The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-28

Ices not rob IL OF those other quail
les which belong to every historical
net In which mans spiritual activity
&ns found expression.
Recognizes Changes.
1T follows naturally from the atti-
<ude toward Biblical research that
modernism Is a departure from ira
dffional Catholic theology. 1t recog-
mixes that there have been changes in
the past and may be again. IL denies
that Catholic theology must be pre-
served in scholastic crystals, but in
lists that II must be adapted to the
culture and life Of today. Philosophy
and religious thought present today
very different aspect than in the
days OF Innocent III and Paul III. The
: professors and teachers of today face
= different field OF facts than did the
monks OF the medieval universities
Qr the apologists OF the counter-re-
1ormation.
1.-THE days OF the monarchs are
past. The people themselves are i'm
Derial. The divine right of kings has
4iven place to the divine right OF the
people. The spirit of democracy has
ooized the souls Of men. The very
ofructure of the Roman church came
% completion under the spell of mon
orchism and Imperialism, and Is OPP
posed to democracy; hence modern
lam attempts to readjust Catholicism
20 democracy. The separation Of the
cnurch and state, as In France. is only
1ncidental II may be a sequence Of
modernism, but modernism does not
oppose II nor demand il. II the Vati-
can had listened TO the statement and
oppeal from the French Catholics and
Hranted them the national autonomy
asked, conditions in France would be
different today.
Many Leaders Are Modernists.
Many OF the leaders in the new
political and industrial movements of
Today are Modernists. The attitude of
\ the Vatican has forced Modernists in
70 . camp OF apparent opposition TO
[. the Roman church. The continent
Of Europe is fast discarding lite
ancient imperial trappings. and &C
cepting the principles or democracy,
rejecting Its medieval scholasticism
and demanding q simpler Christian
faith. The Roman Catholic church
he's worn out and broken down In
France. IL has, also, worn out, and
looks now as II IL will soon breal
: Town In Italy, Spain, Portugal ant
Austria. In Germany and Holland 4
n making no Roadway. In all tn,
oo-called Catholic countries. Catholic
Ism Ia disintegrating and losing IL
ancient power. Modernism Is an hor
s ut attempt to save q dying cause.
The Catholic church should franz
" recognize that democracy pave
the way to what il precisely the higf
ct expression OF her Catholicism"
Referring TO the personality of tn
6fesent Pope. Mr.. Young observed:
His mind il thoroughly Undue
With medieval theology. He is hope
lcssly welded to scholasticism. He !
. perhaps the most obstinate Pope, tn
least capable of being influenced, tina
has occupied the papal chair for
centnry He IL man of many vii
<oes. no doubt, but possesses a min,
completely impervious to twentieth
century thought. He accepted an,
F holds blindly the purely mechanical
and external teaching which he re
ccived at the seminaries OF Castel
F franco and Treviso.
Tho pope's counselors are the sam
<vDe and he IL controlled by them"
The attitude OF the Vatican" cor
11nuod Mr.. Young. "is one Of repue
>cnce. contempt, hatred and malediC
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