Show THE PAPAL encyclical the roman pontiff has again addressed an encyclical to the world setting forth tome some reasons why he be various divisions of chr christen dorr should gather under the nea bea i of the catholic church it la Is an document and ad as aa it appeals to the public at large the principles it gets oreb alorth and the arguments based thereon are entitled to some consideration es s eci ally at a time ahn a word from R me ime no longer la Is the end and of all coo con troverse tro verey versy the plea pies for unity of christian churches abu robes IP ifa we believe everywhere felt to be but an if f the fervent desire of all concerned I 1 the cause of the religion of jaous of nazareth we believe that every protestant sect an I 1 all their variations extejt as a result of the endeavors ot of the leaders to lay a foundation of truth on an which all can unite arid ald jf if the efforts at amalgamation have been abandoned at this time that is due t to 0 the fact that most moat of the protestants protestant 8 have arrived at the remarkable belon that the unity already exists although it is 18 an in visible invisible one the argument against thin delusion em aloyed io in the papal encyclical is la unanswerable anew erable the pontiff proves proven that the church la Is visible as aa being a 8 living and organized society animated by the invisible vital principle of supernatural life this lit if be only scriptural Borl plura view of the church T deny it to Is to repudiate holy writ but when big bia boll boldness ness further argues that this visible church now bag baa its ite t embodiment in the organization ot of which he be is the head a remarkable weakness of logic Is displayed in the oret place he say it cannot be doubted from the words of holy writ that the church rests on st peter as a building upon its foundation and in the second place he arrues argues that this character of the foundation with all it implies has been handed banded down to the successors of peter to the present age aee As aa to te tae first of these statements it sh fib uld old no DO longer be necessary to say sap that according to holy writ the chur b never did rest reat on peter nor on any human bei g be his bis position tIon whatever r it may the words in matthew 1618 do not admit of that interpretation intern peter had bad just told bis bin master thou art christ the son of the living god p je us replied that this great truth bid den ien from the world bad been revealed to I 1 be apostle by the father and then continued thou art peter and upon this rook rock I 1 wll will build my church that the words this rook rock d not refer to peter but to the truth re revealed vested to and proclaimed by peter pater Is perfectly clear from the original orle loal christ calls bis big apostle 6 petros 11 1 1 which means a stone but the foundation of the abe church he be calls 61 petra 0 which must refer to something else than ll the two words being entirely different in both meaning and gender any argument in favor of the roman couros built on this text is therefore idle and with wilb it falls the el elaborate borate strub ture of apostolic succession but even it if we be latter could be established this fact would be rather detrimental than otherwise to the claims of rome borne it to la well known that the now new testament writers pro pre diet a time when lo in the very 11 temple of god which if it means anything at 81 all after the destruction of the temple at jerusalem must mean the church the apostollo church there should appear ne usurp ing divine authority aad attributes attribute me ine whom the lord shall destroy at hia elie coming they speak of a long JOOR t me in which the church is ia hidden bidden in the wilderness while the earth to 8 filled with error particular y idol atory off various kinds kinda it would therefore seem that an unbroken historical and at B parent connection with the primi tive live church la Is really against an organization bation ola cis ming the honor what ose else Is ia the logical conclusion from the me many predictions of a terrible 16 that appear on the pages of the NOW new re rea tameni that unity Is ia de I 1 not be denied but bat unity must be established as ae the church io in the beginning wair wa in n the revealed truth that jeani Is ia the son of ef god unity must rest on obe flenoe to him and his hia as given through the instruments he ban baa chosen it will never come as aa a result of submission to frail man nor to doe doc brines trines of merely human origin |