The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-09-17

the Rev. Anthony Heithoff, pastor OF
ST. Joseph's Orphan Home, Helena.
REMAINDER OF NtcENE CREED.
And the third day He rose again,
according to the Scriptures" After
Jesus had been dead and buried part
of three days, He raised His body to
life again by the power of His diyini-
ty, which remained united in both
body and soul even in death. Holy
Writ foretold the resurrection of
Christ: Thou wilt not leave my soul
in hell, nor wilt thou give thy holy
one to see corruption CPS. XIV, 10)
Destroy this temple, and in three
days will raise it up. But He spoke
of the temple of His body" John
ii, 1929 And they shall kill Him,
and the third day He shall rise again"
Matt. XVII, 22) For as Jonas was
in the whales belly three days and
three nights; so shall the son of man
be in the heart of the earth three
days and three nights" Matt XVI,
40) The fact of the resurrection of
Christ is clearly established in Scrip
ture: He is not here, He is risen,
as He has said" Matt. XVIII, g.
st. Peter, in his sermon on Pentecost
day, calls attention to the prophecy
of the Psalmist: "Foreseeing this he
DAVID spoke of the resurrection OF
Christ. For neither was He left in
hell, neither did His flesh see corrup-
ton" (Acts, II, 81 st. Paul says:
For l delivered unto you, first Of all,
which | also received: how Christ
died for our sins, according to the
Scriptures. And that He was buried,
and that He rose again the third day
according to the Scriptures" Ct Cor,
XIV 5, A. ,.
The Ascension.
Sand assembled into heaven" The
Savior by His own power went up,
body and soul, into heaven on Ascen
sion day, 40 days after His resurree-
, ton. Stitch at the right hand of the
father, BY these words the Greed
means that as God, Christ is equal u
the Father in all things; as man He
receives in heaven the highest honor
next to God. And the Lord Jesus,
after He had spoken to them, was
taken up into heaven and stitch on
the right hand of Cod mark XVI,
19)
''And He is to come again to judge
the living and the dead, of whose king
dom there shall be no end" The first
coming of Christ was III humility with
out glory. Born in poverty, living in
obscurity the greater part of His life,
despised, slandered, prosecuted. He
died for us. The second coming will
be in glory. Eye men of Galilee, this
Jesus shall so come as you have seen
Him going into heaven" (Acts, I, H.
r They shall see the son of man com
power and majesty" (Matt. XIV,
30) Having redeemed us, He is the
Precipitation for our sins" q John, ii,
ID Being our mediator and advocate,
Christ, at the right hand of God, max
ing intereession for u.s. Rom. VIII,
OH we Cd1 NC SdfSO
whether we will be saved, whether, we
have accepted His teaching, kept His
commandments and used His means of
salvation. 1--WE shall all stand before
the judgment seat of Christ" (Rom.
XIV, 100 The Redeemer's kingdom,
which is not of this world, will have
passed the stage of trial and combat,
and will be triumphant forever.
=. Origin Of Nicene Greed.
."And in the Holy Ghost, the Lord
and giver of life, who proceedeth from
the Father and the Son; who, together
with the Father and Son, is adored
and clarified; who spoke by the
prophets, The Council of .Nicea, A.
ID. 1876, rejecting the impiety of the Ar
ians, gave forth the clear teaching OF
the Church on the divinity of our
Lord, that He is truly the Son of God,
and developed those articles of the
Apostles Greed which refer to the Sec
ond person of the Blessed Trinity.
Thus we have the Nicene Greed, which
is but more explicit statement, de-
yelopment, of that of the Apostles.
Later errors arose as to the Holy
Ghost, and these were condemned by
the Council of Constantinople, A. D.
3S1, which explicitly stated the teach.
ing of the Church regarding the third
person of the Blessed Trinity. The
three distinct persons of the Blessed
Trinity, having the same divine ma
ture, are but one God and equal in al
things Hence the Holy Ghost is right
" called Lord All external opera
tions of the three divine persons are
common to all three. Nevertheless
we attribute creation to the Father, re
demption to the Son. and sanctifica
ton to the Holy Ghost, giver of life
Before man existed, when the uni
verse was one confused heap of shape
less matter, void, empty, dark and coy
cred with water, "the Holy Ghost NOV
ed over the waters" (Gen. i, 81 HI
impaired to them and the chaoti,
mass beneath power of life and fecun
dity to bring forth the various livin'
creatures which were. to- dnhahft tn,
world. Among these, was Man, tn,
lord and master of the earth Blu
Man has two-fold life: natural an,
supernatural, and it is principally tn
latter which the holy Ghost, giyer o
life, infuses, strengthens, or restores
especially through the sacraments. H
sunnorts the Church makes all he