The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-27
UNIVERSITIES: A COMPARISON.

Eighty-one Catholic universities were
| established before the Reformation"
All of these, but dozen or so, re-
| manned Catholic; only the few in Ger
many, England and Scotland being af-
fected by the change.
1t is very interesting, then, to see
how the Church, though wounded Sc
verely by the revolt, held her pace in
the founding of new universities, while
she maintained the old ones. In the
sixteenth century, after the commence
ment of the Reformation" the fol-
lowing Catholic universities were
founded (list taken from the "Ameri-
| cana" a non-CathOlic work.:
Granada, Spain; Sarospatak, Hun
gary; Macerata, Italy; Messina, Italy;
Debreczin, Hungary; Sassari, Italy;
Olmutz Austria; Nancy, France; OWE
do, Spain; Rome, Italy; Gatz, Austria;
| Cagliari, Italy That is, twelve. In
| the same period the "Reformers" es-
| tablished only ten new universities.
| In the same period they stole dozen
| Catholic universities, bag, baggage,
| foundations, endoWments, trusts for
| scholarships, etc, in Germany, Eng
| land and Scotland.
The seventeenth century opened,
| then, with a total to then of 1913 Cath
olic universities; twelve of Catholic
| foundation cOntiscated to Protestant
uses, and ten of Protestant foundation.
| In the seventeenth century the Cath
| olics founded: Manila, Philippine
| Islands; Salzburg, Austria; Bamberg,
Bavaria, Kaschau, Hungary; Urbino,
Italy; Innsbruck, Austria; Eperies,
Hungary Modena, Italy-eight in all.
In the same century, there were found
ed by Protestants six and by the
Greek Church two.
The eighteenth century opened with
a total to then of Ill Catholic uniVer-
sites; % Protestant and 2 Greek
Church; and of the % Protestants, u
had been confiscated from the Catho-
lies. In the eighteenth century the
Catholics founded: Havana, Cuba;
DIXON, France; Camerino, Italy; Erlau,
Hungary; Santiago. Chile; Cadez,
Spain; Siena, Italy; Palermo, Italy;
Lemberg, Austria; Pressburg, Hun
gary; Grasswardeni. Hungary-eleven
in all. In the same century Protes-
tants founded four and the Greek
Church two.
The nineteenth century began with
total to then of 1872 Catholic univer-
sites; 80 Protestant and four Greek
Church. In the nineteenth century
the Catholics founded the following:
Clermont, Lille, Lyons and Rennes, in
France; Genoa, Italy; Client, Belgium;
Warsaw, Poland; Liege, Belgium, Brus-
sells, Belgium; Messina, Italy; Lisbon,
Portugal; Kecskemet, Hungary;
, Klausenburg, Hungary; Agram, Hun
gary; Anglers, France; Czernowitz,
Austria; Montevideo, Uruguay; Laval,
Canada; Prague, Austria; Bello Har-
isonte, Brazil; st. Francis Xavier's
Canada in all. In the
same century the Greek Church found
) ed eleven and Protestants forty-fve,
: raising the total of Protestant univer-
sites to the beginning of the twenti-
eth century to seventy-seVen, of which
twelve were confscated from Catho-
lies; as compared with 143 founded
: by Catholics, according to the Amer
5 icana's" dated list But to this 1872
must be added six more to which
4 dates are not assigned, being three in
France, one in the United States
and two in the Argentine Re.
public; making a total of 148 Catholic
? II Protestant and IL Greek Church
: AS respects foundation, the Protestant
number must be reduced to 65; II hav.
f ing had Catholic foundation. These
figures are of much interest, in view
3 of the common non-Catholic assump
ton that the Church has never done
V much for education; So Protestant
2 foundations, as compared with 15S
= Catholic foundations. And yet some
: people are so ill-informed as to sup
: pose that the Church has been opposed
5 to education. We have referred only
to universities, classed as such in that
: well-known work of Protestant author
r ship, The Encyclopedia Americana.
e The amazing thing is that the Cath
Ollie Church should have been able tC
t go on founding universities in even
/ larger numbers while the 'Reforma
: ton was at the height of it's power
2 in the sixteenth and seventeenth cen
: turtles.
The Casket.