Clerical Control in Quebec (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Clerical Control in QuebecAnother doctrine that has received expression from time to time is that of the supremacy of the church over the state. The Church is not only inde pendent of civil society, we learn from a pastoral letter issued by the hierarchy of Quebec in but she is superior to it because of her origin, her comprehensiveness, and the object which she sets before herself. On the occasion of Bishop Bour get's jubilee in 1876 Father Braun preached a ser mon which was afterwards printed by authority. He said:§ The Church is an independent society. Every one admits this principle. The State is subordinate to the Church. The truth is admitted. No one now dares to deny these two Catholic dogmas. But many do not see the consequences which ¿ow from these principles, and dare to doubt them. But the day, we trust, is near at hand when governments, repudiating their errors, will at length recognize the truths proclaimed by the First Council of Quebec. The Church herself enacts ecclesiastical laws, without any recourse to the State, and it is the duty of the State to recognize them and submit to them. The Church may, whenever she thinks proper, require from the State a civil sanction for her laws.The State does not enact the law, nor does it discuss the same, that is beyond its jurisdiction. The preacher concluded with this summary of his princi ples: The supremacy and infallibility of the Pope, the independence and liberty of the Church, the subordination and submission of the State to the Church, in case of con¿ict between them, the Church to decide, the State to submit. For whoever follows and defends these principles, life and a blessing, for whoever rejects and combats them, death and a curse. In other words, the ecclesiastical authorities'About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.