The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-03-30

I. How many children did Adam
and Eve have? 2. Who was Gains
wife2 8. ! am a Catholic girl and
where | board the people take a paper
called the "Menace." Will you please
give your opinion on it? 4. When
priest 10 ordained does he have the
following phrase In his oath: ~ believe
or declare all other churches than
Catholic damnabIe."
l. Holy Scripture is silent in re-
gard to the number of children born
to Adam and Eve. That there were
others beside Cain, Abel and Seth is
evident from the fourth verse of the
fifth chapter of the book of Genesis,
which says: "And the days of Adam
after he begot Seth were eight hun
dred years: and he begot sons and
daughters" 2. When Cain decided
to marry the only women on earth
were his sisters and, possibly, his
nieces, the daughters of his brothers.
His choice of a wife had to be made
from these. How could it be other
wise? In these days Adam and his
family were the only people on earth
and, necessarily, his children had to
intermarry in order that the human
race might be propagated. 3. The
paper to which you refer is so vile
that no decent person, Catholic or non
Catholic, who has any respect for
himself or for others will read it.
Those who subscribe for it and read
it do not belong to the class of people
with whom a Catholic girl can asso-
ciate without great danger to her
faith and morals. 4. No.
Is it possible for any one to operate
a saloon and be a consistent Catho-
lie, when every time he comes to
that sentence when reciting the
Lords Prayer, LEAD US not into
temptation" he knows he is going to
expose himself and everybody else to
temptation daily? 2. Can newspaper
be justified in refusing any advertis'
ing matter relating to the liquor bust
ness and at the same time accept
Job work covering the seIf-same mat
ter, knowing it will be used for pub
lie distribution?
/. The Catholic Church does not
teach that the selling of liquor is sim
full or demoralizing in itself. Her op-
position to the traffic is based upon
the dangers connected with it and the
opportunities and occasions for sin
which it offers. There are those who
maintain that there is such thing as
a decent saloonkeeper. There may
be; but, under present conditions, it
is the exception for any man to con-
duct a saloon and at the same time
be a consistent, practical Catholic.
The Bishops of the Catholic Church
in America, assembled in Plenary
Council at Baltimore, condemned
saloonkeeping as an unbecoming
business and exhorted Catholics en-
gagged in it to seek a more becoming
way of making a living. 1t was their
wish that no Catholic engage in the
business of saloonkeeping and to that
end they exhorted pastors to inveigh
against the liquor traffic and to do al
in their power to prevent their PEG
pie from becoming saloonkeepers and
to get them to give up the business il
they are already engaged in it. Blu
if Catholics persisted in keeping
saloons the Fathers of the Plenary
Council charged them not to keel
their saloons open on Sunday or aftel
hours or to allow cursing, blasphemy
or obscenity of any kind in connection
with their places of business. 1t il
a very difficult matter to regard ;
saloonkeeper as practical Catholic
who makes use of the ordinary means
employed nowadays in the conduct o
the liquor traffic. Some, no doubt
try to observe the laws regulating
the saloon traffic as we'll as they cal
by closing on Sundays and at TIL
designated hour on other days, b.
refusing to sell to those already ad
svanced on the way to drunkenness
to minors, and to those who, the.
know, need. the money they are will
ing to spend on drink, for the supper
of their family, the education of thei
children, and the discharge of thei
civil and religious duties. If
saloonkeeper does these things con
scientiously and conducts his bust
ness legitimately there is no reason
why he should not be considered ;
good Catholic. But how many d.
this? And even under such circum
stances is not the business one il
which opportunities for sin AM
wrong-doing are very great? 2. A news
paper which has the courage nova
days to refuse to advertise the iquo
business ought to have enough back
bone to be consistent in this regar'
and not accept advertising job worl
which, it knows, will be used t
further the interests of the traffic.
When the first Friday of the mont
falls on Good Friday will the receiving
of Holy Communion on Holy Thursda