South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-22

Individual who like the Pharisee OF
old makes only the outside of the
platter clean and white"
Some of the questions answered last
evening were the following:
How could one pope burn Joan OF
Arc as a witch, and another declare
her saint?
Joan Of Arc was never condemned
as a witch by any pope. The court
that condemned her was composed OF
French aud English ecclesiastIcs who
were enemies OF France and enemies
OF the pope, as was evident two years
later at the council OF Basic. Joan
died a good Catholic, receiving holy
communion the very morning OF her
execution. Within % years after her
death, pope CaliXtus III. declared the
nullity OF the trial and the innocence
Of Joan, and ordered a trial of re-ha-
bilizatiOn, which on july Z, 1856, de-
clared her innocent of al the charges
against her"
Why do not Catholics finish the
Lords prayer?
Catholics do finish the Lords
prayer. They repeat il as the Savior
taught it, without any human addi-
tiOns. The words for thine is the
kingdom, and the glory forever is the
King James version of Matt. Vi:13,
manuscripts OF the New Testament,
! and were rejected by st. Jerome in
/ the fourth century in his edition Of
/ the Vulgate as they are rejected today
> by Protestant scholars
Why do Catholics bow to idols?
I'VE do not Idols are false gods.
1--WE have none. Why do you bow
to your friends? To show your re-
/ spect for them. We bow 10 a crucifix
or 10 a statue because it is a repre-
sentatiOn of Christ or one of His
saints or His mother. A photograph
/ of your mother is not your mother.
/ You give it place Of honor, however.
/ You show Il marks Of respect. We
i honor the st2tues and pictures of
saitns. They are Gods friends"
In answer TO the question. How do
/ you account for the general national
retrOgressiOn i'm those countries where
] the Catholic religion predOminates? ?"
! he explained that those Catholic cOun-
tries have had their day of prosperity
and were now in their decline.
1t isn't religion that makes a ma
tion," ne said: lit is the new blood in
her. 1t is nature that makes n ma
ton.
People are too apt to think that a
rich, progressive and prosperous
country must be more moral than a
poor country; but they do not realize
that 90 per cent of modern civiliza-
ton and gresS-sO- alled-is not
based on Christian principles. Who
| ever heard of a multi-millionaire. q
| railroad. a great corporation consid-
/ ering Christian principles in forming
a policy When a country is filed
with that kind of progress, you cannot
say that il is better than a poor coun-
try.
no nation can retain supremacy
Z a no
reaches its zenith it begins to decline.
The British empire is having it's day
now, but il Will decay, ineXOrably
Ny own country, the United States
may rise to supremacy, but it also
must decay. This tide of affairs is
not due TO any innate lack of power:
it is due to a law OF nature"
Can Catholics believe in freedom OF
thought?
What. may we ask, is freedom Of
thought? Thought means three
things, conception, judgment and re&-
soning.
Us conception in reality free? II
certainly is not. if we reflect a mo-
ment 1 may. for example. hold in my
hands a diamond, and through mad
vertence call il an emerald or an anne
thyst But if | really think ii an
emerald, 1 am certainly mistaken.
My ignorance is colossal and needs
enlightenment. If | really knew il to
be a diamond and merely expressed
myself incorrectly then my thought
was accurate. evoked naturally and
without the slightest effort of mental
choice or freedom. My conceptions
may be often inaccurate, and capable
| of indefinite correction, but there is
nOt the slightest doubt that my con-
ceptions at any moment are deter
mined by my knowledge, reading and
.r.sar n.aWN L. IL
/ free. When / turn my mind to any
object, the thought that L conceive
follows necessarily from what l am
and from what l know
lis my judgment free? Not at all
unless I set aside. the laws of evidence
II is true that a great many people
Judge hastily and rashIy. neglectina
20 consider certain facts. relying or
1 spurious evidence. misled by prejudice
passion or One-sidedneS& that EN-
. phasizeS certain facts out of their due
proportion. But such freedom is not
a thing TO be proud of. on the con
trary, 1t Is foolish. capricious anC
| blameworthy in the extreme True
, judgment must be based on the laws
of thought. and the rules laid down q,
loSicianS. philosophers, critics and
/ historians.
rs reasoning free? BY no means
J | In deduCtiVe reasoning, we are forced
TO follow the rules of formal logic
Ia inductive reasoning, we must col
/ lect all our particular facts with the
, greatest care and precision. or mer
must rightly accuse us of ignorance
dishonesty. or downright prejudice.
1T is utterly false therefore 10 say
> that the true Christian is hampereC
by his faith from the pursuit of the
! truth. The Christian scholar viii
welcome any fact that science may
have To offer. There is no principle
in philosophy that he Will not examine
; critically: there Is no theory that ht
! may not consider on its own evidence
, there is no field Of research in which
= he may not take his place as a leader.
/ Faith does not contradict reason. hui
, builds thereon as on q ecure fOunda.
ton. First the natural SAYS St. Paul
( and then the supernatural The pos
session of an infallible revelation
does not hinder us in the pursuit OF
! truth; il makes us all the more free
! in its acquiring"