An Epistle -of the P-ope L-e-o-on the Presefvati-on -of East-ern

"Besides all these measures andnances, we a:;,'e anxious, as alreadytioned, that schools and seminaries, b'clesiastical and secular, should be eed in such Eastern cities as may tJbest adapted to the purpose, for' (of training young natives to becomeministers of the Church according/ancestral rites. In pursuance of 'th(which must be ,of the greatest bthe Catholic faith, we have deter"appropriate large sums of monev, t"hope, contributed 1'y Catholic' ,'d'For it is well known that the mi "of native priests, more acceptable aconvenient, can produce better rethose of strangers, as we have ademonstrated in our encyclic, ,isyear, on the institution of the ecclschools in Eastern India.

"There is no d(mbt that theof a youthful native clergy, co~d

this manner,. will increase thChristians' respect for theologicalhlical studies; the study of ancienwill flourish equally with thatlanguages; the wealth of doctrinrature, with whi,ch their Fatherswriters abound, will become mospread, to the general benefit ofall this will lead to the desirablthat the Catholic clergy, being pin' knowledge anu a shining examplduct, will more easily incline theient brethren to return to the embtheir mother (the Catholic Church)the clergy will apply to this enheart, f.heir active efforts, and willgether in brotherly love, surely,help and grace of God, that mostous day shall rise, when all shall"unity in the faith and in the know

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II3,l1;aHHaJI B'I> 1894 ro,ll;y IIanOH JIbBOM'bXIII aHU;URJIIII<a "Prreclara gratulationis" II

06pam;eHHaJI R'b rocy,ll;apJIM'b fI: BciM'D Hapo­,lI;aM'b C'b IIp1I3IUBOM'D R'b COe,ll;IIHeHiIO C'b PHM­CI{OIO IJ;epROBoIO, He OCTaJIaCb B'b CBoe Bpe­MJI 6e3'b HU,lI;JleiRam;ei:i RpllTlIqeCRo:tt OTrrOBT.­,lI;1I co CTOpOHhI oOrOCJIOBOB'b IIpaBoc.lJaBHOnU;epKBrr. MeiR,lI;y TT.M'b, ,lI;pyra.rr ero 3HIJ;1lI{JIll­Ka, 113,l1;aHHaJI B'b TOM'b iRe 1894 ro,ll;y, OICO­xpaHeHill BOCTOqHIUX'b 06PR,lI;OB'b OCTaeTCJIem;e HerrepeBe,ll;eHEiOIO n 6e3'b D03paiReHin.I1cTopi.rr rr051BJl8HiJI 3TOH nOCJlT.,lI;H8it 3Hu;n­RJIlIKlI CJIT.,lI;YIOm;aJI.' TaR'b RaR'D B'b 3HIJ;H­I<'JlIIKT. "Prreclara gratulationis" nalla JIeB'bXIII TopiKecTBeHHo 061>m;aeT'b, 'ITO, B'b CJIy­qa'B coe,ll;I1HeHiJI rrpaBOCJIaBHhIX'b BOCTOqHIUX'bHapO,ll;OB'D C'b PUMCKOIO u;epKOBbIO, Hll llX'b06pJI,lI;IU, Hll llX'D OOhIqalI, HlI ,lI;aiRe npaBa!IX'b rraTpiapXUB'D He OYAyT'b-,lI;e :JI3M1meHIUBJlE[ HapymeHIU, HO Bce OCTaHeTCJI no npeiR­HeMy H no cTapoMy, TO, Ha 6DlBIIIeU'D BCIW­pT. nocJI<fl ll3,l1;aHiJIBhIrneynoMRHyToH 3Hu;rr­RJIHKII 0 coe,.a;IIHeHilI IJ;epI<.Beii PlIMCIWM'D co­6opT. yHiaTCl"rrX'D BOCTO'fHbIX'b lIaTpiapXOB'D,'3TH noc.lJ-BAHie, HeO,ll;HOKpaTHO 06MaHyTIUeTaKliJliHI 06'I3111;aHiRMII PIIMCKJifX'D naIl'!>,' BOC­IIOJIh30DaJlIICl> ,lI;aHHUM'b yA06HhlM'b CJIyqaeM'DIT P-BIIIIIJIIICh BbIl1POCllTb ,lI;JlJI ce6JI y "CBR­

