The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-22
What is the meaning of heresy and

what is tue TlGdtulS w "S'~SS
heretics?
The word heresy really means a
choosing, a taking for ones sell, a
choice; but applied to religion II
signifies the maintaining of an opln-
ion opposed to revealed truth; an I'M
baptized person, or one who never
had any belief in Christ, is an in1del;
Int one who processes belief in Christ,
vet rejects truths that Christ taught,
or admits opinions that Christ never
sanctioned. is a hereto. Thus, CHRIST
instituted the sacrament of penance
and taught the Real Presence; to
DENY these is to be guilty OF heresy,
to be a hereto. 1t is evident that
one NAV be acting in good faith and
NAV not understand that what he re-
iects is a part of Christs teaching;
such a person is only material mere
tic, Those who close their eyes to
the truth and wilfully reject re-
yealed truth are formal heretlcs and
are guilty OF a grave sin. And man
that is a hereto, after the first and
second admonition avoid; knowing
that he. that is such a one, is sub
verted and sinneth, being condemned
by his own Judgment" Titus III, 10,
IL. 1t is my belief that the vast ma
iority of those outside Christs one,
true fold are in good faith, and While
they are heretics, since they reject
what Christ taught, they are not form
ally, sinfully heretics.
in the paper few days ago, read
a sermon by 4 Protestant evangelist
On the Ten Commandments. He did
not Give them in the same order as
we do. What was the reason?
Protestants have adopted q differ
ent enumeration of the Ten Com
mandments. They divide the first
commandment into two, and then
unite the last two commandments into
one. The Catholic division is the
cid division and the logical one. 1t
is che sin unlawfully to desire a
mans wife: it is another and diff
fercnt sin to desire his property. and
these distinct crimes merit separate
commandments. On the other hand,
the first commandment enforces the
alteration of God and forbids the Wor-
ship of idols: it does not prohibit the
making of images, but the bowling
down before them with the intention
OF worship. All this is embraced in
the commandment, Il am the Lord
thy God; thou shalt not have false
GODS before me-" and there is no
reason to make a distinct command
mont.
Did not Bismarck once choose the
Pope as an International mediator?
Yes, in 1885, he asked for the medi
alton of Pope Leo XIII between Ger
many and Spain in regard to the pro
tectOrate of the Caroline Islands that
lie near our Philippines. In a month
the decision of Pope Leo was giver
unfolding the claim of Spain to the
sovereignty of the islands, but grant
ing to Germany the right of forming
agricultural colonies there, and estab
fishing coaling and naval stations.
Was Dante a Catholic?
He was; he could hardly have
been anything else, as Catholicity, il
Dante's time, was practically synony
NOUS with Christianity. Dante wa
born in Florence in 1865 and died il
Ravenna 1921. While Dante ha
some very bitter things to say abou
the corruption of ecclesiastical pei
sons, that fact does not place hin
outside the Church or even make hin
bad Catholic; the probability is tina
his charges were warranted and hi
denunciations merited. Dante neve
doubted the spiritual power of tn
Pope and his orthodoxy in faith ca
no longer be questioned. His fan1ou
"Divina Commedia" is Catholic fror
beginning to end, and it has ofte
been said that if all other records c
Catholic faith were destroyed it coul
be restored in it's entirety throug
the Divina Commedia. Protestant
have sometimes tried to make Dant
a precursor of Luther and the RefoI
nation, but their efforts proved S
futile that intelligent Protestant apo
ogists have long since abandoned tn
attempt.
If a Catholic leaves his Church fc
another religion what must he do
order to come back to the Catholi
Church?
One who has left the Church an
wishes to return should go to confe
sion and there he will be informed b
the confession what may be necessar
for him to do. If he has given publ
scandal by leaving the Church an
processing another religion, he will {
course have to repair the scandal, an
it may be necessary for him to max
a profession of faith. Most likel
however, the confessor will be alb
to reconcile him to the Church wit
out any public formality. Each cas-
of this kind must be dealt with il
dividually.
Why is it said that we inner
original sin from Adam alone and M
from Eve also?
Because Adam and not Eve was tt
representative of mankind. Adam VIZ
created by God as the beginning
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