The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-11-06
Do we know how many Angels were

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We do not know the number Of
Angels We are told by the Prophet
Daniel that their number is exceed
ingly great. Il beheld till thrones
were placed, and the Ancient of Days
sat. Thousands of thousands minis
tered to Him and ten thousand times
a hundred thousand sat before Him.
This is not to be taken as the actual
figures, but to convey the idea OF a
very great number From private rev.
Citations we learn that one-third of the
host of Heaven followed Lucifer in his
rebellion.
Since the Apostles did not fast at
the Last Supper, why do we have to
fast?
We are reminded by the Church of
the Eucharistic fast, because she
would impress upon her children that
as the Food of the soul is of greater
Importance than the food of the body
it should be taken first on a morning
that we receive Holy Communion The
law of fasting is of ecclesiastical orr
gin, which, of course, was not in exist
ence at the time of our Lord. The
conditions under which the Apostles
received their First Holy Communion
were such that there was no danger
of want or reverence.
If person is not in the true Church
through no fault of his own would you
call him a hereto?
A hereto is one who processes a
doctrine that has been condemned by
the Catholic Church If a person
holds a doctrine condemned by the
Church, even though it be not through
his own fault, he is hereto. If he
is sincerely searching after the truth
and trying to do the VIII of God he is
united to the soul of the Church and
partakes of her graces even though he
be a hereto Heresy in this case is
not imputed to him as a sin.
When was the Head of the Church
first called Pope?
Since the word Pope is an English
word he could not have been called by
that name until after the use of the
% English language. The word Pope is
v derived from the Latin word papa,
which means father. In the early days
this title was applied to priests. as it
is even today in the East. In the
Western Church the title was. restrict
ed to Bishops until the fourth century,
when it became the distinctive title of
The Roman Pontiff 1t was prescribed
by Gregory VII that the title of Pope
should be confined to the successors of
Saint Peter.
Do the Jews of our day follow the
regulations in the Old Testament?
We are not in position to speak
for the individual Jew. We do knoW
that it is impossible for them to keep
many of the legal observances of the
Old Testament, since they no longer
have a priesthood, sacrifice or tenn
pie. Many of the modern Jews have
practically abandoned the rigid observ-
ances of the Old Law and have con-
formed themselves to the requirements
of modern society In our country it
would be almost impossible for Jew
TO strictly observe the Old Law on the
Sabbath. Many Jews try to live up
no the Old Testament, but they are
forced by business conditions to do
their ordinary work on Saturday and
observe the Christian Sunday as the
Gay of rest. The orthodox Jews of
mails killed in the ordinary way and
have their own customs according to
the requirements of the Old Law for
their meats. AS we say, it would be
impossible for the Jew today to keep
the minute requirements of the Old
Testament 1t is well known fact
that the liberal modern Jews are prac-
tically nothing more than infidels.
(a) Could you give me, some in.
formation about a religious commu.
nifty called the Society of the Atone.
ment?
(b) What rank does this society
take among the religious communities,
and what Rule does it follow?
(a) Father Paul Francis, formerly
an Anglican, started the Society of the
Atonement at Graymoor, Garrison
N. Y. By special permission of Rome
he, with his companion converts, men
and women, were allowed to retain
the name of their society and to enter
the Church as a corporate unit
OBJ They are community with sim
pie vows, following the Rule of the
Third Order of ST. Francis The com.
munity is made up of the Fathers and
Brothers of the Atonement and the
Sisters of the Atonement.
(a) Will you please inform me il
Catholics who are first cousins may be
married by a priest? A friend of mine
tells me that she knows it to be g
common habit with Italians, and tina,
she knows of several cases.
(b) Also tell me why it is that lta
ians are first married by public Of
ficiai and then by priest.
(ar First cousins may be married
by priest, provided the proper dis
pensation from the impeachment of con
'sanguinity has been obtained from the
Bishop.
CD The custom referred to does moi
prevail in this country. In Italy the
law of the land requires the parties
about to be married to present them