HOW HERESY DEALS WITH THE BIBLE. By Very Rev. James A. Corcoran, D.D., .
Protestant boasting about the growth of Bible knowledge, 123; Biblical knowledge
developing into subtle doubt, 124; How Catholics look upon the Bible, 125; What
the heretics during the early age of the Church thought of the Bible, 126; Prompted
by expediency rather than by honest belief, 129; Falsifying God's revealed Word,
130; False interpretations, 131; Heretics have no respect for the Scriptures, 132;
Luther's Canon of Scriptures, 133; The work begun by Luther ardently carried out
by his followers, 136; Untruthful translations of the Bible, 137.
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES IN THE RECENT TRANS-
LATION OF ALZOG. By John Gilmary Shea, LL.D.,
The once bright prospects of a glorious future, 143; The late decided change of feel-
ing, 144; The conservative power supposed to reside in the American people, 145;
Intelligence alone no safeguard against corruption, 146; The place of religion in our
polity, 147; Grounds for questioning the ability of Protestantism to supply the
religious want, 148; The question of personal integrity and honesty, 150; Inability
of Protestantism to reconcile existing antagonisms, 151; Protestantism not to be
relied upon as a corrective of disregard for law, 152; The influence of Catholicity,
154; By what strong bonds Catholic society is held together, 155; How the doctrines
of the Church promote the practice of virtue, 156; The Church and the poor, 160;
Protestantism checked the law of Universal charity, 162; Reverence for the majesty
and divine authority of law-Conclusion, 163.
CORRESPONDENCE-MISSIONARY RECTORS. By Rev. F. Porphyrius, .
THE OUTLOOK, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL, IN EUROPE.
Europe in 1878, 193; A great crisis, 194; Intellectual hunger of the age, 195; The
theory of evolution, 197: The wonderful facilities for propagating knowledge in our
time, 198; A creed that intoxicates, 199; Poverty not a cause of evil, 200; Socialism
and the governments of Europe, 201; Church and State, 202; Condition of mankind
in pre-Christian times, 203; Society and the Reformation, 204; Civil marriage, 205;
Education in our day, 206; The condition to which the Falk laws have reduced
Germany, 207; Condition of affairs in France, Italy, Austria, and other countries,
208; The State to blame for the evils which threaten it, 209; Religion the only.
remedy for the existing state of affairs, 210; On what depends the future, 211.
CATHOLIC SOCIETIES. By Rt. Rev. Francis S. Chatard, D.D.,
What is meant by Catholic Societies, 212; How our societies should be constituted,
213; Origin of Confraternities, 214; The mutual aid societies of the present day, 215;
Our societies should be organized on the basis of religion, 216; The dangers that
threaten our societies, 217; First duty of a Catholic society, 218; Catholic societies
and the labor question, 219; Closing remarks, 221.
THE RELATION OF THE POPES TO LITERATURE PRIOR TO THE ELEVENTH
CENTURY. By Rev. II. A. Brann, D.D.,
The Popes have always been the patrons of theology, 222; But literature is the object
of this article, 223; The Church and the drama, 224; Literature among the early
Christians, 225; The Popes encouraged learning then as now, 227; Difficulties during
the era of persecution, 228; First establishment of parochial and other schools, 230;
Christian writers of the fourth and fifth centuries, 231; Literary culture of the
Romans in the sixth and seventh centuries, 232; Gregory the Great, 233; The lights
of the eighth and ninth centuries, 235; The partial eclipse of the tenth, 236; Two
great names-Gerbert and Hildebrand, 237; Great works of the Papacy, 238; Hallam
on the Popes of this period, 239.
THE RAPID INCREASE OF THE DANGEROUS CLASSES IN THE UNITED
STATES. By John Gilmary Shea, LL. D., .
Lowering of moral tone and growth of pauperism, 240; Impossibility of effecting
moral reformation by merely natural means, 241; Effects of a general religious de-
cline in America, 242; Abuse of education, 243; Other causes of decline and crime,
244; Abuses in religion, 245; Contrast between the Church and the Sects, 247;
Protestantism has lost its hold on the masses, 248; How this result tends to foster
crime, 249; Moral condition of the foreign element, 250; What has been and is its
bane, 251; German and Italian emigrants, 251; The Chinese question in California,
253; The prevailing evils of New York City, 254; Difficulty of reforming homeless
children, 255; The war a cause of increase in crime, 256; Proselytism one of the
greatest curses of the American social system, 258; The Catholic Church and the
poor, 260; The line of action for Catholics to follow, 261; What the Church has done
and is doing for the people, 262; Catholic institutions meet the wants of the times,
265; The colonization movement, 266; A great Catholic university needed, 267.
