The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-31
What is Limbo ?

nifty the place where those souls were
detained who had died, in the Lord
before the coming of Christ. Adams
sin had closed the gates Of heaven;
paradise was closed to men until
Christ's death. During the years that
interviewed between Adam and Christ
millions of men and women had lived
good lives and had saved their souls
They were not admitted into heaven
but were detained in a place now
called Limbo. 1t was into Limbo that
Christ descended after His death on
the cross. St. Peter describes this
descent: lin which also coming He
preached to those spirits that were
in prison" Il Peter III-19.) Limbo
is also used to designate that place
or state, of infants who die without
baptism. These do not see God; yet
they undergo no punishment; they
are preserved in a place and state of
natural happiness. These places are
called Limbo" for lack of a better
and more definite term.
Are soldiers who die in war mar
tyrs?
It may be that a soldier who gives
his life for his country may be a mar
tyr. If he is actuated by the purely
supernatural motive Of obedience to
his superiors, by truly Christian
love to his country, he is in a sense
a martyr. Suffering and dying in a
good cause is not enough to constl-
tute him a martyr in the strict sense
of the word. There were many who
gave their lives on the battlefield in
defense of the Church and religion
and are not considered martyrs by
the Church. A genuine martyr is
one who is put to death on account of
his faith or who voluntarily accepts
death in testimony of his faith.
Though religious belief may to some
extent influence the belligerents in the
eastern theater of the present war,
the war is largely matter of politics
and race.
Why it is said that we inherit
original sin from Adam alone and not
from Eve also?
Because Adam and not Eve was the
representative of mankind. Adam was
created by God as the beginning of
the human race and Eve was formed
out of Adam, being taken from his
side, as Scripture says, whilst locked
in sleep. 1t depended on the free
will of Adam to preserve or lose orig
inal Justice in which he had been
created. If Eve alone, therefore, had
committed sin, the sin would not have
been transmitted. In his epistle to
the Romans, 9Th chapter, 18th verse,
st. Paul says: Wherefore as by one
man sin entered into the world, and
by sin, death; and SO death passed
upon all men in whom all have
sinned" And again in the first epistle
to the Corinthians, 18th chapter, 21st
and 22nd verse, he says: For by a
man came death, and by man the
resurrection of the dead, and as in
Adam all die, so also in Christ, all
shall be made alive" The sin of
Adam alone is declared to be a uni
versal act, not also that of Eve. Eve
sinned as an Individual, Adam on the
contrary, as the head and representa-
tive of mankind.
Is it true that there are angels al
ways adoring before the altar?
1t is not a matter of faith that
there are angels of the sanctuary, but
we may believe that there are. In de-
scribing the Throne of God, Daniel
says: thousands and thousands
minister to Him; and ten thousand
times a hundred thousand stand be-
fore Him." The great office of the
angel is to adore God and to minis
ter to Him. From the New Testament
we know how the angels ministered
to Christ while He was on earth. We
may well believe that the angels find
their joy and happiness in lowering
about the altar to adore their God
Who is really present in the taber-
nacle.
May a brother or sister be sponsor
for their own brother or sister?
There is no objection on account Of
relationship if they understand the
obligations and are competent to full
fill them.
When priest says two Masses,
does he receive Communion twice?
Communion is an essential part of
the Mass and when priest celebrates
more than one Mass he must receive
at each Mass. The favor of celebrat-
ing more than one Mass on Sundays
and holy days (of course excluding
the Feasts of Christmas and All Souls
Day., is in favor of the people, who
are obliged to hear Mass and would
not otherwise be able to fulfill their
obligation
Is it right for Catholic to visit a
doctor who cures by the Bible?
1t would be we'll TO know in particu-
lar about this doctor; he may be just
an ordinary fake, and then it is
foolish to consult him; or he may
unite superstition to his chicanery,
and then it would be wrong to go to