The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-14
Explain the method Of eIectins ;


Pope.
When the Pope dies, all the Cardi-
nails are notified by one of the Secre-
taries of the Sacred College, and those
who reside outside of Rome are sum-
moned thither for the election of his
successor. The election must begin
on the tenth day after the Pope's
death. For that purpose the assembly
room, or Conclave, is prepared in the
Papal Palace, or in some other suit
able building. The hall is divided into
a number of apartments, or suites of
rooms, one for each Cardinal who is
to take part in the election. On the
tenth day the Mass of the Holy Ghost
is celebrated in the Vatican Church,
after which the Cardinals go in pro-
cession to their respective apartments,
where they must remain until new
pope is elected. Each Cardinal is al
lowed two personal attendants. All
the entrances to the Conclave, except
one, are closed; and that is in charge
of officials whose duty it is to allow no
unauthorized person to enter, as well
as to examine the food brought to the
Cardinals, in order that no written
communication be transmitted to
them. If no election takes place after
three days, the food supply is restrict
ed; and, if five more days elapse with
out result, diet of bread, water and
wine is prescribed-though this rigor
has been somewhat modified. Morn
ing and evening the Cardinals meet
in the chapel and vote by ballot. The
successful candidate must have two
third majority. If no one has the re-
quired number of votes, the ballots are
burned, and the smoke therefrom ris-
ing above the Conclave is notifica-
ton to the assembled people that no
election has taken place. When, at
length, new Pope is chosen, he re-
ceives the homage of the Cardinals
and is then proclaimed to the world
from the balcony of st. Peters, and
the name he has chosen is made
known. The Pope then appears and
gives his blessing to the people.
Church originate? Was it co-existent
with the Catholic Church?
(2) Was the Baptist Church known
in early years as the Waldensian
schism?
The Baptist Church can lay no valid
claim to an antiquity reaching farther
back than the seventeenth century.
AS an organization distinct from the
Anabaptists of the Reformation peri
cd, it came into existence in London
on September IL, 1888, when number
of Protestant Dissenters seeded from
the parent body and under the leader
ship of John Salisbury, formed them
selves into what was known as the
Particular Baptist Church. They were
impelled to do this by the belief that
the congregation to which they be-
longed had departed from it original
tenets.
The new sect was distinguished
from other Evangelical Churches by
it's views in regard to Baptism. Accord
ing to their Interpretation of the New
Testament, faith and repentance on
the part of the recipient were essen
tial as prerequisite to the valid re-
ception of the Sacrament of Baptism.
Hence, it ought to be administered
to adults only and not to infants who
are incapable of complying with these
essential conditions. Baptism is not
given in order to make the person bap-
tized child of God, but as sign that
he has already become one by faith
in Christ
There are many different kinds of
Baptists, such as the Regular Baptists,
the Free-will Baptists, the Seventh.
day Baptists, the Free-communion Bap-
lists. There is no evidence that all
these offshoots sprang from the orig
inal society. In the seventeenth cen
fury many Baptists left England and
fed to America, where the sect began
to flourish under the leadership of
Roger Williams, at one time a minister
of the Church of England.
The Waldensian schism owes it's
origin and it's name to Peter Waldo, a
merchant of Lyons, France, who, about
1850, consecrated himself to the cause
of Religion. He distributed his prop
erty to the poor, chose life of power
ty and began to preach to others. AT
first he and his disciples preached
Catholic doctrine, but when the Arch
bishop of Lyons prohibited them from
preaching, because they were laymen
they refused to recognize his author
ity. Their separation from the Church
and their private Interpretation of the
Scripture led them to oppose Catholic
doctrine. They cast off the authority
of the Pope and the bishops; asserted
the right of laymen, and even of WON
en-, to preach; denied the reality oil
the Mass, the existence of Purgatory
and the efficacy of prayers for the
dead, and banished crosses, images
and ornaments from their churches
The Waldenses were condemned by
the Third Lateran Council, under
Pope Alexander III, in 1179.
Is Catholic allowed to be sponsor
at the baptism of a non-CathoIic child
No Catholic can stand sponsor fol
a child that is to be baptized in {
sectarian church. A god-parent as
sumes the responsibility of seeing
that god-child is trained in the faitl
in which it is baptized. You can SCI
how Catholic could not assume sucl
an obligation. Besides, Catholics ar,
forbidden to take part in any heretica
ceremony, and to stand sponsor for ;
non-Catholic church is to co-operat,
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