HE RESY.
it. An unlettered man
sation advances errors contrary to faith, is not a heretic
Jenene. and requires instruction. , All Heret
in faith, but all those who errin faith
‘They do not deserve that odious name, but from the
nacy with which they support error.
fle, that the Fathers of the Church | bave acquitted
eByy
Cyprian and Firmilian of the crime of Her:
favoured the error of re-baptizing
baptized by Heretics; on the contrary,
natists with Heretics, asthey were infected with
error, t the” disposition to obey
church: in his‘ “is Ep. says,
fend false and perverse,
prepared to be corrected, when they
error, should on
mo ,
Curiosity conceives Heresy
pride brings it forth by its
rations, Let us explain: first, by a spirit
sons wish to be profound, to develope'and subtilize
prehensible mysteries:
impenctrable subjects, they
fundity; they thus advance: in-error. ‘Phoy
authority to return from their ways ;
permit them toretract them; they join the pre of
ion to their error, they’ become Heresia
thus that “Arius, Nestorius, and so many others ‘have
says St. Augustine, " has ever
He that doubts of any
taught or
_
use
ing that tho Church could err in her
be a Catholic, it is * ecoesary to
tho
thero is a slipping path to Deism ;
to follow the thread o
nature, subverts all
they tale away
but flow principles, |
him in religious:concerna,
is‘bound to obey in miatters of doctrine. Heresy,
will be tolerant since
in thé The
the
human soul, caused it to avoid.the
which the disobedience to their
the feet of such aslistoned the innovators. |. ,
In tho aff '
tholic, or Dei } @ reason
she either mt recognise
which infalibly decidos on
son alqne, as his guide. . In the first casb Catholicism
t
UNITED STATES CATHOLIC: MISCELLANY.
he confession of it
sated + Should you prove to.me to-day,
“ that in matters of faith I
man,
Catholic,
will act with me.”
Deism.' It is peculiar to Heretics
the church, They hesitate not
the most dangerous excesses, and to
often more discordant
the church.”
Gregory in of
hag the glorious privilege to
those variations
inner surprised by deathin the midet
o eternal punishment, is not
the samo manner,
is co: ndemned, is not. to pass
judgement of God
* that Delloves not,
modern the calumny; she
eo
and obstinate horctic, who are not converted
death, ©
- Heretics afflict the Church
of their lives. .We can say to one and
the Apostle, You
mong the Gentiles.”
hear and be attentive: * Faith goo
ho, Devils believe and tremble.” And
who havo renounced the teaching authority of
the Church, to run after strange
“
‘may fast,
the
please God.”
salvation ;
virtuously,
but by dying in
faith, or of
merit:
who are
faith ; ‘reflection what
but there is no true pence, but that of
and the peace of jesus Christ consists in
tho Church and of doctrini
it from the Journal ofa of a young lady at
'” nedict, Charlestown, Mass.
on
VOL, Ix.
THE POPE'S. ENCYCLICAL ‘LETTER.
To our Brothers the Patriarchs, Primates, “Archbishe
3s and Bish
Pivs vit Pope—Vencroble Beatin salutation and be.
o church of the Late: ran,
pre Sere of the Pontificat,
t
our hearts to you; venerable brothers,
to assist usin the discharge ofsuch an
However, the consolation which
to
are
our cominon
are
are united
ery