The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1908-08-22
As TO The NAME
Why the Church is Called Cath.
Ollie, Explained.
Some Very Important Questions
Answered..

WHY Is tne CnurCn called Catholic
Is that name claimed exclusively by
your church, and if so, by what patent
right does she lay claim to it? writes
"F. y. NJ" in the Salt Lake Inter-
| mountain Catholic, to which the editor
makes answer as follows:
| The questions here asked are i'm
| portant The word Catholic is defined
| universal, and as applied to the church
| which has it's authoritive head in
Rome it is the proper name of the
Christian church. The name has been
always claimed by the church as it's
proper name. When corporation or
commercial company selects proper
name to designate its business, the
whole power of the state is at their
command to protect them in the use of
the proper name they select Not so
with the Catholic church. Other
churches may, as they have frequently
done, select that name which time u.s.
age and the general verdict of human
lty ascrlbe to one church. 1t is mat
ter of great Importance. Hence at the
Vatican Council. 1869, one of the sub
jects debated was the name by which
the church should be known. All in
sisted that it should be the Catholic
Church, which had it's origin in the
Apostles Creed. Il believe in the Holy
Ghost, the holy Catholic church." The
adjunct Roman Catholic church" has
never been recognized by the church
herself as her proper name Twice
during the last century an authorita-
tive decision was rendered that the
name as found in the Apostles Greed
should not be qualified by any prefix.
In 1915, at a congress held in Vienna,
some members referring to the church
used the expression, Roman Catholic
church. TO this title the representa-
tive of the Pope, Cardinal Consalve,
took exception, saying that the church
is Roman as we'll as Catholic, but that
the prefix Roman" used to designate
the church of God could not be admit
ted. That the historical, if not divine
name selected by the Apostles and in
serted in the Greed should not be
changed. The Vatican Council came to
the same conclusion after a long de-
bate on the insertion of Roman"
merely as descriptive prefix. like
holy but 1t was decided that the
church should be known officially by
the proper name-"The Catholic
Church" BY this name the church is
and always has been known. No other
church is or ever has been known by
that name. At the commencement Of
the fifth century the Donatists claimed
1t for themselves. AT conference held
in Carthage. 411,2s6 Catholic bishops,
and 279 Donatist bishops met to settle
their grievances. One of these grew
ances was that the church according
tn the former was visible society;
according to the latter it was an in
visible society. consisting of the inst
alone. AT the end of three days the
delegates. who presided, decided in ia
vor of the former The Donatists dis
scented and persisted in calling their
dissenting church "the Catholic
church. Their claim then and since
was and has been repudiated. Some
members Of the Anglican church per-
sist in calling themselves Catholics
and their church "the Catholic church."
but DISTINGUISHED parties only smile at
the claim. They object strenuously at
name Protestant as being dscourteous,
yet in England the King In his coro
nation oath did not swear to protect
1.-THE Holy Catholic and Apostolic
church" as we have it in the Apostles
Creed, but he did swear to protect and
guard the protestant religion as es-
tablished in his realms. In the United
States the official name of the other
"iHS VI lile fAIlSiCStll cfll(Trn is '.Iho
Protestant Episcopal, church in the
United States At general confer
ence in Philadelphia. in 1874. a. reso-
luton was introduced to change it's
present name to that of Catholic" or
Reformed Catholic" The resolution
was voted down by an overwhelming
majority. Therefore according to the
majority their church was not Cath
Ole" 1t is worthy of note that they
claim it to be reformed" which in it,
self is conclusive evidence against any
claim to be Catholic. because that
would mean to cast in new mold and
do away In part or entirely with the
old 'form.' This recasting of "Catho-
lcity" in new mold would require a
change in the profession of faith. I
! believe in the Holy Ghost and holy re-
formed Catholic church," which shows
the abs,lrdity and inconsistency Of or