The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-10-21

cations must be signed, though the
Question and Answer, care The Caths
Are priests ever allowed to marry?
No. The law of celibacy forbids
it. To make this clear it may be
we'll to state that the law of celibacy
is law of discipline and not doc
trine of faith or morals. The law
governing the Latin division of the
Church was made at the Council of
Alvira in 305 and forbids married
man to receive sacred orders, or one
in sacred orders to marry. The law
of the Greek division of the Church
was formulated by the Council of
Ancyra in 314 and modified later by
the Council of Constantinople. 1t for
bids a person in sacred orders to
marry, but permits a married man to
receive sacred orders, provided he
was married before receiving deacon
ship. Hence, married men can be-
come priests in the Greek Church,
but priests cannot marry. 1t is mis-
take, therefore, to say the Greek
priests marry. Priests are nowhere
and never permitted to marry. Some
of the Greek priests who originally
came to the United States were mar
ried men, but at present no married
priest is permitted to come to this
country, and no married man of the
Greek Church can be ordained to the
priesthood in this country.
What is meant by the Agnus Del?
The words themselves mean Lamb
of God. Agnus Deis are made of wax
bearing the impression of lamb and
blessed Shy the Holy Father ON the
Wednesday of Easter week and dis
tributed during his Mass on the fol-
lowing Saturday. The Pope blesses
them the first year of his pontificate
and every seventh year afterwards.
In blessing them he prays that those
who carry them may be protected
from storms and pestilence, fire and
water, and other evil effects
What is meant by the Monstrance?
What is the little case in which the
Blessed Sacrament is exposed during
Benediction?
The Monstrance, or as it is usually
called, the Ostensorium, is the recep-
tacle in which the Blessed Sacrament
is exposed for the alteration of the
faithful at Benediction, or carried in
procession on certain feasts during
the year. 1t is made of metals and
very often enriched with precious
stones. The body of the Monstrance
in which the Sacred Host is blessed
is round with rays radiating from it
resembling those of the sun and in
tended to recall the splendor of
Christ's countenance when He was
TRANSPORTED on Mount Thabor. The
little glass case with a gold Or silver
is enclosed before being placed in the
Ostensorium is called the Lunette.
The Sacred Host used at Benediction
is Kept in it in the Tabernacle.
1. If mother knows her infant is
in danger of death should she baptize
it if no one else is present but a
Protestant nurse? Should she not
send for some one else to perform
the ceremony? 2. If person pours
water on the head Of child and says:
81 baptize thee in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Ghost" but does not give the
child name, is that child baptized?
/. Since baptism is absolutely
necessary for salvation the Church
has made it easy for all to receive
that Sacrament by prescribing that
any one, whether Christian or infidel,
Catholic or non-Catholic, can baptize
a child who is in danger of death.
For this purpose it is only necessary
to pour water on the head of the
have the intention of doing what the
Church does in such cases. In a
word any one who has the use of
reason may baptize in case of neces-
sity. The Ritual prescribes, however,
that priest should be preferred to q
uOdSOAS 1OI d C1CIIC W d 1Cty
person, man to woman, unless the
latter be better acquainted with the
manner of comforting valid baptism.
The Ritual declares that a father
or mother should not baptize theil
own child when in danger of death
unless there is no one else pres
ent who can do it. In the case under
consideration, the mother should al
low the Protestant nurse to baptizt
her sick child and it is not necessary
to send for any other person. 2. Yes
The pouring on of water and the say
ing of the prescribed words is all thai
is required for valid baptism. The
addition of name is not at al
necessary as far as the Sacrament il
concerned.
What is the Paten used at Mass?