PAGE TWO THE CR|TERION,OCTOBER tf, Ito .SYLLABT]SOF ERRORS'EXPLAINED 1\o need for concernover Catholic President Thlr anrlyrir of church.rfrlc D( slnce the beglnning ol his statement of number 55 would "Btatements "The of the recent prlnclples ls from lhc Oclober pontificate, It ls a kind of index readi Chureh must never DoDes. I{e atates elearly that the ,uct whilo not declolvo, rre Octiniiety ,,does issue of Tha Crtholic Edsce. or table ol contents, and read be separated from the stato and that error has no rights moro fgvorsble." for, publlshed by Joscph F. straight through ls somervhat lhe stato from tho Church." That not imply r right or duty to .,The Wlgner, Inc., 43 Prrk Pl., Ncw hard to digest. Even tle Pope of nunrber ?? would read: Condltlonr suppresserror." "i'arv rr. bettcr "Go4 York. The author dlrcclr thr called it meat needing to Catholic Chureh must be estatr- himseU," statesthe pope, for calm .xphnrllon "permits.. Instituto of Adull Educaflon In be cooked.tt lished to the exclusion oi all error and evll.tt others,t' ,,auU. fhc Piltsburgh dioccsc. Each of the 80 proposltlons ol lhc roaron lr that the He wrote: rellglout.llborrllsm "Sllll the Syllabus ls an index refer- Neilher of lhese contrary state. ol the l0th lcg hrs Hc glvsn io 8y MSGR. CARL HENSTER c-eotury hal mcn, ence to some enc)'clical or other ments is the correct vel.sion ol olmost completely or lh. human disapperrod auihorlflu, rny Fspal pronouncenrent issued bY Caiholic teaching. and that, theieford, uncondllloncd It- lr lenerul, commrnd Pope Pius IX In whlch the con. - csslor for the CathoI6 to prov.nf Thus the Church does not teach rellglour .rror ar domned crror ic fully discussed C.hprcf to explaln things morc ihat always, everywhere, and morul rvll." end the reasons givcn for its con- obJoctively,', rrThe without exception lt must bo general convlctlon ol demnation. Onc nlght ,,the accorded a privileged status and rdd, too, that lt h men," add$ Plus XII, Chris. thus number 80, rvhicl. much moro Fro- that ol.her religions mBy nevcr be opportune tor tho tian conscience, the rource! of foundly shockcd public opinion popes-of placed on an equal footing wiih our day to dlstingulsh revelation and the practice ol tho outside ltaly, aspaclally in Eng- truo the Catlrolic religion, from false ldear of liberty Church know nothing of any sucb Iand and tle United States, is rnd progress than ln the hecilL commandment." drorvn from tlte papal alloculion Coorcion In religlon deyr when tho prpacy wts ltr cotr. known in Latin as .Iamdudurn bannsd by Leo Xlll rtrnt_d.anfer ol bebg ongulled by Supprculont of crror Cernimus, given r\Iareh 18, 1861. tno. ttdtt wavo of 10th century not final rfandard The condemned propositlon In hls Sncyclicnl Immortale antl'cloricalism. "The Dci, Nor'. 