Full Text for CTM Theological Observer 6-1 (Text)

t I I orl) rufjenbe @:IIauOe an afjren, 11>enn fie fidj nidjt feIoft aufgeben mill. mon hem @Iau~ lien an ben gefreuaigten unh auferftanbencn c;rfjriftui3 fagt Qutfjer, bail er ber articulus stantis ot oadentis eoolesiae ift, mit bem hie ~irdje fter)± unb fiirrt. &j i erg i li t e i3 f e i n \IT b 11> ei dj en un b 3 u g eft e fj en, f ei n e mit ±r ere Q i n ie, f e in e n Sf 0 m pro m i E. [®perrhrucf unb Shlrfib~ fdjrift bon uni3.] miige bie srirdje bei3 1illorti3 unb ®mamen±f3, bei3 Ieben~ bigen eifen 1 ~n :Betten fdjtDe~ rer @:IIauoenf3fiimpfe fjat jBif3mara aIi3 pofitiber enn fie fein ,,\lTbmeidjen unb 211geftefjen, fcine mi±±rere Qinie, feinen ~ompromiil" geftattet. ~. ~ . .\JR. The Spread of Roman Catholicism in England. - The Catholic weekly Amerioa of September 22 reports: "It is heartening to read the figures employed by Bishop McNulty in a' recent sermon in Nottingham Cathedral. His Excellency pointed out that in 1844 the Catholic popula- tion of England and "Vales did not number more than 600,000. It now embraces 3,000,000. There are at the moment 4,825 churches in England and "Vales, whereas the number in 1844 was 2,196. This represents an increase of 1,696 within a period of ninety years. The priests who minister to the spiritual needs of the faithful in these parishes have shown an ex- pansion from 700 to 4,825." - It is significant in this connection that Sister M. Madeleva, in the other Catholic weekly, The Oommonweal, of September 14, gives a full account of the Corpus Christi procession at Oxford. To quote from her article: "The Blessed Sacrament was carried in procession in its [Oxford's] streets for the first time in perhaps four hundred years. . .. The procession of the Blessed Sacrament, divinely vital for all its centuries of disuse, made its march of sacramental might from the Church of St. Aloysius to Blackfriars in a pageant that gathered a heroic past and future into its splendid present. . .. The singing prog- ress took its way back to the Church of St. Aloysius, where, with a second benediction, this most significant pilgrimage to honor the Blessed Sacra- ment ended. Among those officiating was the flower of the priesthood in England to-day; and who shall forbid the spirit of Newman that para- disiacal walk in the evening air of his Oxford?" The Anglican Church, in England as well as here in America, is reaping what it has sown. P.E.K. Moslems of Madras Protesting against a Roman Catholic Book. A Roman Catholic Tamil book, A Short History of OathoUcism, first pub- lished in 1927 and reissued last year, has been made the subject of a violent agitation by the Moslems of Madras during the last two weeks. The 72 Theological Observer. - .Ritd)1td)~,8eit\Jefd)id)tlid)e~. Moslems allege that the book contains contemptuous references to Moham- med, and with a view to bringing pressure to bear on the government to have the book proscribed they have been holding mass demonstrations. Fiery speeches were made by Moslem leaders at the public meetings. The Moslem crowds which attended these meetings worked themselves into a high state of excitement and, strangely enough, came to a clash with a meeting of Hindus, with the result that a Moslem was killed and several injured. This Catholic publication attacks not only Mohammed, but also Luther and Protestantism. But Protestants have wisely decided to ignore such attacks. Correspondence from India in the Christian Century, written September 10, 1934. roUffion~llftibitiit bd ~ubbijt~UtU~. ~a~ ,,(fb.~Eut~. miHion~lira±t" (Eeipaig) fef)reili±: ,,~er iapanifef)e Q)ubb~i~mu~ fi#t fief) in fJefonberem IDlaB ag g:ft~rer be~ lffienliubb~i~mu~. ~en iapanifef)en @:)ulbaten unb @liebfern, bie bie ben ~elttfef)en aligenommenen 6ilbfeeinfeln ftlierfef)llJemm~ ten, foIgten liubb~iftifef)e Q)onaen. ~uf Sturoru ()jSalaugruppe) fullen etllJa taufenb(fingeliome ben Q)ubb~gmu~ angenommen ~afJen. Unb bie iapa~ ttifef)e StolottiaIregieruttg fef)eittt au~ poHtifef)en @rilnben bie ~u~lireHung be~ Q)l1bb~g;):111t" ni"lit ltngem au f eljen. if!jina !jat jett audj eine ~n3a~r (furopaer, .manner IDie g:rauen, bie bon bem (fngliinber mncoln im ~a~re 1933 filr ben Q)ubbl.ji~mu~ gellJonnen tuorbcn finb. @lie er~ierten im Eauf be~ ~a~re~ me~rere lffiei~en unb erreief)ten fogar hie lffiftrbe eine~ gJo~bi~ fattba (Q)ubb~aanllJiirter). @efef)mihft mit bem eingefJrann±ett 2eief)en gJub" b~a~ aUf ber @ltim unb in geIlie Stleiber geljilrrt, fJetreifJett fie bun @lljattgljai au~ un±er ef)inefif cljen 9Iamen i~re IDliffion~±ii±igfeH." ~ie djriftriclje .mif ~ fion mUB auef) l.jie.r cine neue ~ufforberullg erfettnett, iljr lD~iHiott~programm um fo meljr au erllJeitem. ~. ;it . .m. Doctrine No Longer a Serious Item with Certain Anglicans.- From the L-ivil~g Church we take these statements, sent to it from London: "In the course of a discussion at the Birmingham Diocesan Conference, Bishop Barnes of Birmingham declared himself prepared to retain a man who has doubts about the Virgin Birth, provided that he believes that our Lord was in very truth the Son of God. He is also prepared to measure similar treatment to a man who has doubts about the empty tomb, pro- vided that he believes the doctrine that our Lord lives forevermore and that He is the everlasting Christ, who guides His Church. These episcopal declarations, as the Church Times remarks, raise the serious constitutional question whether a bishop has the power to grant dispensation authoriz- ing a priest to revise the meaning of the Christian creeds. This power of dispensation the bishop of Birmingham virtually claims, and it is a power which no individual bishop in Christendom can possess. The Church has a corporate doctrine. A minister is entrusted to be the ex- ponent of that corporate doctrine. If an individual cannot accept what the Church maintains, his conscientious inability must be respected. But the Church cannot trust him to be an exponent of what he denies." It is significant that the writer overlooks that not only a bishop, but the whole Church lacks authority to change an article of faith, since what Chris- tians are to believe rests not on the verdict of the Church and church councils, but entirely on the revelation of God. A.