American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1909-08-21

his being the agent Of Divine inspira-
tion, only God can make this fact
known which He does through the
Catholic church which speaks to the
world with His voice.
Before the art Of printing, which
only dates back to the Fifteenth century,
the Bible had to be reproduced by hand
which was a long and laborious task
performed almost entirely by the
monks and scholars Of the Catholic
church"
Taking up the matter of non Catholic
Christianity with the 155 denominations
IN this country, all protesting to
give the Bible more respect and
reverence than the Catholic church,
the lecturer attributed religious discord
to the application of this erroneous
principle. He said that the Bible
makes no claim to be the sole rule of
faith nor do the nom Catholics propagate
the teachings peculiar to their own de-
nomination by Bible reading only. They
use catechisms, leaflets, interpretations
from the pulpit, etc. The Bible is like
a will without signature or acceptance
by the probate court. The modern
Christian reads it only in translation.
The mere reading is not all, he must
have the real sense of Holy Writ. The
Bible never intended to dispense with
teacher; the church could do her
work without the Bible but the Bible
must have the church. Scripture is not
easy to understand" he said and in
support of this he read from II st.
Peter iii, 16, and quoted Luther's
acknowledgement.
"Christ never wrote nor commanded
anyone to write. The Christians of the
early days had no Bible. Many people
of this age cannot read and must learn
of Christ through teacher" He COM
pared the Bible of civil liberty the
constitution of the United States with
the Bible of Christianity saying, We
have the supreme court to decide on
matters under the constitution and we
believe there must also be such court
to render decisions as to the meaning of
the Bible.
Tuesday evening, after reading Acts
/ i. 1-l2. Father Doran considered the
question "Christ's Church; is it One or
Many"
The conclusion reached by the pre-
vious lectures that God had spoken to
the world by His SON coupled with his
declaration that He will have all men
saved and come to know the truth led
our lecturer to these words. when
once God had put the light into the
world when Christ lived among men, to
be Just, God must continue the presence
of this light. Then going over the
period when Christ was upon earth he
showed how He laid the plans for the
continuation of this light. '1n st.
Mathew xxxiii, 1920" he said 'the
apostles were appointed rulers with al
nations their subjects. Again in ST.
Mathew xvi, 1919, st. Peter is appoint
ed the supreme representative Of
Christ and after him the head of this
society which Christ calls His church.
In st. Luke x, 16, he that heareth yol
heareth Me- Christ gave His church
His own authority, the power of teach
ing without error. He fulfilled Hi
promise on the Day of Pentecost an'
breathed into it the Holy Spirit of Lift
making it divine. This church mus
then be in the world today with th'
marks which cannot be initiated.
In support of this he quoted from st
John xvii, 2O-23, 1T is to be one church
unified and unique;' st. Mathew v, 4S
4 1T is to be an enimently Holy church;
/ St. Mathew xviii, 10, st. Mark xvi, 16
1T is to be universal Catholic st
Mathew xviii, IS, 1T is to be apostolic
tracing its teaching ministry to tn
apostles "Apply these marks" h
said. 1--WE find single church that ha
one uniform doctrine in its teachers ant
members; that is governed by on
dlvinely appointed head, the Pope; tina
has everywhere the same services o
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