The Jeffersonian (Jefferson, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 3, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 1, 1949 Page: 5 of 8
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NOVEMBER, 1949
THE JEFFER80NIAN
PAGE FIVE
BISHOPS TAKE PART IN CONFRATERNITY CONGRESS
Burn That Book—
(Continued from page 1)
Neither In 'Mrs. Calvert's mail
nor in the published letters to
THE NE3W|S did anyone refute
her statement that the historic
list of Popes of the Roman Cath-
olic Church from Peter to Pius
XII is printed in black and
white on page 131, Vol. 13 of the
Britannica Junior Encyclopedia.
Rather her critics took the only
avenue of escape -agnosticism,
i.e. it can't be known, no facts of
history in encyclopedias are cer-
tain, the Pope must have had a
hand in Britannica, etc.
Substantiating Mrs. Calvert's
view from history and the Bible,
two other forum writers com-
mented on the objectivity of Pet-
or'fc position as the first Pope.
PROTESTANTS QUOTED
S. J. Ackels of Dallas quoted
historians of^Protestant faith who
state that Pope Peter's presence
in Rome and his death there are
matters of historic fact.
Mr. Ackels's letter follows:
"In re the denial by one of
your readers that St. Peter was
the first Popo of Rome, these
comments are in order:
(a) The Bible plainly states
that Christ appointed Peter to
govern His church.
(b) Peter's presence in Rome is J
accepted by historians of all
faiths.
English Protestant Historian
Cave writes:
That Peter was at Rome, and
HELD THE SEE THERE for
same time, we fearlessly affirm
with the whole multitude of the
ancients.
HOW COULD SO GREAT AN
APOSTLE DIE IN MYSTERY?
Pearson, another English his-
torian, says:
Since it has been handed down
from almost the beginning that
St. Peter preached the Gospel in
Rome ... I think . . . faith
may be given to this account. For
who would believe that so great1
an Apostle COULD HAVE DIED
IN SUCH OBBSCURITY AS j
THAT NO ONE EVER RECORD-1
ED THE PLACE OF HIS;
DEATH? (Minor Theological
Wlorks III, 34). j
The noted archaeologist Lanci-:
ani testifies:
For the archaeologist the pres-
ence and erecution of St. Peter
and St. Paul In Rome are FACTS
ESTABLISHED BEYOND THE
SHADOW OF A DOUBT BY
PURELY MONUMENTAL EVI-
DENCE.
"If we can prove the historians
wrong, we succeed in making of
Pictured above are six members of the hierarchy who took pari
in the recent Third Regional Congress of the Confraternity of Christ-
ian Doctrine, held in Houston, Texas. They are, left to right Most
Rev. Lawrence FitzSimon, Bishop of Amarillo, Most Rev. Eugene J.
McGuiness, Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Most Rev. Christo-
pher E, Byrne, Bishop of Galveston and host to the Congress, Most
Rev. Robert E, Lucey, Archbishop of San Antonio, Most Rev. John
Brady, Bishop of Manchester, New Hampshire, and Most Rev. Mari-
ano Garriga, Bishop of Corpus Christi. The three day meeting,
held in. late October, was attended by 12,000 people. Purpose of
the program was to stimulate interest in work of the Confraternity,
the Papal-organized society which seeks to spread a knowledge or
Christian Doctrine among all groups of people. Photo, courtesy of
THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE.
Christ's Church a completely in-
visible organization impossible of
identification by man."
The letter was signed: S. J.
Ackeis. 2626 Merlin, Dallas.
The second letter, written by
Mrs. A. J. Klein of Dallas, gives
the Biblical account of some very
significant words spoken by Jes-
us to the Apostle listed toy En-
cyclopedia Britannica as the first
Fope.
STATEMENT OF JESUS GIVEN
In reading the historical words
of the Savior one can't help but
wonder why Jesus with His great
intelligence would single out Pet-
er, talk about "rock upon which
I will build My Church," then
give him the "keys of the king-
dom of Heaven" and power that
"whatever thou shalt bind on
earth shall be bound in heaven,"
etc., one can't help but wonder
why Jesus would talk to Peter
in that way unless He meant for
him to govern His Church after
His death.