1., 1885, on the As a consequeuce. reads: noman pontilf cnn Chris. To underptaud thls better, tbo therc il no tinn Constitulion gcnrrul prln. and should reconcilo and hnr- ol Stntcs, I'opo rcador mlght profltrbly read a Justtlicatlon for r Lco clplo that monizo htmsell with progress, XIII writcsl vcry sympathctlcally wrltten religlouo and moral with liberalism, and with rccent o'il'lttt rtudy ol the lile and error should if possible alwsys " Churth. inrlortl, tlt'rtrns lt tlmes of civiliza tion, bo prevented. So tho pope con. trttlnryfttl lo plncc lllc vnlioltl I'lus lX by the Dnglish non. On the faee of lt, the lglng cluder: frlttns of rlivirrrt rvorslrilt on tlro Cathollc author, E. E.-y. Italo. pontiff rppears llko "Tho 6ome clcri. cntne footirtg ns llttr trutr rtligion, Tlrc title ot the book ls pio Nono, duty ol ruppresslng moral cal Don vainly tilting Qulxoto lnrt does not. on llral, nccrltnl, . IIr.^ Ilales, who has taught ln and religious error cannot, there- with hls anathemns ngainst lhe con<lt'rln lltose nrltrs rvho, for the the. hlstory department at yalo, fore, bo the final norm tor rc. most cherishcd itlcas of the lSth make6 out r tion. It must be sakc of slrtrrlin,q fiotno {r{rfitcr very Eood carc loi subordlnated to contury. thh mueh hatod and higher and moro goneral normc go\xl ot' ltiltilt t'tttll sitttrrr tlt otrt 'who nrallgned lvil, trllorv p;rtientl.t' r'u$l()tl of pope had the courage to which in sornecircumstances per. Condemn progrorr? battle perhaps tlsittlO lr) lrtt a kittrl of sttttctiorr against ideas which in our mit and even make it Not fhc Holy Fnlhcr! doy^ for t'neh kinrl of rt'litiion havinti havc aaenfruitlon in lascism, appcar tlre bctter course ol ac. nnzism, snd communism. tion, that eruor nhould not be lm. Of corrrse, rs er?r.vone iu lt;rlJ ils plnct in thc slltt'. ..\rrrl irr Indeed the French peded in order to promoto r ftnctt', tho IIoly lhlltcr wirl nnl lnct llrrr {llrrrtch ls rlottt lo tnltr: Revolutlon of 1789her rired bestard greater good,'t eon(lemnlnE litrernlisru t.atncsl lret:rl llrat rttr <rtrr"shlll lrc as well llr0gress, ns legltlmatc and grcater snd clvilirntion irr tho lruo srnse {ol'ccd to r'tttlrtilrtc tltt' {-lltlrtllit: respcctable Thk or higher good, '[lrrirr o_ffsprlng, We can all glad ,,tho ol thtrse ternrs, but crnl]. tlrc frtttlt llluittsl lrr\ \vill, for', ;rs l.it. ilo eecordlng to the pope lr that Pio Nono eould not find govcrnnlent'i idor rrf whnt r.ol" r\ugrtslirrr: rtlsr:11' tr.nrinrls lts. it establishmentof peace." Com, 'lTnn possibleto reconcllehimsett pope'r rtitutcd pfoglr'ss, libcralisnr, nnrl r.anuoi hr.hor r' ollt*r'ryisc with menting on the dlscourse, (lhrrrclr the klnd of progrel!, civilirltion. (fnvorn"e v*r'.qiorr tltuu of hir ou'n frr.e will'." rlisn(lvnntngrs. lllrrly llte liberallsm 3'ather l\lurray observesi Iras oftt'n .suffcrr:rl rs and civlllzatlon that his enemiet r"Ihe ntennl. prlncipnll)' lh. flosrtrir rrf trttrclr nl llro pope makes r clear dis. In i lctl0r lit llre hit'r'nrrhv lf "\\'r' in France and Itely rtood eonvcnls lnrl nronnstelit's, nrrrl rL'rrr- nbsolulclr lrrrtl s.illr. Ilrtttls of its fliclrls as it lriis nt for, tinetion betleen the lltt' l:.S., .lll('(l .lirn. ii, lilllli. tlrt, abstract llte hnnning of roligious r"drrcri. 