The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-01
LIVING TEACHER IS NEEDED
FATHER YOUMAN'S DISCOURSE
TO NON-CATHoLICs.
Dwelt Upon the Necessity For a
Divine, Infallible, Living Teacher
Many Questions Answered.

The subject of Father Youman's dis
course at the Assembly hall last night
was THE Absolute Necessity of a Di-
vine, Infallible, Authoritative, Living
Teacher
Whatever Christ has taught, must
believe, under pain of damnation. #
this is so, there must be a teacher
Christ lived 1900 years ago. There
must be a. teacher now; there must al
ways have been a teacher. All science,
all art is taught. And is not the divine
science to be also taught? l do not
mean that certain individuals cannot.
by study, find the truth, but of the
world in general. Christ did not write;
he taught; he told his apostles to teach
all nations
Though we respect the Bible. though
it is a part of our lives, it is not a
teacher: it is a dead book. In the
early ages the Bible did not exist. 1t
could not teach. What does not exist
cannot teach. For 400 years there was
no Bible, as we have it now. So fer
400 years it could not teach; yet those
first 400 years were the golden years
of Christianity
There must be living teacher, who
can explain the scriptures, who has
the power to explain and authority to
teach, just as we must have men to
explain the laws of the land.
The teacher must be infallible. If
l did not believe that the teacher was
infallible, 1 would not accept one word
of his teaching. and God could not
damn me if there was not an infallible
teacher, for not accepting his doctrine.
who can doubt that Christ gave to
his disciples the power to teach all
things which he had taught them? No
II IL. l.
place of Christ. and we must believe
what they taught or 1 am damned.
This power of teaching could not
die away, for Christ came to save all
ages, and. indeed, we read in the epis-
ties and the Acts that this charge was
delivered to Others"
The subject for tonight will be, How
Shall 1 Find the Teacher Commits
stoned by Christ TO Teach the World2"
Questions Answered.
The following questions, taken from
the question box, We're answered last
night:
How does. the Roman Catholic
church stand in regard to faith as a
means of salvatiOn?" Faith without
good works prOfiteth nothing"
why do you say, mass in Latin?"
Mass must be said in a dead tongue to
keep q certainty of the faith. as mod
ern languages change, and the mean
ing of the words in modern tongue
change.
Where was God before he made
heaven and earth?" Just where he is
now.
why do you believe in a hereafter"
Because my soul is immortal Christ
died to redeem the souls of men because
there is a hereafter.
What is the Catholic doctrine of
damnation? That God damns no man;
we damn ourselves. If man dies I'M
repentant he cannot go to heaven. In
hell there are many kinds of punish
ment-sensual, the pain of loss. and
why don't priests marry?" y man
who is married can be priest. but a
priest cannot be married. The men
can better devote their lives to God.
Jesus preached chastity. 1t is the
more perfect state.
How can scripture be true, since
Jesus promised whatever we ask in
his name will be given to you, but COM
mon experience teaches that prayers
are not answered." Jesus meant that
whatever 1 ask that is for my own
good. and if L persevere, it will be
granted.
Are Catholics allowed to believe in
evolution. provided they admit Gre |
ator?" Have all the evolution you
want, provided you do not touch the |
soul.
Did the recent letter of the pope on |
Anglican orders oblige Catholics, as |
to accept the invalidity of |
Anglican orders?" No.
rs not the writing of Honorius a |
proof against papal infallibility?' The |
Pope Honorious was condemned by the |
council as hereto. but no decree of |
3ny council is binding except ii has the |
seal of the pope. and when Leo Y |
signed these DEGREES he said that Homo
RUS was condemned, not because he
taught error, but because he was neg
igent. In those days they condemned, !
not only for error, but for negligence.