“THE priests are consecrated persons and therefore possess supernatural position and power. Even the angels bow dt before them.
“Any dishonor paid to the clergy is a special wickedness and a sin against the Divine Trinity.
“Should a priest display human weaknesses, it is the duty of the faithful to remain quiet, and to leave such matters to God and to their ecclesiastical superiors.
“Christ would rather permit the world to perish than that the celibacy of the clergy should be abolished.”
The foregoing extracts are taken from a book written by a priest, published by a well-known firm, and circulated with episcopal approbation for the use of Roman Catholics in the bishoprics of Breslau, Cologne, Munster, and Trier.
Excerpt from a volume by Archbishop Katschthaler: —” One may even speak of the omnipotence of the priest, of an omnipotence which is beyond that of God Himself. For the priest, by merely uttering the words ‘Hoc est enim corpus meum’ can compel God to descend to the altar.”
The whole of this blasphemy is taken from the “Christian World” of 19th September, 1913, supplied by its Berlin correspondent.