The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-05
EXPOUNDS
 CATHOLIC DOGMA
Father kerrigan Gives InStruc-
 tiOn on the Eucharist,
SCRIPTURE AND TRADITION
Three Masses at St. PauPs Church We're We'll Attended-choir Sang Gounod's Third Mass-Chali-
 fouxs Violin Solo.

Yesterday, in the church calendar was the feast of the Holy Rosary.
 At St. Pauls church the three masses were well attended, the congregation at the o'clock services being almost as large as that at high mass.
 At 1O:9O o'clock the choir sang Gounod' s Troisieme Messe Solennelle, and for the offertory MT. Chalifoux played a relig- ious piece by Goddard.
 The Rev. Father Kerrigan continued his instruction on the holy Eucharist. He spoke in substance as follows:
 For clear understanding of the. con- stituent part of the Eucharist or the ele- ments that make up the sacrament we must consider the sacrament in it's pro- duction, or in the application of the form to the matter by the minister; also as 1t exists permanently after the application. The matter used by the church is bread and wine The bread is wafer of un- leavened bread made of fine wheaten flour and pure water. The wine is the wine of the grape.
 The form consists of the words of con secraton used by our Lord at the Last Supper, viz: This is my body This is my blood"
 The minister Is the priest; or rather Christ the High Priest pronounces these words through His secondary ministers. This is done at the consecration of the mass at which moment, the church teaches, the transubstantiation takes place. or the substance of Christ takes the place of the substance of the bread and wine
 As the sacrament now exists. perma- nently, it is made up of the sacramental species of bread and wine and the sub stance of Christ under those species. The species or appearances in the ex- ternal parts or the accidents of the bread and wine, l. Q. all that falls under the senses as color, taste form and odor. The church teaches that at the moment of conservation the substances of the bread and the wine wholly disappear and that of Jesus Christ takes their place. the Real Presence.
 Historical Resume.
 The speaker then gave an historical re- sume of the various interpretations of scripture concerning the Eucharist by the sixteenth century reformers from Martin Luther, who, according to the Augsberg confession presented to Charles in 15S1. at first retained the doctrine of the Real Presence, to the doctrine of, consubstantiation in 1540; then to carstadts opinion of the purely spiritual presence presented in form and supported by arguments by Zwingli and Oecolampatdius. He also mentioned the theory of Calvin and the statements of the Anglican formulary, all of which denied a Real Presence.
 He next gave the definition of the coun- cil of Trent on this question: which is the authoritative teaching of the church. He also dwelt on the qualifying words used in this definition viz: truly, really and substantially" and stated that for ev- cry Catholic, from the fact that he ac- knowledges a church, infallible in her doctrinal decisions, this definition should be sufficient to elicit his act of faith.
 However, the speaker said, it might be well to consider the grounds from scrip ture and tradition upon which the church made her infallible decision, as they were remarkably clear and besides helping the children of the church to understand the mystery, would show our Bible Christians that when it comes to private interpre- tation the Catholic church has very strong arguments on her side"
 Scriptural Passages.
 The speaker then mentioned the three scriptural passages proving the Catholic dogma of the Blessed Eucharist which contain the promise the institution and the use of the sacrament He took up for discussion the words of the promise, from John Vi, S-59 and gave proofs to show that this passage refers to the Eucharist, which question was a well-known bone of contention. His proofs were the start ling words used by our Lord about eating His flesh and drinking His blood, which could not be a tigurative expression for the reception of Christ's doctrines as in the Syro-Chaldaic language this figure has but one meaning, viz: to do person an injury. The fact that Christ institut- ed the Eucharist just one year after this promise was another proof. As with all great religions Christ must have had the thought of the Eucharist in His mind at least year before it's institution hence to what else could refer the words of the promise: Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you will not have life in you" but to the institution, Take ye and eat for this is my body; drink ye all of this, for this is my blood? This coincidence is too exact to be fortutous. Again, the unan- imous interpretations of the primitive church, which should, the speaker said, carry the greatest weight, refer these words to the Eucharist.
 The speaker said that on next Sunday he would take up the proofs to show that in these words of the promise Christ meant real eating of His flesh and a real drinking of His blood. and not figurative eating and drinking of the same NOTICE,