Show THE POWER OF THE POPE monsignor capel it celebrated prelate prel ditc itc tint of 0 tile alc roman church recen preached a 1 I do i sermon in bal I il iino rei on oil the mid authority of 0 tile alio pope ing 19 an ill extract from a synopsis of liis his sc se ns as to rc ported in ili tile new york Ifer Ite rall auld 7 1 lie preacher aured that hit rif all still joan or nr mealon nili or juri billAlon Is lit in the alio I ope as voister ator in III A n no hence it descends desce matellas pa tellas achs bad in parata tests to the lite 0 luo lupu I 1 i sacerdotal onil arid power nil ai all other pi r tests ies anil and bishops I 1 Kc to hall liis liow bow ever what they isido am 0 not the apostolate rn in him ii 1 concentrated the apostolic in ill its in ho I 1 Is sitio licence bead ut if ilia Churk liL rit sn picnic ia lk atle nl falm alge fit 11 church k causes supreme teacher len glicr lit ill all matters of faith conal and Dior noorali nii to io total it apper to cu oko ocr councils iiii to revise tied anil to fink their he it is who alone ran call proclaim i decresce tor fat lite ho u ila lioan llo lie cin can decide rod lit iri mattare of POOL laid corials mo rials al jfe has bin 1111 lie lirine power ith happie or of thern ot of their AT al office in 1 a I doril the elio ape his li is a over the angole CREW cann laid aim 1 ELIO aulcie moral and ol ikler hitti the abrl 1 do the channels of irn convy convey tile water of 0 lite ikc to the la illien ol of lite alic church in this aty cabb fels feels tile action of ebli supreme ile bower or in ins his oun oll life hc aleis lie AS ln in directly dirc in contact hiie rope and in u a real re al social gemalee sense feela ana calls caits like pope holy father I 1 abc be tight reverend lien argued ucil that iliac these ca appertain ollie alope becan e bels climis the le bucce or to ill bt b berer to they diore given tor for the very cry ami of the church on oak earth it II vai olgea tha tile the the epistles red tile the aits acts of the ilia apostles an anivol ut of 0 K lor for the Iri inacy red and of peter IN licit dmd nn nil over li elming foice for no other doctrine of the Cli coil cougil more liter and stronger stio sti ncr evidence be ad ducca faced here is if it a concise statement of coners and authority claimed bythe pope of and for him liviu by the clergy 0 of the roman catholic clit boldly still ami 1 n illious apology or hesi tany tamy is lie he held forth to the abc world as the vicegerent of god land the source from vi hence issues nil all earthly cart lily official and doctrinal authority in matters of religion and sill aaion in this aliis age ascot of witnesses ibe odthe ot ibe grasp on oil tile minds ot of men melt religious religions it systems have held for ages tile preaching of 0 such it akermon as that of copel in an to american city fall an event a little out ott of lie order and the fait fact that the dogmas therein presented by hin him ire arc rapidly gaining ai ninn adherents among tile skeptical call irreverent people of tile united states is certainly surprising alic catholic Cli chiordi is today to day ilay how bov ocler c er the strongest of nil tile the so called christian sects not only in numbers but in the halki it has upon tile the minds and hearts of its and the control it exercises over their no actions eions tile vatican today to dayis day is tile hie seat scat of it a power that ali it the respect recipe ct 0 of every potentate in tile the 7 w orld antl that holds more than one mighty ruler rotor in fear if not in dicarl the strength of tile the C catholic church lies mainly lit in three of its most prominent characteristics first the loftiness boldness and persistence I 1 vilh ith I 1 which it puts forth its bahns infallibility second the of its organization and the cuu thaD c of its ils doctrines third the alic fact act that it is tile aldust of 0 all tile lie so go called christian sects the lesson which lite hie catholic Calli olic church tOn teaches clies to lo the world is 19 th that at any system of 0 reli iou to toe lie able to vi withstand Ith stand tile the mutations of time and gain anil and maintain a control over the minis min mini Is lj hearts anil and actions 0 of fuel must be hold bold and unflattering lit in its principles slid ami doctrines thorough and detailed in its organization tiou nud and possessed of 0 some argument or proof by which to con com itice the bearer that it possesses divine authority to administer in spiritual things because they are laic lacking king in ill these characteristics most ol of tile the protestant sects in the world are arc loosing ground TIO the principle reason for their decadence is the constant modifications and fill changes that thai are arc W taking I 1 in pl ice in their creeds it is I 1 lite for inan mankind Lind to repose a 1 I I 1 I 1 brinan crinan cut and its in a system of religion which is y altering altery ili e its creed and ami this one enc IN 0 3 knobs to in is sit n 1 C lout to aci oin their complete liolin ti con ou in course of time all inan fl ell recognize the lit fitt that truth is 13 im final a ithan geskin a I 1 tarcil re it 11 to till an that dial tile creed waa ivas dot true anal cleates tile serious doubt that it il still ilia may not lie ice protestantism is replete vi is ith ill error but it il admits of a liberty among time its vot votaries aries to discover lisco vcr and point out its arrora err orti hence the confusion doolit treated in its hoase hobt EqUi squally llly great are the errors of the catholia Catli oln system lna but it admits iuliu ita of no among its ita fullow ers tile alicy y dare nol lit in the light and 11 hatli jill aliv lie pori erg of that ili iii bolh ence the hit creator tills lim endo voke I 1 I 1 lliam top D ith the doctrines they are arc required to li clieve ami nil obey unit anil thus harmony of faith is preserved among the lliam file dofter dett rines bics ot of the catholic do not tha change of tile them ore not tolerated their stid ll Y 1 las I ninilo dc till them the next best substitute for truth find and tile evidence true or false tile pope loic receives lim islas through au all unbroken success succession 1011 reaching linck bak to st peter is the basis lii for 1 1 I claim on the aiom join siga go of I 1 aich no protestant sect cari can attack I 1 fl without its ovin irence the uncompromising claims anil and the bold arrogance orro gance of fill mother church luence her bir strength heric 0 her liou hold upon tile respect of tho most circle and intelligent as is ns As the hobt ignorant mill ami at CIT cil among tile 0 nations mid and hence her nil anta C oi ocr cr her tel relic I 1 lions daugh daughten tel S tile uit sec 9 that have sprung from lice |