1'ul {lii.rlrIi(;r!iott tltat llrt' t]iltltolrc llrr: hattrls o{ its clrernrcs, ordor of ethlcs or theology, rvlrerc rnnrt Jronliff ttrot*: What Piur Xll raid lion, il'hc entire r-ontrrl rrf lrisllrrirs rii tlt(' lllttlr'{l r\tatr.s ill'rr it ls a questionof qualifying doc. " ('ltttlch E,ishop Pike citer about lolcrcncr rehools. ineludirrg tlre rlrpolnl. Por lhe l llon:i _\rril. .r',.l.rrr.: ;t rilllilll {}i r'ltttt-r,lt attrl trines or practices ar true or ('ollslilllti()rl lhe Arrrericnn yiew ntcnt. of lunchor'.r. bllotrgrrl ;r, ol ilItr)l$(ts{'(l h} llrr1 slirli' l'\' ;il1\ r'll(lo;lrrrts tt'ltitlso, Thc most representstlveantonf, fnlse' rigltt, or wrong, and the irilrl ttilrcnl ol r i)lil fitliriil. 'l'lrtr jurisprudence, righl lo {he civil *utlrtrrrt,y rrc. ll0\'{'l {-\ ('t, r.llll('r' l)lo\tI't}itlc (-}l'folll{)lt). 'l'lrc (ln recent papal itatcments on rcli. concretc ordor of 'Syllabur ln his nltir'lc in llrrltlr'r"s t lr o I le poprrlntion ol of Errorr' coltling lo lsu,, fcltttrd b1- tir lrostrlt, lt':tislalron- l i iorrrlr t.rt t';rl ltollr's cottstittttetl wltera.it is-a questionof using or l)rtlr-(t, i\lurch Jl)r;{),I}isholl I'rlitr lkrlllnrl, for i651i111,.o,rnay in tlto Sious lrcedom, according to Dr. I'ropositions.lS nrrrl ?J arr: llrr fllolccl.'rl h{ainsl t'tllt'trr't. lr\ t}tr' ;l trlirllrillI tr'! {rul' c(,llnll'}/, Ill(!\t rle Albornoz, nrtt ttsing tltc coerciveinstrument a stumblirrg block tn;rlirs urr.ntion of anollrcr' (fallr- ilr)l l{)rt rlistarrt frrtrrr.c orrtgr.orv tho is the Allocution ol ('onltil(rIl l;rrt's atttl lhi' iti|l)irtltiti- Jrt'incilrtl tarijels r)f llrtrsc rr,lrt 1\f irlrl riill \r'!'li ;t irtlirlll tlf cltittr:lt I)iur XII to the catholic of lnw in favor of the true and 'llit'r' olrt- I'icrr, ()n cllufcll-stitlr-' I r'llr- I'r'rrlrrsllnt, lf irnrl rl'hclr they be" Jurists lrr llre l)ec 21, 1{l:;9, issll. of cotttonrl tlrlt (lltlrolir: lr';rclrirrr: itl of tlrt' corltls, is iti,t tn lirt: Irrirl :liiit,. $ortltl tltctt. nr, oI ltaly, Sept. gootl, against the lalse ilnd lrrlns l)osi(les;lliirI of t]tc Sllllrlrrrs {'r)lll(} n trta,lolil;', Ilollitnrl, nc. ?, 19F5. l,ife lhclc lpporlcd nu nrticlc is nt otltls rvilh llre Anlr,ri(.nt! lnil tct rlithout hirrtlr';rnr'tl. \'.'t, rli)\\. ili'lrrri(l!lrc t'rrttslilttltoll ltn!l ('r)r{linil First ol all, Pius Xll {cnies the wrontl' In tltis lattar ordcr tlro "A ('trtlrolic ol l,,tlofl, Ilt' r.;rlls rl, lhe r\rrrel i- lo I,'allror i\[r'ssineo, titlotl frrr I'tcsirlonil"' rrf .sepnlntion !lrnt111l1;111 lllis is lnro. it rrnirlrl iri] tis iilt1('n{lrncnls, t.{'('0ljru7.lllg higltestnntl ttlosl gcncral norm is Itritrciples of clrrtrcli cirrr lttllr'lllcttrtion. lrt hrs rrpiltiltt \r()ltl(l (,{}nlinttr' lo lro n tolrtfttttt lrlidity ol transforring tho tenet rt hiclt \\'us lorulcnsetl lrr lir' r t't-l' rtfi i)n(,{rus lo at,* 'error tlrc antl ttllc nttrl o[ t'cll[irrls lr(.r'.