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PAGE 8 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1964
POPE Paul VI carries his corronation tiara, a gift of the people of Milan, to St. Peter’s altar
where he placed it in honor of the poor of the world. The tiara has been sent to this country in
tribute to American charity. It will be placed in the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
TRIBUTE TO CHARITY
Pope Presents His Tiara
To The American People
NEW YORK (NC)-In tribute
to past American charity and to
inspire further generosity,
Pope Paul VI has sent to this
country the tiara h* dramatical
ly relinquished to Show iiis con
cern for the world’s poor.
The bejeweied tiara, a gold
and silver ceremonial crown
used during solemn papal func
tions of a nonligurgical nature,
will go on exhibit across the
nation after preliminary display
in St. Patrick’s Cathedral here.
THE tiara, valued somewhere
between $15,000 and $50,000,
will rest permanently in the Na-
ational Shrine of the Immacu
late Conception, Washington,
D.C. It may also be shown in
the Vatican Pavilion at the New
York World’s Fair next sum
mer.
The gift of the tiara was dis
closed here (Nov. 30) by Fran
cis Cardinal Spellman of New
York at a formal clergy lunch
eon for newly consecrated Auxi
liary Bishop George H. Guil-
foyle of New York. The tiara
was on the dais, enclosed in a
wooden box covered with white
leather.
Cardinal Spellman read a
letter he had written in Rome on
Nov, 18, thanking the Pope for
the tiara which the Pontiff had
dramatically put on the altar in
St. Peter's Basilica in the pres
ence of more than 1,000 Fathers
of the Second Vatican Council
on Nov. 13.
“I AM deeply grateful to Your
Holiness for the precious gift of
your tiara which I humbly ac
cept as a tribute to the charity
of Americans and as an evidence
of the desire of assisting Your
Holiness ip helping the poor of
the world," said Cardinal Spell
man’s handwritten note.
'This tiara will be treasured
as an object of veneration and a
symbol of the merciful heart of
Your Holiness,*’wrote Cardinal
Spellman.
The tiara was a gift to the
Pontiff from the people of Milan
where he was archbishop before
being elected Pope.
ALTHOUGH an itinerary for
the tiara has not yet been ar
ranged, a spokesmen for the
New York archdiocese said he
thought it would be displayed in
all parts of the nation.
When the Pontiff relinquished
the tiara, the Vatican announce
ment noted the references to
hunger and misery in the world
at the Vatican Council and said
Pope Paul wished to give new
witness to charity for the needy.
Obviously enjoying the ele
ment of surprise in his an
nouncement, Cardinal Spellman
was asked, "how did you get it
past customs?" With a smile, he
replied: "I declared it as an
ecclesiastical ornament." He
was quick to add the major value
of the tiara was as a symbol of
charity.
AT THE National Shrine in
Washington, Msgr. John O.
BALTIMORE (NC) — Father
Raymond Brown, S.S., holds that
the constant change in the uses
and meanings of English words
requires a new translation of the
Bible at least every 40 years.
The priest who translated St.
John's Gospel for the new Con
fraternity of Christian Doctrine
edition of the New Testament
pointed out that it takes 15
years to complete a new trans
lation of the Bible. He indicat
ed in an interview with the
N.C.W.C. News Service that be
cause of the time and effort re
quired, it would be impractical
to hope for a new translation
more than once every genera
tion.
THE new Confraternity New
Testament, which is expected
to be ready for publication by
1967, will supplant the Con
fraternity version issued in
1941. Father Brown said that
the goal in working out the new
translation was to put it into
contemporary American Eng
lish. The style is generally
colloquial, rather than adhering
to the formal presentation tra
ditional for the Bible in Eng
lish. Thus contractions are
used. Arid in places where the
old Confraternity version
speaks of "a gold piece," the
new one refers to "tendollars,"
Father Brown said one of the
most noticeable changes in the
new version will be the omis
sion of fhe second person sin
gular pronoun. He pointed out
that the "thou" "thee" forms
long ago were for familiar, in
timate usage. But when they
came to be replaced In daily
use by the "you" form, they
remained entrenched in prayer
forms. Eventually, he said,
their original intimate use in
Grady, director, said the tiara
would be given a fitting place in
the edifice along with two other
papal gifts.
