The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-05-29
WHY / AN A CATHOLIC

universe shall have been recalled into
the nothingness out of which it was
made, but shall live on and on and
on, forever and forever oh, God, Who
art eternal, because / desire to live
with Thee forever, know that Thou
wilt not refuse to hear my prayer.
The most awful fact in all the world
is that l, as an intelligent being, can
never, never cease to exist.
Necessity of Religion.
al am a Catholic because be-
lieve in the necessity of religion,
which is the recognition of God by my
soul, of it's dependence upon God in
all things. 1t is the duty and destiny
of all creatures to give adequate
recognition of their dependence upon
God.
CT am Catholic because | be-
Heve in certain kind of religion.
Men have elaborated beautiful, natural
religions, but the historical fact is
that none of them ever have been sat
isfying even to their formulators
themselves. If God ever has spoken
to man, teaching him His supernatural
law, then in the very nature of the
case that supernatural revelation
must be superior to any and all
natural religious.
"6-I am Catholic because the his
torical evidence proves that that in
stitution which He established and to
which | belong, the Roman Catholic
Church, is the same identical institu-
ton which He left on earth as His
representative. He commissioned His
representatives to teach all nations.
He guaranteed His Church infallibility
in religious and moral teaching. He
set upon it the stamp of His own
authority and He promised to abide
with it through the ages. How then
could it err? Christ Himself and the
Holy Ghost, the Spirit of Truth, both
are with it. How then is it possible
| for this institution to teach a false
hood since God has established it and
promised to remain with it?
For 1900 years this Church and
Fthis alone was accepted by the vast
majority of Christians as Christ
authoritative representative. Since
! that time men have separated them
selves from her and formed indie
pendent organizations of Christian
churches, dividing and subdividing TN
til now there are more than 1850 diff
ferent Christian sects believing and
practicing different articles of faith
and morals. Would Christ wish 1,75O
different contradictory beliefs to be
taught as His religion? If He came
| to earth today would He not rather
teach one system to all men in all
| places? The old Catholic Church is
the only one in the world today which
teaches one system of faith the world
over.
Il believe her to be true because
there exists in her everything | need
to be at peace with my God. From
birth even to death l am served by
this Church
'fThere is, not q single ceremony in
all the Church but has for it's purpose
the elevation of the soul to God.
CT am Catholic because the
Catholic Church is standing miracle
witnessing her own divine institution.
We cannot understand her history
except God has been with her and has
seen her through Prosecutions of the
most diabolical form and intensity,
heresy and schism within, worldly
philosophy, irreligious science, scan
dals in high places, all in their turn or
collectively have tried to drag her
down. But she stands today as firmly
entrenched as in the year 80 A. D.,
the only representative of God upon
earth.
Battle of Future.