The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-10-28
What sort of pains shall the souls OF
the damned suffer?

/. Internal torture and despair NJ
thought OF all thdAevil they have done,
and of the many @races they have
abused. owls. V, 1-l5; Matt. VII, II.
.. Unspeakable sadness and misery,
because they have, by their fault. Tor
feIted eternal happiness in Heaven,
luke xiii, 25-28). 3. Perpetual hor-
ror or the dismal company OF the dew
lis and of all the damned Matt. XIV,
AL: and A. The most intolerable tor
ments and nangs, without any hope of
relief or end. Mark tx, 10; Apoc. Xxx,
800.
Cannot a man who is in mortal sin
do good?
He can do good. but without IN
merit for Heaven. See John Ky, 4, ..
Is a person guilty of sin if he re-
mains away from a sick person
through fear of contracting the dis
ease?
Unless there is some special obliga-
ton of justice or charity that urges
one to visit 4 sick person no sin is
committed by remaining away. 1t
might even be 4 better work o to
visit one afflicted with q contagious
disease; for, thus there will he less
danger of contracting the contagion
yourself or carrying it TO others. II
there is, however, some urgent neceS-
eity requiring the services OF some
one, such as physician, priest or
nurse, such Il one must make the call
even in the face of grave danger.
Every reasonable %precaution, Of
course, should be taken against
spreading the disease. If one, so
Obliged to visit the sick, should refuse
to do so, he would be guilty of sin.
What is your opinion of the book,
1.-THE Woman Thou Gavest Me-" by
Hall Game, for a Catholic or non-cath-
Ollie to read?
The novels of Hall Caine have gener-
ally been unof1icially discountenanced
by the Church. If not positively im-
moral they are dangerously near it,
their tone being sensual. His last
novel, The Woman Thou Gavest Me-
is the most Objectionable one that he
has as yet published and is hardly a fit
book for any one to read.
In the index legislation of the Church,,
books are forbidden to Catholics when
they are by name placed on the list OF
forbidden books in the Index, OF
they may fall under the general law
prohibiting all books dangerous to
faith or morals. The book referred to
comes under this last class.
Does it not make a bad impression
upon non.cathoIics that so large a
number of Catholic priests and lay
men differ in their opinion in regard
to Prohibition?
We are not qualified to state with
certainty the impression made upon
non-Catholics by the difference of
opinion held by Catholics concerning
the merits of Prohibition. 1t would
seem to us, however, that non-Catho-
lies should discover from this the true
liberty OF conscience possessed by
Catholics; that the rule laid down by
st. Augustine gives us a very prudent
way to follow: In essential things,
unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in
all things, charity Thus far, Prohi
bition must stand in the doubtful col
umn. For ourselves personally VIC
deem individual prohibition to be the
moro effective and ~praiseworthy.
Is the former practice of infrequent
communion, or, the theory of Jansen
the belief, namely, that frequent com
munion was only for the elect and per
feet, and not for the spiritually SICK
and infirm, considered by the Church
now to have been an teach
ing?
The theory of Jansenism as taught
by the chief of the disciples of Jan
sen, Antoine Arnauld, in regard to re
ceiving the Holy Eucharist was con
demned by the Church SO soon as il
was made public. The Jansenistit
principle was that the most perfect
p%enitential dispositions and the puresI
love of God are required for worthy
reception of the Holy Eucharist. Thi:
teaching was condemned by Alex
VIII 1890. Naturally it led to infre
quent holy communions. Indeed, those
who pretended to live a more hol!
life would more rarely approach the
holy Eucharist. One of the sect, es
teemed by his fellow members as {
saint, boosted of not having received
holy communion in two years.
This ~Jansenistic doctrine the Churcl
has always opposed, whether it wa
taught explicitly, as by the disciples
of Jansen, or followed in practice
through indifference, or lack of faith
Frequent communion is what thu
Church has always desired. The con
ditions specified by the Church toda!
for a worthy reception of the Hol!
Eucharist are the same as those tina
she has always held necessary; name
~, to be free from mortal sin and t.
have a worthy intention. The Churcl
has always taught that the Holy Eu
charist is a sacrament of the living
to be worthily received only by hin
who is already in Gods friendship an,
this is what Plus X says, ito be fire.
from mortal sim"
The Church, however, has canonize,
as saints many of her children VIII,
during their life time received hol
communion but rarely, st. Louis 70