The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-28
BIBLE, BATTLEFIELD
OF THE CHURCH
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burg; Canon Fouard, formerly profess
sor of scripture in the Seminary of
Rouen, has written much on the early
history of the church, including two
volumes on st. Peter and st. Paul. and
he is now engaged on the life of St.
John; DR.. Weikert, professor of scrip
ture in the Benedictine college of st.
Anselm. Rome. and famous Rabbini-
cal scholar; Father Scheu. o. P. pro-
lessor at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes
in Paris, who has been for some time
engaged IN the excavations of Susa;
Canon Gonfalonieri, professor of scrip
tire in the Seminary of Florence; Mon
signor Legendre, dean of the faculty Of
Antwerp, where he is professor Of
scripture, has made a special study of
the geography of the Holy Land and
published a map; Mgr. Gutherlet, pro-
fessor of scripture in the University of
Fulda; DR.. Weller, professor of Exegesis
in the University of Freiburg: Father
Poels, professor of LOuvain and author
of a series of studies on the sanctuaries
of Jerusalem; Father Fillion of the
Seminary of st. SuIpice Paris; Father
Mangenot, professor of scripture in the
Seminary of Nancy; DR.. Weiss, profess
sor of Exegesis in the Liceum of
Brannsberg; Father Torio professor of
scripture in the Seminary of Valencia;
Canon Lesetre of Paris; DR.. Duster-
void, formerly superior of the Albertin
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merly professor of scripture in the Sem
mary of Laval; Father Balestri. o. S.
A. formerly professor of sacred scrip
ture
1t will be seen that the Holy See has
spared no pains in selecting men for the
new commission on Biblical studies who
will do honor to the Catholic church.
Papers of all shades of opinion and be
lief in Europe have commented in
laudatory terms of the selections made.
The members of the commission who
reside in Rome have already held two
meetings. Even now there is evidence
of a keen interest in scriptural studies.
The movement for erecting a monu-
ment in honor of Pope Leo in front of
st. John Laterans has been taken up
enthusiastically in many parts of Eu-
rope, especially in Belgium, France and
Spain. Two designs for the monument
have been submitted to the Roman
and 1 believe preference
has been given to the one which repre-
sents the figure of the pontiff himself, |
with bronze medallions containing i'm
portant passages from lis encyclicals !
referring to the working classes.
Last Monday, "Candlemas," the vat
lean was thronged with a long process
sion consisting of all the heads of re- |
ligious houses and educational insti- |
tutes in Rome, each bearing an enor- |
nous candle for the Holy Father. His /
holiness granted private audience to /
each of his visitors, and as usual the |
burden of their remarks afterward was |
the extraordinary memory of the pope. |
To the French he had something to !
ask about the progress of the war
against the religious congregations. !
which seems to be the subject utter
most in his mind these times. The
somewhat awkward relations between /
the holy see and the French govern
nent arising on this subject have lat
-erly been still further complicated by
L serious question regarding the nomi-
nation of French bishops Mr.. Combes
S not content with the presentation"
If episcopal candidates to the Holy Fa-
her-a privilege granted to the gov
.rnment by the Concordat-he wants to
lave the nomination entirely in his own
lands. 1t is hardly necessary to say
hat the Holy Father has no intention
whatever of tolerating this gross en-
roachment on the rights of the church.
The life or death of the divorce bin
ecently introduced in the Italian par
lament hangs in the balance these
lays, and regret to have to say that
It the present moment the probabilities
re running strongly in favor of its
law. VOX URBIS.