The Irish standard., 1908-03-21
out this knowledge! The learned E.
Gotham Brewer has delved deep in

out this knowledge! Tho learned E
Gotham Brewer has delved deep i.
ancient lore, and tells you.-The best
quotation he could find to illustrate the
term "brutum fulmen," was this: "hls
(the Pope's) denunciations are but .
brutum fulmen." The meaning of the
word is now clear!-Speaking of The
White Brethren, he touches off the
articles with the remark that Boniface
x ordered the leaders burnt; Adrian
Nv burned alive Arnold of Brescia fol
having raised his voice against tho
vices Of the Papacy; the Beghards OF
the 18th century, or what few of them
survived the prosecutions of the Pope
joined the Tertiaries of the Francis
cans. On which facts" we make two
pertinent comments: why did not the
latter join the Protestants and keep
as far as possible from the prosecuting
+, popes? And can anybody be named
in those centuries whom the popes did
not burn alive?"
Under "whipper- we are told
that D'Ossat and Du Perron, after
wards cardinals, were whipped by
Clement VIII, but the age at which the
future cardinals received the pontifical
castigation is left to conjecture
-"Posoners (secreD; (2) Pope Alex
ander VI was a noted poisoner.".-
Cardinal Bellarmine was not a Pope
but, in his honor, "a bottle with big
belly is called a Bellarmine"
For the benefit of those who do not
know who or what st. Thomas was and
desire to get the correct measure of his
intelligence and genius, the following
characteristic specimen of his reason
ing is -rouchsafed: question: "utrur1
angelus moveatur de loco ad locum
transeundo per Medium edo the
angels move from place to place
through space?) Answer 1T depends
on circumstances" What a great
mind! Another example: How many
angels can dance on the point of a
pin?' What fattering opinion the
reader now has of the Angel of tile
Schools!
Casuistry, We are informed, is The
art of quibbling with God; an Agnus
Del is something used as an amulet:
the Viaticum is sacrament that
furnishes the spirit with a. passport to
paradise; the Ave bell is tolled before
services to invite worshippers to a pre-
paratory prayer to the Virgin.
The opportunity offered by the word
Assumption Is too good to be allowed
to pass without an attempt to prove
the Catholic Church in error. Tha
authors insight into Catholic life and
practices is powerfully evinced by his
explanation of the term, "Odour of
sanctity; the Catholic notion that
priests bear about with them an odour
OF sanctity may be explained thus:
They are SO constantly present when
the sensers diffuse sweet odor, that
their clothes and skin smell of tho in
cense' On the Douay Bible. we arc
made acquainted with the portentous
fact. to the simple minded and irnor.
ant, big with mysterious consequences
Of blasphemy and superstition, that i.
translates such words as repentance
by the word penance etc." although.
why 1T should be a more heinous crime
than to translate such words as pen
ancc by the words repentance, etc. =
the reader is left to infer himself.
But the jewel Of this whole casket Of
contemplate Misrepresentation. tho
priceless gem of fullest ray serene
is this article which we transcribe in
tull. "LEWD: (Anglo-Saxon leode)
SIMPLY means folk in general, verb
leo-dan. THE PRESENT MEANING
REFERS TO THE CELTBACK OF
THE CLERGY" This would sound
better if it were added as a. comment IN
the newspaper reports of a recent sam
pie OF ministerial NERVOUSNESS. tho
stencil of which still fingers unpleos-
antly in the public nostrils.
Tho learned doctor enumerates a
long list Of relics, (which are shown
officially at Rome and publicly adored
by the highest dignitaries with all the
magnificence of ecclesiastical pomp and
ritual" The list is not fit to print en-
tire; ordinary decency and modesty
forbid their mention. But here are
some that will excite the disabilities
rather than disgust: "a rib Of the yer-
bum Caro- fastum, a vial Of the sweat
OF st. Michael when he commended with
Satan, some rays CT the star which
guided the Wise Men. ETC." If readers
have not a clear notion Of the word
Proletariat, the following remark will,
illumine his mind: Italy has a. cleri-
cal aristocracy rich. idle and corr,,n+