Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1893-12-16
IN ALL IT'S DETAILS
Something Mere About the Latest
Encyclical Of the Pope and the
Causcs For It.
BIBLE PRONOUNCED INSPIRED

In Whole and in Detail, and If Science Is
at Variance With Its Teachings, Then
It Is Science That Is at Fau.t-The Con-
troversy hay Be Opened as Result of
the Document.
ROME, Dec. 13.-The pontiical en-
cyclical upon Bible studies, some de-
tails Of which have already been called,
is attracting considerable attention in
ecclesiastical circles from the fact that
it is a document Of the most capital I'M
portance. The Latin text is very ez-
tended and does not occupy less than 20
columns Of large sized newspaper.
Even from literary point OF view, the
encyclicai has great value, for il is
written in choice Latin of the most ele-
waited tone.
Cause of the Controversy.
In order to appreciate the scoi:e OF this
encychcal, it is necessary to revert to
the causes which have rendered it neces-
sary. This recalls the controversy
caused by pamphlet written by Mgr.
d Eutst, rector of the Catholic institute
of Paris, in which it was sustained that
the points Of the creed Iock which
should be considered as inspired are only
those which concern the dogma and the
articles Of faith. This pamphlet was
written in defense of the do trincs
whie h had already been Iropounded in
the same sense by NJ. Loisy, concerning
the teachings Of sacred books in the
same institute. M. Loisy claimed, in
brief, that the object Of u church is
to teach moral ideas, to turn men to-
wards that which is good, AMI to
conduct him to salvation. In conse-
qucnce, one can accept lis parablas, able
to contribute to spread OF religious
truths and Of morality, the portions of
the Bible which, from the chronological
point of view do not agree absolutely
with historical truth Or scientific truths.
What would it matter, for example, for
us to state that the dalu3e could not
have happened scientifically under the
conditions described in the Bible, so long
as the Biblical description had us re-
suit the improvement of man and the
spread Of morality? It seems useless to
give more development to the explana
ton OF this controversy.
Necessary to Say Something.
It is certain that after the noise which
it made it was iadispol sable that The
pope should pronounce himself e1-
cathedra. Doubt had arisen on the
points Of the Genesis and on moro than
one OF the parts of the Biblical cos
mogony, which are no longer in accord
with physical truth or With scient f.
facts recently acquired. The professors
Of theology exp eriencad the need Of
hearing an authorized Voice which
would Indicate to them the path to fol
low. Msr. d'iIyztst was almost accused
Of ileresy, an judged it advisable to go
to Rome i'll order to plead before the
p,;;a the cause which he sl:taiI.ed il his
pamphlet.
Trsie III Sy..o1e and in Detail.
The pope resolved TO end the debate
by an encycIical, the substance Of which
has already bven cativd. Ee has dissi-
pated all doubts eSp1t ssed by the rector
OF the Catholic Institute OF Paris, Mgr
Hatst. and Ey the professor OF that
institute, II. Loisy, in declaring that
the sacred looks are inspired in the
whole ard ia the detail, and that if, in
certain points, they seem TO be out Ct
accord with scie1:co, tbs is either the
result that these points themselves have
been badly interp. erod OF Til It science is
mistaken.
1t woull not be impossible that this
encyclical viii reopen the controversy