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according to the rules prescribed
by the church, with all that erudi-
ton and wisdom in which you excel. .
From the Encyclical .'Ubi Frimum =
of Leo XII, May ), 1924: You are
aware, venerable brothers, that a
certain Bible Society is impudently
spreading throughout the world,
which, despising the traditions of
the holy fathers ard the decree OF
the Council of Trent, is endeayoring
to translate, or rather 10 peryert
the Scriptures into the vernacular
Of all nations 1t is to be feared
that by false interpretations, the
gospel of Christ viii become the Cos
pei of men, or still worse, the Cos
pei of the devil.
From the Encyclical 'Qui Pluri-
bus of Plus TX, Nov. 9, 1S46:-
These crafty Bible societies, which
renew the ancient guile Of heretics,
cease not to thrust their Bibles up
on all men, even the unlearned, -
their Bibles, which have been trans
lated against the laws of the church,
and often contain false explanations
of the text. Thus, the divine tradi-
tons, the teaching of the fathers,
and the authority of the Catholic
church are rejected, and every one
in his own way interprets the word
of the Lord, and distorts their
meaning, thereby falling into mis-
cradle errors"
Cardinal Gibbons, concerning the
Word of God, says in The Faith OF
Our Fathers: What assurance have
you that the book which I hand you
is the inspired word OF God, for
every part of the Bible is far from
giving intrinsic evidences of inspir-
alton. It may, for aught you know,
contain more than the word of
God, or it may not contain all the
word of God"
Again on pages Ill and 112, in
Article 8, he says: 'NOW the Scrip
lures alone do not contain all the
truths which a Christian is bound
to believe, nor do they explicitly
enjoin all the duties which he is
obliged to practice. Not to men
ton other examples, is not every
Christian obliged to sanctify Sun
day, and to abstain on that day from
unnecessary serYile work? Is not
| the, observance of this law among
the most prominent of our sacred
duties? But you may read the Bible
| from Genesis to Revelation, and
you will not find a single line au-
| thorizing the sanctificatiOn of Sun
| day. The Scriptures enforce the
religious observance Of Saturday,
day which We never sanctify. The
Catholic Church correctly teaches
that our Lord and His Apostles in
culcated certain important duties
| of religion which are not recorded
by the inspired writer's. For in
stance, most Christians pray to the
Holy Ghost, a practice which is no
where found in the Bible"
The Cardinal again lays down the
thesis that he is to discuss as fol
lows, ''That God never intended the
Bible to be the Christians rule of
faith independently of the authority
of the Church.
One Of the presidents Of the Coun-
Gil of Trent, Cardinal Stanislao Oslo
Spaniard declared that ''to per
nit the reading of the Bible by the
laity is to give holy things to dogs
and to cast pearls before swine. .
| Page 213, ROmanism In It's Home.
l think l need not add more proof
on this matter, as it is a common
ly accepted observation by those who
have carefully studied the results OF
! Catholicism in many lands, that the
word of God in the vernacular of
the people is denied the laity unless
such word be printed with annota-
tons, notes and comments, approx
ed by the Catholic Church.
Catholics are compelled to accept
the teachings of the notes even
| though they contradict the text.
| [ remain,
Most respectfully yours,
|. H Evans