The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-03-12
THE REVIVAL OF
AN OLD HEREsY
George Bartoli, An Ex-Jesuit
From Modena, Is
Now
In America, Engaged in
a Dishonorable
Propaganda.
History of the Career of
This Unfortunate
Pervert.

At a meeting of the Ministerial Assoc
citation in Albany last week one of the
reverend gentlemen informed his
brethren that on the evening Of March
ii, at the Historical Society's building,
they may enjoy the pleasure Of listen-
ing to Rev. George Bartoli, "A Con.
verted Jesuit" who will speak on the
Waldenslan movement in Italy, and at
tempt to revive interest in that almost
forgotten heresy.
osity shown regarding the personality
of this Converted Jesuit, and the fol-
lowing sketch Of his career, which we
reproduce from a recent issue of the
ably edited Jesuit review, "America," )"
will be found quite interesting:
The arrival in this country of
George Bartoli of Modena, who was
until 1908 a priest and a member OF
the Society of Jesus, is the signal for
distinguished convert from errors
which were adroitly concealed from
him, all through his career as stu
dent and later as a professor and pub-
licist, until his eyes were at last opened
in his maturer years.
According to the newspaper state }.
ments which have appeared from time
to time in the last few months, it first
occurred to him to doubt about the
correctness Of his theological views
when he was attempting to refute soma
publication (the name Of which is not
given) of the Anglican Bishop of Bonn
bay, and discovered for the first time
that Saint Cyprian, whom he had been
taught to regard as a staunch defend-
er Of the unity of the church. was not
at all; but that, on the contrary, his
| writings had been misquoted, inter-
polated and falsified in order to make
him appear as it's defender. His press
| agents do not know that the disputed
texts Of st. Cyprian are commonly
treated in text books of Catholic the
ology. TIE priest who claims that
| they have been concealed from him is
either romancing or confessing ignor
ance. 1t was in India Bartoli discovered
! his doubts. and so worped and dis
torted had his views become during
his usual four years Jesuit seminary
course that it took him twelve years.
living all this time as a Jesuit to re-
and to arrive at the truth which he
now believes he has found in the doc
trine of the Waldenses. 1t is in the
interests Of the Waldensian church that
he has come to this country to lecture
and evangelize.
Father Bartoli passed twenty nine
years of his life among the Jesults;
Of this time about twelve years were
spent in the novitiate and in schol-
astic prepartion Cor the priesthood
Most Of the remaining II years he
lived partly at Scutari, Albania, and
partly at Mangalore, British East In.
dies, teaching the elementary studiea
which are usually taught in mission
colleges or schools. About 1904, after
suffering from sun stroke and an at
| tack of typhoid fever, he returned Il
Rome and, although not member Of
the editorial staff Of the Civilta Cat
| tolica, he remained for O. while In
their residence, spending his time In
writing stories for that periodical. one
Of which the typography Of Super.
/ man." attracted some attention. al
though it did not run beyond the frs
edition. It would appear that his sun.
stroke had made him restless and In.
tractable and he could no longer ad.
Just himself to the observances Of i
Jesuit community. In 1905 he lef
Rome for Dublin, where he attempted
to act as correspondent Of the Civiltt
Cattolica, but his contributions wer'
not accepted, as he did not seem ca
pable Of regarding the country or it.
people seriously. Returning to ROM
and unwilling to comply with the rule
Of the order, he was, for some time, il
q dubious position. REGARDED by som