The American Catholic Quarterly Review

IS FROUDE A HISTORIAN? By J. Gilmary Shea, LL.D., .

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What the use of the epithet "Romanism" indicates, 113; Mr. Froude's position in

this instance, 114; Relation of Catholicism to the Government of the United States,

115; The charter of Maryland, 116; Catholics in the other colonies, 117; Attempts

to overthrow Catholicity in Canada, 118; Catholics in the Revolution, 119; Position

of the Church a hundred years ago, 120; Where early American Catholics came

from, 121; Mr. Froude on Catholics and the Constitution, 122; A religion has been

"established" in spite of the Constitution, 124; Liberty of speech and of the press a

fiction, 126; Mr. Froude's ignorance of the Church's teachings, 127; The unanimous

voice of American Catholic writers, 128; Mr. Froude knows nothing of the elements

of Catholicity in this country, 130; His twaddle on the school question and other

subjects, 131; Catholics and the census, 133; Actual position of the Catholic body in

the United States, 134; Catholics must soon take a more active interest in politics,

135; Signs of a new movement against Catholics, 136.

INSANITY AS A PLEA FOR CRIMINAL ACTS; INSANITY AS EMOTIONAL
OR EFFECTIVE; AND, WHETHER INSANITY CAN BE OF THE WILL
ALONE. By Rev. Walter H. Hill, S. J.,

Mental insanity an obscure and difficult subject to treat, 137; Importance of the

questions raised by it, 138; Definition of insanity, 139; Public sympathy for crimi-

uals, 139; Some rules laid down by the courts, 140; Difference of opinion as to men-

tal weaknesses, 142; Questions proposed to the judges by the British Parliament,

143; Maudsley's crisicism on the answers to these questions, 145; Teaching of the

physiologists on this subject, 146; How Maudsley accounts for the origin of con-

science, 147; Grounds for opposing his teaching, 148; What the materialistic medi-

cal authorities mean by moral insanity, 149;. Emotional insanity, 150; If the intel-

lect is sane, so must the will, 151; "Morbid perversion of moral sentiments," 153;

"Delusional insanity," 154; St. Thomas on this subject, 155; What is the "sensus

communis?" 156; Some conclusions furnished by psychology, 158; What we learn by

reflecting on our own thoughts, 160; Seat of the disease called mental insanity, 163;

Summing up the main theses proposed in this article, 165.

THE STACK-O'HARA CASE. By S. L. M.,

The bench and politics, 166; Strength of Bishop O'Hara's case, 168; The decision in

the case referred to manifestly wrong, 169; History of the trouble, 170; Weaknesses

of Father Stack's position, 171; The Bishop appeals from an absurd and illegal sen-

tence, 172; Discussing the Supreme Court's decision of November 13th, 1877, 172;

The decision and the American Constitution, 175; The plaintiff's relation to the

Williamsburg Church, 176; What the State courts have really undertaken to do, 177.

PUBLIC EDUCATION IN FRANCE-THE FERRY BILL. By Rev. Aug. J. The-
baud, S. J.,.

Interest of the present struggle in France to Catholics, 193; Relations of Church and

State in that country, 194; The revival of learning and the Revolution, 195; Restor-

ation of order by Napoleon-The Bourbons, 197; The July Monarchy and its public

men, 198; Education in 1850, 199; The Church and education at that time, 201; The

first Jesuit schools of the revival period, 202; Opinions of leading journalists on the

religious question, 203; The question of free universities, 205; Agitation for the re-

peal of the University Law of 1875, 206; The Ferry Bill and its seventh clause, 207;

The great danger to religion becomes more ominous than ever, 210; The question is

referred to the Councils General, 211; Protest of the Bishops, 212; Petitions against

the bill, 213; Authorized and non-authorized religious orders, 215; What it is pro-

posed to do with the Jesuits' pupils, 216; The influence of Freemasonry in the Ferry

projects, 217; France now divided into two camps, 219; Postscript-Defeat of the

Ferry Bill in the Senate, 219.

