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chose the Lord ignored. and we hear
nothing. further of him. In His own
due time the Lord brought forward
the one He purposed should take the
place of Judas-St. Paul.
Jesus assured these Twelve that they
should "sit on twelve thrones, judg-
ing the twelve tribes of Israel" in the
'1Times of Restitution" and "Regenera-
ton" (Matthew xix. %; Acts iii. 49,
Ply These Twelve were again pictured
symbolically in Revelation as the
crown of twelve stars. on the head of
the symbolical Woman. who represent
Twelve are pictured In the symbolic
New Jerusalem. which portrays the
Church beyond the veil in Heavenly
glory, as twelve foundation stones
Revelation xxi. 14,O
False or Pseudo Apostles.
OF these Twelve alone Jesus said.
whatsoever things ye bind on earth
shall be bound in Heaven, and what
soever things ye shall declare loosed.'
or non-essential, on earth shall be de
clared 'loosed in Heaven"-so carefully
would the Great Head supervise the
words of those who were His mouth
pieces to the Church.
With st. Paul we can then agree that
''The Word of God Is sufficient, that
the man of God may be thoroughly fur
nished." Oil Timothy iii. 1910
The Emperor Constantine. a convert
ings of the various bishops were quite
contradictory. Although not baptized.
he recognized that If these teachers
were Divinely guided their testimony
would be harmonious.
Constantine in A D. 1926. convened
the Council of Nice-called an "Apos-
tolic Council" because the bishops
were thought to be living apostles
Although Emperor Constantine prof
fered transportation free. only about
one third Of the bishops attended-3S5
For days. weeks and months dis
putes prevailed; and finally the Em
peror gave the decision respecting the
wording of the Greed. And that Nj
Gene Greed was promulgated as the
Christian Faith; and the edict went
forth that all who would not accept 1t
should be banished. Thus uniformity
of Faith was effected by a worldly
prince.
For twelve centuries after this, Apos
tolic Succession continued. operating
through Apostolic Councils" and
creeds. Is it any wonder that In all
those fifteen centuries the Truth itself;
was buried under a mass of supersti
ton, error. false doctrine?
Bible the Torch of Progress.
For four centuries the Bible has been
coming back to the people. Proportion
ately liberty has been enlightening the
world. Ignorance. superstition and
persecution have been yielding to ne
bility and justice. We all praise God
that we live in day when it is no.
longer considered Godlike. Christlike.
to prosecute others!
But. alas! for the past fifty years the
influence of the Bible is on the wane.1
Infidelity. styled Higher Criticism. is
rapidly undermining faith in the Bible
The present Pope. realizing the sftua
ton, has banned Higher Criticism In
all Catholic institutions and has issued
an order that the faith of all Catholic
ecclesiastics and teachers be tested By
oath. He sees, too. that faith in Apos
tclic Succession is gone from the mass
es. and that to preserve religious faith
the masses must be directed back to the
words of Jesus. the Twelve Apostles
and the Prophets. as the only inspired
authority on religion We commend
his course and rejoice In 1t.