The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-02

are CneFe not ulVlSIoLIS aHN SSSeS
in the Catholic Church.. e., JesuIts,
Dominicans, etc.-who teach different
doctrines? How, then, DO you claim
unity?
No, the religious orders in the Cath
Ollie Church are not like the denomlna-
tions Of Professionalism, sects with
creeds of their own devising. They
have arisen from time to time to an
swer some great need of religion,
which demanded the example OF
certain virtue, like the poverty OF the
Franciscan, or the obedience of the
Jesuit, or a special work to be done
in charity, education, missions to the
pagan, the ransom of captives, and
the like. Every order holds exactly
the same beliefs; their only differ
ences are in matters OF opinion, in
which every Catholic is left perfectly
free. A vast difference between this
and the denial of dogmas Of faith,
whereof all the Protestant sects can
plead guilty. Cardinal Newman says
on this point: "Augustinians, Domini-
cans, Franciscans, Jesuits, and Carmel
ties have indeed their respective
homes and schools; but they have, in
spite Of all that, a common school and
a common home in their Mothers
bosom; =. but Protestants can but
agree to differ. Quarrels, stopping
short of divisions, do not prove the
strength of the principle OF combina-
ton; they are the token, not of the
languor but of the vigor OF it's life"
Is it not true that the public Wor-
ship of the Catholic Church captiVates
the senses, but saVors little of adora-
lion in spirit and in truth?
The worship of the ancient Jewish
religion captivated the senses, and yet
it was instituted by God Himself. 1t
was not simply and solely a matter of
external ceremony. 1t was worship
in truth, though not as yet in the full
ness of truth.
Christian worship was indeed in
tended to be an alteration in spirit
and in truth; but it does not follow
that it was not to have any external
expression. Christ Himself practised
outward worship in the ceremonies of
the Pasch and in the institution of the
Eucharist. 1t was He Who instituted
the sacraments of the Church, and the
Sacraments are outward rites as well
as means of interior sanctification.
Why do you bless palm branches in
your Church week before Easter?
They tell the Catholic people of
Christ's triumphal entry into the Holy
City on the first Palm Sunday. And
others cut down boughs from the
trees, and streWed them in the way
mark 9:8).
Why don't Catholics say the whole
of the Lords prayer? Why do they
omit its ending?
Catholics repeat the Lords prayer
as it was taught by the Saviour with
out any human additions. The words
for Thine is the kingdom, and the
power, and the glory forever" as con
tanned in the King James version of
Matt. GLIB, are not found in the most
ancient manuscripts of the New Test
ament, and were rejected by ST. Jer-
ONE in the fourth century in his edi-
ton of the Vulgate, as they are re-
iected today by Protestant scholars,
viz, the Protestant revised version of
1881, the Greek text of Westcott and
Hort, etc. The words in question are
a marginal gloss interpolated by some
copyist who, while writing, had in
mind those words of the Greek liturgy
which are probably borrowed from a
passage in the Old Testament. In
Luke 11:2-4, the King James version
omits the above gloss.
What facts of Christ's life did Da.
Vid announce?
David foretold that the Messiah
would be dsowned by the Jews;
that He would be betrayed by one
of His friends. In speaking of the
Saviour's passion he announced that
He would be spit upon and Knocked in
His sorrows; that His hands and feet
WOulu UN DlGICcu, lldI lOIS WOulu US
cast for His garments; that vinegar
would be given Him to drink. He like
wise foretold that Christ would rise
from the dead without experiencing
the corruption of the tomb. He also
announced the spread of the Gospe
throughout the whole world. We may
search the worlds literature from be-
ginning to end and nowhere shall
we find musical poetry and thought
comparable to that of the Psalms
Here we behold the finger of God trac
ing the outlines of the coming Saviour
and a sacred reverence arises which
makes these writings and prophecies
the wonder of the world. To show the
great power of expression contained il
the inspired word of God, we will reat
a few lines from David which predict
Christ's betrayal by Judas, the flight
Of the Apostles, and finally His cruel
fixion: He that used to sit at My ia
BILE hath shown his perfidy towards
Me. | looked for one that woulC
grieve together with Me, but there
was none Mine enemies hath insult
ed Me, they have wagged their heads
ot Me and said Since He places His