The Syllabus

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 43, 24 October 1907, Page 22

The Syllabus

It was a matter of pleased surprise to us that-the pulpit and newspaper cyclone that whirled and eddied around the Syllabus of Pius IX. spared the -list of modern errors condemned by Pius X. So far, indeed, has feeling mellowed under the kindly influence of time, that (as our columns have sufficiently shown) some of tEe most cordial expressions of approval of the recent Syllabus »of Pius X. have come»from the religious press' of our- separated brethren. One lone voice has piped in "Che wilderness of the New Zealand secular press in protest against the pronouncement of the great and pious old Pontiff who now - sits in the place of reter.' It was in the Auckland 'Herald. It was a screech from the cheap agnostic or Ingersollian view, roughly reviled the Pope for his 'plebeian blood, was couched in highly intemperate speech, was spotted over with errors in fact and inference, and, .in a word, was ' A fine sample, on the whole, - Of rhetoric which the learn'd call rigmarole '. The deplorable substance and temper of the production may, however, be deemed a ' felix culpa ', or hajppy slip, since it evoked a prompt and pointed reply that was calculated, to enlighten Auckland non-Catholics on many points of our faith and practice.