The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1911-12-30
THE CONFESSIONAL

OF all the practices Of the Romish
church. confession 10 the priest IL the
most diabolioaL
Auricular confession THAT is. the
whispering In the ear Of the priest). In
the papAi system. is used AZ a means
OF universal dominion
f. Through the confessional. the priest
knows everything. even the most 80
cret occurrence Of domestic life. what
the husband does. what he says. and
even what he or anyone else In the
house thinks.
BY means OF the confessional tho
priest has complete power over the
woman. ruling her a. a slave; he
Knows all her weaknesses. and can
make such use Of them az to cause her
TO be a plAything In his hands, to bring
about his Vaccinations.
There was a time (which will always
be remembered with sorrow and hor-
rorl. when through the confessional
the prisons Of the inquisition were
crowded with respectable people. and
the flames OF the stake neither ceased
nor diminished In intensity. being fed
BY the daily oombustible material OF
the confessional. The practice OF au-
ricular confession degrades and de-
bases the woman.
One cannot understand a retiring
and modest woman. who would be OF.
tended at the least word being spoken
TO her by n person unknown to her.
prostrating herself on her knees be-
fore the most dangerous OF men. and
hearing from him the most immodest
questions.
Do not LET Il be thought that we say
this only from a great desire 10 combat
such a vicious practicel No; we could
give the very questions which the
priests are under obligation TO put to
their penitents. and among these Ques-
tons there are such as would cause
the most barefaced to blush.
Auricular confession is q practice
that ought to be opposed firmly and
perseveringly. being one most calcu.
lated TO ruin family life.
Are not yonng. women ASHAMED TO
whisper In the ear OF an unmarried
man all their weaknesses. revealing
to him what ought to be secretY
Do they not blush as alone with him
they are engaged in conversation with
the greatest possible amount Of Intl-
macy? Do they not remember that
the priest is an irreconcilable enemy
Of marriage and has taken VOWS Of
celibacy2
Then as regards the married won.
en-. can they dare disclose TO a sworn
bachelor what they would not tell their
own husbands, with whom by Gods
will they are inseparably unitedi Put
ting themselves in the priests hands
they furnish him with a terrible weap-
on with which to attack them.
What right has the priest superior
to that OF the husbandH Why should
he, a stranger, merit more confldence1
Why go and tell to other men the
weaknesses that you do not like TO
tell your husband?
Husbands, is Il possible that your
dignity can consent to your wives and
daughters being domineered over by
celibate men. who spy into all that
happens In the house, and who are de-
clared enemies TO real family lifeI
Is Il possible that conjugal and pa.
rental indifference can reach such a
point that you can permit a single man
to hold the most intimate intercourse
with your wives and daughters, and
obtain more influence in the family
than your
Let your wives and daughters know
that the practice Of auricular confes.
sion did not exist In the primitive
churches. when the faith was pure. but
was introduced when the processing
Christian churches became corrupt in
doctrine and practice.
Teach them to drink from the foun-
tain found in the Gospel OF Christ,
with the certainty that they will
never thirst, showing them at the same
time the deceit and false practices 50
contrary to the religion of Jesus
Christ. and that the only safety is to
follow this and forsake all contrary
teaching.-Translated from a Spanish
periodical, entitled FL Christiano.