The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-02-21

1. Is 1t a sin to dance In Advent?
2. Is it a sin when somebody sends
something which do not order to
keep It?
1. 1t may be. 2. 1t is not sin
for a friend to send you a present nor
for you to keep it.
Is It allowed to use meat broth for
soup on Fridays or fast days2
No.
A non-cathoIic person visiting in
Rome and wanting to see the Pope
claims that in order to do so he
would have to walk up the stairs on
his knees and pay ten dollars. Is
there any truth In this?
No one is obliged to pay anything
to see the Pope, neither is he re
quired to go up stairs on his knees.
Evidently, some joker imposed sue
cessfully on the credulity of this non
Catholic.
1. Would you tell me where Our
Lord ate His last supper as have
never heard? 2. What is the sin
against the Holy Ghost?
1. Our Lord ate the last supper
with His disciples in the guest-cham-
Der of house in Jerusalem. 2. The
sin against the Holy Ghost is general
ly thought to be the continued and
wilful resisting until death of the
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absolutely speaking, for God is always
ready to forgive the repentant sinner;
but, as a matter Of fact, it is not par
doned because the sinner deliberately
refuses to cooperate with Gods grace
or to do what he knows is absolutely
necessary for salvation.
When, where, and by whom, were
the following Protestant Churches
founded: I. Presbyterian. 2. Epis-
copaIian. 8. Methodist. 4. Seventh
Day Baptist?
l. Presbyterianism, as a system
of church government, took shape
in the Institutes" of John Calvin, the
Genevan reformer and contemporary
of Luther who asserted that the gov
eminent of the church belongs to the
elders instead of to the Bishops. The
association of teaching and ruling cid.
ers constitute the governing body AS
a form a religion, Presbyterianism
same into existence in the sixteenth
century. AS a sect it exerted it's
greatest influence in Scotland under
the championship of John Knox, an
apostate priest, who preached the doc.
trine of Calvin and reused his follow.
ers to such a degree that they burned
Catholic churches and monasteries
and destroyed the images of Christ
and His Saints. In 1860 the Presby
terrain Church became the church OF
Scotland. John Knox, it's founder
died in 1872.
2. Episcopalianism began with
Henry VIII. of England in 1884, when
he forced Parliament to make him the
spiritual head of the church in Eng
land. Up to that time Henry VIII. had
been a loyal son of the Catholic
Church, but when he could not force
the Church to grant him a divorce
from his lawful wife, Catherine of Ar
agon, he took the matter in his own
hands and entered upon a career oil
RIGHTEOUSNESS and crime which ended
only with his death. His daughter
Queen Elizabeth, carried to it's logica
conclusion the work of separating the
Church of England from the Church
of Rome by abolishing the Sacrifice Of
the Mass, and executing Bishops
priests and laymen, who would moi
recognize her authority as the self
constituted head of the new religion
8. Methodism owes it's origin tt
John Wesley who was born in 1903
and ordained a minister of the Angli
can Church in 1928 Without at frs
intending to leave the Established
Church of England he founded an
other which he intended as a reviva
within the churches. In their studio!
as well as in their meetings they pro
ceeded methodically and for this rea
son they were soon nicknamed Meth
odists. The Methodists date their de
nomination back to May, 1874, whel
forty or fifty followers of Wesle.
agreed to meet with him once a weel
and to spend some time in prayer
spiritual conversation and singing
The cornerstone of the first Methods
Meeting House was laid in London il
May, 1889 Since then the Methods
Church has given rise to a number o
separate organizations with varie'
shades of doctrine and discipline.
4. Seventh-Day Baptists is one o
the many branches of the Baptis
Church which derives it's name from
the fact that those who belong to
observe the seventh day instead O
the Sunday, which is in harmony wit
their belief in the Bible as the sol
rule of faith. The Baptist Churcl
originated in England about the yea
1908. It is very difficult to determin
who the real founder of the sect was
I. Where can person get rosar
blessed by the Crozier Fathers? Ar
there any In the Twin Cities? If Sc
where are they located? 2. If pei
son says the rosary for another, VIII
gets the indulgence, the one who say
Il or the one for whom it is said?
What 10 meant by the "RaccoIta"
4. Can a person gain an indulgenc
for another living person? 5. Ca