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

fled texts of the letters" comes to the
conclusion that Pascal distorted the
texts. tore them aSuntlcr, cited authors
whom JeSuitS rejected, made false
TRANSACTIONS ard was guilty of Il long
series OF text mutila1iunS by sup
pressing the very sentences which re-
futcd the doctrines imputed by Pascal
to the IcSuitS. .Nrluul,i. Il lanSrniStic
leader. WAS the inventor of the dam
nallr theory and practice which COM
hinrd external submission to the de
ri>iuuS of the Holy Seq With internal
rejection of tilrln. Il theory which
raised lying and perjury To IL scientific
system. In presence OF such Il system,
whatever Catholic mo1nli>;S-for the
.je>uil> have no system of morals dis
tinrt from til" Catholic. >y>>rm-havc
written ON prnbahii>G or m"nta,
reservation. palrS into iuSigniiiclnce.
This hrrc,ical party founded the So
called SHNiuur'> bank for the express
pui'ln,S" of disseminating >lan,lrluuS
books ana pamphlets against the SO
cir1y enc OF these works. The En-
traits" EXTRACTS, from Jesuit writings.
contained no less than I:5> text faSi-
lirution~ The !,Nlrait>. together
with "laScal< Letters aud Arm
aiIh'> Theology" form the incNhaus1i-
Nv" Snill,r>> OF, all the ,nlllmmirS against
The j, suits. past and present. The
Parliament of Paris. then. of 1917.
WAS of the sam" .innSrnStir calhcr
What wonder that il welded the on
~ weapon at its disposal. shameless
r;lllnnrly: They were nothing if not
systematic >iand"rrr>. 1t was their
nature. Just as il is the nature of
other .uil"lrSS souls. university pro
feS>urS nll"ll% tn, III. always 10 he led
into In" ho" by their own friends.
"Fin;IIly as to the verbal defense of
denrc." oh. my dear professor, now
at length you come tn the point But
before examining your text QUOTA
tons, Hll"w me To tell You IL little
Sl"ry In 49, the great missionary.
Father ltuh s. j.. gave Il mission ut
Frankfort "n he Main. He and hi;
audience We're constantly pcS,crrd 10y
:, SWARM of Fn,ldin"tunS Sin"in. to The
refrain OF "lhr end ..uS,iicS thu,
mr;l'I>. Th"rrupun Father Roh pllil-
liSI"d the following declarations: Il.
Ii amy member OF tie iuridic faculty
amy hook written by II Jesuit. which.
according To the Judgment of the
faculty contains the infamous prin-
'iplr hat the end ,i,lSlilitS the means.
either in these or equivalent words. |
shall pay. upon the demand of the
faculty. the sum of LOCO llurinS Rhrn-
iSh. =. But whoever nScrilrs this
doctrine to the Society ul
Jesus without proof. given either oral
~ or in writing. is an Infamous SIAN
l"rrr." The declaration obtained the
widest possible publicity. The offer
one claim the LOCO tlorinS: Never.
Some twenty years ago had the oc-
.;lSion of making. With the permission
ni my Slprriur>. Il similar offer. 81 LOCO
for the church home of Buffalo lf.pis-
I'opnlinnl to the late DR.. Coke. bishop
IF western Now York. The good
bishop thought ii the wiser policy
|Gllllu'linm cHnrrU. i. T.. to WrHGlr out
Of the charge. \ somewhat Silmilnr
nlt'rr has been made 10y the Right Rev.
Bishop lLld'lcn. of Syracuse. to amy
student of your university who would
furnish the required proof.
Why do you not enable some bright
student in your ethical class to win
this prize under your enlightened
guidance: or have yuu the simplicity
pf believing that the texts YOU cuIlnI
! i'iii W" IblN y
prove your contention: L"t us Srt
Jesuit l.nyinHn: "tui rOncrSSuS est
fins. con,v>S;l stunt ethan media al
linem urtliiHla." Jesuit HuScnlmllm:
Cum fms est lirtus. ctiHm media
stunt lirln. cui licituS est iiniS. ethan
licrnt media" Jesuit Wngeman:
'liniS drtrrninnt probtatem actuS"
Why did you throw the veil of Latin
ity over these horrible doctrines. and
not give them in plain English? BE-
cause there is II hitch in these en-
ryclopedic quotations.. \ little word
Of four letters is wanting. mala. mean
in" bad IL you could make B,lscn-
baum say: when the end is allowed.
bad means are allowed:" or Wage
man: "'rhc end determines the proli-
ty of Il bad act" or Lnyman: ITO
whom the end is allowed bad means
That lead to the end are allowed"
your proof would be brilliant But.
alas, the fatal absence of this word
and. what is worse the positive and
explicit exclusion OF this sense by
every Jesuit, every Catholic mor:list.
spOils the whole scheme. L.;lyman
says: "The circumstance of Il good
end can impart no goodness to Il bad
action, but leaves the action simply
!, nd in avprv direction had" iSinnli.i-
ter ct undeuunuuel. One who steals