The Irish standard., 1890-03-29
CHI ia n III TRUTH I
Our Holy Fathers Admonitio ia
5 the Faithful.


Our Holy Fathers Admonition ia
81 tha Faithful.
The Duty Of All Cath olics to Assist in thu
Overthrow Of Error Every Man Should
Strengthen the Catholic Faith to His
Utmost Ability.
In the Holy Fathers recent encyc-
1ical, he said that nothing is so great
an obstacle to Christian truth as igno-
rance of it. Truth of itself, when
rightly conceived is STRONG for the de-
feat of errors; and if ths impartial
mind, free from prejud Ign nts. weighs
[ truth well, reason itself will command
1 its acceptance. Now the virtue of faith
is great gift Of divine faith and good
ness; but the groundwork of faith can
only be known through the heaaing Of
It. How shall they believe him
when they have not heard ? How
shall they hear without a preacher :?
Il. Therefore faith cometh by hear
ing, and hearing by the word of Christi
from. x. IA, 17)s Therefore since faith
is necessary for salvation, it follows
that the word OF Christ must be
preached.
Now the gift Of preaching. that u.s. OF
teaching, is, by divine law, in the hands
OF the rulers whom '.the Holy Ghost
has placed as Bishops to rule the
Church of God" (Acts Xxx. 28). and es-
pecially of the Roman Pontitf, the
Vicar of Jesus Christ, the Head of the
Church, endowed with supreme power,
the Director of morals and actions.
Nevertheless, let none imagine that
they who have no essen TALLY authori-
tatlve position in the hierarchy are for
hidden to devote themselves to the
same object, especially those who
have received from God the power
often &4there is need these may very
appositely deliver TO others the mes
sages they have received, rejecting,
like glass, the voice of the teachers,
guarding themselves however, from an
assumption Of the duties of authority.
Indeed, the help OF such appeared to
the Fathers OF the Vatican Council so
timely and fruitful, that they judged
it good to make particular request for
it. 1--WE beseech all Christians, es-
pecially those who are in command Or
fultilthe functions of teaching. in the
bowels Of Jesus Christ and We COM
mand them by the authority of the
same God and Our Saviour, that they
devote their zeal and toll to drive
away these errors from the Church,
and to make ready the way for the
light of immaculate faith Moreover,
let every man remember that he is
able, and ought to strengthen the
Catholic faith by the authority of his
example, and to preach it by the consis-
tency of his life. Therefore in the
duties which bind us to God and the
Church, this takes O. chief place, that
the labor OF ali must be called on to
assist, as far as possible, in the propo-
CATION of the truth and the overthrow
OF error.
Now these duties will not be fulfilled.
as whole, and with adyan tage, as they
should be, if some 80 out to battle. in
depently of others. Jesus Christ, in
deed, foreshadowed that the dislike
and hatred of men which he first en-
dured would likewise be directed
against the work founded by him; and
SO that this would hinder many from
fulfilling the salvation obtained by His
goodness. And for this reason he de-
sired not merely to win followers to His
teaching, but to unite them into So
ciety and to welcome them into one
body, which is the Church, (Coloss. i,
And so the life of Jesus Christ
elrculates through the whole frame,
nourishes and upholds the partic-
ular mem bers. holds them in mu-
tual bonds. and directs them to the
same end, though individual acts as
separately accomplished. Thus the
Church is a perfect society, far more
excellent than any other society; but
this is it's duty imposed upon it by its
author that it should fight for the sal
walton of the human race like an
army set in array" This composition
and economy of the Christian. house
hold can in no way be changed; nor is
any man permitted to rule himself by
his own fancy, or to follow any mode OF
defence that pleases him; for he scat.
ters and gathers not, who gathers not
with the Church and Jesus Christ, and |
he most surely strives against God who
labors not with Him and with the |
Church.
Religion In Education.
In Q recent address at Pittsburg,
Father Cleary said that the term non
sectarian schools was a pernicious fall
lacy it only meant another species Of
sectarianism, that OF irreligion. He
did not believe the youth of the land
should be permitted to grow up to be
educated in everything but religion.
The religion that was to be taught
within those walls was no stranger on
American shores. he said. It had been
planted by Columbus, and the numer-
GUS cities which bore names Of Catholic
saints testified TO the zeal of Catholic
missionaries. The danger to American
liberty would never come from Catholic
schools he said, but from those who,
under the specious cry of non -sectarian-
ism, were bringing UP a goddess genera
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