Surely if Our Lord hadn't
spoken at all about it, if the
standard reference books of his-
tory didn't record Peter as first
Pope, etc., the opponents of Pet-
er's primacy would have a case.
As it is they appear to toe suto-
jectivists who want to deny an
established fact because accept-
ance of it brings obligations they
care not to assume?
The text of Mrs. Klein's excel-
lent letter follows:
"In a letter to THE NEWS Mr.
Warren states that no place in
the Bible can he find the word
Pope, or a statement concerning
the fact that Peter was the first
Pope.
CHRIST TALKS TO PETER
IN MOST UNUSUAL WAY
"Neither can I, but in St. Mat-
thew, 15_ 13-19, I found the fol-
lowing:
"Now Jesus having come into
the district Caesarea Phillipi, be-
gan asking His disciples, saying,
'Who do men say the Son of Man
Is?' But they said, 'Same say,
John the Baptist; and others
Elias; and others Jeremlas, or
one of the prophets.' He said to
Our Clear Duty
"If we sincerely believe that
the Catholic Church is the true
Church then it is our clear duty
to try by every reasonable means
to make that faith known and to
lead everyone into its fold."—
Archbishop Richard J. Cushing of
Boston.
them, 'But who do you say that I
am?' Simon Peter answered, and
said, 'Thou are the Christ, the Son
of the living God.' Then Jesus an-
swered and said, 'Blessed art,
thou Simon Bar-Jonn, for flesh
and blood has not revealed this
to thee, but my Father in heaven.
And I say to thee, 'Thou art Pet-
er and upon this jock I will
build my church and the gates
of hell shall not prevail against
it.' (Peter means rock). And I
will give thee the "keys of the
Kingdom of Heaven; and what-
ever thou shalt bind on earth
shall toe bouftd in heaven, and
whatever thou shalt loose on
earth shall be loosed in heaven.'
"Here Christ appointed Peter
head of His church. Thereby,
Peter became the first Pope
(pope means father of Christ-
ians) and Christ gave him auth-
ority and commanded him to go
preach and teach all nations what-
soever He had commanded him.
And that He would be with His
Church all days until the end of
time.
Peter has 'been succeeded in
unbroken line toy 266 popes, in-
.?hidin? our present Pontiff, Pope
Pius XII, Vicar of Christ on
earth."
The letter was signed: Mrs. A.
J. Klein. 1205 St. Joseph St., Dal-
las, Texas.
"MANY FACTS IN DOUBT"
Presenting the intellectual ap-
proach to the denial of Peter's
position as first Pope, Walter H.
Drane of Sherman asserted "many
facts of history, both sacred and
profane, always will be in doubt."
Discussions of religious matter
Drane termed "unprofitable," add
ing "attempts to advance know
ledge by discussions of these is
sues will toe fruitless because
nothing can be known certainly."
"The Remap Catholic Church,"
he said, "is a great church." Its
gospel, he said, was true.
"HOPELESS," SAYS WRITER
Urging peace, Drane dismissed
the matter of Peter being Pope
or even in Italy as "hopeless."
Scripture passages and historical
records supporting such, he main-
tained, are among those "facts of
history" which he thinks are "op-
inions of same philosophers or
teachers of ancient and medieval
times."
The trouble with Mr. Diane's
view is what has troubled agnos-
ticism from the beginning. It's
like a tiny leak in a great dike.
One leak leads to disaster in the
floods.
DIKE-BREAKING NOT GOOD
So'jiiso with truth. Rejection
of some fact of history leads to
intellectual dike-toieaking. An
agnostic's leak in the armor of
historical truth leads to confusion.
If he rejects one fact as doubt-
ful, how can he be sure of any?
And if everything is in doubt,
how can he be sure that even his
doubt that he doubts is real?