ADMISSIONS OF OUR ADVERSARIES. By Rt. Rev. Thomas A. Becker, D.D., 268
Scope and character of this essay, 268; Those who know the truth and those who do
not, 270; The doctrines of infallibility and transubstantiation, 271; Admissions in
points of doctrine, 272; The lack of unity and infallible authority among the sects,
274; Protestants and the mystery of Redemption, 276; Prayers for the dead, 277;
An unwilling compliment to the Church, 278; Matters of practice among Catholics,
279; Daily service in the Catholic churches, 280; Permanence and dignity of chari-
table institutions in the Church, 283; The work accomplished by Religious Orders,
285; Value of the attendance of a priest at the death-bed, 285; Catholic patriotism
and loyalty, 287.
THE FALL AND RISE OF EDUCATION IN IRELAND. By Rev. Thomas
Quigley,..
The Church not to be blamed for the backwardness of education anywhere, 288;
Condition of Ireland when the Roman empire was broken up, 290; The Danish and
Norman invasions of Ireland, 291; Why no great Universsty was established in Ire-
land, 292; What the Reformation did with the old Irish colleges, 293; Ireland in the
seventeenth century, 294; Adoption of extraordinary means to destroy "Popery
in Ireland, 295; Irish colleges on the continent, 297; The Charter Schools of 1793,
298; Bishop Doyle, 299; Lord Stanley's Primary Education Bill, 300; Statistics and
workings of the National Schools, 301; Catholic colleges for intermediate education,
302; The Queen's Colleges and the Catholic University, 303; Benefits of a Catholic
University not properly appreciated, 304.
STEPS TO ATHEISM. By Rev. Joseph Shea, S. J.,.
Atheism a gradual growth, 305; Commission of and perseverance in sin a step
towards Atheism, 306; Certain kinds of sin that more especially foster this horrible
vice, 307; Intellectual pride, 308; The politicians furnish the next step to Atheism,
310; Impatience under trials, 311; Irreverence and contempt of holy things, 312;
The Church and the money question, 313; Heresy a high road to Atheism, 314;
Erroneous views in the field of philosophy, 314; Denial of the soul's immortality,
315; Believing what we please, 315; Summary of what has been said, 316.
THE PURSUIT OF "JOSEPH." By Gen. John Gibbon, U. S. A.,
Outbreak of the Nez Percés war, 317; Concentration of United States troops, 318;
Following the trail, 319; News of the Nez Percés, 321; An interesting march, 322;
A messenger sent to a Flathead chief, 323; The march continued, 324; Important
information, 325; The Indians and the United States authorities, 326; Continuing
the journey, 327; An interesting point of the trail, 323; Crossing a formidable ridge,
329; Sure traces of the natives, 331; Coming up with the enemy, 333; The silent
approach, 334; Commencing the fight. 336; Necessity of tact, 337; The battle becomes
hot, 338: The Indians resort to a stratagem, 339; A messenger dispatched to Deer
Lodge, 340; Arrival of General Howard, 341; Particulars of the battle of Big Hole,
342; Scenes after the battle, 343; Returning to Deer Lodge, 344.
VERNACULAR VERSIONS OF THE BIBLE, OLD AND NEW. By Very Rev.
James A. Corcoran, D.D.,
Those who lay violent hands upon God's Word, 344; Object of the Ebionites in trans-
lating the Scriptures, 345; Their Anglican Apologist, 346; Authorized translations
in the early ages, 347; Why translations were not abundant in the Middle Ages, 348;
Zealous biblical scholars of those times, 350; Number of vernacular versions then
produced, 352: What has become of them, 353; The destruction of books the work
of ruffians, 355; Mistranslation of the Bible never known in the Christian Church,
356; Luther, the founder of the Modern school of mistranslation, 357; His perver-
sions of texts, 358 et seq.; The Christian world indignant at his scriptural work. 364;
Luther justifying his own conduct, 367; More specimens of the Reformer's style,
368; Character of the English Protestant translations, 369.