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IIoCJIaHie pHMCRaro IIailLI JIbBa XIII 0 one spirit" (Ephes 4, 4).coxpaHeHiH BOCTO'l{HLIX'I> 06PJI,lJ;OB'I>. "We do not doubt but that our vener-

.lowl> elIllCKOI1'h, paol~ paOOB'b BoadllX'b, able brethren, the Pati'iarch~, Arch1ishops,1;11''1''1> cie lIocJIaHie Ha BiqHyIO naMRTb. and Bishops of whichsoever Eastern Catho-

rZ~OcTonHcTBo BOCTOqHbIXb n.eprmeIt, il0A- lic rite, out of the filial love which theyrI:l~pil'AnmlOe rJIy60Iwii ;.t;peBHOCTbIO II 3a- bear to the Apostolic See and to our own(',lriI\UllaIOJJ~eC BCfTKarO yna~KeHiR, COCTaBJIJI- person. as also out of solicitude for their1'\",. ]lO BceJ1'b xprrcTiaHCItOM'b Mipi Ope,l.J,MeT'b churches, will accept reverently and obedi­1H',JIII\Oll CJIanbI II IlOtIlITaHi.H. LIo Bo)[i Bce- ently all the things we have decreed, gen­6,I:ll'Ol'O IIpoMhICJIU B'b JIOHi BOCTOqHbIX'b erally and singly, and will sedulously at-,'\I'I'I\BCiI IlO;3Hlll~JIO 11 6mcTpo pacllpocTpaHII- tend to the observance thereof by those,1')('1. TUIIHCTBO IIcl<YIIJIeHiJI, ;.t;aBInee B'b HIIX'b whom it conerns.1l11('1,]lJ,IC U;BiT~ CJIaBHbIX'b anOCTOJIJ>ClUIX'b "For the abundance of the fruits which,rl;lIIilfi, 1I1ytleHHt18CTBa IT CBJITOCTII II rrpn- we may look for,' indeed confidently ex­I!('(~IIIO;) nepBbIe 06HJIf.,Hhle:II CrraCTITeJIbHbte pect, from this ordinance, chiefly dependslI.fO'\!>!. on the zeal of ·those who represent our

H:l'I, 3TIIX'I, u;eplweil y;.t;llBIITeJIhHhlM'b person in the Ohristian East. We therefore1~,ip:I:IO~rL pas"lIJMICb ,l.l;aJIelW MHol'iJI OJIara most urgently recommend the ApostolicIIfI HI~'n Hn.P0,D;bI B'b TO 'BpeMH, I{Or,l.l;a O)[ameH-' delegates to see that proper respect be paidHI,lil ITOTp'f> , BmKAh AnocTo.7IOB'h, oTllpaBHJI- to the rites handed down to those com­I'll Yl111'lTOilmTh sa6JIYiKAeHi.a IT UOpOKII, ne- munities from their ancestors; to render due"('lll'Cll C1> c000n, uo BO.1[1. BOiI,ien, CBTIT'b honor to the authority of the Patriarchs andI!I'Iiulmoi} lICTilHbI, EBuHreJIie Mllpa II CBO- cause, others to do likewise; and, in theirlio,lY XpllcTony Bb lI,apcTByI01II,ifi: ropo,lI'b- official intercourse with them, to bear inl'II~['b. mind the Apostle's precept: "in honor pre-

U0003'b1I3BicTHO, QTO pIIMClmJI I~epKoBb, ferring one another" (Rom. 12, 10); to showIl;lllfll\:l BWllXb OCTa)[bHhIX'b IwpRBeii, co Bpe consideration and goodwill to the Bishops,"I"Il'I. aIIOCTO.71bCKITX'b OI«l.SblBa)[a BOCTOlIHhIM'b the lesser clergy and the people, beingIll'I";Ba:m, llOtIeT'h II 60JIbllIOe paclJo.1[QiKeHie animated by the same spirit which filled/I 1;1> CBOIO Otrepep;b 1I0JIb30Ba.JIUCb IlOJIHbIM'b the Apostle John when he sent his Apoca­110 VlllIIcHieM'h C1> nx'b CTOpOYLr. II B'b CJIi. lypsis to "the seven churches' which areI\-/'lll\iii BpeMeHa, He CMOTpJI Ha paSJIlItIHblR in Asia", with the greeting: "grace be unto1"'liUh!Ir,[JI C:\IYTbI, pHMcI<Un I~eprwBb HIlKor. you, and peace, from Him which was, and::1 1ft' llepecTlwaJIH. 3a60TIITbCJI 0 BOCTOq. which is, and which is to come" (Revel. 1,:II.I\I. l\cpKUaX'IJ II OIOl.SblBaTb IIM'b o.mroA1>. /4); to prove themselves on every occasion

