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THE GEORGIA BULLETIN, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 12, 1968 I I
Changes Ordered
Holy See Finds Flaws
In Dutch Catechism
1. GOD THE CREATOR (not
only of the world but also of
angels and of souls). The
catechism should teach that God
lias created angels and creates
immediately individual human
souls. '
Vatican City — (NC) -- The
Holy See has published a
declaration on the controversial
Dutch catechism, insisting that
despite some of the catechism’s
laudable aspects, there are certain
theological points which must be
clarified.
At the same time the Holy See
was emphatic that the declaration
was not condemning the
catechism or terming it heretical.
The declaration was drawn up
by a commission of six cardinals
set up by Pope Paul VI for the
purpose of studying various
aspects of the catechism. At the
time of its release, the document
was published in Acta
Apostolicae Sedis, the Holy See’s
only official publication.
THE RESULTS of the study
were made known by the Vatican
press secretary, Msgr. Fausto
Vallainc, at a news conference at
which he made special note of
the document’s language with
regard to proposed changes made
by the Holy See’s commission.
Naturally the declaration
says nothing regarding the
opinions that are still debatable,
leaving these at the full liberty of
theologians,” Msgr. Vallainc said.
Monsignor Vallainc also noted
that the tone of declaration is
very positive in its approach to
making changes.
“It recognizes the uncommon
qualities of the new catechism; it
praises its pastoral, biblical and
liturgical character; it approves
the. effort made to present the
Christian message in a manner
suited to the modern mentality. 1
It should be noted that the
declaration does not make any
condemnation, but underlines
those formulations which are
incomplete or inexact without,
however, ever using the word
‘heresy.’ ”
The press secretary said there
are certain key terms in the
declaration which the
commission used to make clear
its basic intention. He noted that
the declaration called on the
Dutch catechism to “declare
certain ommitted trqths,” to
“proclaim openly,” to ‘.expound
without ambiguity,” to “say
clearly,” to “put in betterTight,”
to “recognize clearly,” to speak
“in a more suitable way,” and to
avoid “every obscurity.”
THE EIGHT-PAGE document
was signed by the members of the
special commission. They are
Cardinal Joseph Frings of
Cologne, Germany; Cardinal
Joseph Lefebvre of Bourge,
France; Cardinal Lorenz Jaeger of
Paderborn, Germany; Cardinal
Ermenegildo Florit of Florence,
Italy; Cardinal Michael Browne of
the Roman Curia, and Cardinal
Charles Journet of Switzerland.
The document is divided in
two parts - one on the history of
forming the various commissions
which studied the Dutch
catechism and the eventual
criticism by the six cardinals, and
a second doctrinal one which lists
ten points that the cardinal’s feel
must be changed in the Dutch
catechism.
The document pointed out
that “contrary to the wish of the
Dutch hierarchy and without'
prescribed correction, an English
translation of the new Dutch
catechism was published; and
likewise more recently a German
translation has appeared and
fianlly a French translation.
Besides, reserved documents, of
their very nature secret,
pertaining to this affair have
recently been presented to the
public. Among them is even a
letter to the Holy Father
himself.”
“This was done in a Dutch
newspaper and also in a book
published in Italy,” the
document said.
THE DOCUMENT maintained
that these publications have
served “to frustrate the plan of
the Holy See to resolve in mutual
understanding ,with the Dutch'
hierarchy a matter of no small
moment for the good of the
people of God.”
Because of these publications
and because the catechism, in its
' unamended edition, appeared in
four languages, the document
continued, “it seems necessary ..
to give this present declaration a
compendium of the judgments of
the commissions of cardinals.”
The document then proceded
to list ten major points in the
Dutch catechism which should be
subject to change. They are:
Archbishop Donnellan
Archbishop Speaks
At Conn. Synagogue
S tamford--Archbishop
Thomas A. Donnellan of Atlanta,
Ga., was the guest speaker at the
third annual Thanksgiving
interfaith Service -in the
Stamford-Darien area Nov. 27.
Bishop Walter W. Curtis of
Bridgeport invited the former
New York churchman to speak at
the service held in Augdath
Sholom Orthodox Synagogue,
Stamford. The event was open to
the public.
