The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18

as posslple with the difference in
matters of faith that separate one
church from another.
A few days ago non-Catholic fold
him that though brought up a Protest
ant, he did not attend church but his
religion was: to do unto others as YOU
would have others do unto you. The
Rev. speaker answered him that
this was good principle or
maxim but it could not be called re-
ligion because it left out the most
essential part of religion, viz: mans
obligations towards God. The man
then said that this principle was
enough religion for him.
Rev. Giglinger tlen went on saving
that the position of the Catholic church
was the same today as yesterday, viz.
that cut of the church there was no
salvation. This however did not mean
that every nol-Catholic was therefore
going to be lost. He said he was per-
fectly aware tlat the Catholic church
was looked upon as narrow and intol-
Grant but she was no more intolerant
than truth is of error and light of
darkness. She can change her discip-
une as for example she may allow
Catnolics to eat meat on Friday as
she allows them now to eat meat on
Saturday which also used to be a day
OIL abstinence and was obligatory in
Rome when he was student there.
put she can never change her doc
trlnes; she has no power to add to
them or to take from them. Protest
ants are guilty of having done both
when they made the private interpre-
tatlon of the Bible their rule Of faith
saying that the Bible alone is the rule
of faith through these words: "the
bible alone as the rule of faith are
not contained in the Bible They deny
the authority of the church, reduce
the number of sacraments which
Christ instituted, etc.
Christ never gave His apostles au-
thority to preach what they thought
but only what He had commanded
them, neither more nor less, whilst
all the religious denominations aside
from the Catholic church are but the
expressions of the personal views Of
their respective founders. The Cath
Ollie church has never changed and
can never change in matters of faith
and morals. st. Paul writing to the
Catalan says: But though we, or an
angel from heaven, preach any other
Gospel unto you than that which we
have preached unto you, let him be ac-
cursed Christ founded but one uni
versal or Catholic which means "uni.
versal'o church and called it His
church and said that he who neglects
to hear the church, let him be to thee
as an heather man and publican. .
None of the Protestant Christian
denominations of today were in exist
ence less than five hundred years ago
and certainly never had Christ for a
founder. We can trace the Catholic
church step by step back to the Apos-
ties and to Christ Himself who found
ed this church on rock calling it His
church and promising her that the
gates of hell shall never pre- all
against her. He then remarked that
the ignorance of some Protestant5 con-
corning the Catholic church was APP
palling. They look upon her as / sink
of iniquity and as encouraging and
protecting drunkenness and all kinds
Of vices. He himself would not want
to belong to such church. There
may be some nominal Catholics gull
ty of these vices but the church holds
out to such as continue in the state of
mortal sin till death eternal damna-
ton.
Rev. Giglinger then stated that
though out of the church there is no
salvation, it is equally true that no
one would ever be lost except by his
own fault The good, honest, sincere,
Protestants, who are God-fearing and
in good faith will be saved, not on ac-
count of their Professionalism but be-
cause CHey DelOHS 10 Tile soul OIL Tue
true church of God, the Catholic
church. Protestants when in doubt
about their religion must pray to
God for light and try to find out tle
true religion of God. Their separa-
ton from the true church, even when
they are in good faith, is a great mis-
fortune for them because they are de-
prived of many life-giying means OF
salvation through Clrist. The life
saving doctrines such as belief in God,
forgiveness of sins by the merits of
Jesus Christ, the belief in earnest
prayer, in sorrow for sin, ETC., which
Catholics and Professionals hold in COM
mon are all essentially Catholic doc
trines which the Protestants took
with them from the Catholic church
at the time of their separation. Pure
ly Protestant doctrines which are US
ually negative as for example that
, mass in bias phemous fable. that the
Pope is not the head of the church and
not infallible, that there are not seven
sacraments, that confession is not nee
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