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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-04

AS is the case with all great historical
questions no single sentence or chapter
or volume is a satisfactory source. THIS
is especially true where 1t is matter OF
not merely finding out the facts but OF In
terpreting them.
Our criticism has been of the ntiSTepTe-
sentdtion of facts in the Luther story. The
brief photography given below will, If one
cares to sample it, show general agree
ment on the facts of the story, although
the meaning of facts may be disputed.
But it is necessary to get the total picture.
Much of the valuable material for the
Luther story is in monographs not avail
able in most libraries Much of the finest
material is in German and not available
in English. But there is enough.
No student of the Reformation, and es-
pecialiy no Protestant student of the Refor'
nation, should begin without having read
the SOLDERING remarks of the Protestant
Samueal Maitland in his Essays on the
Reformation, if for no other reason than
to see the dangers of prejudiceS and pre-
conceptions in dealing with a question like
the Reformation. The reading of the parts
of Hallam's (also Protestant) The Ltterd-
t,re of Europe, Vol. |, which deal with
Luther might be good beginning.
Other nom Catholic works would include
the following: Heinrich Boehmer's Luther;
Roland Bainton's Here ! Stand Ca recent
American work that is more popular and
romantic than thoroughly sound; Albert
Hyma's Lltther's Theological Development
from Erfurt to Augsburg: Leopold Won
Ranke's History of the Reformation in Ger
many. a long work of six volumes which
the able but tragic Dollinger took pains to
refute on many points before his death.
Probably the most dispassionate and best
balanced single short treatment in English
will be found in the scholarly work of
Continued on page o.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-04
Filmic Fslsifiestion

In the picture this whole matter is COM
pletely falsified. The Papal Bull of lnduI-
gence (Which authorized this particular in
dulgenee and set its conditions) is available
for anyone to read In the picture ii is
given new wording to fit the intended mis-
representation. In case someone might have
missed the point then, or later missed Tet
zel's remarks, third scene is thrown in
for good measure II is the sequence in
which Luther comes across a drunk lying
in the street. The latter has heard Tetzel
preach and has bought" Luther urges him
TO confession only to have the man reply
that he doesn't need to 90 to confession
since the indulgence has taken care of his
guilt. It's that simplei
The document clutched in the drunk'a
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-04
Truth Binds Us All

We Catholics have taken our Jumps about
the condition of the Church at the time of
Luther. We don't even try TO conceal our
sins Our blame is great and we have adj
mitted it, from the day in the midst of the
Lutheran Revolt when Adrian Pope) VI
frankly assumed the blame in the name
of the Church. Now let us have an end to
this holier-than-thou condemnation of Ca
tholics of the sort so commonly INDUCED
in, of which this film is a prize example.
Truth is truth wherever you find it and
however it may hurt. We are all bound to
it equally.
Need we post the reminder that one of
the Commandments of God reads "Thou
shalt not bear false witness? 1t has been
traduced publicly in this film and made to
seem almost virtuous. But this sort of thing
is sinful in any many's language, Lutheran
as well as Catholic.
Justice has suffered because of this film
and charity is wounded also by reason OF
the hate engendered and the scandal gwen.
And in the midst of all this we are accused
as sinners as If we alone were such through
history.
This film will do great harm. It already
has done great harm by perpetuatlng lies
and by feeding the natreu OF otnerS toWdIu
Catholics and the Church. 1t Is bad enough
that our Holy Mother the Church is called
a harlot; bad enough that one group of Lu-
therans would publicly declare (as they did
in their recent meeting at Houston) that
the Pope Is literally the Anti-Christ Now
we must live among thousands of fellows
whose notions or what we are are bound
to be the lies and injustices of this film.
There are many who will gloat over the
film because they like what it says so eff
fectively. But it may well prove quite EN-
barrassing to those sincere and informed
Lutherans who know history and will know
Immediately that they have been asked to
put their stamp of approval on something
which is at best a travesty on truth.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-04

