Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-10
POPE Plus BLOCKS
UNITY MOVEMENT
WITH ENCYCL|CAL
Holds Union With Anglicans
Can Come Only by Dis.
senters' Return.
FALLACIOUS BLENDING
OF CHURCHES OPPOSED
Pontiff Approves Cultivation of
Charity Among Christians if
Faith Is Not Undermined.

BY the Associated Press
ROME, January 1o.-Pope Plus TO
day issued an encyclical which is
taken here to remove all hopes con
corning the possibility of the resump'
ton of the famous "Malines conver'
sations" of recent years which sought
to find a means of reuniting the An
glicans with Rome.
The late Cardinal Mercier. Arch
bishop of Malines, Lord Halifax OF
England and other prelates and lay
men took part in these conversations
The pontiff, in his encyclical. said
that a union OF Christians can only
come by a return of the dissenting
to the original Church of Rome.
Refutes Arguments of Others.
In the document, which is the first
encyclical Of the new year, the pom.
tiff restated the church's age-long
stand upon the question. emphasizing
that while 1t is good to cultivate char.
ity among Christians. it should not be
done to the detriment Of the faith
upon which that very charity is
founded.
The document concludes with a refu.
tation of various nom Ca tholic argu
ments in favor OF the unionist thesis.
It concludes with an appeal to the
separated sons" and with the wish
that the day may come soon in which
"all the erring will finally return to
the paternal embrace Of the success
sor of st. Peter"
Holds Revelation Is Guide.
After recognizing the general CO.
temporary tendency toward better in.
ternational union between peoples, the
Pontiff deplores the fact that some
seem TO wish to transfer it from the
political 10 the religious field, thus
blending the true religion with the
false" holding all religions to be
equally good and praiseworthy.
Under the appearance of doing good.
the Pontiff continues. such people
promote fallacious religious unity
among Christians. especially those
calling themselves ''pan-Christians 50
tending to uproot the very founda.
tions OF. the Catholic faith.
Against such ''pernicious error" the
Pontiff calls the attention Of all
bishops in order that they may warn
their fiocks and clear up the principle
Of the real religious union TO be
promoted.
God the Creator" says the Pontiff.
is also the revealer to man Of the
way in which He wishes to be hon.
ored and served. That In the real
religion for which He founded His
church on earth. The duty of the
human being. therefore. In to believe
Gods revelations and consequently TO
adhere to the church: but not that
which IL supported by erring on the
contrary to that church which in YER
ity was willed and founded by Christ
and which. by the promise OF Christ 4
own assista nee, perseveres as one and
identical throughout the centuries
namely. the Catholic Apostolic Roman
Church."
Demands Faith In Dogma.
From such dissensions. the encycli.
cal says. ''is born indifference which,
Is listlessness OF religion and also mod.
ernism which considers dogmati:
proof not az absolute verify, but rela.
tive and therefore changeable accord.
ing TO the various conditions of the
times and the different dispositions of
men.
NOR can one DISTINGUISH between
dogrnas as though some were i'm.
posed and others left to the free &C.
ceptance Of the faithful. because all
are 10 be believed for tho same mo.
tive. that Is. by the authority OF re.
vealing God: therefore. certainty OF
faith cannot be less In one than In
another OF revealed dogmas. even II
one dogma was explicitly made clear
and solemnly defined In modern times
az happened concerning tho question
OF priinacy and the infallibie authority
OF the Roman pontiff."