Sponsored by the
Stamford-Darien Council of
Churches and the area Clergy
Association, the service included
the taking up of a special offering
to assist in the work of the newly
chartered Trinity Corporation.
The corporation is a nonprofit
housing project formed by a
number of churches and
synagogues to assist in the
building of medium-income
housing and to promote
interracial justice in housing.
^ 2. Original sin or the fall of all
men in Adam. The catechism is
to teach the doctrine that man in
the beginning rebelled against
God and so lost for himself and
his offspring that sanctity and
justice in which he had been
constituted, and that he handed
on a true state of sin to all-
through propagation of human
nature.
3. The conception of Jesus by
the Virgin Mary. The catechism
should teach that the Belssed
Mother was always a virgin in fact
and not merely in a symbolic
sense.
4. The “satisfaction” made by
Christ our Lord. Jesus, the son of
God, freely died for our sins and
thereby abundantly compensated
for them.
5. THE SACRIFICE of the
cross and the sacrifice of the
Mass. The sacrifice of the cross is
perpetuated in the Church of
God as the Eucharistic sacrifice.
In theEucharist sacrifice, Jesus as
the principal priest offers himself
to God through the consecratory
oblation which priests perform
and to which the faithful unite
themselves.
6. The Eucharistic presence
and Eucharistic change. It is
necessary that in the text of the
catechism it be brought out
beyond doubt that after the
consecration of the bread and
wine the very body and blood of
Christ is present on the altar and
is received sacramentally in Holy
Communion.
7. The infallibility of the
Church and the knowledge ot
revealed mysteries. It should be
more clearly stated that the
infallibility of the Church does
not give her only a safe course in
continual research but the truth
in maintaining the doctrine of
faith and in explaining it always
in the same sense.
8. The ministerial or
hierarchical priesthood and the
power of teaching and ruling in
the Church. The catechism
should make clear that the
ministerial priesthood differs
essentially from the common
priesthood of the faithful.
9. Various points concerning
dogmatic theology. The
catechism should stress the value
of contemplating the mystery of
the Trinity, not only in the
economy of salvation, but also in
the eternal life of the divinity.
CARE MUST BE taken that
the catechism does not seem to
say that miracles can only be
brought about by divine power
insofar as they do not depart
from that which the forces of the
created world are able to
produce.
The catechism should openly
refer to the present enjoyment by
the souls of the just of the vision
of God.
10. Certain points of moral
theology, lhe text of the
catechism is not to make obscure
the existence of moral laws which
we arc able to know and express
in such a way that they bind our
conscience always and in all
circumstances. Solutions of cases
of conscience should be avoided
which do not sufficiently attend
to the indissolubility of marriage.
Pictured left to right are Father Tom Kenny; Father Eusebius Bel
tran, Pastor; Srs. Marie Russell, Lauriann and Marie Ann, Wm. Lay-
burn, Lector.
First Time
Sisters Renew
Vows In Public
Renewing their vows in public
for the first time, three
Immaculate Heart of Mary sisters
shared a special moment with
Holy Cross parishioners at the
10:30 Mass Sunday.
With pastor, Father Eusebius
Beltran officiating, Sisters Marie
Anne, Marie Russell and Lauriann
stood beside the altar at the
Offertory and renewed their vows
of chastity, poverty and
obedience. In addition, they
renewed their intentions to
“devote themselves anew to the
person and redemptive mission of
Jesus Christ in the Church and in
the congregation.”
Traditionally, Immaculate
Heart of Mary sisters renew their
vows each year on the feast of
the 1mm a culate Conception.
“The sisters normally renew their
vows in private, in their own
chapel, but 1 invited them to do
it at the 10:30 Mass,” said Father
Beltran, explaining that Sunday
was the feast of the Immaculate
Conception.
Sister Marie Anne said
afterward that the public
ceremony was much more
meaningful as the promises are
made to the people as well as to
God.
The fourth sister residing in
the parish, Sister Ann Paula, was
unable to take part in the
ceremony as she was en route to
Atlanta from Michigan.
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