The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-04-15
Must Accept for Authority the
Catholic Church.
IS NOT NECESSARY FOR AVIATION
Spurious Words in Lord S Prayer
by Martin Luther.

SIlurcn. New Ork, Kew. Edward ].
Tierney spoke on the Bible as follows:
Were | to ask those outside the
Catholic fold, "Where was the word OF
God?' they would refer TO the book
called the Bible. This is the written
word OF God" The Bible is silent. You
have heard this talk OF the BiblSday in
and day out. We see it as species
OF fanaticism in the work OF missionary
societies sending the book broadcast,
even to our new possessions They re-
port the large distribution, in foreign
lands, as though it were the test or
proof, OF conversion to Christianity, but
seldom know the uses to which they arc
put. How many OF them know the
history of the book? One would think
by it all, that it is most serious re-
Election upon Jesus Christ that he did
not invent printing when he was on
earth. | will tell you story: Father
O'Callallan Of Montreal, who had made
many converts to the Catholic Church,
THUS exciting the jealousy Of the de-
nominational ministerial brethrcn-Fa-
ther O'Callahan, who belonged to the
Catholic Church, which we have often
heard was an enemy Of the Bible, which.
until Luther unclaimed it and gave it to
the world, kept the people from read
ing it (you have often heard this in pub
lie schools; l fave), Father OCalla-
han was challenged by the ministers OF
Montreal to public discussion. He
came late. There were about twenty
five present He asked that the discus
sion begin. a minister stepped forth
to table in the center OF the room,
upon which was large Bible, This is
the word OF God" Father OCallahan,
folding his arms, said: "Provc it," And
they could not And so | send forth a
challenge to any minister, or anybody
outside the Catholic Church, TO prove
that the Bible is the word OF God with
out the Catholic Church!
There is at Washington statue oi
Martin Luther who was condemned
by Leo X. III I52I-;l statue OF Luther
the father OF the oldest Protestant de-
nomination in existence to-day, which
represents him standing with his hand
upon the Bible to teach the passing
generations that he gave the Bible to
the people and the world. This is a
lie. There were fifty printed editions
OF the Bible in existence before he pub
lished his German translation of part
Of the New Testament in 1923; eight
editions in German before he was born
have seen in New York printed
Bible which was issued eight years be-
fore he was born and there arc several
in Buffalo with the Jcsuits. These arc
facts. Printing was invented in I44c
by John Gottcnburg. Remember that
date. For over one thousand years
the Bible, as we know it now, was not
in printed form. How, then, did ii
come between covers as we know it
now? AT the time OF Christ the transla-
ton used was that OF the Old Tesla
mcnt, the law and the prophets, as it
was called, translated into Greek from
the Hebrew in ESQ B. C. by Ptolemy
Philadelphos, by the scventytwo Jewish
scholars in Alexandria. And it was
only in 3o7 A. D. that the Catholic
bishops OF the Catholic Church, with
the Pope at their head. separated
and siftcd the writings OF New Tesla
mcnt times. and distinguished them, as
Bible. because OF the living word OF
Christ speaking through the writer, and
called it by the Greek word Bible
There was no art OF printing. How was
it preserved? By the loving care and
lifelong labors OF monks and nuns
priests and bishops OF the Catholic
Church, copying it out letter by letter
with the pen. Yet we hear OF the lazy
monks and nuns, the idle, lazy priests
OF the middle ages, and yet they saved
the Bible for the art of printing Did the
Catholic Church chain the Bible to al.
tars in days when books were scarce and
precious, thus keeping them from the
people? AS we'll say we are barbarous
because we chain our directories tc
counters in drug stores, or the drinking
cups to the fountains, to keep them
from the people. The Catholic Church