The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-03

"QuestiOn and Answer care me S"t"S
In what parishes in Colorado can the
people eat meat on Fridays?
In all parishes that were once I'M
der Spanish rule, a dispensation grant
ed many years ago to the Spanish per-
hitting the use OF meat on Fridays
except during Lent still applies. This
privilege was granted in recognition
of the part played by Spain in saving
Christian Europe from the Saracens.
AS the grant was not simply to large
number of individuals, but covered all
in certain territory, it applies to this
day to those sections that were once
Spanish. 1t would be necessary to
print map to give the area in Colo
RADIO exactly. The ground was what
was once part of New Spain. 1t IN
cudes a large district between the
37th and 41st parallels west OF the
Continental Divide, and all south OF
the Arkansas river between the 18TH
and 32d meridian. The exact boun-
diaries of New Spain west OF the Con-
rinental Divide were never exactly
surveyed, we have been Informed
through a former Colorado official who
got this information from Washing
Ton. Anybody with a map of the state
and the above information, however,
can work out with a pretty fair de-
gree of accuracy the parishes in which
the Spanish dispensaiOn applies. The
writer has never seen a precise list
of these parishes, and it is his impress
sion that some Catholics who really
fall under it do not take advantage OF
if In a number of places, however,
where everybody realizes that it does
apply. it is pretty generally used.
Was an education necessary for
Christ as a child?
Christ. as God, was omniscient. AS
man He had three kinds of knowledge
infused, experimental and the beati-
fic vision. At the instant of His con
ception, a knowledge OF all things was
infused into His human brain. In the
course of His life, His experiences
gave him an experimental knowledge
Of the things He had known through
the infused knowledge. He had the
beatific vision, that is, as a man He
saw God. The way He acted in the
temple, puzzling the doctors OF the
Old Law when He was still young
boy. shows the knowledge He pos
sessed. While He was taught by ST.
Joseph and others, therefore, only His
experimental knowledge was increas-
ed.
Was or was not Masonry originated
by the Pope? | had it explained that
the Pope wanted to be Exalted Ruler,
that the members voted against it,
and that the Pope put curse on
Masonry.
The question of the Catholic and
Masonry has been threshed out so
often through the columns Of this
Question Box that further repetitions
would only cloud the issue. Good
Catholics do not desire to join the Ma
sons: good MasOns do not want Cath
olics to join; why should Catholics
strive to be where they are not want
ed? Catholics are forbidden to be-
come Masons because of the philoso-
ply that lies at the bottom of real
Masonry, and because Of the fact that
Masonry in many countries has perse-
cuted the Catholic Church. The latter
is fact that may easily be proved
and is usually admitted by MasOns
who express opposition to that spirit
of persecution; the former may be
studied in authoritative Masonic books
and periodicals. The great majority
of American Masons join the lodge
for social and business purposes and
have little or no interest in the basic
truths of international Masonry. But
the Church must consider Masonry as
it really is, and not as certain groups
of brOad-minded MasOns consider it
Your question concerning the Pope
the founder of Masonry is Of course
ridiculous. | am certain that your
Masonic friends did not give you that
information. But it must be admitted
that it is not only abroad in the Latin
countries, that Masonry betrays its
anti-Catholic bias. In our own coun
try, the Freemasons of the Scottish
Rite for the Southern Jurisdiction
are openly opposed to the liberty Of
the Catholic Church. It's official or
gan, the New Age Magazine, manifests
it's bigoted and un-American spirit
Its issue for the month of January Of
the present year contains these ON
inous words: "All good Americans
especially Masons, while they do al
they can to circumvent and overcome
our Teutonic enemies, should not fol
q moment lose sight of the dOings anC
Vaccinations of our ancient enemy
the Roman Catholic hierarchy which
in the name of religion, is laborins
nightly to enslave the world" 1
utters the lie: eve have all heard O
the remonstrance of the Pope agains
the law of CONSUMPTION" And it pro
ceeds to utter lie after lie, each calcu
lated to aid our German enemies b.
sowing dissension among the Ameri