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Medievalism.Pdf Works by the Rev. G. Tyfi-ell. NOVA ET VETERA ; Informal Meditations. Crown 8vo. ss. net. HARD SAYINGS: A Selection of Meditations and Studies. Crown 8vo. ss. net. THE FAITH OF THE MILLIONS: A Selec- tion of Past Essays. Two Series. Crown 8vo. ss. net each. LEX ORANDI; or, Prayer and Creed. Crown Svo. 55. net. THE SOUL'S ORBIT; or, Man's Journey to God. In collaboration witb M. D. PETRE. Crown Svo. 43. 6d. net. LEX CREDENDI, a Sequei to " Lex Orandí." Crown Svo. ss. net. A MUCH-ABUSED LETTER. {Oui o/Print) EXTERNAL RELIGION : its Use and Abuse. Crown Svo. 2S. 6d. net. OIL AND WINE. Crown Svo. 55. net. MEDIEVALISM : a Reply to Cardinal Merder. Crown Svo. 4S. net. THROUGH SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS ; or, the Old Theology and the New. Crown Svo. 5S. net. CHRISTIANITY AT THE CROSS-ROADS. Crown Svo. 5S. net. By M. D. Petre. CATHOLICISM AND INDEPENDENCE : being Studies in Spiritual Liberty. Crown Svo. 33. 6d. net. LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO. LONDON, NEW YORK, BOMBAV, AND CALCUTTA MEDIEVALISM A REPLY TO CARDINAL MERCIER BY GEORGE TYRRELL As levei clouds that blush to fíery red When the day dies, or rises from lhe dead, Saw I the face of Hcaven with shame o'erspread. Danth, Far^ xxvii. 25 FOURTH IMPRESSION LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 39 1'ATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON NEW YORK, BOMBAY, AND ÇALCUTTA 1909 AUrights rescrvcd CONTENTS PAGE THE LENTEN PASTORAL I A REPLY TO CARDINAL MERCIER 22 I. THE IMMUNITY OF BELGIUM .... 27 II. THE SUPPOSED ESSENCE OF MODERNISM . 35 III. THE SUPPOSED ESSENCE OF CATHOLICISM . 40 IV. THE SUPPOSED CONSTITUTION OF THE CHURCH 52 V. GROWTH OF THIS CONCEPTION .... 67 VI. THE VATICAN DEFINITION 78 VII, "THE APOSTATE DOELLINGER" .... 88 VIII. THE SUPPOSED ESSENCE OF PROTESTANTISM . 96 IX. A SUPPOSED LEADER OF MODERNISM . 105 X. HIS INDIFFERENCE TO HISTORY AND DOGMA . 107 XI. HIS KANTIAN PREPOSSESSIONS . .110 XII. HIS DARWINIAN PREPOSSESSIONS . II3 XIII. HIS INDIVIDUALIST PREPOSSESSIONS . I16 XIV. MODERNISM AND SCIENTIFIC FREEDOM . 120 XV. MODERNISM AND POPULAR GOVERNMENT . 130 vii viii CONTENTS PAGE XVI. ONE ASPECT OF MODERNISM . - MS XVII. OTHER ASPECTS OF MODERNISM . .159 XVIII. POSSIBLE TRANSFORMATIONS OF MODERNISM . 163 XIX. THE DEATH-AGONY OF MEDIEVALISM . 171 XX. THE MORAL ROOT OF THE CONFLICT . .179 XXI. CONCLUSION . 183 APPENDIX .189 THE LENTEN PASTORAL DÉSIRÉ JOSEPH MERCIER, Cardinal Priest of THE Holy Roman Church; by the Grace of God and of the Apostolic See Archbishop of Malines, Primate of Belgium ; to the Clergy and Faithful of our Diocese^ Health and benediction in our Lord Jesus Christ. Most dear Brethren, On the 3rd of July, 1907, the Holy Father caused to be drawn up a catalogue of errors which he condemned, and which later were grouped together under the name of Modernism. On the 8th of the following September, in order to explain the reasons underlying this condemnation of Modernism, he gave to the world an EncycUcal remarkable for its fulness, clearness and vigour. Thank God, these errors, which have principally taken root in France and Italy, find scarce an adherent in Belgium. Your preservation from them is due to the watchfulness of your Pastors, and to the spirit of scientific impartiality and Chris- tian obedience that animates the representatives of higher education in this country of ours. Nevertheless, My Brethren, I regard it as a duty of my pastoral charge to acquaint you in some measure with this papal Encyclical which will be hereafter known to ecclesiastical history by its opening words : B 2 THE LENTEN PASTORAL Pascendi Dominici Gregis, or more simply by its first word Pascendi, Since the Holy Father addresses his letter to ali the particular churches; that is, to the bishops, priests, and laity of the Catholic world; he plainly intends that each one should draw profit from it. Moreover, the document is of such importancc, and has already attained such historical value, that any one who is interested in the life of the Church should be acquainted with, at least, the substance of its contents. Finally, My Brethren, as soon as the Pope had spoken—nay, before he had spoken, and as soon as the telegrams announced his utterance as imminent, —the infidel press set about misrepresenting it. Neither journals nor reviews of the anti-clerical party in this country were honest enough to publish the text, or even the general tenor of the Encyclical; but with an eagerness and unanimity, explicable only by party prejudice, they quibbled with the word Modernism, and tried to make their credulous readers believe that the Pope had condemned modem thought, which, in their vague language, means modem science and its methods. This impression, so unjust to the Pope and to those who obey him, has perhaps in ali good faith been shared by some of you; in which