The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-11-28

men were not prosecuted for religion.
When the Rheims translation of the
New Testament arrived in England,
many copies we're Seized by Eliza
beth's minions and confiscated. IF a
priest was found with a copy in his
possession, he was at once impris-
oned." And here is Burleigh's answer
to the charge of persecution. Speak
ing Of certain priest he says: ''He
was eharitably used, and never so
racked but that he was presently able
to walk and that the warders whose
Office it is to handle the rack were
charged to use it in as charitable a
manner as such a thing might be-"
Dore says about this so that there
is no doubt that torture was applied
to those who circulated this transla-
ton Of the Testament, and inflicted
by those who most zealously advo-
Gated the unlimited right of private
judgment" (Old Bibles, p. 1922
Did not ST. Paul say, 1.-THE rock was
Christi" I Cor. 10, d; also "other
foundation no man can lay save that
which is laid, which is Jesus Christi ~
ALSO that Jesus Christ is the chief
corner stones" Eph. II, 20. Why
then can you hold that Peter is the
crock" referred to in ST. Matthew XVI,
10, "Thou art Peter and upon this rock
! will build my church," Do you not
know that ST. Augustine says that in
this very text from ST. Matthew the
rock referred to by Our Lord is not
Peter but Christ Himself?
St. Augustine agreed with the 9TH
er Fathers in taking the rock to be
st. Peter, until his attention was
called to the fact that the word for
rock in the text is feminine in form,
both in the Greek and in Latin
petra while the name "Peter" is
masculine, in Latin "Petrus," in Greek
"Petros": hence the two words can
not refer to the same thing. Here st.
Augustine made his mistake; for our
Lord did not speak either Greek or
Latin on the occasion, but the popular
language of Palestine at the time,
which was Aramaic. In this language
both the proper name Peter and the
word ''rock" were represented by one
and the same word ''Kepha," which
you will find used in a Greek form
"KephaS" by st. Paul in Galatians III,
0. Today most scholars, including
non Catholics, agree that the rock in
ST. Matt XVI, IS, is St Peter. Here
is what Meyer, distinguished Prot
estant theologian of Germany, says in
his Critical and Exegetical Hand
book to the Gospel of Matthew" Goth
edition, translated by Rev. Peter
Christie: Christ declares Peter to
he rock on account OF that strong
and stcadfast faith in Himself, to
which, under the influence Of spe-
cial revelation from God, he had just
given expression. The emphasis is
on this which points to Peter (not
to Jesus as Augustine would have us
suppose) and to be understood thus;
on no other rock than on this rock.
-. There can be no doubt what
ever that the primary among the
apostles is here assigned to Peter in
as much as Christ singles him out
as that one in particular whose
apostolic labors will, in virtue of the
steadfast faith for which he is pecu-
liarly distinguished, be the means of
securing, so far as human effort can
do so, the permanence and stability
of the Church which Jesus is about to
found, and to extend more and more
in the world. AS in accordance with
this we may also mention the prece-
dence given to this disciple in the cata-
logues of the apostles, and likewise
the fact that the New Testament uni
formly represent him as being, in
point of fact, superior to all the 9th.
ers. (Acts XIV, Z; Acts II, IA; Gal. I,
IS; II, Z, 81 This primary must be
impartialIy conceded, though without
involving those differences which Ro-
manists have founded upon it.
The explanation frequently had re
course to in anti-Popish contro
versies, to the effect that the
rock does not mean Peter him
self, but his steadfast faith and
the confession of it, is incorrect
because the demonstrative expression
upon this rock coming Immediately
after Thou art Peter (i. e. a rock
can only point to the Apostle himself
it being understood, of course, that il
was in consideration OF Peters faith
that the Lord declared him to be {
foundation of rock (Matthew, Vol
|. pp AS, 429.) Our Lord Himself is
the rock also, and from Him st. Petei
derived his firmness as the rock
foundation of the Church. Our Lore
is the Light of men (St. John I, A.;
yet to the apostles He said: "Ye are
the light of the world MAT. V, 14).'
They derived their power to enlighteT
the world from Our Lord. In the
Church Christ is present, but in al
invisible manner; st Peter and hi:
successors are his visible representa-
tives, unfolding the Church in trutl
and unity by virtue of the power O
Christ, which is with them all day!
to the end of the world.
Who was Chniquy?
Chlniquy was an apostate priest, .;
weed fired out over the Pope's garden
wall,' and therefore a most sweet
smelling nosegay in certain Protes
tant parloFs. Habitually immoral
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