THE SIXTH NICENE CANON AND THE PAPACY. By Rev. James F. Loughlin,
D. D.,

The main object of this canon is to confirm the privileges of the See of Alexandria,

220; How far it is clear and reasonable, 221; Importance of the original text of the

canon, 222; What said the Council of Nicæa regarding the Roman Pontiff, 223; Cor-

rect translation of the disputed passage, 224; Meaning, scope, and bearing of the

words of the canon, 225; Bellarnine's interpretation the only unexceptionable one,

227; Arguments in its favor, 228; The Sees of Rome and Byzantium at that period,

231; The decree an acknowledgment of the primacy of the Apostolic See, 233; The

question of interpolation, 235; Position and prerogatives of the Holy See at the time

220

THE LAWS OF THE CHURCH WITH REGARD TO SECRET SOCIETIES. By

Rev. C. Coppens, S. J.,

What laws has the Church enacted against secret societies? 239; The reason why

the Church has legislated as she has done, 241; Secret societies in the various Euro-

pean countries, 243; The oath of secrecy as a reason for condemnation, 245; The

spirit of indifferentism is another reason, 247; What societies are condemned by the

Church, 248; Archbishop Hughes on secret associations, 251.

AMERICAN RATIONALISM. By Rev. H. A. Brann, D. D., .

Who the apostles of rationalism are in this country, 252; What is the charm in their

doctrines, 253; The principle of rationalism is that every man's hat should be his

own church steeple, 255; The devil and the rationalists, 255; Some of the defects of

American rationalism, 256; Rationalists the only true Protestants, 257; The reductio

ad absurdum argument as applied to rationalism, 259; Its fallacy proved from higher

grounds, 260; Other arguments that might be used against it, 262.

ANGLICAN DEVELOPMENT. By Arthur F. Marshall, B. A., Oxon.,

Why there is so little Ritualism in the United States, 263; The attitude of ritualists

towards Catholicity, 264; No room for further development in Protestantism, 265;

How Ritualism has been developed, 266; The Church under the Stuarts, 268; Evan-

gelicism, 269; Puseyism, 270; Historical Ritualism and Erastianism, 275.

THE REHABILATION OF CATHOLIC TERMS IN DICTIONARIES OF THE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE. By J. Gilmary Shea, LL.D.,

Shameful treatment of Catholic terms in our Dictionaries, 272; Now is the time to

bring up this subject, 273; Ignorance of so-called learned men concerning Catholic

customs, 274; The war on devotional language in England, 275; Our devotional lan-

guage bears the imprint of high descent, 276; Some examples of the ideas conveyed

by our dictionaries, 277; A clue to the whole matter, 279; Confused ideas about the.

Mass, the sacraments, etc., 281; A word's meaning illustrated by an example, 283;

Opprobrious epithets and insulting words, 284; The true remedy for this state of

affairs, 285; A glossory of ecclesiastical terms needed in this country, 286.

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NOTES ON SPAIN. By St. George Mivart, F.R.S., F.Z.S., Sec'y L.S., . . . 288

Hints encouraging tourists to visit Spain, 288; On both sides of the Pyrenees, 289;

The Basque provinces, 290; Burgos and its cathedral, 291; Valladolid, 292; Avila, one

of the holy cities of Spain, 293; Sunday ceremonies in its cathedral, 294; Its great

dominican monastery, 295; The Escurial, 296; Madrid and its points of interest, 297;

City and Church of Toledo, 299, A great occasion at the cathedral, 301; The old Mo-

zarabic rite, 302; Peculiarities about it, 304.

Importance of a good hearty laugh, 305; Boisterous laughing censured, 306; An

attempt to define laughter, 307; What it implies, 308; Laughter in itself is not de-

grading, 309; Relations of grief and mirth, 310; Laughter as regarded our Saviour,

311.

THE LATE ENCYCLICAL ON CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE.

