The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-12-12

poverty, chastity ana obedience. no
other constitutions. deliberations or
any rules Of life, can obli@e Il mortal
OF venial sin unless the superior
would prescribe them these regula-
tions) in the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ or in the virtue of ohcdiencc.
Explanation: The vow binding the
society to the Holy See. and the three
essential VOWS of poverty. chastity and
obedience. ohligr of themselves under
mortal sin. All other rules of the or
der obli.c neither under mortal or
vcnial sin. unless the superior should
give, concerning amy Ut them, Il formal
command. and thus make them an oh-
iect Of the vow of obehirncc.
How. then. Was This perfectly
harmless passage garfield and falsi
iied--wli;il shall | say. 10y YOU, dear
professor: oh. no, but 10y Your en-
cyclupetiic infulWlantS: There is no
obligation To commit sin. mortal or
venial unless the superior command
them in the name al the Lord Jesus.
or in virtue of holy Obedience" Shame
on your tlHducel>.
Tho technical term ""hlig;tio ad
pc.''Htlm nn cNll'ain. al p"rnHm is
am eliptitAi expression indicating ii
ylldHtion in tn" binding force of a
law. abbreviated from "u>uuc nd poe
cltum culpHm. p"ruHm. and cuuiv;l-
lcnt to sub p"rtilto. cUipH. poena.
II WIS 50 used centuries before The
Society of Jesus was founded
1t WAS 81 used 10y ST. Francis of AS
SiSi in the Rules of the i'rHnciScanS,
oh. 20: lin plac,iirti> memo oblgctur
ad culpHn morlaIcm:" in the forrsiliu
rules no one should hr obliged under
mortal sin. 1t WAS So used in the
Constitution al the I,uminirHllS. eli. j:
"l'rnrrrp1H uhli@nnlia ad mortAlc pee
caiun.' prrcrplS "i,li@in@ under NOR
tai sin. / was :" used Ivy ST. Thomas
.\uuiuaS in his great SllmnGl, >. =.
quest lN6: lin aIiulA tanem religionr
trnn>"lrsSn tails nun nllli%at ah cuI-
pam n",l,lr m"ltal,m ur,lur vanialrnl.
In some religious orders su''I. Il trans
@rcssiun ,lurs III" constitute either Il
mortal or !, ycnial sin. II WAS 50
used by the great l.alinist Erasmus:
"rraercpla n"i uhli@ant nd pocmam
.chrnnar:' the commandments of
God obli:.c under pain of he'll. 1t WHS
Hstic obligations through the whole
literature of medieval S,.l,oIHS,iciSm.
Now. i'm my Sulirillldr for yuur con
science. | will not ask You to believe
me or amy other of these terrible .IrS-
uits. nor amy on" of TIL" numerous
Catholic historians of rmilrncr. the
very existence al whom seems t" be
IL profound secret to the university.
Every statement hero made is taken
from honorable Protestant historians.
who Indignantly rrfutc the nunstrous
charge, such as Dr. Kern at the Uni
vcrsity of Gurttin@rm. Fischer. the
church historian GirSrlrr etc. Even
Ellcndorf. the HNowrd enemy of the
JcSlitS. rrpu,litrS the charge. Others
who for Il time gave credit tn the
cnlulnny. as R"urhlin. Nirdmrr. Rankc.
Gardiner. have publicly revoked the
SANDER. Gardiner. Tie most promi-
npnt of living English historians. in
his "Stlulcnts' History "f linglnnd.'
made the anlcnhc honorable in his
work within ono week after his nltcn-
ton had been called to the error. As
head Of Il department of philosophy.
my dear professor. You ought to know
these things: You ought To know
something. ut least. of the literature
of the question:: as teacher of ethics
YOU ought to make use of this linowl-
edge and would hc only too happy
to aid YOU in this investigation by
sending YOU the titles Of the works,
the place and year of edition, the vol
mnc. the chapter, the page or pages
of reference of all the works quoted
in this letter. and of many more il
YOU wish. Would il not be an rdify-
ing example if the names of these
Protestant authorities were written
on your blackboard for the infOrma-
ton of your students. whom you have
unwittingly miSnformed:
''In 1872" YOU continue. the lmrlia
ment of France Cltoman Catholic by
no means an insignificant body. for
mally decreed The court has or,
daned that passages extracted from
the books of the Jesuit authors having
been verified. Il copy shall he present
ed to his majesty that he may be made
acquainted with the wicketlneSS of the
doctrines constantly held by the .Ics-
uits, with the appreciation Of their
theologiHns and the permission OF
their srperors and generals. Il doe
trine authorizing robbery. lying. per-
jury, all passions and all crimes
But where, my dear professor, did
you study history before you became
the head of Il philosophical depart
ment? The Parliament of France! res
inaudita! There We're twelve pnrlia-
ments in France and each and every
one of them was n high court, II tri-
bunal, registering department. What