The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-08

I. What are the rules of the Church
about singing at Requiem Mass? 2.
May the song, "He Giveth His Beloved
Sleep" be sung at a Requiem Mass?
On October 10, 1912, the following
regulations for the Archdiocese of ST.
Paul were published in The Catholic
Bulletin. During the High Mass all
chant in other languages than Latin
is forbidden by the Rubrics of the
Church; this rule musS be obeyed to
the letter. Before or after the High
Mass, or during the Low Mass, chants
in other languages are permitted. In
variably, however, those chants must
be such as are given in authorized
Catholic hymn-books. Chants of all
other kind or origin are strictly for
hidden. The pastor is responsible for
all matters of music and chant at
Requiem Mass, and cannot leave any
thing to the organist or the cnoristers,
and no concession, not authorized by
the spirit or the prescription of the
Rubrics, will be allowed to the parties
Mass 2. We have been unable to
find any mention of this hymn in any
of the authorized Catholic hymnals
accessible to US.
I. Must we believe the following
words of the Bible: "The Lord God
built the rib which He took from Adam
into a woman" (Genesis 2:22)? 2.
Why cannot other men than Catholic
scholars interpret the Bible? Are they
not just as efficient and learned as the
Catholic theoIogians? Does the Catho-
lie Church interpret the Bible just to
suit her own purposes? 8. When were
Saints first canonized? Where in the
Bible is there authority for the same?
1. We must believe these words be-
cause they are the words of God. 2.
Scholars, as such, whether Catholic
or non-Catholic, have no authority to
interpret the Bible; the Interpretation
of the Bible belongs to the Church to
whose pastors Christ said: CAN power
is given to Me in heaven and on earth
tions. :" Matt. 2S:1S, 49, HE
that heareth you heareth Me; and he
that despiseth you despiseth Me; and
he that despiseth Me despiseth Him
that sent Me" luke 1910. Catholic
scholars are taught by the Church the
true meaning of the Bible on all ques-
lions of faith and morals; this teach
ing is infallibly true, according to the
promise of Christ to His Church. Thus
Catholic scholars are saved the
trouble of making out for themselves
from the most difficult book in the
world, what to believe and what to do
to be saved. Non-Catholics who have
tried honestly to do this have failed
as the innumerable sects and endless
divisions of Professionalism show. Few,
however, have honestly tried. Most
of them merely look up in the Bible
for the texts indicated by ministers
and Sunday school teachers; these
texts were twisted out of their true
sense by the founders of the various
sects in support of the heresies they
started. Texts against Rome are about
the sum-total of Protestant Bible
reading. 1t is hard for Protestant to
read the Bible with an open mind. AS
a rule, his first notion is to keep clear
of anything that seems to support the
Catholic Church. He knows he will
have to suffer abuse and persecution
if he allows his Bible-reading to lead
him to the Church that got the Bible
from Christ and that kept it and used
it we'll for centuries before Luther
plucked it out of her hands and tore
it in pieces in support of his brand
new religion. That is to say, the
strongest kind of force is constantly
and vigilantly exerted to keep non
Catholic scholars from an impartial
study of the Bible. They are allowed
and. even encouraged to construct new
heresies of their own and to claim BIZ
BILE authority for every one of them;
they are allowed to go down the hill
towards infidelity and atheism as far
and as fast as they like; but one
step upwards in the direction of the
Church of God is looked upon as the
OIAOhS
for example, prefer an atheist or a
soothing infidel for son-in-law to a
Catholic. Thus handicapped the nom
Catholic student of the Bible is in a
position UNNECESSARILY inferior to
that of the Catholic. The Catholic
student has the certainty of Divine
Faith about the meaning of the Bible;
that too, puts him far above the out
slider, and leaves him free for the full
study of the many important prob
lens which the Bible presents. Others
start with one assumption, viz, that
Rome is wrong anyhow; as rule,
nowadays they are arriving at the
conclusion that the Bible is wrong
too. The purpose of the Church in
interpreting Gods book which He
placed in her hands, is to teach us
plainly and definitely the word of God;
in this sense the Spirit of God, prom
ised her by her Divine Founder, en-
ables her to fulfil His and her pur-
pose in her Interpretation. The sects
just look up the Bible for texts that
sound like the latest fad or craze that
pleases them. 8. Saints were canon
lied from the time the Church began
to have saints, i. e. from the be-
ginning. Canonization in a loose sense