The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-02-04
Is a priest allowed to sing two
Masses on the same dav?


On any day on which priest can
say two Masses he may read or sing
them. On Christmas day he can sing
three Masses.
May Catholic become member Of
the Knights of Pythias?
No. The knights of Pythias is one
of the secret societies which the Cath
olic Church has expressly forbidden
her children to join. The others are
the Odd Fellows and the Sons of Tenn
perance and the Freemasons. No one
can Join any of these societies and re-
main practical Catholic.
Is a Catholic who has fallen away
from the Church bound by its laws 50
that he or she must marry in the
Church?
Such a person is bound by the law
of the Church and unless he or she is
married by the pastor of the parish
in which they live, or by priest dele
gated by the pastor, the marriage is
null in the eyes of the Church.
(D Are the priests of the Greek
Catholic Church permitted to marry
after ordination? (2) Are married
men admitted to the priesthood? (3)
Is the Russian Catholic Church, OF
which the Gar is the head, the same
as the Greek Catholic Church?
Cd No. If they marry, the mar
rage must take place before they are
ordained Deacons. (2) In the Greek
Church, yes; in the Latin Church, no,
unless the wife fully and freely con-
sents, and takes vow of chastity
(3) The Gar is not the head OF the
Russian Catholic Church, but OF the
Russian Orthodox Church. The Rus
sian and the Greek Catholic Churches
are one and the same in doctrinal
teaching.
How could a loving God create some
of His creatures for eternal danna-
ton?
John Calvin in the sixteenth century
taught that God created some men for
eternal perdition, but this has never
been the teaching of the Catholic
Church. 1t was natural that men who
mistook this cruel God for the God of
the Christians rejected Christianity
altogether.
The Council of Trent condemned
most strongly this doctrine of predes-
tination, by declaring that God sim
cerely wills to save those who are not
of the number Of the predestined.
(On Justification, Sess. vi. can. II. CT
Matt. xiii 27; John iii, 16), Indeed
the doctrine of the Catholic Church
is that God sincerely wills all men to
be saved, as is evident from the Scrip
lures: "He is the Precipitation for
our sins; and not for ours only, but
also for those of the whole world
q. John ii, p, Behold Him who
taketh away the sin of the world
John i, 29); God our Saviour ''who
will have all men to be saved, and tc
come to the knowledge of the truth
Il. Tim. ii, A..
It is undoubtedly true that Goo
foreknows the eternal loss of the I'm
repentant sinner. Why, then, con
tinues our questioner, did He create
such a one?
There is a great mystery involved
herein, yet it is wrong to accuse Goo
of this evil; He is not the author o.
any evil. God is the Eternal present
with Him there is no future. He i:
the All-Knowing One, or He ceases tt
be God. He knows the event, there
fore, because it occurs; but it doe'
not occur because God knows it. Hi
foreknowledge in no way affects ou
freedom of will.
We are created by God with intellec
to know the good, and free will tt
choose it. Moral creatures, therefore
with a conscience within us judgin,
the right and the wrong, we are re
sponsible for the wrong freely chosen
If we die in sin, we choose the wron
for all eternity; and having had tn
sufficient grace of God to the last, W.
are guilty of our own damning. w
cannot lay the responsibility of
upon Him. This is common sense
This is the teaching of the Church Q
God.
In things human, we readily see hoy
foreknowledge does not imply tn
causing of the thing foreknown.
warn poor swimmer not to ventur
in an angry sea, for / am certain b
will drown if he attempts it. Am
responsible for his death if he goes i
swimming in spite of my warning?
God warns soul He loves not
venture in the sea of grievous sin, fo
He is certain that if he persist ther'
in he will perish for ever. Is God n
sponsible for the sinners eternal deaf
because he freely and deliberately r.
fused to obey the bidding of his Lor
and Master?
But you will tell me the compariso
is faulty. You could not help yor
stubborn friend, but God could hel
the sinner by giving him more grac