The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-15

O-Most OF the contributions 70
this column confne themselves TO
religious differences Of opinion.
Would 1t not be possible to dis
close points Of unity as well? After
all. God and truth are one and as
all religious faiths and prophets
worthy of the name urge unity be-
tween God and man through re-
Election Of divine attributes, II
stands to reason that the more each
faith mirrors forth the divine VIII
and likeness. the more they should
resemble each other.
At is true that the three
faiths. Protestant, Catholic and
Jewish. dealt with in this column
have very much in common. Each,
for example. believes in God ana
the divine Fatherhood, all claim
as their own the great Hebrew
prophets and each recognizes the
social implications Of the faith
that IL possesses. All believe IN
a spiritual Interpretation Of life
and in those broad moral funda-
mentals upon which worthy char
acter depends. Each rejects and
opposes any mateTialistic phlloS-
Ophy which is stheiStic and ire
ligious. In very many things OF
the most fundamental impor-
lance they resemble each other
very closely. Each Of these faiths,
however. has its own distinctive
convictions which are very pre-
ciOuS and important TO il. 1t IS
true that If truth is one. those who
differ with respect 10 it can not
all be right. All may be wrong,
or one right and the rest wrong.
or all partly right and partly
wrong. All may. however, be
equally sincere. It is for those
who cOnScientiOusly differ to re-
solve 70 respect one anOther's
lOyalties and to ascribe to others
the sincerity which they claim for
themselves. and to cooperate with
others so far as it is possible
without sacrificing conviction in
all realms Of common interest and
concern.
We shall deal. in this column,
from time to time. more Spe-
officially with the points of unity in
each faith. Questions along this
line are invited from readers.
Q-Is there a command in the
Jewish religion that rabbis must be
married?
A-There is no special law con-
corning Tabbis. The general COM
mandment contained in the first
chapter of Genesis that man be
fruitful and multiply and fill the
earth has been considered by
Jewish tradition as obligatory on
all Jewish males of the proper age.
Orthodox communities invariably
demand that their rabbis be
married. This is not so with re-
formed congregations.
Q-What are the essential DIFF
ltlElGEN DtlMttl Nllt NTI6th anu Tic
Roman Catholic Churches?
A-The Rev. DemetriuS B. Zema
Of FOrdham University answers:
Before 1858 the Greek Church
was essentially the same as the
Roman Catholic Church, both
subject to the same spiritual head,
the Roman Pontiff. both believing
the same body of doctrine. Since
the break. however. while the
Catholic Church remained on it's
ancient ground. the Greek NOW
calling itself Orthodoxy de-
velOped a number of dOctrinal and
disciplinary divergenceS of which
the most essential are: ID its re-
lection of the primacy of juris-
dictiOn and infallibili'y of the
Pope. though it still acknowledges
the Roman Pontiff as the honor
airy chief of the Christian
churches. ~ its lack of organic
unity. 81 the d r n al
divergences among its members
on doctrines which admit of no
divergences within the Catholic
Church. such as the procession of
the Holy Ghost, the Immaculate
Conception. the indissolubility of
marriage. etc.