RELIGION AND CULTURE. By Rt. Rev. J. L. Spalding, D.D.,
Our good qualities are acquired, 389; Meaning of the word culture, 390; Abuses of
education, 391; The sphere of culture, 392; Puritan character pervading our liter-
ature, 393; The preparations for a higher culture have been made by Americaus, 391;
The new paganism called culture, 396; All heroic conduct springs from the con-
fidence which comes of faith, 397; Various views on the subject, 398; What men of
culture can do for the world, 399; The subject considered apart from the aspect of
religious faith and morality, 401; Culture akin to poetry, life mostly prose, 402;
Relation of the Catholic Church to culture, 404; Mr. Arnold's culturism not original,
406; One may be a lover of culture and a Christian at the same time, 409; Self-con-
stituted apostles of culture, 412; What Catholics can do and should do for culture, 413.
THE PRESENT POLITICAL CONDITION OF IRELAND.
Last years of the Irish Parliament, 415; The Act of Union and the rise of O'Connell,
416; By whom O'Connell was supported, 417; Effects of Emancipation, 418; His
Repeal movement, 419; The Young Ireland party, 420; The principle of resistance to
established power, 421; Who were the Young Ireland leaders, 422; Origin of the
Fenian Society, 423; Its rise and decline, 424; Ireland and the Papacy, 425; Home
Rule and its fundamental principles, 426; A general outline of the movement, 428;
How Home Rule may be obtained, 429; The hope of Ireland rests in its rising
generation, 430.
Recent ominous expansion of socialism, 431; The social system intimately connected
with politics, 433; The various stages through which human society has passed, 433;
Change effected by Christianity, 434; Socialism totally unknown before the French
Revolution, 436; What the world now means by liberty and freedom, 437; The
principle of equality, 438; Those who adopted the principles of the Revolution, 439;
What they meant by fraternity, 440; The Revolutionists' hatred of religion, 440:
Babeuf's social code, 441; The hold they took on the world, 443; There is a social
science which has not broken loose from Christianity, 444; The new outbreak
fatally opportune, 445; Saint-Simonism, 447; Fourier's system, 448; It has passed
away, 451; Socialism in the United States, 452; Condition of affairs in Europe in the
Middle Ages, 453; Why the difference of condition between ancient and modern
times, 454; A remedy proposed for modern evils, 455.
A REVIEW OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF ENGLISH LITERATURE. By
M. M.,
The writer's reason for choosing a ground often trodden before, 456; Effects of the
dispersion of the human race and of climate upon the mind, 457; The ancient
Britons and the Roman invasion, 458; Change effected by the Saxons, 459; Their
conversion and first acquaintance with letters, 460; King Alfred and the foundation
of the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford, 461; The Norman Conquest, 462; Who
cultivated literature in the Middle Ages, 464; The transition state of England,
465; The period of foundation of the great universities, 466; Amalgamation of the
Norman and Saxon races, 467; The Father of English literature, 468; Birth of
Scottish poetry, 470; The war of the Roses and what followed, 471; Beginning of
the modern history of England, 471; Sir Thomas More, 472; Critical cultivation of the
language begun, 474; The Elizabethan era, 475; Shakespeare, 477; Writers of the
seventeenth century, 478; Milton and his contemporaries, 480; Dryden, 481; Pope
and others, 482; The writers of the eighteenth century, 483: The second golden age
of English literature. 485; A retrospective review of what has been said, 487; Con-
temporary writers, 488.
ENGLISH DEVOTION TO OUR BLESSED LADY IN THE OLDEN TIME. By
Rev. H. J. Coleridge, S. J., .
Example set to America by Old England, 490; What remains of the England of the
Ages of Faith, 491; Mr. Waterton's devotion and researches, 492; The Religious
Orders of the Middle Ages, 493; The manner in which this devotion manifested
itself, 495; Shrines and devotions, 496; Pilgrimages, 498; Devotion to the Blessed
Virgin at Oxford, 500; The old prayers and forms of devotion to our Blessed Lady,
501; Old hymns in her honor, 503; Concluding remarks, 505.
NEWSPAPERS AND NOVELS. By A. de G., . .