By Very Rev. James

A. Corcoran, D.D.,

Proper title of the Encyclical, 312; How the Holy Father treats the subject, 313;

The church transforming the pagan world, 314; The Christian theory of marriage

was not called in question until the Reformation, 416; The reformers apparently

considered it their mission to degrade matrimony, 317; How they accomplished their

object, 318; Trying to justify their novelties by scripture, 319; The early reformers

fought the battles of heathenism, 322; Divorces in England, 323; How divorce has

crept into Catholic countries, 325; The "philosophers" and the marriage question,

326; Recent French revolutions, 329; Divorce alarmingly on the increase in the

Protestant portions of Europe, 330.

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TRANSLATION OF THE ENCYCLICAL LETTER OF HIS HOLINESS, LEO XIII, 346

LATIN TEXT AND TRANSLATION OF THE LETTER OF THE ARCHBISHOPS

AND BISHOPS OF THE PROVINCES OF NEW YORK, BOSTON, AND

PHILADELPHIA, TO HIS HOLINESS, LEO XIII, .

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THE CHARACTER OF SANCTITY IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. By Rev.
Aug. J. Thebaud, S. J.,. . .

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The ideal plan of Christ's Church has been carried out, 385; Teachings of some mo-

dern moralists regarding life, 386; The Church enforcing Christ's moral code, 387;

The Church is the sole preserver of true virtue on earth, 388; This is true not only

in point of fact, but of doctrine as well, 389; Strict Protestants as self-appointed mo-

ral teachers, 390; The condition of affairs in Catholic countries not so bad as they

represent, 393; The true feeling of universal manhood preserved in France, 395;

True philantropy exemplified as regards France and England, 397; The intuitive

philosophers as teachers of morals, 398; Mr. Lecky on the Church's sanctity, 399;

His reproaches based on ignorance, 400; Necessity of what is called the "order of

grace," 401; Mr. Lecky on the reliabilty of his own school, 402; The rationalists

cannot understand Christianity, 404; Virtue essentially a part of the Christian

scheme, 405; Strength of the objection to this claim, 406; The claim of the Positiv-

ists as regards morality, 407; Mr. Mallock criticises their teaching, 409; Where the

Positivists are most inconsistent, 411; Inferiority of Protestant morality conclu-

sively proved, 413; A Catholic's advantages, 415.

PHYSIOLOGY AND MODERN MATERIALISM.

Ph.D.,

By C. M. O'Leary, M.D.,

The new science of physiological psychology, 416; The hypostatic union in man and

modern discoveries regarding the mind, 418; Modern physiologists on mind and

matter-Dr. Maudsley as a type of them, 420; His language touching the value of

metaphysics, 421; What he thinks of the functions of biography, 422; The method

employed by the metaphysician, 424; Reflex and direct consciousness, 425; In

general, can consciousness be employed satisfactorily? 427; Can self-consciousness

furnish information in the generality of cases? 429; Dr. Maudsley's irritability to-

wards stubborn facts, 430; He supposes mind to consist entirely in nerve-change,

432; Facts which seemingly prove unconscious cerebration, 434; What they really

mean, 435.

POSITION OF THE INTELLECTUAL WORLD AS REGARDS RELIGION. By
A. de G.,

The array of ability now engaged in considering the religions question, 436; How

Mr. Mallock appreciates the subject, 437; The influence of science upon modern

society, 438; The positions on which modern science rests, 439; The scope of philo-

sophy, 441; Morality and the religion of taste, 442; Consciousness and science, 443;

Science and the doctrine of the Trinity, 444; Mr. Mallock on Protestant sects and

prejudices against Catholicity, 447: False teachers of Christianity, 449; How Rome

acts in these matters, 450; Ritualism and Catholicity in England, 451; How happi-

ness can be secured by all, 452.

NOTES ON SPAIN-PART II. By St. George Mivart, F.R.S., F.Z.S., Sec'y

L. S.,.

Ceremonies in Toledo Cathedral--The Mozarabic compared with other ancient rites,

453; Returning to Madrid, 455; Various points of interest in Southern Spain, 456;

The "Mesquita" of Cordova, 457; The journey to Seville, 458; The Cathedral of this

city and its valuable treasures, 459; To Cadiz and back in one day, 461; Adventures

of a pedestrian tourist, 463; A pilgrimage to the University of Seville, 464; San

Telmo and Alcazar, 465; The climate of Seville, 466; This compared with some of the

other cities of Spain, 467.