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nx'b OT'b IIoril eJIIl,O coxpaHeHlII OCTaBflBIIIl1X- cause of the unity between the EnsCJ! 1l0.n;~IlIHeHHIJ1HI eli J2[ BosBpam;eHiII y.n;a- churches and the Church of Rome. 'JIRBIlInXCJI OT'b HeR. IS the centre of that unity and love.

:MaJIo Toro, pH1iICRaJI I1,epROBI> Bcer.n;a ."Let all Latin priests, as many aCTapUJIaCI> coxpaHJ!TI> B'b lIenpI2IROCHOBeHHo-CTII nprrcym;ie BCRROH: BOCTOtIHOH oom;I2IHi laboring in those parts for the eternalOObltIaU II 06PJ!.n;bI II ocooeHHo T'£ rrs'b HfIX'b, vation of souls, inspire themselves

these same feeliuoO's, and act in theROTopble OHa npfISHaBaJIa sa corJIaCHIJe C'I> cated manner, conformably to our eRUHOHlltIeCIWMI2I npaBIIJIaMII. AORu3.uTeJII>- .atlOns and commands: and there caCTBOM'b oTOMy CJIYjRaT'b MHOl'OtIIICJlCHHLIR My­,n;PbIJI noc'J;'aHoBJIeHiR HUIlIRX'b npe.n;IlIecTBen- doubt that, if they labor in strictHlIIWB'I> , 1I B'b ocooeHHocTlI OJIaa{8HHLIJI na- ence to the Roma;n Pontiff, God wilMJ!TII Ilia IX, a TaR:lRe I2I "KoHrperaIl,iI2I pac- their efforts with ample success.rrpocTpaHeHiJI CB. nf,pbI". "It is therefore our will and 0

TaRoBuJI jRe pOBHOCTb rro6Y~R,n;aJIa 1I mand that all the things decreed, dHaC'b co BpeMeHII BCTyrrJIeHiJI HaIlIepo Ha and ordered in this our epistle, brrepnoc:i3J1m;eHHIItIeCRifr rrpeCTOJI'b C'b' BeJIII- ably observed by all whom it CRuM'I> BHIIMUHieM'b 06paTIITb BSOpbI Ha xpn- Nor rp.ay the saine be questionedxpncTiaHCldJI OOm;IIHbI BocToRa. MbI IIOCnT.- or infringed for any cause whateIIIIIJIH nOCBBTlITb Bce Harne BHllMaHie ,n;JIJ! even on account of any privilegoOJIerqeHiJI HX'b HeBSPO.n;'b II 6T.,n;cTRiil H B'b del' any other color '01' pretence. BIIOCJIT..n;YIOm;ee BpeMH MR He npeMlIHyJIlI BOC- ordinances are to take full and intnOJII>SOBaTbCH ,n;pyrIIMIil CJIyqUHMlI, 'llTOObI fect. unhindered even by ApostoliBT,ICH.a3aTb lIM'.b Harne HBHoe paCIIOJIOjReHie. ings, though issued by general or locH-CI'CusaTb no-rrCTIIHT.-HIItITO HaC'b TaI'C'b He cils, or any other statutes, evenIIHTepeCOBUJIO 1I He lIHTepecyeT'b 1I RIltITO supported by Apostolic confirmationMhl He c~mTaeM'b OOJIT.e CBJlm;eHHbIM'b ,.,n;OJI- customs or ordinances--which wel'OM'b HamI1M'b, ImI{'b coe.n;uHeHie BTIIX'h BT.- by abrogate and desire to be and repyIOm;nX'b ,C'b aiiOCTOJIbCRIIM'T> npeCTOJIOM'b r?gated, specially and expressly, as(pIIMCI-aIM'b) II IIp06Y~R,1I;eHie amBoii, ropJltIeii smgl;y and verbally mentioned in tB'£pbI B'b lfX'b cep.n;U;ax'I> .n;JIR Toro, ~IT06bI OHn: sent epistle, no matter who mayano BceM'b T10JIb30na.rIlICb CBRTOCTbIO r1 CJIa. position to it. -Boii CllOIIX'b rrpe.n;KOB'I>, rro.n;pmKaJ£ IlX'b UpII- .":"e also desire that all copie:r.rIrpy. II HaM1, HT.CIWJlb~O y.n;a.JIOCb rrOMOtJI> prmtea ones, of the present epistle,3TIIM'b :o;eI)l{Ba:M'b. TaR'I>, HanpnM1>p'I" MbI ed by our Notary, and if the seaOCHOBH.JfII B'b oTOM'b Cal\IOM'b l'npo.n;'£ (PrrMT.) person invested with proper eccles',n;ll't limO.JIhI ,ll;,J.W oopa30BHHiJI I~.1JIIPOB'b apMRH- authority be affixed thereto, beClwro II J\;rapo HIlTCI{arO, a B'b <DU.JIIUmOIlOJI'.n th: sa~l~ credence as would be giIf A,n;piaHollo.JI't ytIpe,ll;II.llII ,J;Ba .n;yxOBHbJX'b thIS ongmal epistlb itself. .YlIll.rIlIlTl;,}, .n;Jl.H 6oJlrap'b, a TaI~iI{e pT.rnn- "Given at Rome, from the Vatic.!IllCI, B03CTHHOIHITh lJIIW.J]Y cn. JI 1> Ba B'b the 30-th day of November' of theAomD1X'I,. 1894 from tIle Inc t' f 0~ .' arna 1011 0 Ul' Lo

