The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-21
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Answer From Columbus, o.

To the Editor of The Age Herald:
 Permit me to say few words in your esteemed paper in regard to the remarks made by MT. H. Reuter- of your city in his letter published in The Age-Herald of November 15, which remarks seem to have been prompted by a recent sermon given by Father Coye
 MT Reuter- quibbles with the word mediator, eand that which to him seems a contradiction is no contradiction at all. Catholics know what they do when they worship and adore God and Jesus Christ, and when they venerate and reverence angels and saints. They know. too. that there is only one mediator, Jesus Christ. ''Who gave Himself a redemption for all. the Redeemer who was promised and who was to satisfy for mans sins and reopen 10 him the gates of heaven Fur thermore, as a Catholic, know that no saint in this sense, can be a nediafor be- fore the throne of God. as little as could Mr. Reuter- himself.
 If l desire favor from some one. may sometimes gain this favor by having a friend put in q good word in my behalf. If a Protestant minister prays and inter- CCdtS lOi HtS IOnS AtbaAtOb tO Opbs oohib MT. Reuter- deny that the minister Is mediator? Of course not! And Mir. Reuter- can easily see the distinction be- tween this nedlatorshp and the mediator ship of Jesus Christ if he wants to- If men on earth can thus, in this sense of tle word. be media,ors or ntercessors, why not angels and saints be the same?
 Mir Reuter- laments the unseriptuial practices Of the Catholic church. To quote from d work But although the fact of the saints knowing that we pray to them and honor them. is not stated in the definition. it is most certain, from what we read in the scriptures, and from the numerous testimonies of Christian fathers and writers. that il has always been believed In the church., and when M. Reuter- then reads Zach. 1:l2, Apoc. 5:s. Apoc. S:3. 1. etc. 1 think he will see that the whole takes on quite a scriptural aspect
 After all, MT. Reuter-. viewing things through Protestant goggles, Is not under any obligations 10 venerate the saints of the Catholic church. Yet, when Protes- tant ministers and theologians in their
 
 fer to saints, they unconsciously honor those of the Catholic church. as I am not aware that any Protestant church so far has produced a saint.
 The trouble is that many of our friends insist that the Bible is the only guide for Christians. When one considers that the various books of the New 1 estament were written from the eighth to the sixty hfth year after the ascension of C.lrist and thai many. many more years passed heforc these works were collected Into one beck. the question naturally arises: VI nat sL.de did tnrlstians have previous there 10? And yet If the Bib.e were inten su to be the only true guide. and therefore to contain eve. ything necessary tor Chrss- ans to know. why IS II not complete then? See St. John 2i 15
 Hence Ii is that t.auition and the preached gospel, as distinguished fiGm .iie wiitten gcspel, are ve.y nnportant factcrs fin the 0atnolic church. ana many U irgs which Mir. Reuter- as a Protestant does not know nor understand would 0e quite ineligible to him were he il Catholic. JOHN Mt fhA. eJ3 Midland Avenue
 ColGm5gs, O., November IS.