THE CONFLICT OF CHRISTIANITY WITH HEATHENISM. By Rt. Rev. John
J. Keane, D.D.,

Dr. Uhlhorn's work with the above title, 468; His picture of the world at the dawn

of Christianity, 469; The establishment of the Church has no parallel, 470; The

Church and the gentile world, 471; Christianity satisfied the necessity of the human

race, 473; The early Church and the Roman Empire, 474; Christianity spreads its

influence everywhere, 476; The internal trials of the Church during the period of

persecution, 477; The lesson of the three first centuries, 478; Heathenism the great

enemy of the Church now as then, 479; Agnostic evolutionism as expounded by Mr.

Leslie Stephen, 480; Reason for the existence of good and evil in the world, 482;

Christianity ever triumphant over its great enemy, heathenism, 484.

A PIONEER OF THE WEST-REV. CHARLES NERINCKX. By John Gil-
mary Shea, LL.D.,

State of Catholicity in this country at the close of the last century, 486; Fathers

Galitzin and Nerinckx, 487; The biographer's work, 488; Father Nerinckx's family

and early education 489; He begins missionary work in his native laud, 490; Per-

secution under the French Republic, 491; Decides to enter upon the American mis-

sion, 492; Goes to Kentucky-Vicissitudes of the Church there a century ago, 493;

Father Nerinckx's active missionary work in the West, 494; His love for children,

495; Disappointment and resignation, 496; Offered a bishopric, which he declined,

497; He gives an account of his labors, 498; Bishop Flaget and Father Nerinckx-

the latter opens a school, 499; Progress of the good work--Profession of Sisters, 500;

Father Nerinckx revisits Europe, 501; Returns with a contingent of recruits and a

large quantity of valuable articles, 502; Resumes missionary success and church

building, 503; Gathering recruits for the Kentucky mission, 504; How his career of

usefulness was brought to an end, 506; He bids farewell to his missious, 507; The

influence he exercised and the memory he has left, 508.

AUBREY DE VERE'S POEMS. By M. F. S.,.

Mathew Arnold as a critic and as a poet, 509; His views on philosophical and reli-

gious questions. 512; The secret of organic disease in contemporaneous poetry, 513;

What it wants of the true inspiration, 514; How much of this Aubrey de Vere has

preserved, 515; What Wordsworth has had to do in moulding the character of his

verse, 516; Mr. de Vere's poems in this country, 520; Examples illustrating the

characteristics of his poetry, 521; His religious and national poems, 524; The vol-

ume he has dedicated to the memory of the faithful and true, 530; Mr. de Vere's

lineage and conversion to the true faith, 532.

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THE RECENT MINISTERIAL CHANGE IN ENGLAND. By J. D. S., . . 533

The influence operating against the Tories at the last general election, 533; Mr.

Gladstone's victory and new ministry, 534; The great questions put to the Liberals,

535; Disappointment at the outset, 537; The Turkish and other difficulties, 538; In-

dications for the future policy of the Liberals, 539.

SUICIDE CONSIDERED IN ITS MORAL BEARINGS. By James A. Cain,

False deductions from the frequency of suicides, 539; Definition of suicide-Its

moral turpitude, 540; That suicide is a violation of the natural law is shown by

considering man as related to himself, 541; Man viewed in relation to a hereafter,

544; So-called arguments used by the advocates of suicide, 547; Unprofitable mem-

bers of society, 550; Euthanasia, 551; The advocates of suicide really recognize a su-

perior law, 552; The ancients considered suicide a crime against nature, 553; Con-

cluding considerations, 554.

SOME OF THE USES OF THE MICROSCOPE IN SCIENCE.

The microscope something more than a costly toy, 555; Kinds of microscope in use,

555; Its service in destroying insect pests and in examining rocks, 556; The clear in-

sight it gives us into geology, 557.