case we would now undeceive you. We propose therefore, My Brethren, to speak to you about Modernism in order to make you compre- hend the motives that have led to its condemnation by the supreme authority of the Church. THE LENTEN PASTORAL 3 What then is Modernism? or rather, since we are not going into details that wbuld intercst but few of you, what is thc parent-idea or soul of Modernism ? Modernism is not the modem form of science, and therefore the condemnation of Modernism is neither the condemnation of that science of which we are justly so proud, nor the repudiation of its methods which Catholic scientists rightly regard it an honour to put in practice and to teach. Modernism consists essentially in maintaining that the devout soul should draw the object and motive of its faith from itself and itself alone. It rejects every sort of revealed communication that is imposed on the conscience from outside; and thus, by a necessary consequence, it becomes the denial of the doctrinal authority of the Church established by Jesus Christ, thc contempt of the hierarchy divinely appointed to rule the Christian community. Christ did not come before us as the inventor of a new philosophy, uncertain of himself, committing a body of reformable opinions to the free discussion of his followers. In the strength of his divine wisdom and sovereign power he not only presented to, but imposed upon, men the revealed word which showed them eternal life and the only way to attain it. He proclaimed a moral code for them and gave them the helps necessary to put its prescriptions in practice. Grace, and those sacraments which give it to us, or which restore it to us when, having lost it, we wish to recover it by repentance, constitute the sum-total of these helps—the means of salvation. 4 THE LENTEN PASTORAL He has instituted a Church. As he could be with us only a few years, before leaving us he conferred his povvers upon his Aposties to be transmitted to their successors, the Pope and the bishops. The episcopate, in union with the Sovereign Pontiff, has thus received and alone possesses the commission to make known officially and to interpret the doctrines revealed by Christ; it and it alone has the right to condemn with authority ali errors inconsistent with those doctrines. The Christian is one who trusts the teaching of the Church and accepts sinccrely the doctrines she proposes for his belief. He who repudiates or questions her authority, and by consequence rejects one or more of the truths she compels him to believe, cuts himself off from the ecclesiastical com- munity. The excommunication pronounced by the Pope against obstinate Modernists, and which our enemies represent as an act of despotism, is the most simple and natural thing in the world. My Brethren, we have here merely a question of honesty. YesorNo? Do you believe in the divine authority of the Church ? Do you accept exteriorly and interiorly what, in the name of Jesus Christ, she proposes to your belief? Yes or No? Will you consent to obey her ? If yes, then she puts the sacraments at your disposal and undertakes your safe conduct to Heaven, If no, you deliberately break the bond that united you to her, of which she had tied and blessed the THE LENTEN PASTORAL S knot. Before God and your conscience you belong to her no more. Do not persist in remaining hypo- critically In her midst. Honesty forbids you to pass yourself oíf any longer as one of her sons; and she who will not and cannot be an accomplice in your sacrilegious hypocrisy requests you, and if neces- sary summons you, to leave her ranks. Plainly, however, she rejects you only so long as you yourself will it. The day when, repenting of your error, you return to a loyal recognition of her authority she will welcome you with motherly com- passion and with ali thc affection of the Prodigars father. Such then is the constitution of the Catholic Church. The Catholic episcopate, of which the Pope is head, is the heir of the Apostolic College and has authority to instruct the faithful in the Christian revelation. Just as the head concentrates in itself the life of the entire organism and directs its action in co- ordinating ali its movements, so in the same way the Pope ensures the unity of the teaching Church, and every time that there arises a doctrinal dispute among the faithful or the bishops the Pope settles it by an act of his supreme authority. His power is without appeal. To resume: Each time that a Christian at any moment of his existence asks himself these two im- portant questions:— What should I believe ? Why should I believe it ? the answer should be: I must believe what is taught me by those Catholic bishops who are in 6 THE LENTEN PASTORAL agreement with the Pope; I must believe it because the episcopate united with the Pope is the organ of transmission of the revealed teachings of Jesus Christ.
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