nave III So says Idp1St anu dss art bhc
and the same thing: thus / will and am
determined to have it; my will is the rea-
SON"
That would have struck a nice balance
to the picture the film presents and would
suggest that the Church had plenty of rea-
son to oppose Luther, not for appealing
to the Word of God dhat was nothing new
but for making the Scripture say just what
he wanted it to say.
incidentally, EmSer, contemporary of
Luther, wrote that Catholics objected to
Luthers German translation because: He
has in so many places confused, stultified
and perverted the old Trustworthy text of
the Christian Church to its great disadvan-
tage and also poisoned it with hereticsl
glosses and prefaces He almost everywhere
forces the Scriptures on the question of
faith and works, even where neither faith
nor works are thought of"
This same Emser found 1,40O mistakes
in Luther's German Bible; a later Protest
ant scholar Bunsen, counted no less than
5000 errors.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-04

We express our appreciation to Father
Robert j. Welch, the author of this reUiet0
Of the Martin Luther film, and to Father
g. L. Bdrnes, the managing editor of The
Catholic Messenger" Davenport, Ioaoo, in
sohich the recietD originally appeared
October %. 1851 for permission to re.
print Il IN the Catholic Times.
Father Welch holds grddadte degree
N history and has made a specialized
study of the Protestant Reformation. He
IS professor of religion at the State
University of ToaOd, Iotud City.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-04


BY contrast with the picture of Catholics
and things Catholic, Luther emerges as q
knight in shining armor-yea, veritabie
saint. 1t is trick which has been worked
not merely by lying about the Church but
by lying about Luther as we'll One looks in
vain in this film for the well-known other
side of Martin Luther.
Where is the Luther of the vitrolic ton
que, the poison pen, the heaping abuse?
Where is the Luther of the Table Talks
with its vulgarity and obscenity? Where is
the man of melancholy, the man of the
temper tantrums, the. quarrelsome Luther7
To have shown this other side of Luther
would be unfair, unless balanced by the
better side. To have shown a fictional bet
ter side and obscured entirely the darker
side is doubly unfair.
There is much talking in the film, but all
of Luthers is cool, calm, logical, restrained,
self-possessed. Was there no room in the
film for his words to the princes when the
Peasants Revolt was at its height?
Dash them to pieces strangle them, stab
them, secretly or in the open. A prince
can merit Heaven by shedding blood more
effectively than by prayer"
Thus he spoke Against the Murderous
and Rapacious Hordes of Peasants" Those
are actually his words and not someone's
fiction. And note that they contradict his
own doctrine of the uselessness of good
works.
Not Catholic" Objections
All through these remarks have spoken
plainly my conviction that this is simply a
case of outright lying on the part of those
responsible for this film. Catholics would
not object to the film if Luther's revolt
from the Church had been presented hon
estly.
have myself presented that story many
times, in class and outside, to groups con-
tanning not just Catholics but non-Catholics
as well, even ministers, and Lutherans who
were planning to become ministers. Not
once has it been objected that i was not
presenting the facts of history. We might
disagree on the doctrinal questions; we have
agreed on the historical questions because
they are there for all to read.
My objections to this film are not, there
fore, what might be labeled Catholic OBJ
jections" They are objections against re-
peated lies Protestants and Jews, no less
than Catholics, have an objection to bear
ing false witness. have questioned the sim
cerity of those responsible. Since they
have boasted that they know history and
the film is saturated with untruths, what
alternative is left but to conclude that they
have deliberately twisted the truth?
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-04

One could go on endlessly, almost with
a recital of the distortions (and worse)
which fill the picture from beginning to
end. The few samples chosen should sug-
gest how scholarly and truthful the film
really is. Throughout, the Church is malign-
ed in most cynical fashion. IT is black pic
ture unrelieved by even the suggestion of
goodness.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-04

9. AT Worms, Luther says: 'Unless you
can convince me by Scripture and not by
Popes and Councils. who have often con-
tradicted one another, my conscience is
captive to the Word of Cod. The audience
if it had this and nothing more to go on,
could scarcely be censured for concluding
that the reason the Church was raising
such fuss with Luther was because Luther
dared appeal to the Word of God! Wasn't
that what the film meant that people should
conclude?
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-04
untrvths About Won ssavpiir

