South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-17


imagine vaguely some dreamy ex-
PLANTATION of the words Of the text. butt
to study the habitual manner OF
Christ's teaching. the use OF words
and phrase current in his time. TO en-
ter into the Jewish mind with all its
historical feelings and prejudices 10
ind out as a mxtter of fact what did
the Savior say? How was He under
stood? Was He understood Alright
From verses So TO 81 the Savior
speaks of the necessity OF belief in
Him From verse 80 we discover a
marked difference in the words and
phrases. and that Christ now plainly
and evidently speaks Of a real eating
Of His flesh and drinking Of His blood.
Il will give you two canons where
by TO Judge OF the SaviOr's manner Of
teaching: First, if his hearers in this
instance misunderstood him 1t was
Christ's duty as teacher to correct
them as He always did when He was
misunderstood.
Secondly, if His hearers under
stood Him Alright no matter how
strange or wonderful His teaching
no matter how bitterly they object or
how harshly they treated Him-He
reiterates in the strongest way posi-
bic the self-same doctrines The dis
ciples understood Him literally, for
they said: This saying is hard. and
who can hear it2' The Greek word
in the original, sklerOs, means not
hard to believe. but harsh and re-
voting And Jewish history and doc
trine prove clearly that only the alb
solute necessity OF a literal meaning
would justify the frequent use of so
revolving a figure.
Jesus. seeing that they persisted
| in their refusal 10 believe. appeals to
His ascension on high to His heavenly
father as proof
Is IL Figure Of Speech?
"A final argument. In any Ian
guage a figure of speech has a def
/ mite meaning. If I say a man is a
/ fox. I refer TO his cunning; or
man is a lion. 1 refer to his bravery.
/ The figure cannot be used arbitrarily.
! If a scholar can show one definite fig
urative meaning for the words, TO
eat flesh, nOn-Catholics cannot
ascribe another meaning merely To
suit the exigency of controversy.
/ Everywhere in the Old Testament,
and in the eastern languages of the
OlGen times, and the present, to eat
/ flesh meant fguratively TO injure
some one by word or action. When
! the wicked came upon me TO eat my
flesh Who also eat the flesh OF my
/ people, or even I'm the New Tesla
I
another etc. How absurd TO read,
/ He that Injuries me, hath everlasting
/ life, abideth in me and I in him
Among some of the interesting
questions asked and answered last
evening were the following:
Why do Catholic countries deteri
crate while other countries progress?
To this Father Conway replied that
| Jesus Christ never made wealth of
| al ia1 a Of ri oh no
was greatness a mark of His true
church. ON the contrary, from his
! words, a student OF the Scriptures
would draw a totally different con-
/ Clusion. The falsity of the argument
of natural prosperity as mark Of the
/ divine favor is at once shown. when
\ we observe in the course of history,
pagan, Catholic and Protestant ma
uOns alike standing out pre-eminently
in worldly greatness. Must we bias
phemOusly declare that the unchange-
able God of truth, approves Of differ
| ent religions in turn, no matter what
/ irrational or immoral doctrines they
hold. Egypt, Assyria, Greece and
Rome-au were once mighty and
prosperous nations.
The instituting Of a comparison be-
tween CathOlicity and Professionalism
as a civiiizing force, is a most difficult
/ undertaking, for there are many fac
tors to be considered. However,
Catholics are glad 10 challenge any
! comparison when it comes TO morality
and religion, said Father Conway.
Does the Catholic church prohibit
the new dances?
mo, save as an occasion Of sin, ="
was the answer. Father Conway said
that the harmfulness or harmlessness
of dancing depended altogether on
/ the place in which dances were held,
on the people engaging in the dance,
and on the character Of the dance it.
self. Where all these are proper, the
church finds no fault with the dances.
provided always they are INDUCED in
in moderation, do not injure health,
or interfere with duties.
Was there once a female pope2
mo. The fable that there was one
is rejected even by Protestant and in
fdel scholars"
The Reading of Scripture.
Does the church prohibit the read
ing of scripture?
No" the speaker declared with
emphasis. THE church encourages
the reading Of it, But there have
been erroneous and unschOlarly trans
lations made, leading to error. OF au-
thorized versions, the church says,
read them, study them, and make
them known But il must be as
sumed, Of course, that the scriptures
are TO be understood only as the