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...Cadman, in his "official sermon" to the Council, said that, some time in the "far future," all forms of Protestantism and Roman and Greek Catholicism would be "sublimated in one great faith." . . . "The hour has struck," said he, "for the condemnation...
...great schools of Europe, like Oxford and Cambridge, forgot their duty to their mother." Of Harvard, the Cardinal had said that, if she "had the old faith of Christ for which she was supposed to have been erected, her influence would be tremendous, and we i. e., the Roman Catholics] would be the first to gather round her. . . . This temple of God represents the whole truth, the real truth. . . . Life can dispense with every other sort of half truth. So much for Harvard's boasted advantages...
...Chapman called the Bishop's attention to "the customary silence with which such statements by Roman pre lates are received in America. It is thought unkind and subversive for any Protestant to resent the claims made by the Roman curia, or even to call attention to them. The outspoken purpose of the Roman Church is to control American education." Later in his letter, Mr. Chapman referred to the election, some years ago, of a Catholic (James Byrne, of Manhattan) as one of the seven Fellows of Harvard. "Under present conditions of Protestant speechlessness, the presence of a Roman Catholic...
...define and redefine its purpose. Follows an attempted definition in the light of history: General History. Since the 1st Century, there has always been more than one society or "church" calling itself Christian. But about the year 1000 most of civilized Europe recognized one as supremely valid-the Holy Roman Catholic Church. With the year 1500 began such a tremendous movement of diversity that by 1900 there were at least 100 Christian "churches." In the U. S., the largest group is commonly known as Evangelical and includes the Baptist, Congregational, Methodist, Presbyterian and other "churches" or variations of the same...
...strictly correct. Since 1611, the Old Testament has been translated into Chinese, Japanese and many other languages which had previously known no version. Since 1611, the Old Testament has been translated by Protestants into many languages (Spanish, Italian) which previously had had only the Vulgate or other Roman Catholic translations. Also, English divines in 1882-84 and U. S. divines in 1901 made a complete revision of the King James version. Their object was to keep the King James version intact except where it palpably mistranslated the original tongues...