The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-07-28
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TEXTBOOKS OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS

and Indulgences, if further light is de-
sired. 1t continues: Luther grad
ually became convinced that saliva
ton was a matter not of externals.
masses, beads and pilgrimages. but
solely of deep and triumphant faith
Modern Histories.
In History of the World, the au-
thor delivers himself of the following.
''The law of human progress made
the Reformation needful and in
evitable phenomenon. No man can be-
lieve exactly as his grandfather be-
lieved. The Reformation was a re-
turn to truth and reality in opposi-
ton to semblance and falsehood. The
visible Church had become a mere
government and hierarchy with Diety
represented in it by an infallible Vicar
of God, the Pope; or in the Mass: or
in the doctrine of the priests power
to remit sins. All this had ceased to
accord with the growing intelligence
of mankind and was suddenly rent in
pieces blythe CONFUSION of the Refor-
nation and flung away by the more
progressive peoples of Europe" The
author brings out with much dramatic
effect the "Here stand T. of Worms,
and eulogized Luther in these words:
His breadth of human sympathy, his
spiritual genius, his energy, courage,
strength of will, and consequent tri-
umph over vast difficulties have
placed him on an eminence of renown
in the history of the world from which
no criticism or calumny have ever
been able to lower him."
The modern textbook writer has
fondness for summaries In these
there is sometimes much fine writing
and always wild and unfair conclu-
sions, as witness the following on the
result of the classical revival: "An
analytical, skeptical, secular spirit
| the exact opposite of Medieval mysti-
cism-was the outcome of the CLASH
cal revival Less and less regard was
paid to the worship and doctrine of
| the Church. In the love of art and
| literature, ideas arose very diverse
| from those of the Crusaders and AS
cetics, and Indifference to all that was
| old and solemn or that seemed to
SAVIOR of monkery or feudalism was ac-
| companied by enthusiasm for things
new, fresh, graceful and clearly arpre-
hended by the senses and the mind.
The full outburst Of the new light for
| the intellect of man came early in the
| 18th century when new geographical
| world with all it's wonders was re
vealed, and the students of the glor-
ious literature of Athens were enabl-
ed for the first time to read in the
original Greek, with a text freed, from
most of it's errors and corruptions, the
| Gospels and Epistles of the human
founders of the Christian religion"
Whatever way one turns the same
shadows fall darkly upon the text.
book page. One author purifies the
mother church with the reading OF
the scriptures; another eXpatiates
upon the vital difference between the
| Medieval Church and the church OF
today. In almost every history OF
England, the hfdeous face of Bloody
Mary looks out from the fires OF
| Tyburn; the hand of Cranmer is
eager for the flame; EliZabeth's muir
der of Mary Queen Of Scots, after
nineteen years of prison, is referred
to softly as the Fatal scene at Foth
| erinhay" A gracious lovely woman
/ was Good Queen Bess if we do not
know any better. In a 1914 revision
of a School History of the United
/ States she is pictured in the cloak
scene a beauteous prototype of the
| Gibson girl
1t is a poor brand of patriotism thai
seeks to defy the nations heroes
Goldsmith's History taught English
men the things that might have hap
pened. We have grown weary of the
Armada in the boastful mouth of the
Britisher; Marching Through Georgia
with Sherman; the Pilgrim Fathers
landing upon that high and mighty
rock; the eagle swoop of the Carolin
ians; the simple life of the Quaker;
the Constitution, the greatest instru
ment ever struck off by the mind O
man at one sitting Gladstone did no
stop to think that every provision hat
been in Colonial legislation for year!
-; Crossing the Delaware; the Prairie
Schooner; Good-morning, Pale-face
please take more of our huntin!
grounds; topics like these have beef
presented to students in a name
altogether fantastic.
Catholic Needs.
| Our Catholic schools still depend
largely upon these productions. TIL
publishers have been so kind through