Also 'what'h to prevent others
from deciding that some fact they
don't like is in dotibt? Suppose a
German hates the French. Why
can't he take a slice out of the
facts of history and say that Nap-
oleon was never Elmperor ol
France? ,
MARTYRS, INCLUDING MANY
POPES, DIED BELIEVING
Agnosticism, fundamentally- de
nles that God when He created
man put in mankind's soul the
desire as a group t^ pass down
historical truth from generation
to generation. In the case at
point, the people who lived in the
first 3 centuries of Roman Cath-
olicism not only possessed thin
trait of mankind but until the
year 313 in large numbers they
let themselves toe torn to pieces
by wild beasts rather than deny
their Catholic faith, part of which
was their loyalty and devotion to
Peter whom they venerated as
(Continued on page 7, col. 1)
Deanery Youths
Elect Leader
Tyler — East Texas Catholic
youth, meeting here, Sunday, Nov.
13, installed their new officers
for the coming year. New presi-
dent is Francis Andreis of Kil-
gore. The group Toted to hold
its next rally In Texarkana to
February.
Civic Leaders
Sent Booklet On
Federal Aid Stand
With the compliments of this
paper copies of the excellent
■booklet "PIERCE THE CONFU-
SION AND SEE TIJI3 CHILD"
have been mailed to outstanding
civic leaders of Jefferson.
'Hie booklet, published by Our
t'unrlay Visitor, presents informa-
tion, not widely circulated in the
July Federal Aid dispute, which
cnaibles the reader to "pierce the
confusion and see the child."
The "confusion" pierced by the
'ioolclet is the widespread misun-
derstanding that the Catholic
'Church has asked for or is ask-
ing for tax money for her schools,
l iercing that confusion in the
looklet are columnists George
Sokolsky and Dorothy Thompson,
THE NEW YORK TIMES, the A
F of L, a Southern Protestant
newspaper editor, a Senator from
Barden's home state and others.
After piercing the confusion the
booklet enables the child to bo
seen, yes, the child whose wel-
fare prompted the stand of Fran-
cis Cardinal Spellman.
Father O'Rourke in sending the
booklet to local civic leaders in a
personal letter addressed to them
declared his presentation of the
booklet was in the public interest
for the promotion of good will.
There is no better way of promot-
ing good will, he said, than re-
moving misunderstandings based
on confusion. He expressed his
conviction that one source of ill
will is for people of other faiths
to believe the untruths that Cath-
olics or their hierarchy are trying
to unite Church and State, violate
the Constitution as presently in-
terpreted with a tax aid to paro-
chial schools, etc.
Civic leaders receiving the
booklet are: Mayor Bill Myers,
J. B. Moseley, Jr., Rev. C. B.
White, Rev. H M. Garrett, A. M.
Bower, Rev. B. C. Neely, Mrs.
Cecil Ross, B. O. Kitchens, Rev.
Hoyt Lemmon, Rev. Arvel F. An-
derson, L. B. Landers, Ray Thom-
as, Rev. Edwin Johnson, R. E.
Lvmt. Rev. Henry F. Selcer, Mar*
telle Petty, Rev. J. Harvey Carlin
and J. H. Benefleld Jr.
CHIIRCH-STATEnROUP
MO TO DEFINE
MEANING OF SLOGAN
Jackson, Miss.—Many Protestants
have become alarmed over the
activities of the group that calls
tt«elf Protestants and Other Amer-
icans United for the Separation of
Church and State und would like
for that organization to define
exactly what it is seeking in us-
ing the slogan "separation of
church and state."
"Their activities would indi-
cate," saya Fredrick Sullens, Pres-
byterian editor of the Dally News,
"that their sole concern is to see
that pupils in parochial schools
receive no aid...and that anti-
Catholic prejudice be kept _a-
live and inflamed."
•Fairness to Catholic*, especially
in the matter of their schools, was
the theme of an editorial In the
Daily News. Which was among
the nation's most outstanding.
Becnjuse of its excellence we
reproduce the editorial here in
part. The text follows:
"The first schools in the United
States were all religious school*
ind alnce they were under the
auspices of religious groups, re-
ligion was part of the regular
curriculum. When the present
public school system was inaugu-
rated in the United States on a
strictly non-sectarian basis, tbe
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