The other gifts are a cloth-
jf-gold filigree stole, a death
bed gift of Pope John XXIII,
and candles sent by Pope Paul
as a reminder that Catholics
should pray for the success of
the Vatican Council. The stole
and candles are now on display
at the Vatican Pavilion of the
New York World’s Fair.
the man -to-God relationship
came to have a meaning oppo
site to the original: ’Thou—
became formal and distant,
ANOTHER variant in the new
translation, Father Brown not
ed, is the revision in the spell
ings of some names and titles.
Among the innovations for Cath
olic Bibles in English is the use
of ' Messiah" instead of "Mes-
sias." The priest said Catholic
Scripture scholars are seeking
standardized English spellings,
and are opting in favor of the
more familiar general English
usage, Jeremias becomes Jere-
mia, however, not Jeremiah.
And Elias becomes Elia, rath
er than the traditional Protes
tant usage, Elijah.
Father Brown notes that con
stant forward strides are be
ing made in the field of Bibli
cal scholarship. He acknowled
ges that the new translation
doesn’t make everything crystal
clear. The fact is that the mean
ings of some Scriptural pass
ages are still very hard to fa
thom even in the original lan
guages. But he believes that
Biblical scholarship is moving
forward at an accelerated pace,
and holds out hope that many
passages which are still puzz
les will be brought to solution
in the years to come.
Aid To Indians
MUNICH, Germany (NC)~
Catholics in Munich, the site
of the 37th International Eu
charistic Congress four years
ago, will attend a special
Mass here Nov. 6 and donate
fund8 for needy persons in In
dia. The 38th Eucharistic Con
gress is scheduled to close that
day in Bombay, India.
SCHOLAR SUGGESTS
Bible Revision
Every 40 Years
HAIL PEOPLE OF GOD’
Orthodox Hail Potentiality
Of Ecumenical Declaration
JOE? LI? PETER? LING? Whatever his name, this little
fellow expresses the joy of children at a Christmas party.
Father Angelo Lazzarotto, P.I.M.E., director of the Catholic
Center in Hong Kong, is host to hundreds of delighted chil
dren each year.
BY CLAUD D. NELSON
Religious News Service Special
Correspondent
VATICAN CITY (RNS) —
Eastern Orthodox leaders with
whom I talked during the third
session of the Second Vatican
Council gladly recognized the
reconciling, unifying potentia
lity of its declaration on ecu
menism which they ranked as
among the Council’s greatest
achievements to date.
They also welcomed — as
reflecting Orthodox thinking —
the emphasis on the role of the
layman as an intrinsic part of
the "people of God,’* contain
ed in chapter 4 of De Ecclesia,
the constitution on the Nature
of the Church.
THEY FELT — as they put
it — that a retarded Rome was
now in the process of recover
ing the spirit of the Apostolic
age that is characteristic of Or
thodoxy.
However, they insisted, while
hearts are changing in Roman
Catholicism, minds remain in
much the same imperial, le
galistic, self - sufficient Oc
cidental mold.
Thus, the welcome approval
and promulgation In the Council
of the decree on ecumenism has
to be discounted somewhat by
the feeling of those Orthodox
leaders who see in another pro
mulgated decree — that on the
Oriental Catholic Churches —
an imperial attitude that con
tradicts, in spirit if not in
letter, the decree on ecu
menism. The two decrees, it is
to be noted, were drafted by
different commissions.
TEN DAYS before the third
session closed, Giacomo Car
dinal Lercaro, Archbishop of
Bologna, Italy and one of the
four Council moderators gave
an address at the Pontifical
Greek College In Rome, which
was published in full in II Quo-
tldiano, organ of Italian Cath
olic Action. Its tone and con
tent may be judged by the ample
headlines, which may be trans
lated as follows:
"Ecumenism in relation to
the Eastern Orthodox Churches
is a dialogue between sister
Churches. The E as tern Church
es have remained true Churches
and have their own liturgical,
spiritual, juridical and theolo
gical patrimony which must be
recognized and honored in the
reconstructed unity — not as an
exception in the uniform com
pactness of the Latic Church,
but as a sign of the univer
sality and variety of the Church.
