Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-18

strong enough in the faith not to have
MS beliefs perverted by such literature.
itls however his strict duty TO warn
his lamb against the perverse ideas he
may encounter IN It's pages and To pave
the way for the autidote. THUS d.
rector Of conscience, who knows his du.
ties, will permit TO one Of his penitents
what he will sternly refuse to another,
and this because he has closely studied
their personal idiosyncrasies,
! The Index is the continuous work Of
q body known as the Congregation OF
tine Index, AS all know, the Roman
Catholic church is perchauce, the most
] perfect machine that was ever put to-
4 gelher, Its chief engineer may be said 4
1 70 be the ponin, the president Of all /
/ the various congregations, At the |
mead Of such congregation is a cardinal, |
VINO may be named the under engineer. |
Inc work OF these congregations is
continuous and incessant. Its compost
tion is sharply laid down, It's labor
strictly defined so that the whole
mechanism works with the precision Of
q good clock Tho cardinal aud presi-
don't of the Congregation OF the index
receives handsome stipend in return
for his labor, and well remuner-
ated, too are all the mem
bers Of the staff who work
under his presidency aud among
whom he distributes the labor TO be
done. As might be expected, the pro-
lates or priests, who form the Congro-
CATION OF the Index, are selected from
among the best forces OF which that
ancient mechanism, the Roman church,
can dispose, There are chosen TO be
) its members the clorgy who are in
suuV'eu lI sclehct, phlI9soPuy, ms
WrS' t1eoiogy' politlcs' III word
lnose VINO nave received we oest eau
i catlon me semlnarlcs ana catholic unit
NerslVles can ahoru' lot the ilmtleuohs
that Apply to laymen are not always
1 extended 70 those VINO would enter lhe
priesthood, u being helu Wise that
! Ohey shoulu nave knowledge aso re
! galdlng the thoughts OF the unneneVer'
|, ! tney would COMBAT well ms ueauS
e uoT G c-....,....,
ne enlei sea1 % 81 the O9qIngrogatloli .,
!. the Index Is at BONE Here are SEM
Il an Ihe Writings tnat Issue rom thS
y press Inc cardinal receives lhem ana
$ distributes Them Tor examination 70
sueu nehuers u ms alau aS no hHlu la
as most competent 70 report upon tnal
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VI Vhe lhuoouo'7'
al IL may be wondered how the churcl
manages TO hnd readers capaple OF uh
Outstanding any Language whatsoeve
that has printing presses ana product
of human thought But II must p
born in mind that the church possessc
in the Propaganda Eide, an lu5ltu
ton OF a kind no other government Gu
ot boast. In this missionary seminar
~ every human language Is taughV IN
-. studied aud in the propaganda tlu
~ the Congregation oil the lnueN mus
~ potent co-adiutor each time boo
u comes before 1t written In languag
~ unfamiliar tothe regular members
Gu its staff.
~ AS general rule, most OF the en-
,u.s offices OF the Roman Curia are hlieu
"a Italians, but It is not rare 10 hno 10
I eigners forming part Of the Congregt
be tion Of the Index IN that case nov
uo ever, they must reside IN Rome
49," Enemies OF the institution hay
he averrcd that It's decisions are apt 20 I
Nd arbitrary and dictated by the caprice
ar taste OF tho presiding cardinal,
making this assertion however, INC
.ge are in error. The eardinal-presidel
nj is bound, in pronouncing his ludgmen1
3o, by severe regulations laid down I
his Sixtu5 V and modified and eNtende
r l,,9 in the course Of time by his successor
10 and especially by Benedict, XIV ana Ll
Is XII. Further, the Index Is NJ
ne OF the class Of books OF whle
NV new editions are issued iroI
~ time to time. II rather resonI
iIs bles little those account books OF tf
If public debts Of some OF the E9roPea
=, states in which new pages are added
liz old ones but old ones arc rarely ca
nv, celled. No book Is ever moved irol
,"e the Index. circumstance that Leads
~, ~ some curious contradictions us, Tor o
lr ample the prohibition Of the works
y Gaiileo and Loo KITS. enthusiast
,ar praise of the astronomer In one OF n
,er most recent eneyclicals, Obviously
III; IL not forbidden to the faithful to posse
'b the Index for themselves, but this
ne onIv nossible 70 the very rich and
IA those who have much space at the
,e9 djsnosal. for the Index is library OF
MI -. f4.rr nf cat