A false conclusion often drawn, 506: Intellectual activity of the present day combined
with lassitude of thought, 507; The theory that "knowledge is power" exemplified
in the newspaper press, 508; Carelessness in selecting what to read, 509; Different kinds
of newspapers, 510; Causes of the circulation of cheap and bad newspapers, 512; Has
the press done more evil than good? 513; Novels and who read them, 513; Novels
viewed from different points, 515; Who and what is the average novelist, 516; The
same rules applied to newspaper men, 517; Conclusions drawn from the foregoing
considerations, 518.
BEZA AS A TRANSLATOR; HIS PERVERSIONS OF THE WORD OF GOD.
By Very Rev. James A. Corcoran, D.D.,. '.
Luther's many imitators in the treatment of the Scriptures, 521 ; Theodore Beza one
of the principal among them, 522; His private character, 523; His life as free as his
verses, 524; How his young manhood was spent at Paris, 526; Flight to Geneva, 527;
What has made his fame, 528; How the sense of the Bible may be explained or
distorted, 529; Some specimens of his deliberate falsifications of the Bible, 530; The
"Reformer's" idea of individual merit and free will, 531; Calvin's doctrines, 532;
Teaching of the Catholic Church on these points, 534; The difficulties with which
Beza met, 535; How he overcame some of them, 536; The doctrines of Redemption,
539; Some of his purposes, 541; The outside motive of Beza's doctrines, 543: His idea
of justice, 545; No end to his wilful perversions, 546; Why Catholics reverence divine
tradition, 548.
THE LOGIC OF EVOLUTION. By Rev. Edward F. X. McSweeny, D.D., . . 551
"Laique" on Evolution, 551; The existence of God a fact, not an assumption, 552;
Darwin's theory on the community of descent, 553; Transmission of certain traits,
553; Improvement in grade and the struggle for existence, 554; His reason for
alleging a common origin for all animals, 555; Their adaptation to diversified con-
ditions, 556; How man and the other animals are developed, 557; Dr. Draper on
Evolution, 559; Sexual selection and the improvement of breeds, 560; To what
Darwin's theory naturally leads, 561.
THE CANADIAN ELEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES. By John Gilmary
Shea, LL.D., . . .
Champlain and the Jesuit missionaries, 581; First explorers and the traces they
have left, 582; Canadian settlers on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, 583; The primi-
tive Canadian population has not become extinct, 584; This element during the war
of Independence, 585; Settlements made after the war, 586; What has been done for
the history of this element, 586; How the Canadians distinguished themselves, 587;
Extracts from a new history, 588; How the volume opens, 589; Canadians rising to
public places, 590; Milwaukee and its founder, 591; Dubuque and Peoria's discovery,
592; The founder of Davenport, 593; Detroit, 593; Rainville and Provençal, 594;
Fairbault and the Northwest Company, 595; Settlements in Minnesota and Dakota,
596; Mallet, Ménard, Bourbonnais, and others, 597; The late Senator Bogy. 598;
French names in the Southwest, 599; Settlement of Oregon and Washington Terri-
tory, 600; Character of Canadian emigration to the United States, 601; What the
Canadians have done and are doing for the religious, moral, and material progress
of our country, 602; Canadian blood runs through the whole community, 603;
What Catholic Canada is still doing, 604.
MODERN AND ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY COMPARED. By Rev. J. Ming, S. J., 605
Return of Catholic Philosophy to the scholastic system, 605; In what Modern Phi-
losophy consists and results, 606; Idealists and their forerunners, 607; The steps
made by Kant, 608; His conclusions, 610; Fichte and his school, 613; In what his
theory consists, 614; Development of his system, 615; Schelling, and what he taught,
616; His two series of development, 617; His theory of the absolute, 618; Last stage
of his speculations, 619; How his philosophy was regarded, 620; Hegel's Idealism,
621; His ideas of morality and religion, 623; Bringing these to their last develop-
ment, 625; Attacked by Schoppenhauer and others, 626; Why it is useless to criticize
these systems, 627.
DE LA SALLE: HIS LIFE AND WORK. By M. O'R.,.
