Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-27
Odd Fellows, Sons Of Temperance
aud Pythians 0straoizea.
THEIR CONDENSATION COMPLETE
Catholics Who join Them viii Be Denied
the Sacrament
The Text OF an Important Eccie-i-
a~ttcAi Document Which HAS Juat
Been Tr"nsmi,,cd 10 the church
In the pnitsd states.

Wilmington. Dec. ss,--Bsliop Curtis
issued the following letter 90 al the
priests IN the diocese OF wllmingtolr
Reverend Father A soon as prae-
ticsblc you will rad on aunday at
least once the following document and
you win. am sure, to the very utmost
of your ability, endeavor 80 procure
from all whom the decree OF tho Holy
See may concern . prompt and loyal
obedience 90 the same decree.
WHOM Christ speaka through his vi
car and In a0oh words thore can BE- no
queatlnn "a to the purport OF the ut
teranoe, A Catholic. excuse himself
as he may, yet ceases 20 be Catholic
~ he fal TO conform himself thor
oughly and at once TO that uttcrance.
VERY faithfully. your acrvant In
Christ. a. Nj. CURTIS,
bishop OF Washington"
The enclosures were ~ foilowai
Most Reverend una Excellent sir;
Your exeellency cannot fail to know
that the arehhlahops sent over tho var.
ious ecoleaaatioal provinces OF the re-
public OF tho United States or America
have In more than ono OF their assem-
bllos uRon council with respect TO three
societies whlch have grown In the
Aforesaid republic. namely, the odd
Fellows. the Sons OF Temperance aud
the knights OF Pythlaa. and You muat
also 10 aware that aforcRaid arohblsh-
ops unanimously decided that the
whole question as 20 these societies
should b. submitted 10 thc Judgment OF
the apostolic unc illa holiness, thor0.
fore oommittsd thia qucauon to tho
eminent aud most reverend CARDINAL
uf the holy Roman church and 60 the
iuquisltor general THESE. then, ia
general congregation, had ON Wednes-
day, June 20, 1924, confirmed "a decision
previously made IA 10 the AfoNmen-
lppnd h0cietlor, deerecd that all the or
dinnrlea throughout the United Statrs
must IN every way strive 20 keep the
faithinl from becoming mcmberH Of
any OF the said aoctctl0H and must not
f1l 10 admpn.sh thnlr people Ia that
ofcct, and that any thus Authenticated
must hc dohRrred from the hanramrnt
should they fAll TO abandon or keep
ulnof from the same goclcties This de-
cree his holiness confirmed aud gave II
II n therefore communicated To your
cxecllenuy that through yOu II may be
transmitted 20 all arphblsliops. bishops
and other urdiDarles OF tho Uni. q
SlhteR ana for the due custody OF tho
ooula OF the faithful mny BE- BY fhchc
dinnrlua carried into erect Meantime
] begeech Almighty God To bestow all
benefits and blessings
''itOmQ, Aug 70, 1894.
IN, CARDINAL MONACO
''l'O thr liuatrinun and Most Rey pran-
els a0tdlll, Delegate Apostolic"
Washington, Dec, 4. 1891 Your Emit
npnue, illuatri0us ana Maal Revcruni.
by ltttur transmitted by me on The goth
~ November inHt. through Cardinal
Rampoia, HIS Holiness ufBoa that the
decree OF the holy office. sent ga me by
Cardinal Monaco and herewith deil,.
cred 10 you. shall be made public Tine
sovereign puntln therefore, VIII no
that the decree In question shan be
communicated by the Arohbirhopa to
tho respective guffragans and by them
II may be promulgated.
with all reverence and Affection.
remain, your cmincnec iluHtrlous and
most reverend, your faithful pcryant ~
Christ. "if1tANc1a sATOLLi,"
"DeleEate Apostolic"
''ro Hls Emnence. TlustriouA anJ Most
Reverend James, Cardinal Gibbons,
Archbishop Of Baltimore