The Memorial volume a History of the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore Novemb
The Memorial volume a History of the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore Novemb
Simeon Eben Baldwin
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" (Ephes. Iv. ) To them maybe truly applied the words of the Psalmist: "Behold how good and how pleasant a thing it is for brethren to dwell together in unity. " (Ps. Cxxxii. ) The object fi)r M'hich this Council is summoned, as you are well . Aware, is not to formulate new dogmas of fiiith ; for the only doctrine we preach to you is " the faith once delivered to PASTORAL LETTER OF ARCHBISHOP GIBBONS. 113 the saints. " (Jude i, 3. ) Nor will our deliberations have any political significance, si...nce we have no political grievances to redress nor political aspirations to gratify. The Church of God has no direct relations with politics ; political intrigues form no part of her divine mission ; the kingdom of Christ and of His Church " is not of this world. " (John xviii. ) She " renders to Csesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. " (Matt, xxii. ) The enactment of salutary laws for the promotion of piety and sound morals, the correction of abuses, the establishment, as far as practicable, of greater uniformity in ecclesiastical discipline, the development of the Christian commonwealth, the quickening and strengthening of the bonds of charity which should bind us all as members of the Christian family, to our God, and to each other — these are the signal blessings at which we aim in assembling together.
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