The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-02-11

personal interest quickly level to the
ground. Well enough, perhaps, for
the man, whom propitious tempera-
ment and benign circumstances guard
from peril But the question is not
of such; it is of the millions. The mill
lions make the world of humanity and
in their unfettered rage soon break
in upon the conceits of those theorists
and dreamers, who, while judging hui
manity from subjective intuitions,
hasten it to its ruin by their rash
and irritating philosophers. Yes, for
the sake of men on earth, for the sake
of the family and Of society, heralds
of the Lord, preach, preach the SUI
pernatural
The Catholic Church the Guardian of
the Supernatural.
To preach the Supernatural is the
mission of the Church of Christ:
Teach all nations, teaching them all
things whatsoever / have commanded
you" Where today is that mission
receiving it's fulfillment? The answer
is readily given-In the Catholic
Church, and only in the Catholic
Church. No stronger proof is needed
than this fact, to establish the claims
of the Catholic Church to the divine
authority once delegated to the Apos-
tolate on the summit of Mount Olivet
Elsewhere either silence is the order
of the day, or if mention is still made
Of it, timidity, uncertainty permeate
the announcement. Elsewhere no
authoritative voice is heard in it's de-
fence; no continuous, unwavering Wig
lance is shown in warding off it's enc
mics. Hail thou, Catholic Church, the
herald of the Supernatural! Hail thou,
the undoubted bearer to the world of
the apostolic message of the Word
Incarnate!
On the Vatican Hill stands the
Chieftain, ever quick to observe the
approach of danger, ever quick to
sound the alarm. We have listened
to the Encyclicals of Plus x on Mod
ernism. The question is one of mod
ernism in religion, of theories with
regard to the Supernatural that impair
! its integrity, demolish it's objective
realities, alter it in it's vital doctrines
| from the faith preached by the Mas
! ter The religion of the Supernatural
allows no room for alteration to suit
| the spirit of a passing age-no room
for Modernism. It is the religion OF
God, as it was from eternity; the re,
/ ligion of Jesus Christ, as Jesus Christ
preached it nineteen hundred years
ago; the religion of the Church OF
Jesus Christ as she received it from
her. Founder, as she since has preach.
ed it in unalloyed purity and undi.
minished fullness. The religion of the
Supernatural is assailed by open and
j by covert foe. The former would bot
/ it out altogether from the thoughts
of men: the latter, they say, would
give it new life by changing it into
new forms, more apt to please the
PHILOSOPHERS of modern times. Mod
ernists in religion would see in God
anrnemanation of Kantian subjectiv
/ ism; i'm the divinity of Christ an eff
j fusion of exalted faith; in the Church
of Christ, an accretion from human
traditions, from human imaginings
Help of this kind the Church will not
accept: it were fatal to the truth
And, so, from the Vatican Hill Plus
x hurls anathemas against all who
either deny the existence of the Super
natural, or disfgure its principles and
teachings. God lives in the su
preme, infinite objectivity, to be
known by reason, in contemplation o.
His power, wisdom and goodness as
manifested in His works. Jesus Chris
i lives manifest in the full objectivity
of His divinity, proven through His
prophecies and miracles. The Church
teaches, with authority received from
Jesus Christ, the truths entrusted tt
her vigilant keeping. This the mean
ing, this the purport of the encyclical'
of Piux K. Who, knowing the jeal
Gus care with which he watches owe
the sacred deposit, the fearlessnes'
with which he speaks in it's defence
will not admire him, and with obedi
ence of the mind prefer him low
|
the supernatural were without a de
fender, whose voice should reach int
the confines of nations, whose word
thrilling the hundreds of millions, set
them in battle array to guard, at al
costs, at all sacrifices the truths ant
the rights of the Supernatural.
! Bishops and priests of the Catholi
Church, preach as your Chieftail
breaches. Laymen of the Catholic
Church, it's sons and soldiers, follow
in the wake Of your leaders; comba
valiantly with them in the defence o
the truth
Address to Auxiliary and Ordinary
My new1y-consecrated brother,
have told of the sacred mission tina
was yours through the days of you
priesthood, that will be yours Il
larger measure through those of you
W. hr