The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-10-09
Who founded the Seventh Day Ad-

mon Il belief IN the near return OIL
Christ in person. The sects OF Ad-
ventists are the outcome of religious
agitation begun by William Miller
l7Sl-1S49) in 1881 Miller held that
the world would end and Christ would
appear in person in 1913. When the
wear 1913 passed and Christ did not
appear. man named Snow, disciple
of Miller, attempted to correct Mil
ler's calculations and announced that
The world would end on October %,
1914. His followers, in a fever Of eX-,
Dectancy. put aside all worldly occn-
patton and awaited Christ's coming,
but, of course, were again fooled. One
of the sects started by Miller is the
Seventh Day Adventists. They hold
TO the observance of the old Jewish
Sabbath. They believe the dead re-
main unconscious until judgment,
when the wicked will be destroyed.
The poor people are to be pitied.
They number about 10000 members.
They originated in America.
Are the priests of the Russian
Church real priests?
The priests of the Russian Orthodox
Church are validity ordained. They
have Apostolic succession and their
Bishops have been validity coasecrated.
Therefore, there being no invalidat-
ing impediments, ordination by
properly consecrated Bishop OF the
Russian Orthodox Church would be
valid.
What are the duties of sponsors in
Baptism?
They make the vows and promises
in the name of the child that is bap-
lied and in case the parents should
die it is The duty OF the sponsors to
see that the child is reared in the
Catholic faith. Sponsors become
spiritually related to the child and to
the parents of the child and cannot
contract marriage with either.
What is the difference between the
ssrrats Of the Knights Of Columbus
and those of the Free Masons?
The Knights Of Columbus, Forest
era, etc, have their ordinary lodge
secrets the same as any business
firm has its trade or commercial
secrets. These may be revealed to the
proper authorities and for good and
sufficient reasons. The secrets prac-
ticed by Masons and other OrganiZa-
n
De revealed.
When did the Church forbid her
members belonging to the Masons?
What is the history of the Masons?
The MasOns were originally Catho,
tic guild Of stone-wOrkers, like all the
other guilds Of the middle ages. At
Ghe time Of the reformation societies
and guilds began to break up, and
some OF these followed the new
doctrines. The guild Of Masons took
q prominent part in England and Scot
land in the troubles Of that time
according to Masonic authorities there
are nine different theories as to the
origin of the present-day fraternity
Their own authorities, however, seem
10 agree that Masonry is not more
than three hundred years old. The
fraternity as now organized dates from
l7l7, when four lodges met in London
and formed Grand Lodge. (For fur
Their information consult the Catholic
Encyclopaedia, and the Cyclopaedia
~ \ pnnn ('1pnlnnt XII
in 1893, issued a papal bull against the
Free Masons and forbade Catholics
tn belong to the society. Since then
they have been condemned repeatedly
by various Popes.
A Protestant says that the powers
aivEn to the Apostles were granted te
them only, and that they were to teach
simply these of their own generation
1t is tedious to answer all the
things "a Protestant says If such
a one is consistent he should take
down his trusty Bible, seek secluded
spot. and then read intelligently an(
sincerely what the Bible does say
Christ sent His apostles to "Teacf
all nations Could the Apostles
alone do that? Did they do it
Surely the work was to be carried or
by their successors. Likewise whe1
He gave them other powers, to hap
tie, to forgive sins, to DO this il
commemoration of Me-" Christ die
not intend to limit this grant of Apos
tolic power to dozen men who were
destined to be put to death in a few
years The very tenor Of the words
used by Christ indicates that these
powers were for the good of tn
Church, j. c. of the faithful; sucl
necessity did not exist simply among ;
few Jews in Palestine; people OF oil
ages and nations stood and continue
TO stand sorely in need of all thu
graces Christ intended to convey b,
means of His Sacramento
Do Episcopaiars have confession il
soh7e of their churches?
Tie so-called High Church of Eng
lard has a form of confession, al
though it is not sacramento comics
sion, for the simple reason that thei
ministers have not the power to for
give sins, nor any other power, TO
that matter, except the power t
HEAR sins. and then advise thei
penitents. They have imitation cor