The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-09

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of England, and it's imitators
among the Presbyterians of Scot
land and the Puritans of New
England. And he is right in con
demning them. In theory they
were a rejection of the fundamen-
tai principle of Professionalism, &C,
cording to which every man is his
own Pope, and any attempt on
the part of any other man to die
tate to him in religious matters
is an intolerabIe tyranny. In
practice, they worked themselves
out into the most perfect form Of
organized bigotry and religious
tyranny, which the world has ever
seen.
But if formal church organiza-
ton, even the organization Of such
an institution as "The People s
Church." is indefensible in this
vibrant new era' on Protestant
principles, it does not follow that
the Church which Christ estab-
lished on earth is out of date.
''The treasure in earthen vessels y
referred to by st. Paul q Cor
", y is "the ministration,'' the
apostleship which st. Paul and the
other Apostles received from
Christ, for the due discharge of
which, "God, Who commanded the
light to shine out Of darkness,
hath shined in our hearts, to give
the light of the knowledge Of the
glory of God, in the face Of Christ
Jesus e Cor. ", g. All through
his epistles st. Paul affirms with
every form Of emphasis the two
principles which DR.. Smith seems
to consider out Of date; the
principle Of hierarchical organiza-
ton and the principle Of dogma.
In his first epistle to the Corinth-
ians he gives the command with
Apostolic boldness; "Be We fol
lowers of me, as [ am Of Christ. y
q Cor. XI, L. When some in
dependent thinkers" thought that
this was like asking them to live
among dead bones" he said: "Let
a man SO account Of us as Of the
ministers of Christ, and the dis
pensers Of the mysteries Of God. "
Il Cor. ", L. "We have the
mind of Christ. . Il Cor. II, 16.)
"We are laborers together with
God" Il Cor. III, 81 He was
only saying in other words what
our Divine Lord had said to the
other Apostles: AS the Father
hath sent Me, [ also send you"
| (St. John XXX, 81 ''He that
heareth you, heareth Me, and He
that despiseth you, despiseth Me,
and he that despiseth Me, despis-
eth Him Who sent Me-" (St. Luke
X, 49,
In his letters to St. Timothy
and ST. Titus, as well as in his
epistle to the Galatians, st. Paul
insisted upon the two principles
of authority and Of dogmatic
teaching in language which can
not be explained away. Though
we, or an angel from heaven
preach a gospel to you, besides
that which we have preached to
you, let him be anathema." (Gal
|, 81 80 Timothy, keep that
which is committed to thy trust
avoiding the profane novelties OF
words, and oppositions of knowl.
edge falsely so called" Il Tim
vi, 2O-21) Hold the form OF
sound words, which thou hast
heard Of me in faith, and in the
love which is in Christ Jesus
Keep the good thing committed
to thy trust by the Holy Ghost
Who dWelleth in us and
the thing which thou hast heard
from me by many witnesses, the
same commit to faithful men, who
shall be fit to teach others also.
| q Tim. [, 1914; II, IL
Every priest and every bishop
of the Catholic Church finds d
personal lesson for himself III
these words Of st. Paul. Theil
Office and life-work is to preserve
inviolate for the salvation OF
souls the sacred deposit of divine
truth and the divinely instituted
means Of grace, the mysteries and
the sacraments and the Sacrifice OF
the religion of Christ. Even il
this "alive, vibrant era" many
men contrive to cultivate and tC
lpreserve the courtesy of the gen.
tlemen and the genial broadmind
edness OF the scholar. What sin
lister fascination is there in GER.
| tain modern and modernistiC
schools that betrays the Rev. DR.
Smith into the unhappy expires
sion that they who Loyalty uphold
| the words and the institutions Of
our Divine Lord are living annie
dead bones?"