The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-12-16

1. What is the meaning of that part
of the gospel of the last Sunday after
Pentecost which says, "HeaVen and
earth shall pass away but my word
shall not pass away? We admit that
earth will pass away but is the same
true of Heaven? 2. Why does not
Easter Sunday remain fixed as does
Christmas, since it is an anniversary
just as Christmas is?
l. This question has already been
fully answered in this department.
Heaven and earth" here referred to
as passing away signify the material
universe, the sun, planets, and other
celestial bodies which will be de-
stroyed at the end of the world
Heaven, the abode of God and our
celestial home, will never pass away
for the presence of God Who is eter-
nal will never cease to ravish the
vision of those who are saved. Thus
Heaven, the Kingdom of God, will en-
of those who are admitted to it. 2.
Easter Sunday is a fixed festival
though not in the same sense as that
of Christmas is said to be fixed.
Christmas is always celebrated on the
twenty-fifth of December no matter
what day of the week this date may
fall on The feast of the Resurrection
of our Lord which is commemorated
on every Sunday of the year, always
falls on the first Sunday after the full
moon which occurs on or after the
vernal equinox, or the twenty-first of
Sunday, Easter Sunday is celebrated
on the following Sunday. By this ar
rangement Easter may come as early
as the twenty-second of March, or as
late as the twenty-ffth of April. The
connection between the Jewish Pass
over and the Christian Easter is real
since Christ died on the first Jewish
Easter day. In fact, the Jewish feast
was taken over into the Christian
Easter celebration. For the COM
memoration of Christ's Resurrection
it was necessary to know the exact
very simple for the Jews as it fell
on the fifteenth of the month of Nissan
according to their method of comput-
ing time. In other parts of the
Roman Empire there were other
methods of reckoning time. The diff
ference in the number of days in the
Jewish lunar year as compared with
those in the solar year did not permit
that the first days of the Jewish month
and year would coincide with any fixed
days of the Roman solar year. Con-
sequently Easter has no fixed date
Nissan of the Jewish year shifted from
date to date on the Julian calendar
The Sunday after the fourteenth day
of Nissan was the historical day of the
Resurrection and at Rome this Sunday
became the Christian feast of Easter
1t was celebrated on the first Sunday
after the first full moon after the
spring equinox and the first council
of Nicaea decreed that this practice
should be observed throughout the
Church.
1. If Adam and Eve sinned by steal
ing how are we subject to other sins,
as cursing, ETC.? 2. Is it possible that
everything happened to Christ and His
disciples as it is related in the Bible
history? How do modern historians
know these things?
l. The sin of Adam and Eve was
a sin of disobedience rather than of
theft in the strict sense of the word
God had forbidden them to eat the
fruit of a certain tree that grew in
the garden of Eden. They disobeyed
His command. Every sin implies dis
obedience to Gods commandments
either directly or Indirectly. The sin
of our first parents entailed upon us
weakness of the will and a prone
ness to evil which makes us easy
victims to the assaults of temptation,
and opens the door to sins of all kinds.
2. The Bible gives us true statement
of what happened to our Lord and His
disciples. 1t does not tell us every
thing about them; but what it does
relate is true. Modern historians
know about these things because they
have the Bible which is a historical
record.
If child is baptised Margaret and
recorded in the Registration of Births
as Maude, which name is she entitled
to use?
The name which a person is entitled
to use is the one given at the con-
ferring of baptism and not the one
incorrectly written in the registration
book.
Is Catholic permitted to attend
the evening classes at the Y. w. C. A.?
The Y. w. c. A, like the Y. M. G. A.,
is Protestant institution and, there
fore, should not be patronized by Cath
olics. Catholics who patronize it try
to excuse themselves on the plea that
they are only taking advantage of its
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