Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-17
CHURCH AND THE BIBLE.
Father Donahoe Kerutes the Charge that
CathOlics DO Not Read the Holy Writ.

AT SIT Nincvmt's Roman Catholic
church last evening Rev. c. T.. Don't
hoe, The nastLr. comt4ntIcd his insiruc-
ton nn the Bible AMI tn. phlticuiar pu-
sition Of the church with segald to the
Holy Writ.
He referred to his former instruction
on the same subject hast week. utA
mixed tn. titferent points he GaI ov-
ersd, anu thcn n u very clear uliI Ar
S~.lmentANive manner desH.ibed tho pD-
S.tlon of Catholics and the chu.ch CO.
Wald the bible. 1t is c-harS1.l" "a u
he, that Cati.ullrS Aie not uii>NN,d 20
read the BGbls-tha4 the church : the
enemy of the Bible. Strange. indeed
Chen. that the church should have pie
served the writing for laoU years beg re
TIE art of printing Was d~is&ovea ed, uEti
that she should Euyc Collected and hard
LtnooltouSly e~nSroSS9u all the sacred
Writings during the fall Of the Roman
Empire. tins invasions of the BuigEn =
Jams AZ Northern Europe anll danger
that threatened the overthrow of Al
civilization. Wee SHE its enemy w.uIi
SHE 50 ci.er sh 1T?
The reason for this SANDER comes in
MS way: thG.-L.cs as ! luIe -, n-t
rtad the Billie as u rule Ut fAirh; they
read it as a record of fact which bs,.ts
on the historical points IN the life uf our
Lord and THE holy people of CT -. Tn :
% NOT read t" find their faux u to
prove some perS- II a View of religion.
Ih~y aNhve the Interpretation If Me
l'ihie' to 1he learned teachers of the
ca1lE oh. men who are accustomed 10
te.tSh and to interpret the Bible as it
has been Interpreted for 50 many hum
~ tNS rf years. They leave thai 10
the tnfa1atl,,~ teloly.ng OF the .utl oh.
Now IS the church infa!lbie? ChliSt
promised 40 l@glh,n With his church
.brtFtr and promised that the gates ~
ne'E should MI sqevotl against her. lie
setlt HIS disciples to tvn-ih all things
Whatsoever h.. HAD cbupp,4TLl,AJ .lI..,,
4iit he iiom.seI TO send rhe Holy Gh,st
10 INSPIRE and ta~h sh,m to unl rrStarnl.
and 'h.tt be WNu!I remain wish the
eAe'sch Il" 'uAe end of time. If Ch.isl's
t,+icsEnG was infa IIblc. t,ln thc tetllh-
Ire7 of :&s church be less 50 ttan us
tpur':rr? The bic is the written law
and the church the. 4Suouni-kr. When
OUT @IciathvrS ~eluncfatel z: cnnStrtu-
u'Hn they VII! not permit evary man 70
m@rrNt for hisnsrlf Su,h = ,hirrr
w7Juid be anarchy. confusion, iu.t -
We have omar hy anil confusion n III
sN"n today. But they wisely set uD u
supreme court to interpret and Tie ~
:eHslnn OF this coI:rt IS the a Nv. whether
" aSrNeS WITH "ut, lerS' nal td+as on not
tHe supreme court may not be Crntllf-
OLE Ga iure. bu: it $ de fac;r. and tins
Is prar;tcilcy the same SO far - ~. ,,4
concerned. This is "a rio c,rns.Ei,r-
o"h' ana We must ailm"t the truth of
eNS;a'I"'s r DENY: there IS no r,tl
'nA<id!~ ground. The idea chat .na
n!Hnirh or creed is as good as .lno, no.
IS "a ~So-tn!!Ji liberal spirit, hut a yarv
dangerous one. shat leads to serious
sjnScGlien%es Admit tins ana we ,l.nv
m!s 4nflatsol' t>a= 'Aflrgs OF Chr" st. rs
cannot teach two Or " hundr.1 Il f.
tcr@nt NeIS. IN prvSr!n1inr to N,,,a
,hetI' orgy IN the Bible. We mas, "a
Hnt HHl~- tounda tfsrnS If one church
"nE, one head. una that infallibI-. ~
~; Ss'i.laA'At. tt"NthnS OF the church: and
7 w.. tyt-ruyy 49,, ~ .r-s, ~.