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Anyone not familiar with the subtl,methods of the Roman Curia may possibl~

imagine, on reading this, epistle, that i'guarantees. entirely and forever, the inviol·ability of the sacred rites and patriarchalrights of the various Christian communitiesunited to Rome, against any attempts atlatinisation or attacks on the part of papallegates and the numerous varieties of Latinpriests and monks, But is it so in reality?We will not bring out here the long seriesof historical facts which prove to evidencethe flimsiness and fallaciousness of papaldeclarations and promises even more solemnthan these, in the matter of preserving intactthe local usages, rites, and even dogmas pecu­liar to churches which have become "united"to the Roman Church. To become convinc­ed of the fallaciousness of such promises, itis enough to read with attention this epistleof Pope Leo XIII, in which he, on one hand,forbids his legates and monks to interferein futU:re with the church affairs of theEastern Christian communities subject tothe papal See,-and, on the other hand,permits and' authorises those same Latinlegates and monks to conduct the educationof native children and youths~.. Anyonewho knows anyt.hing at all about the methodsof instruction followed in Latin schools willeasily see that this prohibition to monksand priests to interfere in local church af­f<.lirs amounts to nothing compared to theauthority given to the same monks to con­duct the schools. Who does not know thatall young people who have received theireducation in Latin schools, com 9 out ofthem more Latin than the real born Latins?'What is the SE;nse, then, of this papal epistle,when it gives into the hands of Latinpriests and monks the most important thingof all-the bringing u~ of the young gene­ration? True, the epistle imposes upon theseLatin priests and monks the obligation tosee that those who study in their schools

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be brought up in the spirit of the ritand usages accepted in their communitieBut who shall stand security that the Latin priests and monks--more especially thJ esuiLs--will forevermore and invariablobserve this ordinnnce of the aged. p()PLeo XIII? vVhy, eve1'Y community, at ttime of its first "joining the Roman Churreceives from the popes solemn declaratioand written promises, to the effect thatits rites and usages, and even doamas sh

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be left absolutely unchanged: and yet ipartial history shows that not one ofcommunities which have been "united"Rome has been able to preserve itsand usages, or even dogmas, frominfluence. The professor of the St. Petburg Theological Academy, A. P. Lopuis perfectly right when he says, in hisply to the Pope's encyclic, that histor~;

this respect (i. e. as regards the solassurances of the Pope of Rome concerthe preservation of their rites and cusby the communities which are unitethe Roman Church), presents evidencetangible to allow of any importance ~

ever being attached to flIi} such assuraIt is enough to call. to mind the violewhich signalized the most unfortu."Union" in Western Russia, when theunscrupulous, indeed one might say jme~t, latinization. strove to destroy in'mIdst of the Umate communities thetraces of their Greek ritual, and evetheir Russian nationality. Such latinjzis going on to this day in \Vestern RUBA~d as though in n:ockery of the proteatlOns uf the encyclrc, the Jesuits in Galiviolently force an enLrance into Russian mnasteries, those historical strongholds of tGalician people's religious and national consousness, and tun: them into hearths of t~atin.o-Polish propagaNda. All this, we sayIS .bemg do~e before our eyes--truly, sl1f:nClent securIty for the sincerity of the