&WAbAhA %Ao@NA WI @t@APA&
There are so many untruths surrounding
the Characterization of Won Staupitz that
one scarcely knows which to select. Only
a few can be mentioned. He is pictured as
sending Luther off to Rome in his earlier
days as a monk, presumably for his spirit
ual health. The facts of history are quite
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-04

Luther and the Princes
II is also commonplace of our knowl-
edge of Martin Luther that he threw in
his lot with the princes and aided in sub
verting the Church to the State. This is =
highly embarrassing state of affairs for the
lover of Luther, especially in these our
days. The film tries TO say 1t isn't so by
one of those subtle little scenes which seem,
at first, to have no relevance.
Just before the Diet of Augsburg in 1880,
Luther is pictured with his ex-nun wife,
fretting because he cannot go to the Diet
and plead his own cause. She consoles him
with the statement that such and such ones
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-11-05

OF the 273 specific proposals
made by the commission, 116 Tor
AZ per cent? have been completely
adopted, 35 mostly" adopted and
45 partly" adopted. The conten-
ton of the committee is that when
the reforms already adopted are
fully they will effect
an annual saving of S4,000,000,-
600. This does not take into ac-
count the intangible gains from
greater efficiency. Nor does it al
low for the Hoover recommended
lions that have thus far failed but
to enact which a very determined
drive, supported by President
Eisenhower, will be made at the
next session of Congress. Mr..
Clarence Francis, of New York,
has Just been elected chairman Of
the Citizens Committee. Among the
recommendation are
reorganization Of the postal ser
vice so as to eliminate politics, re-
of the Veterans Adj
reorganization Of the
Federal medical services and of the
agencies dealing with natural re-
sources and public lands.
In addition, new Hoover Com
mission has been established with
an even broader field than the old
one had. Mr.. Hoover is again at
the head of the Commission and its
character has been pre-
served. The new Hoover Commits
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-11-05
IN MEMORIAM

In loving remembrance of my
dear husband, Roy Cleveland Beck
man. who departed one year ago,
November 4. 1852
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-11-05

daughter Of near Eglon, spent the
weekend with relatives in Wash
ington.
Aldon wilt is spending a fmlough
at the home Of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Lester wilt, of near Eglon
Sunday guests at the home Of
his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Lester
witt, Of near Eglon.
Sunday guests al the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Fike. of Cash
Valley. were Mi and Mrs Homer
Rembold OF Springs, Pa and Mr..
and Mrs William Ashby. of Balti-
more
Amelius Fike. SO, is i'll at his
home i'm Cash Valley. Mrs Lucinda
Biser is remaining in the home and
helping care for him Rev and Mrs.
Emra Fike and Adolphus Fike all
of Terra Alta, visited in the home
on Wednesday,.
Word was received here of the
death on Wednesday night OF Mrs.
Anna HauSer. who had been a pa
tient in a Parsons hospital for sew
eral days She is the mother of
Joseph Conn. of near Aurora, and
the widow of the late Ben Hauser,
Of Stemple Ridge.
Mrs. Ruth Shaffer, who was Sc
riously i'll and Il medical patient in
the Meyers Clinic, Philippi, W. Va,
has returned to her home in Eglon
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-11-05

Last week the Citizens Commit
tee for the Hoover Report, pri-
waite, non-profit, nonpartisan group
formed to build up public interest
in and to support the recommen-
dations Of the Hoover Commission,
of which eX-President Herbert
Hoover is chairman, made public
the final survey Of its work for the
last three years. This shows that
- per cent Of the commission
recommendations for more efficient
and economic administration have
been wholly or partly put into eff
feet. When allowance is made for
the inherent congressional resist
ance to the abolition or consolida-
tion Of any bureau or commission,
this is really tremendous achieve
ment.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-11-05
AURORA EGLON