Social position of the De la Salle family, 628; Birth and education of the founder of
the Brothers of the Christian Schools, 629; He loses his parents, 630; Devotedness to
his favorite studies, 630; Determined to devote himself to the welfare of his neighbors,
631; He founds his Order, 632; In spite of difficulties he becomes the champion of
popular education, 633; What he has done for the diffusion of knowledge, 634;
Establishing a training school for teachers, 635; His work appreciated by the
Government, 636; De la Salle eminent both for piety and learning, 637; His struggle
with the Jansenists, 638; Progress of his work down to the Revolution, 639; Table
showing the success of the Brothers of the Christian Schools as teachers, 640; Testi-
mony of Guizot and Thiers, 641; Table of qualifying examinations for the University,
642; The ordeal through which the Brothers are now passing in France, 643.
RECENT PROGRESS IN STELLAR PHYSICS. By Rev. J. M. Degni, S. J.,
Astronomy leading the onward march of progress, 645; Use of the Spectroscope in
this science, 647; Researches of Father Secchi and Prof. Lockyer, 648; Spectra of
the various stellar types, 649; How the Spectroscope conveys a knowledge of the
heavens, 650; What we have learned of the sun through it, 651; Progress of stellar
chemistry, 653; Janssen and Lockyer observing the sun's prominences in full sun-
shine, 654; Further observations by their method, 655; Displacement of lines in the
spectrum of the solar spots, 656; Doppler's principle, 657; Deductions regarding the
nucleus of the sun, 658; Solution of questions regarding the stellar spectra, 659;
Secchi's explanation of the stellar types, 660; Temperature of the stars, 661; Angular
displacement of many fixed stars, 661; Velocity of the stars and other questions solved,
662; Spectroscopic observations on the variable stars, 663; Importance of the work
accomplished by the Spectroscope, 663.
THE MORMONS. By Gen. John Gibbon, U. S. A.,
First acquaintance with Mormonism, 664; Leaving Utah to take part in the Civil
War, 665; An instance illustrating the moral tone of the Mormon community, 666;
Bargaining with a Mormon horse thief, 668; Receiving news of the battle of Bull
Run, 669 Resuming rambles in the Rocky Mountains, and renewing the acquain-
tance of Mormonism, 670; Establishing Camp Douglass, 671; Character of Salt Lake
and the streams that flow into it, 672; A Mormon as a citizen of the United States,
673; Brigham Young's influence, 674; An acquaintance in Cottonwood Cañon, 675;
Ignorance characteristic of the Mormons, 676; The Mountain Meadow Massacre,
677; Workings of Government in Utah, 678; Death of Brigham Young, 679.
THE INTERNAL CONDITION OF RUSSIA. By A. de G., .
Interest awakened by the Nihilist movement, 680; Influence of Russia on Europe,
681; Last Russo-Turkish war, 681; Origin of the present discontent in Russia, 682;
The army under the surveillance of the police, 683; Number and social composition
of the Revolutionists, 684; Grim reality of the grievances of Russian society, 685;
Present condition of Russia examined, 686; The Russo-Greek Church, 687; What
Peter the Great and Catharine II. did, 688; Russian ideas on women and children.689;
How despotism has remained in Russia, 690; The Russians of to-day not so badly
instructed, 691; A Nihilist Constitution, 692; Present condition of Russia explained,
692; History of Russia a warning to so-called Christian peoples, 693.
CARDINAL POLE. By Rev. M. J. McLoughlin,
Cardinal Pole's place in history, 694; His birth and family, 695; He is sent to Padua,
696; His first relations with Henry VIII, 697; Selected by Henry for the See of York,
699; He refuses, and the King's anger in consequence, 700; Patronized by Vittoria
Colonna, 701; Declaration of the Royal supremacy, 702; Pole's absence from England
no assurance against persecution, 703; A book which subjects him to the cruelest
persecution by Henry, 704; His personal safety endangered, 705 ; Pole's influence on
the Catholic world of that day, 706; His career as a Legate, 707; Council of Trent
called, 709; What he did at the accession of Edward VI. 711; Marriage of Mary
Tudor to Philip of Spain, 712; How the union was accepted in England, 713; Cardi-
nal Pole and Queen Mary, 714; How he spent the last years of his life, 715; His
character as an administrator, 716: Misunderstood by the good, 717; He was morally
rather than mentally a great man, 718.
THE RECENT ENCYCLICAL LETTER OF POPE LEO XIII. By Very Rev.
James A. Corcoran, D.D.,
On the necessity of reinstating the Christian philosophy of St. Thomas in Catholic
schools, 719; Latin text of the Encyclical, 733; English translation, 745.
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