The grave question of the Pri
macy and its historical evo
lution. The rights of the pat
riarchates. ‘Communicatio In
sacris’: its import and its con
ditions."
Cardinal Lercaro’s dis
course was remarkable for its
recognition, In considerable de
tail, of the historical legiti
macy of Orthodox ecclesiology,
and for its suggestion that the
way to reunion may be more
through dialogue and "com
municatio in sacris" than
through laborious diplomacy.
BUT WHAT was most sur
prising was II Quotidlano’s cit
ing in its headlines of the "juri
dical" part of the Orthodox
patrimony, since juridical dif
ferences are at the very heart
of the Eastern schism which be
came formalized in 1054. One
finds in the text of the car
dinal's address the much nar
rower term, "canonical legis
lation."
As to the patriarchs, the car
dinal is at some pains to ex-
NEW YORK 0^C>—Leaders of
14 national and international
Jewish organizations have hail
ed the ecumenical council’s
declaration absolving Jews of
the charge of deicide.
The Jewish leaders said the
council declaration **will mark
the continuation of a process
that will contribute to the ef
fective elimination of anti-Sem
itism."
THE American signers of
the joint statement (Nov, 20)
singled out the American hier
archy for praise, lauding the
"dedicated leadership by
American cardinals and bishops
plain why the schema on ecu
menism — now promulgated as
a decree — was not more ex
plicit. It seems certain, .both
from conversations with Or
thodox observers, and from re
peated statements in the aula
by Melkite Rite Patriarch Max
im os IV Saigh of Antioch, that
patriarchs, including those in
communion with Rome, will not
be contented with respectful re
ferences to their ancient dig
nities as long as they are out
ranked by cardinals, especially
those in positions of power in
the Curia.
In order to evaluate the var- ‘
ious factors in relations be
tween the 14 autocephalous Or
thodox Churches that acknow
ledge the Ecumenical Patriarch
in Istanbul as their spiritual
head, and the Christians of var
ious rites who acknowledge the
Bishop of Rome as both spiri
tual and juridical sovereign —
especially as affected by the
third session of Vatican II —
it is necessary to look not only
at the Council In Rome, but at
the Pan - Orthodox meeting in
Thodes, Nov. 2-14.
SINCE IT has been widely
reported, I note at this point
only that the Rhodes meeting
still leaves each Orthodox pat
riarchate to decide for itself
whether to send observers to
Vatican II, and does nothing for
the moment to hasten formal
dialogue with Rome, As to the
first point, both the Ecumeni
cal Patriarch and the Patria
rch of Alexandria sent personal
representatives to the third ses
sion, but the Greek patriar
chate still holds aloof.
From the side of Rome, one
recalls Pope Paul’s-? meeting;
with Ecumenical Patriarch At-
henagoras, and the restoration
of a venerated relic, the skull
of St. Andrew, to the Church
in Greece.
However, reciprocal ges
tures of goodwill and friendship,
welcome as they are, are only
first steps to a dialogue in which
vital differences must be faced.
The Orthodox, for example,
aver that they would never sum
mon even a Pan-Orthodox Coun
cil — let alone an "ecumeni
cal" one —without consulting
other Christian Churches.
WE MAY NOTE in this con
nection that Professor Nikos
A. Nlssiotls devotes 20 pages
of the July, 1964, issue of the
World Council of Churches’
Ecumenical Review" to an ex
amination of the question, "Is
the Vatican Council Really Ecu
menical?"
"The historical fact," he
writes, "is that Rome was nev
er a ’centre* in the way she*
wants to be today and that
she was scarcely concerned
with the convening of the an
cient councils which both Rome
and the Eastern Orthodox ac
cept today."
Professor Nlssiotls, noted
lay theologian, teaches in the
Ecumenical Institute at Bossey,
near Geneva, and has been an
observer for the World Council
at the second and third sessions
of Vatican II. He writes furt
her, "The Roman understanding
of the Petrine office is, for all
Orthodox, neither biblically nor
historically based. Here it Is
of essential importance today
to remind Roman Catholics that
the Orthodox attitude is due to
their total devotion to the tra
dition of the apostolic Church."
