The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-05-11
CAR the Sacrament of Extreme inc.

Can the Sacrament of Extreme unc-
ton be given to those about to be exc
cuted?
No; this sacrament is for the sick
who are in danger of death, and un-
less those that are to be executed are
sick, they can not receive it.
Is not the fear of hell low, un-
worthy motive on which to base our
moral life?
We are willing to grant that 1T is
not the highest motive, which is sor-
row for sin and service of God out
of pure love for Himself alone. But
all men are not saints, nor are all
striving after perfection. This pre-
tended contempt for the motive of
fear is without basis in reason or the
Word of God. "The fear of the Lord"
says Holy Writ, is the beginning of
wisdom" prov. tx 10). Those that do
not fear God will never love Him. So
in the Old Law God continually APP
peals to this motive. In this life men
value the motive of fear, as is evident
from the punishments in every law
code of the world. The same men
who deny it as a motive in the moral
order will often tremble before the
bar of public opinion when voiced in
the denunciation of the public press,
or will, again, at the hour of death
dread the prospect of facing the God
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Who was ST. Anastasia?
This saint enjoys the unique distinc-
tion in the Roman liturgy of having a
special commemoration in the second
Mass on Christmas day; in fact, the
Mass was originally celebrated not in
honor of the birth of Christ, but in
commemoration of this saint Tradi-
tons differ as to the exact place of
her martyrdOm, but without doubt she
was beheaded on the island of Pal
maria, on the 25th day of December.
A basilica stands today amid the
ruins of Rome that attests the devo-
ton that she once enjoyed in the
Church. Her name was inserted in
the Canon of the Mass toward the
end of the fifth century.
Please give me the names of the
apostles, also tell what is known of
their occupation. What was the num-
Der of the disciples of Christ?
The names of the apostles are as
follows: Simon, called Peter; An
drew (brother of Peter; James; John
(brother of james,; Philip; Bartholo-
NEW, (Which was the surname of
NathanaeD; Matthew; Thomas;
James the Younger; Jude; Thad-
daeus; Simon the Zealot; Judas Iscar-
lot. The apostles were mostly fisher
men from GaIilee, living along the
shores of the lake of Genesareth.
Matthew was a taX-gatherer. Judas
the traitor was the only one from
Judea in the college of apostles Paul,
who became an apostle only after the
death of the Lord, was tentmaker.
st. Luke the evangelist was a physi-
cian Not much is known about the
particular occupation of some of the
people The number of disciples of
Christ was Y.
What are the five articles of Perth
They are a measure passed in the
general assembly of the Church of
an order of James VI. The first re-
quired communicates to receive the
elements kneeling, the second per-
mitted the celebration of Holy Com
munion privately in case OF sickness,
the third allowed private Baptism on
sufficient cause, the fourth required
that children of eight years should be
confirmed, the fifth enjoined the relig,
ious observance of Christmas day
Good Friday, Easter Day, Ascension,
and Whitsunday These articles were
accepted by the Estates in 1921, but
were opposed by the Presbyterians of
Scotland In the assembly held at
Glasgow in 1888 the assembly of Perth
was declared to be unlawful and null,
and the five articles were formally
condemned.
What is the origin of the word
"ShibboIeth"?
1t is a term from Scripture mean
ing an ear of corn. When the
Malachites were battling with the
Ephraimites, the former held a GER
tain ford of the Jordan, with orders
from Jephte, their commander, to let
no Ephraimite across. Any one wish
ing to ford the stream was asked,
art thou not an Ephraimite?" If
he said No. he would be asked to
pronounce the word "Shibboleth,"
which the Ephraimites would always
pronounce Sibboieth. BY this test It
was simple matter to detect the
Ephraimites.
What difference was there between
the sararitans and the other He
breWs?
When the Jews were led into the
Babylonian captivity, Assyrian colon
lists settled on the Samaritan. The
Samaritans who had remained inter-
married with these and in conse-
quence race arose that differed from