Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-07-03
Patch Grove, June 18th.
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When Protestant writers in, ulcate the
privileges OF reason, or prove the holy lib-
erty Of private judgement, and urge their
followers to read the Bible, they are worthy
Of praise for their consistency; but when
they falsify tic faith and practices Of Cath
olics, accuse us Of crimes we are not guilty
Of, and intrude them on the public as our
real tenets, they sport with the weakness
Of public ignorance and creluIity and dis
play want ofcandor to which wisdom and
consistency object, and such is the charac-
Ter Of your <ProtestanL's" communication,
when he says, Il, and presume all Prot
estants, believe the church of Rome forbids
the Iaity reading the Bible" Are al
ProteStants really as ignorant as your cor
respondent? If so the credulitv of Protes-
tants has no bottom and their injustice no
bounds. Because, whether Catholics read
1.-THE Bible is matter Of fact, therefore easy
Ito be aseertained: the Bible is 10 the hands
of every Catholic who pie ses to procure it ;
the church urges the Iaity to read II; it is
distribu ed gratis to the poor.
When men speak Of fact it would be wise
If they would give themselves the trouble
Ito enquire whether what they say is tre
or not. If Protestants would inquire into
The filth and practices of Catholics, from
the well informed members of our church.
or read The books Of Catholic professors
or if Protes-ants would have the wisdom
TO doubt everything low and ridiculous
| they hear against us they would respect us
and find that they had deceived and a.
bused. After the ART Of printing was in
vented 500 editions Of the Bible or New
Testament was printed and circulated in
Catholic Europe before the nalne Of Protes-
tant was known 10 the world. and more
than 200 Of these editions were in the YER
nacular tongues IF the different countries
10 which they were published and were
accessible to all, and now in these United
States We have nun. rous editions Of the
| Bible ranging IN prices from 81 to $50 to
suit the means Of every one, With regard
TO what you say that "the Protestant
translation of the Bible is the bost and
Ipufest to be found anywhere" [ say in re-
Iply what said before: it is a corrupt and
mutilated copy; it abounds with errors
With were committed by design. aud the
kvangelists did not conceal the treacherv
'of Judas, neither do Protestant Divines
wish to conceal the blunders and frauds Of
the Fathers Of their church. Protestant
Divines Of the highest character. such as
South, Newcone, Wakefield, Belamy and
others, among whom stand CONSPICUOUS
hev. Dr.. Horne, say that ia the authorized
version OF King James errors are frequent
and new translation was necessary. Yet
II is from this version ia which, 10 the nit
igated language Of Protestant Diyines.
'eners are frequent" that the MetlIodists
and the rest Of Protestants collect their re-
llgion. Protestants also reject for apocry-
phal, Tobit, Judith, the rest Of Esther.
Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, Baruch witt, the
Epistle of jeremiah, the Song of the 8
children, the Idol Bell and the Draoon.
The Story of Susanna, first and second
Book Of Maccabees, Prayer Of Manessetb.
third and fourth of Esdras. All these
Protestants have rejected for the canical
books Of the Old Testament. With re
gard to the New Testament, some rejected
the last chapter Of St. Marks Gospel. some
part Of 22d off Luke, some of the be-
ginning Of sthof St. John, others -
tie to the Hebraws s1tharS The =