AFTER THESE and other cri
ticisms, the writer points to
encouraging items: the schema
on the Divine Liturgy; the self-
criticism within the Council,
in concert with likeminded col
leagues from other parts of the
world in the achievement of
this significant result,"
The statement was adopted
at a meeting held under the
chairmanship of Label A, Katz,
intemationalpresident of B’nal
B’rith.
Benjamin R. Epstein, nation
al director of the Anti-Defama
tion League, said the council
declaration would ease tensions
in Catholic-Jewish relations,
which he said "have haunted the
conduct of communal affairs In
this country for generations."
voicing forcefully the same ob
jections as the Orthodox (ex
cept as regards the primacy of
the Pope); the Council Fathers’
recognition, in their attitude, of
church life outside of the Ro
man communion; the genuine
freedom of discussion, practi
cally in public; the deep spiri
tual unity of the bishops in faith
and pastoral responsibility,
even in the midst of sharp con
troversy.
After contrasting the World
Council of Churches’ structure
with that of Rome, the author
observes: "With Rome .. the
Churches of the World Coun
cil need a dialogue about the
nature of the ecumenical dia
logue." Among those churches,
of course, are the orthodox
patriarchates.
Reference has been made to
Patriarch Maximos IV Saigh,
head of the Melkltes.They com
prise 600,OCX) faithful living in
Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel
and Egypt. This is not merely
a ; political rainbow of hope
for the ecumenical movement?
WHILE THE Uniates in gen
eral are to Catholics a bridge
of reconciliation, but to Or
thodox a spearhead of invasion,
the Melkites seem [n Vatican II
to present quite often a point
of view very much as the Or
thodox would if they were speak
ing in an ecumenical council.
They may increasingly be a
bridge for reciprocal dialogue,
for unimpeded two-way traffic.
This point of view is inter
estingly developed by a German
Protestant — Prof. Friedrich
Heyer, of the Evangelical Aca
demy, Schleswig-Holstein, and
the Protestant faculty of the
University of Kiel — in the Fall
number of the Journal of Ecu
menical Studies published by
Duquesne University in Pitts
burgh.
The author recalls the words
of Titular Archbishop Neophyt
Edelby of Edessa in Osrhoene
describing the uniqueness of the
Melkite Christians: "Arabs, but
not Moslems, Orientals, but not
Dissidents, Catholics, but not
Latins." He recalls also the two
friendly, moving encounters
that took place between Pat
riarch Maximos and Ecumeni
cal Patriarch Athenagoras in
1959 and January of this year
(on the occasion of Pope Paul’s
pilgrimage to the Holy Land).
THE 1963 Pan - Orthodox
meeting In Rhodes declared for
dialogue, as equals, with Rome.
But it seems clear that no fully
representative Orthodox steps
in that direction will be taken
before the conclusion of Vatican
II.
United in spirit with the Ecu
menical Patriarch, the Ortho
dox are still in process of be
coming re-acquainted with each
other. Divided by political and
cultural barriers among them
selves — barriers as formid
able as those that separate them
from the Roman or Protestant
West — they deserve the pat
ient prayer of all Christians
for the day in which their rich
treasures may be shared, in an
ever widerand truer dialogue,
and in the worship in which
they devoutly express their
faith.
MRS. THOMAS BOCKMAN
"The English is wonder
ful and the slAging is a great
help Ifi our sense of community
worship- it adds to ’togther-
ness'
"Like all new things, the li
turgy renewal is going to need
sustained work and leadership
on the part of the congregation,
commentators, lectors and
celebrants. I wish that every
priest in the Archdiocese would
sit with the congregation for at
least one Mass and evaluate our
progress from that point of
view? (See also page 1)
Real Christmas
WICHITA, Kan. (RNS)—This
year’s Christmas parade in
downtown Wichita will be cen
tered around the religious sig
nificance of the Christian holi
day and will avoid all commer
cialization*
The parade, sponsored an
nually by Greater Downtown
Wichita, Inc., will be held Sun
day afternoon, Nov. 29, instead
of the usual Monday night, and
will not interfere with morning
or evening religious services.
All floats will be entered by
churches and religious and cul
tural groups, with no entry from
downtown retail stores which
will remain closed on parade
day.
ARTHRITIS
PAINS?