Funeral rites were conducted
Sunday afternoon at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lewis. of near
EgIon, for Mrs. Baker, mother of
Mrs. Lewis. Burial was made near
Terra Alta
Brook Stemple. OF near Aurora,
and Roy Bowman, of Red House,
were both seriously injured Tues
day while working on a All camp
near Bruceton Mr. Stemple was
taken to a MorgantoWn hospital
and Mr. Bowman to the Garrett
County Memorial hospital for treat
ment
The Eglon PIT. A. will sponsor a
festival at the school house Sat
urday evening, November 7. The
proceeds will be used to purchase
chairs for the dining room and if
any balance is left il will go to-
wards a deep freeze for the school.
James Burroughs, who had been
serving in Africa for some time, ar
rived last week at the home of his
parents-in-laW, Mr. and Mrs. Rus
sell Feather, at Eglon, where his
wife and two small daughters have
resided since his leaving.
Hubert Hclmick. who has been
in service for some time has re-
.ceived discharge and is now at
the home OF his parents Mr. and
Mrs Charles Helmick. of Cash Val
ley
Joseph Spaid and Jack Fike, &C
companied by two friends. all stu
dents at BridgeWater College, spent
the weekend at their respective
homes in this area
Mr. and Mrs Melvin Harsh and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-11-05

power of the ignorant and preju-
diced. As the country grows, the
intelligent and informed voters be-
come more and more in the mi
nority This situation encourages
and offers opportunity for the shall
low demagogues to take over con-
troll. Thus, the governmental ma
chinery is eXtravagantly expanded,
bureaus and commissions pile up,
duplication. waste and confusion
follow. And nothing can be done
about it because any effort to elm
mate the ignorant voters must be
submitted to and approved by the
ignorant voters themselves, which
naturally renders the effort futile
Eventually the governmental ma
chine must bog down of its own
weight.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-11-05
Seeks Custodial Lahorer

The Oakland postoffice is seek
ing a eustodial laborel, to take the
place Of James CAVITY, who held
that position until his death sew
eral weeks ago.
The position, which pays $3.50
a year. as a basic salary for 40
hours weekly, is restricted to per-
sons entitled to veteran preference.
Extra is paid for night work.
The announcement is made ny
the regional director Of the Fourth
United States Civil Service region.
Further information may be OBJ
tanned at the postoffice.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-11-05

Deliveries of milk were resumed
in New York after siX-day tie-up.
Governor Mlckeldin named r.
Brooke Maxwell. landscape archi-
tect. to Commission of Forests and
Parks.
Panama celebrated the fiftieth
anniversary of independence No
vember ,.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-11-05

Considering the vast size of our
Federal bureaucracy, and the huge
expenditures entailed, few informed
persons will argue that we have
not been rapidly approaching chaos
in the last two decades. Nor will
many dispute that. unchecked, we
very soon would be going over
the brink. This being so, it seems
worth while to recite again the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-11-05

and is improving. Mrs. Charles Cur.
rance. of Parsons, spent some time
recently visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs Arthur Alternately of Eg-
Ion, and while there visited her
sister, Mrs. Shalfer, and Dr. H. C..
Miller in the Meyers Clinic hos
pital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis f. Sell and
daughters Shirley and Sandra Of
Phiippi w Va, visited Mrs. Shat
fer and the Abernathys on Sunday
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-11-05

facts about the progress made by
the only agency which, from the
beginning, has made a serious eff
fort to check the upward trend, re-
store order and sense in the GOV
elnmental structure and reduce it
to manageable proportions. This.
of course, is the Hoover Commits
sion on the Reorganization Of the
Executive Branch Of the Govern
ment.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-11-05

King Paul of Greece said the L.
S. had given Europe the spiritual
leadership it needed to save itself
from postwar collapse
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-11-05
RHEUMATISM = ARTHRITIS
Neuritis-Sciatica

NPUIII IS-l0Nld
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Disabled persons may send. a
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-11-05

November 4, 1852.
My kind and loving husband
| think of you today,
And recall the happy hours,
Ere the day you passed away.
Never shall your memory fade,
And although | miss you so,
am waiting til | also
Leave the world of strife and woe
Gone dear husband, gone forever
How | miss your smiling face.
But you left me to remember,
None on earth can take your
place.
A happy home you the children
and | once enjoyed.
How sweet the memory still
But death has left a loneliness
The world can never fill.
Sadly missed by his wife, Mrs
Roy C. Beckman, and children
ADV It,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-11-05

