The sun., 1902-07-20
REVISION.
soLY SEE BRINGING confession
o. EAfTH CP T0 DATE.

a--e WtsAes 10 Pvsvtsis Q sansts FERN
fer the whsle Csthss1e Wessd why
inherent Naitsas and Dteees~s shsusa
Adapt Csieehism 10 Thstr Needs.
Rcs,. July .-Ths Holy s~> 10 sossly
sassxrd In rejuvenatins tho oAse~hism.
In italy several Bishops are At vors edit
lnx a oaischi.m that -haI do for TIE whole
country IT, France like work is gong on.
IN. Pope ha. CRESTED favorabiy tho new
sours~. cs,echisrn printed by order %
Msr s.rmonnst. Spontaneously the mind
A.s .oush, IN. chief difncilty of the cate
ch,.,, IN. csttchism is the mast sublime
and mos, effective book of humanity, Il
4. therefor, in It's very definition and es<ence
a.. hardest 70 write and In explain. His
,orv shows few doctors who have found
the subtle and MYSTERIOUS means Of Joining
,hi. individual instruction TO theology.
The exeter of souls. Mgr. Dupanloup.
--tha .psthet L. R~nsn's-in q work In four
,o.uinss collected IA" oxpenm~nts u the
,..-laI.s,s, from tho 'Doctrina Chris
,An.. 4 st Augustine to his own cate
cni,m nupanloup. k~ttcler. Bossuet.
C.r-or. =, Augustine have all played
,a that ssytoard from which r,-sound
tb. notes ~ heaven and earth of all
The ca'echisns only two, one French. the
other German. -esm 20 suffice for the
IDEAL ca,echi-t leave aside the catechism
o, the council Of Trent. that masterpiece
- faul,lrss Ioc;nne. and Bos-uet's, that
rnAT,-. 4 definition
IN. latiof hts 40 longer FOR us n strict
nsca. aid"r. although It has established
a prs. ppraslnk IL Lacks th' IsppG-
lar scc-nt. me scnsible ana visible no,a-
ton. the happy imagery. the synthetic
and catching form Clean, .imple, con-
crete living. prerire, exact, such arc the
chAfacterstlcs ~ tho catechism As
rule, however they are obscure, complex,
ahsrao,. lif"less. vague, inadequate. II
Is in-1pr.s.ible fortune then for the mind
u xrasp the meaning NJ thess manuals.
cono.s yed and executed apart from all
psychological laws
The Holy Sse and It's hunters of souls
have opened up tho prospect Of one
.insle catechism As a direction for the
cat.-hist Il would he q good thing, but
tod deliver W. from IL a. a cs'-chism to
be put into the hands Of children. The
ostechism Is something applied tn unequal
powers II reception, what the scholastios =
CtllNu tsle Nflu y
minded Italian. logical and intuitiyr
FrenchmAn. needs a kind of instruction
vssch a native az AppenEel or Dutch
man would follow with difficulty
To mesk up into smsl coin Translucent,
and current. appealing 10 the imagination
lsnsiuve AMI cordial. the LAR gold Of the
most profound and sublime doctrine that
ls ths problem The doce-es In which
wing faith - kept up are thOs' IN which
n. Bishop bas taught the cateCnism with
exact proportion between oniect,v.'y and
ut'ec'iv.ty with the perception and partial
reAhsi,on II the relation between the
mystery and The fuid ina gination II the
child For eNsmplc, l.omharty and Mann
Mgr Kettslor when lac nade he conarna-
ton rounds had the cateCh.sm repeated
IN his presence 10 taugh' " hImS"d He
attached suCh Importance - " that he CAV"
II the plac" q honor m his n,aryru"uslv
.ffic;ent apostolstc
Politicians ami sp., uIa orr, equally dan
,erous clsssos. sometimes iook foI the Gauss
4 what they call oar retrogTrssion Prom
The rciigious point of views they make
Wy absurd sv,tems II Is thIs thing NJ that
hing Not AT all II Is the lack ~ a good
caiechism. II Is tn .nfer'prity of the cate
ohists H. Italy I-oplc Stll know their
n'hgion IN France they up longer know
II L. IL not The people that Is .aoSins IN
,,s duty to me Church, 1t u tho priest who
tails In his duty To the people
Inc n.l, sao~rdotal con ngres- should
provide us with exact data regarding the
orstrics where the catechsm is taught
A. a general rul" people are irrchgious
not lscaus' they hate religion, but h"-
cause they know nothing about n Now,
N esrtAin Place which I shall not name,
ignorance In religious matters surpsss,s
'iici Around Paris itself. that corrupt
and oorrup,ihg China. hundreds - thou
sarrs of persons can neither ~ Ia th"
priest nor learn the catechlsn.
The nov Bourges ca;ec,ism preserves
the old framework bsCau~" tradition forced
on II this painful reverence II Is p,ty.
But the new edition marks great advance.
II IL clear orderly, sensible. concrete and
popular For lts docir 1t has taken
~ ThonLs aad the catochisIn Of Trent
49, iis mod-i. Tor i's literary form. Bo-suet
The editor a. the start had n very happy
itea-he made some Use 81 the historic
method Why did Le not keep on that
uaCAl Re.gIOu J. a historical fact To
know. to eIplaIA this prolonged event IN
Which all truths me,'t that is the true order,
tie rial deal, AdapiAbihty. The greater
par u pur ca'eyAism- are modelled on ira
utls and ,heo.og.,, That is not enough.
Allan Stoiz. the Bo~sue, Of popular
literature, Who q. 20 the touch Of sensibility
{" the frryburg IN Breisgau catechisIE,
first felt the resi Of q renovation Pubh,
manner d. lsed To ss,r. no longer convey
faFfl. u r. 3saTltF % thai M xn