The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-10-25

If the Pope is Head of the Church,
why does not Saint Paul mention him
when he writes about the different Of
fees in the Church?
The purpose of Saint Paul was to
show that in Christ'S Mystical body
there are different Offices, just as
there are different parts in our physi-
cal body. He was not attempting 70
describe in detail the hierarchy OF
the Christian Church. Though the
Council of Jerusalem docs not specifi-
cally mention the Pope in describing
the hierarchy, it does not thereby deny
the primary OF The Pope. Conditions
we're vastly different in the time OF
Saint Paul from our day because each
of the Apostles was irfalEble b. {
special gift Of COD. IN our day The
Dlenitude of Apostolic power III teach
inc and ruling belongs only to the
Bishop Of Rome who is the aucceaso"
OF Saint Peter
Is it true that the Pope il very rich?
We might rather say. the Pope Is
yevv poor man. His personal life is
one Of the utmost simplicity. He lives
on the aims of the faithful. One who
has 10 beg. as our Holy Father has
had 10 do during the last few years,
can hardly be called a very rich man.
Do The dead kao" what is happening
on earth?
We read in Holy Scripture: There
shall be joy in Heaven upon one sir
ner that doth penance, more than
upon rinety-nine Just wh0 need not
perance." From this We may gather
that the blessed in Heaven know at
least some things that are happening
on earth.
Is it sin to GO 10 a dance just
for pleasure?
1t is not necessarily sin to go to
a respectable dance. II you find from
experience that dancing is an approx
innate occasion Of sin for you, you
are bound to stay away. Your par
ticular case would depend largely upon
what you mean by pleasure.
Should not d parent be allowed to
choose the school which his children
shall attend?
The parent is bound, under grieV
GUS sin. TO fUIfn the serious duties OF
his state OF life There is an author
ity which is above parental authority.
Under This authority parents arc
obliged to raise their children in the
Catholic faith. They must use every
means that is at hand to fulfill this
obiGati0n. Among those means none
Is superior to a Christian education.
The Church. therefore. has a right to
compel parents. under pain CT sin, to
send their children to a Catholic
school when it is possible for them to
do So
Have we any way CT knowing, or Of
guessing, just when the end of the
world shall come?
Ch-is- did not reveal The time Of
the end OF the world and Of the gen
aral Judgment. and guessing will do
no good: bur our Lord has given a
number q signs b. which we may be
able 10 Judge Of the approach OF the
end. Some Of these signs are o.
a vague nature. ami people have
erred in judging Of their advent under
certain circumstances. Among these
signs NAV be named the following: (D
There will be & great falling from faitn
through the quest OF wealth and pleas
rre: ~ Satan will redOuble his Ell
zOrta 10 lead men astray; 90 Anti
Christ will appear and will lead the
empire Of wicked and peryerse men
against the Christian religion. The
DAYS d open and bitter persecution
will be repeated and the blood o.
Christian martyrs Will flow as in the
days Of Nero. (4) EnOch and Elias,
who have been taken out of this world
without dying, will return in those
days Of conflict to strengthen the
Church. Elias will preach to the Jews
and will lead them back to the true
faith. 90 The Church will be vict0ri-
Gus in this conflict with the powers Of
darkness; the good will prepare for
the coming Of the Son of Man, and the
wicked will continue to indulge their
passions and delude themselves with c
false security. After these signs, the
trumpet of the angel will sound, time
will come to an end, and the LORD
will appear to Judge the living and
the dead 1t is evident that some
OF these signs are OF 4 vague nature
ana it may be no easy task to verify
them. Nor is it necessary to verify
them with exactness. Each individ-
ual receives sufficient grace to enable
him to pray day by day to God; that
is all he needs to be faithful in the
performance of his duties; a lnoWl
edge of the exact time of the end OF
the world would afford him no adva2
tage; it might prove handicap.
Was Judas saved for betraying ous
Lord?
He certainly was not saved for be
trs-ing our Lord: whether the sin OF
the betrayal was repented for and for
given. and whether Judas was saved
or lost is quite a different matter
The Church declares of no one, not
even of Ju5as Iscariot, that he is sure
" lost. We GnOw that those who live
lives of sin ard die persistent rebels
to Gods holy law are most certainly
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