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what you want whenever nagging, mod
erate pains of Arthritis, Rheumatism
or Muscular Aches occur. And that’s
just what can happen when you take
DOLCIN Tablets. What’s more WE
GUARANTEE you must get quick, sat
isfying relief or you get your money
back. But don’t try just one or two tab
lets and expect miracles. Take all the
tablets in the bottle ... the way the di
rections tell you. And ... if you don’t
get wonderful results you get your
money back. You see, you don’t have
to risk a single penny. How do we dare
make this absolute guarantee? Well,
we know DOLCIN has helped millions
of other sufferers. We feel sure that, if
you give it a fair trial, DOLCIN may
help you. So you see, you have nothing
to lose but your pains when you try
DOLCIN* Tablets. Why don’t you buy
a bottle at your drug store today?
ST. THOMAS, POPE PAUL, AND FR. GEORGE
WHAT DOES POPE PAUL SHARE WITH ST. THOMAS,
THE APOSTLE? . . „ Tradition says St. Thomas was the first
to preach Christ in India. Pope
Paul, historians w-II note, was the
first cf Christ’s vicars to set foot on
-..it . , When he announerd
Father said he would be an “apostle
CJ his Pilgrimage to India, the Holy
’Ml on the move,” like St. Thomas. He
would meet in India Catholics of the
Malabar Rite, who cal! themselves
the “Christians of St. Thomas.” . . .
Father George is one of these. A
selfless man of God he is burning
himself out in Kurum-pi nation],
Kerala State, taking care of the
poor. Of his 5,000 parishioners, the average earns only 33 cents
a week! Communist agitators are working hard to exploit theii
hardships . ... Three years ago Father George dug the founda
tion for a church. Now the foundation is a mockeiy. He must
have help to put up four walls ($700 each), the roof ($1,250), the
altar ($125), ar.d the floor ($400) . . . Won’t you help him help
his people? Simply mark your gift “For Father George,” and
send it in memory of a loved one, on the occasion of the Holy
Father’s pilgrimage. No gift («20, $10, S5, $1) is too small to
share. It’s your way of saying you really care.
The Holy Father’s Mission Aid
for the Oriental Chtircb
SPEAKING OF POPE PAUL, Cardinal Agagianian exclaimed:
What a missionary!” Twice this year the Holy Father went
overseas to visit the missions in person . . . Mark your gift
‘‘Stringless” and send it to us, if you’d like to help the Holy
Father fight poverty, disease, hunger. You’ll be sharing in the
good he does.
SCORES OF NATIVE SISTERS, some of them trained by
members of this Association, are in Bombay this week, attending
the Eucharistic Congress. Have you seen them on TV? . . Here
in New York we have the names of hundreds of young girls in
India who want to become Sisters. Why not “adopt” one as
‘your” Sister? The cost of her two-year training is $300 alto
gether ($150 a year, $12.50 a month), payable at your conven
ience. She will write to you, and pray for you.
WHEN YOU HELP THE MISSIONS, you help yourself.
Father, mother, sons, and daughters—all benefit in the Masses
md prayers of our priests and Sisters when you enroll your
family in this Association. 1 he offering for a family membership
is only $a a year, $100 for life. Enroll now, and we’ll send you
,i certificate to put with the Christmas gifts.
HAVE YOU SEEN OUR CHRISTMAS GIFT CARDS? They
combine joui Seasons Greetings with a gift to the missions in
the name of tne person you designate. You simply select a gift,
send us the person s name and address—and we do all the rest.
,Ve II send that person a beautiful GIFT CARD, indicating what
* < ? one \ /* ere are some gifts to select from: Mass kit
S100', Medical kit ($75), altar ($75), chalice <$40), ciborium ($40),
tabeinac.e <$25), Stations of the Cross ($25), a year's surply ot
candles <$20). sanctuary lamp ($15), Greek corporal ($10), feed a
lamily for a month *$10), pair of shoes for a missionary Sister
($5), sanctuary bell ($5).
Dear Monsignor Ryan:
Enclosed please find for
Name
Street
City Zone State
FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN, President
Mwjr. Jotaph T. Ryan, Nat'l S*c’y
Send all cammuiiicationt to:
CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WELFARE ASSOCIATION
330 Maditoa Avt. at 42nd it. New York, N. Y. 10017
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