The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-03
THE ETHICS or rHE yEsUIrs.
Letters lDveasht out BY the nemasks ~
i, Father parSlOw ON the OalIieS Case.

your paper Of the 2sd IA q letter aisned Joseph
ITnatius Carroll. II 10 headed Two Schools
In tho Roman Catholic church" have read
the letter over twice with Soma care, ] may
be obtiise. but confess that hardly know
whether or not tho writer Ia setting forth
his own ldens or Is indulgns In irony ard
sarcasm, II he 10 sincere. I should suppose
Jesuits justified lying in support o. ths
ns'Fi. q 81 esS':S% "a
9 he sy whs he ers hs
void 's seem e"'"t 70 dscrcds It. position and
So LONG n a. IN, In donh. as to the real at;
titide Of the writer. will do no more than osl'
and frankly whether. no really thinks that
God wishes His children to serve Hin by
NEW YORK. AprilcI
To THE EDITOR or THE srS--Sir Joseph
Irnatius Carroll holds Tint there are two
schools in the Catholic Church. and nscrlbes
his preference for one to his "hay wing enjoyed
what shnll ever call the blessing OF Jesuit
edu cation
IT Ia thirty-eight years since left the Jesuit
boarding college Mt Tullabeg. at is years Of
age and had been with the Jesuits for seven
years. have known them ever since but
! have never known or heard OF one Jesuit
who taught that every subterfuRe Is lawful
In the evasion Of historic charges" Father
Pardow's letter does not seein TO me to war
rant that Inintendcd accusation by his de-
fender.
1t is legitimate for the lawyer TO plend mot
guilty" for his client. But who Is the client
In this case, the Church or the lnauisition'
And what Inuusition? But the plea Of the
lawyer In that case should be dIstin l1ished
from the answer Of witness who denies
having written Il certain letter and then sees
the letter produ ced In court. ] am sure that
Father Partlow would never deny the exist
encc OF document which he knows does
exist
have before me now the Textbook OF the
Jesiits In America us7sl. entitled Ethics or
Moral Philosophy" by Walter II. !ili. .. j.
OF the st. Louis University. lie says. page SO.
To suppose that bad means were essential for a
good end. or that good end were absolutely de-
pendent on ey mean can, x 10 iuppo.s ey In the
ferah'c TO the Author Of nature; whence the sup
position Is absurd
In footnote he says: The student viii
easily rcfltc this say'nS-the end justified
" Nor do find any such doctrine as Mr.;
Carroll claims In he "st Grey nI s,,,ss
s!n Ethics Examined. by Father John J.
Ming, S. y, another American.
As nnt t tho Jesuit a arg,m.nt, Il Is
gave his name to the thenrv a'tcrward cham
n,oned by Calico and th,t The Church, 0ro
error IS tho Inaui.ition which ccndemned
that theory IN ~ word. lo"nitv 20 tho rhrrch
"ompcla them 10. rcprdinte the lnqn!s,ticn,
To n'hisfi tprit not known is one thing.
to darv tho existence or IN historical doCu-
mcnt is quite anc-har thing.
The Church. officially. is no more respcrs''-
Of. Arins. or the error OF 81 Cyril. ,.
os t" Go a aS have Tr" Ell that i" Is
a a'ncere and very GOOD Catholic. IA. how
ever, ! am onncsed to him. ! osiec, TO his
wears ago 7 went to work at the eleventh
hour and, working al day from 0 in the morn
TO ro to o'clock mass and 10 Folv Com
rrni"n every week. Then, FOR the Inst YEAR
Sd s"r n' syer nse S,n dnf fca
and visiting the Blessed Sacrament ntNpoon.
inttead Of eatirr my lunch every day.
n,Inn,icn TO hc rood Catholic. ! Dc not know
ss iii ts word to ooM m no sa
Yat have done what the Index e?par-
emily condemn, and have done 1t with tho
OF modern nfdel philosophers wiich are
rlace,l on the Index and condemned by
the Congregation. But that Jesuit il good
in regard to Mr. carroll's other provost
ticps; ! wonl. enter respectful denial. az
He refers 10 Catholic Biblical scholars OF
emin"nce who denied the authenticity IF the
Scriptyrnl text concerninE the Three teav-
in the same category with an affirmation
of . purely scientific theory. Neither is his
nhpt reN1c-
tions on or Holy Mother the Ch,rcl,. but We
d"fenl her honor when We admit the guilt
Mr. carroll says that 20 question the NIL
ings Of the CONGREGATION would be 70 open
tho door TO- ratnnnsm What docs The ne
it is possible to mike, any valid argument
n rainst the Church, deuy it There never
and right reason is with Tho Church II is
impossible TO open the door to what does
no. xxi cSist nsmnely to valid reason against
After thirty years OF controversy with
atheist and 4Gnnstic friends ! have no room
for soo ns 70 @ The sstsr Poey
Pope Leo 80 Catholic historians directing
th%m to speak the truth and nd only the truth
Of faith. hope and charity. and | prny the
'as ny be Fyfjn to MI GaTrN
To THE EpIron OF THE suH--Si,: The two
IGnatius Carroll speaks in The SrS OF Thurs |
lay are all in his minds eye True, there |
are liberals and conservatives in clicion. |
IS there are liberals and conservatives in |
politics, and in the disputes carried on about |
theological. historical and Scrptural ques-
ions some men in the Catholic Church In |
cline TO the traditional and others to the rldi-
cal position This is tho half-trnih which MIR. ,
carroll distorts In ignorance or In spite
perhaps bothin order 20 make the aoc,sa-
Ion that the Jesuiti as a body stand for a
narrow and rcactlonary policy, while others
II, Catholic University, perhaps are pledged |
10 the interests Of honesty. prosross, and a !
general platform Of Catholic liberation and !
Amerieanism.
Outwardly and as a body the Jcsuits, Of |
course, always conform To the requirements I
Of ecclesiastical discipline ard the commands
d ther lawful supcriors indeed, they have |
,ole,Griy vowed to Go 30. having yolunt ar.ly |
assumed the obligation of refrainiuH from
The public expression of any sentiment die
pord;.nt with the views imposed by Church |
authority or adopted by their own superiors
MS IL II wise disposition OF Providence too.
Tor without II we should have tile same ci,aos
inside tine Church rs EXISTS outside. But II |
MIR Carroll had Possessed my ow.i oppor-
unity OF enjoying more familiar acquaiLt-
,nce with tho members of the society, no
would be able to tell quite different story
rom thst which he rs now attenptiHs tn foist
ipon the public Credulity.
Ever: Jesuit Is an Intelligent. refined and
l. Ala. .s.llN m faatt Q k.A.