The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-10-17

Ollie Church, Lodges series is about as
impartial as the English press bureau
in telling of the doings of the Ger
mans, or the Germans in telling of the
English. There is probably no deliber-
ate and conscious Justification on the
part of Lodges band of historical COM
pliers. Suppose one side or the other
in the big European war wins out and
completely subjugates the other, so
that the winner takes over universities,
printing presses, lawmaking, and all
authority in the conquered land. The
lies of the press bureau will then be-
come official history and the man who
contradicts them will be denounced as
a traitor and reactionary. The press
bureaus in fact are an apt illustration
of the way in which the Protestant his
and maintained. Another fine illustra-
ton may be seen in the fabrications of
the professional and self-confessed
vilifiers of the Church who are such
disgrace to this country just now.
What they say about Catholics, about
priests, nuns, the doctrines and prac-
tees of the Church, about the Knights
of Columbus, the Jesuits and the Pope,
is plain fiction If Catholics were as
helpless now in America as they were
in England in the penal days, all this
fiction would go on record as sober
history One illustration of the spirit
of the Lodge series may be taken
from the foreword of the condensa-
tion of Joyce and McCarthy's history
of Ireland. The editor of the volume
on Ireland is so kind as to say that
DR.. Joyce was impartial, though he
was Catholic. Note the implied sug
gestion that it takes a non-Catholic to
be really impartial and that it is a
wonder to find Catholic impartial
even in a small degree! Predicts An
cient and Modern History in two
handy volumes is what you need.
Then look up the articles on the vari
Gus countries in the Catholic Encyclo-
pedia, a work of unimpeachable au-
thority and fairness, as even non-Cath-
olics have confessed. At the end of
each article you will find a list of
books to be consulted. The Cam
bridge Modern History tries to use the
results of latest research to clear away
the mists that partisan pamphlets
masquerading as history have created
not at all times, however, with COM
plete success, for it it is nearly i'm
possible for a non-Catholic to rid him.
self wholly of the prejudices and false
ideas of his early education. BY the
way an edition of The Catholic Ency-
clopedia at the extremely low price Of
$500 is being brought out under the
auspices of the Knights of Columbus
for themselves and their friends, and
you must belong to one or the other of
these large classes.
Why was Martin Luther put out of
the Catholic Church?
Martin Luther put himself outside
the Catholic Church when he attacked
her doctrine and denied her authority
In any society the members are sup
posed to observe certain fundamental
rules. If they violate those rules
they are expelled and in fact they are
held to have automatically forfeited
membership, so that the vote of ex-
pulsion is regarded as a mere formal
ity This is especially the case when
a man publicly and violently assails
the society itself, it's members, it's
aims, it's ruling body. Luther at
tackled the Church in this way. His
r,,otbodc ne ottooly mora Of c,1ch hind
that men of our day are unable to
read or to believe the history of them.
When he obstinately persevered in his
heresies and his rebellion, there was
nothing left for the authorities of the
Catholic Church to do but formally
pronounce the sentence which cut
him off from even external communion
with the Church. Yet this was not
done until he had received every kind
of opportunity to repent and to return
to obedience and loyalty.
1. Who composed the rite of the
Mass az 1t is practlsed today2 2.
What il the difference between the
Greek, Russian and Roman Catholic
Churches in regard to belief and rit-
uaI7 8. Who is responsible for the
formation or organization of each?
l. Our Divine Lord Himself estab-
lished the essential sacrifical rite of
the Mass. Authorized by Christ and
aided by His Holy Spirit, the Apostles
added various prayers and observ-
ances in order to celebrate the Holy
Sacrifice as worthily and as edifyingly
as possible. Among those additions of
Apostolic origin may be mentioned:
Psalms and other readings from Holy
Scripture; the Lords Prayer; prayer
for the living and the dead; the Sign
of the Cross; the Offertory prayers;
the thanksgiving after Communion.
The Popes, successors of st. Peter in
the Primary, and the other Bishops,
successors of the other Apostles, aided
and authorized as the Apostles were,
added to, improved or corrected the
liturgical function of the Mass as cir
cumstances made advisable. The fol-
lowing parts of the Liturgy date
back at least to the fifth
century of our era: the Introit,
the Kyrie, the Gloria, the Collect,
Epistle, Gradual, the Gospel, the Sc
cret, the Preface, the Pater Noster,
Communion and Post Communion. I'm
der Pope Gregory the Great, the Canon
of the Mass received it's last additions.
The following Popes may be men