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"","t', 110 c,10J3a~I'b OTJ.l;eB'b IJ;epKBII, SUl'ances given by the "Vicar of Almighty,,, "",':, ;~: ;1,11, IIC:lJ:\IOrdmell,'b ;.I;aBrr,n;'b, ro- God on earth"...~,\; , ': ;" [I'T;l JlnpMJ~a o,n;ecHylo Te61> , B'b But, apart from the promises concern-

,:"i.l;lIIIClIblX'f), o,n;1>,5IHa npeYKpa- ing the preservation of local rites and usa-7t.' ,s \ ges, the papal epistle holds out the pro"

mise to safeguard the rights of the UniatePtttriarchs and Bishops against any attacksor encroachments on the part of Latino·Roman legates and nuncii. But, if Pope LeoXIII has roally determined to restore andconfirm the rights of the Uniate Patriarchsand Bishops which have been trampled un­derfoot by his repr~sentatives in the East,--if he really considers those Patriarchsand Bishops as being such in very truth--de facto-where is the sense of his ap­pointing any Latin Bishops and even Patri­archs at all for the Syrian communitiesunited with the Roman Church, when eachof them already has its own native Patri­arch or Bishop? If all that these LatInPatriarchs and Bishops are appointed for isto look after the spiritual needs of variousforeign Catholics--German, French, Italian,etc.--residing in Syria, and not to managethe church affairs of the Uniate commun­ities and restrict the rights and dignityof their native Patriarchs and Bishops-­then those foreign Catholics, if they do notwish to be subject to the native Uniateclergy in church matters (although suchrefusal is contrary to the true Rpirit of theUnion), are free to enjoy the spiritual mi­nistrations of the Jesuits, Franciscans, Do­minicans" Capuchins, or any other of theLatin monks,-of whom' there are ten timesas many in Syria as of foreign Catholic re­sidents, And if the monastic rules of thosenumerous orders do not allow their mem­bers to perform any ministrations for lay·men, would it not be more just for thePope to send over for t.his purpose mereLatin priests, instead of Latin Patriarchsand Bishops-if only out of respect for thedignity of the native Patriarchs and Bishops,

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among many Chr'istian communities in Syria,which, notwith~tanding, are "united" withthe Roman Church. Thus for instance, someof them (the Jacobites, Armenians, Copts),hold the false doctrine of Jesus Christ'ssingle nature; others recognize two naturesin Him; some confess two wills in Christ,others (the Maronites), only one; some holdto the Nestorian doctrine on Christ (theChaldmans); others repudiate it; some a.gainaccept the addition Pilioque ("and from tIl)Son") in the Creed, while others reject it;some (the Armenians), admit the use ofunleavened bread in the Sacrament of theEucharist, while others condemn it; someapprove the marriage of priests; others for­bid it; others again turn their churchesfacing the East-or the West,--or indiscri­minately, North or South, etc. etc... Andin spite of all these contradictions in riteand dogma, all these communities are ac­counted men; bel'S of the Church of Rome,because they acknowledge the supremacy ofthe Pope over them! What is this, if not apatent proof that the Popes of Rome thinknothing either of church rites or of the funda­mental Christian dogmas, in comparison withthe dogma of their own supremacy, inventedby themselves?!..

Then let the Popes write and publishas many encyclics and epistles as theyl'lease--they nevcr will be able by suchmeans to bring the East,ern Orthodox. Churchinto subjection to their authority. The 01'­thodox Church was, is, and will be for' alltime the One Catholic, Holy, ApostolicChurch, against which not only the Pope'sscheming, but not the gates of hell itself,shall prevail.

A1'chimand1'ite Rcl}Jhael.(From "Faith and Reason" 101' 18.98).

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