FREE THOUGHT IN ENGLAND. By Arthur F. Marshall, B. A., Oxon, . . 577

Disposition of the English to idleness, 577; Growth of free thought among them due

to idleness, 578; Very little to be admired in the intellectual or moral aspects of free

thought, 580; The free thinker must be unhappy, 581; Free thought in England and

Mr. Bradlaugh's election, 582; Protestantism is essentially free thought, 583; The au-

thority on which free thinkers depend, 584; How they treat the young, 585.

OUR GREAT GODDESS AND HER COMING IDOL. By John Gilmary Shea,
LL.D.,

Bartholdi's great statue, 586; The United States bearing the badges of paganism, 587;

The Goddess Liberty in ancient times, 588; How liberty came to be worshipped by

the Romans, 589; Temples in her honor erected by them, 590; Respect for the

Goddess under the Empire, 591; Her image on the Roman coins and emblems, 592;

Revival of her honor in modern times, 593; Her honor in this country due to the

struggle of the colonies with England, 594; How she has been represented here, 594;

Her place in the French Revolution, 595; Why should we retain the heathen deity,

596.

Difficulties in the way of the seeker after truth, 597; Dignity and grandeur of the

truth, 598; Nothing more important for us than it, 599; It is a certainty, 599; Can

the truth be found?-Consequences of denying that it can, 600; This denial as ap-

plied to Christianity, 601; We should give up everything to find the truth, 602; The

searcher after the truth must be humble, 603; Science and philosophy of but little

use in this search, 604; Unity of spiritual truth, 605; Delusion and heresy, 606; The

one real issue of the sect system is opposition to the Church, 607; Position of the

Greek Church, 608; The Bible in its relation to the sect mind, 609; The spirit which

really actuates the sects, 611; How the truth is preserved, 613; How we should stand

as regards the truth, 614.

NOTES ON SPAIN (CONCLUSION). By St. George Mivart, F.R.S., etc.,

Characteristics of Granada, 615; The Alhambra, 616; Peculiarities of Granada's Ca-

thedral, 617; Other points of interest in the old Moorish capital, 618; From Granada

to the Mountains, 620; Malaga, the hottest place in Spain, 621; Bea ities of the

scenery, 621; Points and notes of interest, 622; Club, garden, and castle, 623; How

places of interest in southern Spain may be seen, 624; Characteristics of Murcia, one

of the gems of Spain, 625; Valencia and the beauties around it, 626; A horribly

modernized Gothic Cathedral, 628; Good traits of the Spanish peasantry, 629; Va-

lencia's public institutions, 630; Tarragona, 631; On the way to and a few hours in

Barcelona 632; Characteristics of the rebel city, 633; Bidding adieu to Spain, 634;

Postscript: Visit to the Jesuits' Ecole Ste. Geneviève at Paris, 635.

AMERICAN INFLUENCE ON THE DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT IN EUROPE.

By John McCarthy, .

The present century is one of democracy, 636; How the change has been brought

about, 637; Struggles of the people for power, 638; Popular liberty on this side of

the Atlantic, 641; The religious question in the Constitution of the United States,

642; A government of the people, for the people, and by the people, 643; Why

America took no part in European revolutions, 643; Emigration to the United

States, 644; The success of our system moving Europeans to imitate us, 645; Impe-

diments to political progress in Europe, 646; The lessons of the war to maintain the

Union, 647; An American invasion of Europe, 649; Military and social condition of

Europe, 650; The influences which this country is exerting on Europe, 651; What

there is in our institutions to entice Europeans, 652.

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CATHOLICITY IN KENTUCKY-THE ELDER FAMILY OF MARYLAND AND

KENTUCKY. By B. J. Webb,

The ancestors of the American Elders, 653; William Elder, 1707–1775, 654; The days

of religious persecution in Maryland, 655; William Elder's second marriage-His

children, 656; Thomas Elder and his family, 657; He removes to Kentucky, 658;

His virtues and those of his children, 659; James Elder, the first Catholic of the
name in Kentucky, 661; The late Rev. George A. M. Elder, 664; William Elder,
1757-1822, 665.

BISHOP STEPHENS ON AURICULAR CONFESSION AND PRIVATE ABSOLU-

TION. By Very Rev. James A. Corcoran, D.D.,