Fall is the time for cheers and plenty of them praise of the
fine Florida local Golden
grapefruit globes chofu of flavor for breakfast halves thin
skinned juicy perfect for For the sweeooh
brs of the family the honey jar along with the of your
breakfast Here Florida grapefruit half for the waer
scrambled
bread Florida Orange Honey Mullins.
Florida Orange Honey Mullins
cups sifted allpurpose egg, slightly beaten
CT
teaspoons baking powder Il cup melted shortening
y teaspoon salt Florida orange
Tablespoons honey tablespoons
together baking powder honey egg
mixture; stir until
all the dampend Fill 22-nch pans
Press section the of each sprinkle with the
tablespoons Bake hot 400'F 20
YIELD: 10 to u mullins.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-11-05

sion will be better equipped by eX-
perience than the old one and it is
reasonable to expect fully as good
if not better-performance. The
outlook is made especially promis-
ing by the selection of Mr.. John b.
Hollister, Of Cincinnati, as its prac-
teal director in Washington.
Mr.. Hollister succeeded the late
Nicholas Longworth in the House
of Representatives and served sew
eral terms with ability and dis
tinction. He has many friends in
both House and Senate and knows
legislative procedure as we'll as
any man in the country. With a
wide acquaintance in and out of
Congress, he is popular. we'll in
formed and competent. The politi-
cal resistance in the Senate to the
unadopted Hoover recommends
tons Will be more stubborn than
before, and it viii take a strong
favoring public sentiment to get
action. The big reason people gen
orally should get behind this sec
ond Hoover drive is that it is clear
ly the last chance to restore orderly
government and avert chaos. Also.
the last chance to prove old dc
Toqueville wrong.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-05-22
Antioch

Mrs J NJ Brown spent a few
days last week in Richmond visit
ing her daughter, MIS- Emma
Norvell. and family
MI. and Mrs. P. B Trice. Jr..
and daughter. Carole of Crewe,
were guests of her parents, Nh
and Mrs } r Price Sunday.
Mrs. Belle Levasseur, and son.
Jerry, is spending several days at
Hilton Village visiting her BROTH
er-inlaW and sister. Mr. and Mrs.
Lee Roy Williams and family.
Penna Visitors
/ George Altmiller. of Hazelton.
Pa. visited Mr. and Mrs c. M
Noel on Sunday. May TO-
Mrs. Annie Druen. George
Druen and daughter. Jane Irving.
Of Newport News. spent Mothers
Day visiting Mrs Lottie Gates and
Miss Sallie Gates.
/ Mrs. Arthur Barnett and two
children, Of Richmond were
guests of Mr. and Mrs Cecil
Brown. last Friday
Rev. j. S. King filled his regular
preaching appointment here Sun
day morning Church school pre-
coded preaching services.
/ The WSCS Of Antioch served
supper to the Mems Fellowship
Club in the recreation hall. Eleven
members OF the Cumberland
Charge attended
/ Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ. Noel and
family spent Sunday in Richmond
5 guests Of Mrs Evelyn Smith
and Mrs B. r Brown Mrs. Brown
accompanied them on their re-
turn home for several days visit.
Nelson Harrington remains
patient at Mcclure Hospital.
Richmond Mrs Harrington visit
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-05-22
Mrs. F. b. Childress,
Of Buckingham, Dies

A funeral service Tor Mrs Fan
ME Banton Childress. rs. of Buck :
ingham county, was held yesterday
afternoon al Dunkum Brothers
Funeral Home. DillWyn Burial
took place in the Childress family
cemetery, near DillWyn.
Mrs. Childress. widow Of Joseph
Childress, died Tuesday, May 10,
at the home Of her son, Norman
B Chlldress. near DillWyn.
In addition to her son, Norman
She is survived by two other sons.
Jackson ChildresS. of DlllWyn, and
Emmett l.. ChildreSS of Dahlgren
one daughter. Mrs. Ada Hickman.
Of Halifax. one brother. AleXan-
der Banton. one sister. Mrs David
Banton, both of DlllWyn; seven
grandchildren and four great
grandchildren