The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-03-04

instruction and example, denouncins
slavery, tyranny and sensuality, up
holding truth at no matter what sacri
flee, matchmaking divorce, the Ger
tain downfall of society, curing evil il
its root through the confessional
mastering the human heart, the throne
of virtue, but also OF crime anC
rebellion, promoting. material, moral
and intellectual progress, gently win
ming over her oppressors and ofttimes
chanting the funeral services of her
converted and penitent enemies
Proof that all possible human cunning
base SANDER and the opposition of the
Earring sects, united only on one
point, the downfall of the Church of
Rome, cannot tear from her brow her
bright gem of immortality; proof that
mortal man cannot destroy the work
of the eternal God, the Church realiz-
ing to the iota the infallible words
of Christ, 1.-The gates of hell shall
not prevail against thee" proof that
the Church is the work of God, both
in it's establishment and it's preserva-
ton, a grand, living and striking
prodigy to the Universe. Human
systems and errors vanish, but the
faith of the Church alone endures
forever, she, the unfailing life, because
the Holy Ghost, Who dies not, sus-
tains her; she, the indestructible
rock, on which adverse powers make
she, preserved by the same
power, which established her some
two thousand years ago, bearing
within her bosom the divine Saviour
of the world, according to His in
fallible promises, behold l am with
you all days even unto the consum-
nation of the world" Heaven and
earth shall pass away" says Christ,
but, my word shall not pass away"
Leaning on the almighty power of the
eternal God, the Church of Rome
never dies, nor ever surrenders. The
world opposes the God of Calvary, be-
cause his worship demands acceptance
of Him as the only true God, entire
obedience to all His commands, even
unto the shedding of ones blood, and
the curbing of the strongest human
passions.
Objection to the Church.
The world would scorn the antiquity
Of the Church of Rome, but her glory
is her number of years. Truth is un-
changeable and everlasting, even as
God, Who is truth itself, is unchange-
able and everlasting. Il am the
truth, the way and the life" AS truth
is always the same, so Christ's doe
trine is always the same. Truth in
doctrine in Christ's time, in the
apostles time, in the first centuries,
in the middle ages and in the sub
sequent ages, must be true in doc
trine today and preached in the four
quarters of the globe. Though an
angel from heaven breaches a gospel
to you besides that which we have
preached to you, let him be anathema,"
says st. Paul to the Galatians. The
Church the mouthpiece of truth, 1.-THE
pillar and ground of TRUTH ever
breaches the truth according to st.
Paul. Eve can do nothing beyond
the truth, but for the TRUTH The
Church is the living and speaking
official organ of Christ Jesus by
which alone He manifests His truth
and will to mankind No mutilation,
no increase, no diminution, no innova-
ton, can there be in the selfsame doc
trine of Christ and His Church, which
alone is everywhere the same, every
where Interchangeable, the masterpiece
Of the Infinite Wisdom and Holiness
Of Christ Jesus. The Church of Rome
alone can trace back, through the I'M
broken tradition of over nineteen CEN
turtles, in an uninterrupted line of
262 successors of st. Peter, her divine
commission to announce to all genera
tons the heavenly message of saliva
ton, brought on earth by her divine
Founder. Her antiquity reaches back
to Christ and the apostles in an un-
broken unity. The 262 popes are
of the apostle st. Peter and
the other episcopal sees of the world
have been founded, either by the
apostles in union with Peter, or by
popes, the successors of st. Peter.
The Church Hated.
Hatred against the Church con-
stitutes a sign of the divinity of the
Church. "As the world persecuteth
Me, so it will prosecute you," says
Christ. The Church, the inheritor
of the insults and prosecutions, heap
ed upon Christ, fully realizes His
divine words, the disciple is not
above the MASTER The spouse of
a crowned King, the Church must
suffer as He did. Should the Church
accommodate herself to the worlds
every unstable ways, the world would
grant her it's appreciation Should
she preach education without God,
family without God, society without
God, government without God, and the
other wild fancies and destructive
systems of thoughtless, irreligious
and depraved mortals the world
would sing her praises. A thousand
times, no! The Church clings to
Christ's doctrine, despite fiercest per-
secutions. The Church's rigid and
stanch conservatism in the right, is
another cause of the dislike for her
of the men of the century. She
spurns the destructive schemes of
communism, socialism and anarchy,
the destinations of an unbelieving
frivolous and sensual age that are