"THE INFALLIBILITY NOSTRUM."

Press, Volume L, Issue 15047, 15 August 1914, Page 16

"THE INFALLIBILITY NOSTRUM."

«*£ rea »., n , g at Bnxton month, on i Iho B]blo and Modern Lifo," tho ' Rev B. J. Snell said that beforo tho :' Hible could como into ite own, one must gat quit of tao inianibiuty ncs- : UuuJ ' " w*>UiU.iiiiiuiioiiunu Luan i Auauv 01 uioiii it wa<s a j wujcu tlaU Ucou UIIMII lulo • mo oi Uu) iiOoil , o i oi . tufeo Uuu . I cimt.yoiii* or »,..„>, waa liut ciu=ljV ] no lluU n0 uouut Uui'g .souio i i-o ot ma cong.egauon, auU tout, at least uio oiu viewn U iu ».u iuu-iu. i i " 1 " «<"«»> <i»u! xviiu iuo ui.«sciiiei wmca ; Was by Uio*t> oul v.e.»i> j USI i | uoiv was a uwaivy ouiuou uyou j his spmt,. ano yi-oao oimuwjio vo tue ! coiiixnoa uiiijoauuu ot mo ocnptii4«s | a*s ii oi mc wui u u ! Uiojuus jtii>»v uouia v luuu wuo ; Uua uuoii Uiu up lv lilo hcuouia Uo- j iiovo tiiat iuo i>oua oi jUv-iico was oil ! tuo cjcuno lovei ol iiiepJiuuoi. uio uoa- j |iOi oi Ob. dutiii, or Lu.iL tno «^iuumcitw i were a** us -2>t. l,uko ." 'luo | into o.uii was a-custouit*l : u> bay tjiat '"Uio ixjuii is lxou 8 writ- i teu woru troiu mc iimh eoutonct} 10 uio ; jiwsij aaa luo oaiy 01 oiu* nation • is in believing re." i\,.u tnac, earn uxi- | csaeu, w«> wuac lia<l aouo tuo luusenier. | i.'or uao luibciiior ua<> uoiie. i*'or lus oh'u i>art ne believed tho BiUio to bo a niLLuau booK. . liieiwin i no louud us greatiitacss. luo .wubei's ! were n,o more preserved troui-error iuau was I'iato in writing juis "ivcpuDuc.-' lc must be rcau witu ttte context of iiiitory, and iv ite general tswuup aim grauueur, antl ho heal tuat tno conviuciujs message ttiat was in , tnese bcriptui cis was iv own auuienticaicd appwii. "iiut tor Uou's puy si»ko tejl tno cuiidren, wuen tuoy stio s.tasgered at tuo ldisa tout Liou laia tuaae I>i:iguo3 upon Israel becaiu*o Uavid wa-» taiung a ccimus, or at tno treatment uioted out to unruly chuaren—worse • even taan Eton dibcipuno I—tell | tnem tnat taoso iucus belong to tno I time beiore men knew tuo Jeatucri Only | tno otner clay, adued Air bueU, no j rooeiveel a looter: "How do' you get, tnend." ho wrote in "it has never caused ruo the slightest twingo ot unoasinoss. How does it attect you. CONCORDAT WITH SERVIA. Last month tho Concordat between tho Holy Soo and Servia, bo ottdn announcod and so often aenied during IJ-0 last year, was signed by nis iJmmtuco Cardinal Meny del Val end Dr. Vesnith, i.leniooteutiaries respoctivdy. at uno icy 2!eb and of ocrvia. It consists oi twenty-taieo archies, tho yurm.rt of whu-a may bo summarised as Icliows:—Jb'ull freeoom tor tiio excrciso of the Catiioiic religion; Uio wnsUtution of an oodesiasrical- prorweo consisting of the Arcndioceso «* «el-gi-ado and tho Diocose of llskoub, winch aro to bo under tho common law of tho I Church and which aro to depend directly and exclusively upon tho tioly S»5o; tho nomination of Bishops is to bo made by the Holy Father, but alter the Servian Government has dedared tliat thero is no political reason for obiecting to ihe candidates, tho Government ix'tya annually 16,000 dinars to ta© Archbishop of Bclgraao, and 10,000 to tho Bishop of liskoub; tho Ai-oh-Lishop and Bishop aro to take an oath of fealty to tho King of Servia, and promise to prevont their clergy from engaging in enterprises detrimental to tho State; they aro to have complete control over tho clergy in ecclesiastical aOairs; they have tho right of appointing the parish priests, but always after j having ascertained that there aro no political objections to the candidates; they aro to have full control over tho rebgioos instruction of Servian lies; tho catechism is to bo.taught in the State schools by teachers paid by . the State and appointed by mutual ar- i . rangoment between the Bishops and j the Minister of Public "Worship, and tho ' Bishops have the right or ordering j tho, dismissal of catechism teachers J who prove to bo unsatisfactory; parish j priests may be appointed for this office; : an ecclesiastical seminary is to bo established at Belgrade, and to rocoivo un annual sum from the Government; i tho Servian language is to bo used as | tho medium of instruction in .-. non- j ecclesiastical subjects: all marriages j carried out according to tho law of tho t Catholic Church sure recognisod as valid, and except for purely civil pffe<?ts all j marriage cases aro to be tried by the i occiesiastical tribunals: it is lawful for j the Catholic party to a mixed inarrir v ( to make the condition that tho chii- ' dren of the union are to be brought up as Catholics; the Church enjoys all tho rights of a juridical entity, such as acquiring, possessing, and disposing of property; Church property is to be subject to taxation, out nn exception is made for churches, seminaries, and the residences of bishope and parish priests; tho clerjry cannot bo compelled to exercise any public employment out of ! harmony with their sacred character; any futtrre difficulties that may arise are to be settled amicably between the j Holy See and the Servian Government i in accordance with the principles of canon lav.