The sun., 1903-12-27

place. the drift Of his words shows that he caf,
have little, II any, acquaintance, with the
harassg Ha antagonsnl IRON people IN n power es
: Lingard, Newman, l. normant Duchesne'
Leroy, Tyrnl Fonsrer,ys, ana many many others, Id,.n
the soldier and the pri est is in the main. jns,,
bnt Mr I,alleG's dcvclopm"nt OF the parallel
Is misleading because superficial, -, Let vs. go
beneath the Snrihc" to principle lhe soldier.
'irsf and Fundamental duty i 10 his country
,n G"',Te ahs dn,y impGsIs on aim normag. .laror
occnSions may and do arise when ne sees seq
clearly that to, avert 2 disaster, he must dls-
TIccfard the wishes Of his immediate superorn, nSn
hc knows he may be ignominiouslr shot lor
disohcd"nc". soldiers have acted in this way.
and heir moral courage has met with tini-
verSal approba tion sometimes the ccciesias-
tical soldiers loyalty. to the Church ana nes
n s pS "'EnT Win G the sons hs duty I CLASHES
with the snbord mate one which imposes on
him docilc submission, not merely to ,ats ths
Now have said that system of repression
me in proofrN pose plain fact in all is naked.
ness: and Il statement of facts neither loses
nor gains by the nature of the signature ap'
In d, large city bookstore | have Just pnr-
nnhsed r1W N rasGhiIm bc"rmg h uhe rhe I'h
preface declares the book to be an amplin;
cation Of the cHtcchism officially approve
by ne, Plen4ry Council of Baltimore and is II.
Altcr passing over some preliminary synop.
te' we find the first pace teaches that man
thing on the enrth, inside the Ark of Moan.
was DESTROYED by the Del luge, Boys and Eirls
are to learn this as Catholic doctrine: they
believe rightly that one who denies any teach.
ing of the Church Is no longer Il Catholic; they
receive the above information from the same
book and the same mouths that teach them
the doctrine of the Incarnation. the Redemp-
tion and IN" Shcramenis After little many
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n their tatechisn are completely disproved;
Their faith in their Catechism is, gone, and
one, doctrine is proved to be false. the others
held upon the same authority are not above
Well may Bishop McQuaid protest against
the danger of non n-Catholic colleges to our
Young people. These dangers are great. ana
into them We are sending forth our misin-
formed children as lambs TO the slaughter;
Now the Church does not teach, and should
not be represented ns teaching, these two
Manuel BibliqueI used in our seminares for
nearly twenty wears, declares NO; 3l4) that
it is an error to believe that Catholic faith
limits ire antiquity of man to a period ol
SIX thousand years; that the Catholic Church
has never pionounced on the question; that
man was created. The textbook used in
the Boston seminary, bearing the imprima-
dur OF S1r o I'll" " s,dS OF Sa "a SPfa
GigotI gives n long list of authorities to the
some purport. As to the IDeluGe that same
of catholic authorities who declare that the
geographical universality of the flood is alb
solutey untenablp; that Catholic theology
permits the opinion of many OF our exegeteS
who hold that there were peoples far beyond
the territory covered by the Noachan flood
and that, consequently Noah and his family
we're not the only persons who survived 1t.
The well Informed priest who edited that
catechism knows at least as well as | the
position OF our scholars to-day regarding
these Biblical accounts. Why did he not
speak according to his knowledge? Because
conditions are as say.
Let me state in conclusion, that. as far as
am concerned. this letter closes the episode.
unless further evidence is demanded from me.
] hav" to thank THE Sun for its courtesy.
In return | have taken care that in my case
you cannot be Justly accused of opening your
columns to the publication of baseless allie.
cations. You will, ! believe. be able to tell
lis on some future day that from the first
appearance of this correspondence in. The
SrN YOU received fewer letters from Catholics
on the high road to infdelity through their
scepticism concerning the Daluge, and that
no Catholic catechism since published teaches
that man was created in 1904 b. c.. In TAX
ing leave of the gentlemen who have ex-
changed views with me. let me say that
honor their loyalty and that | feel sure
reflection will bring them TO acknowledge
mine Wishing YOU and them Happy
Christmas. am. sir. SACERDos.