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A Drastic Measure
The 100th General Assembly of the Ohio Senate
passed a revision in the Ohio Revised Code which
may have some repercussions. Known as Senate
Bill 32. subsequently passed by the House and
more recently signed by the Governor, it is now law.
It provides for a change in Section 4511.19 ol the
code which refers to the operation ol a vehicle while
intoxicated and reads as follows: “No person, who
is under the influence of intoxicating liquor, nar
cotic drugs, or opiates shall operate or be in actual
physical control of any vehicle, street-car. or track
less trolley within this state.
As amended this section of the Revised Code now
determines that whoever violates Section 4511 19
shall be “imprisoned in the county jail or work
house not less than three days nor more than six
months and no court shall suspend the first three
days of any sentence provided for under this sec
tion.'*
No one will disagree that the measure deserves
approval if it will remedy the present situation of
driving by people under the influence of intoxi
cating liquor. But one may ask just when is a per
son under the influence? Who will decide' It a
“city .slicker" gets out into the more secluded sec
tions of the state and runs afoul ol the local arm of
the law. a justice of the peace who suddenly dis-
o hard with the
es that he comes
the new law and places him in custody for
days. And this could he members of the stati
lature as well as anyone else. Senate Rill 32 could
Not that we are in favor ol it boomeranging.
One cannot help thinking, however, that had the of
ficers of the law throughout the state been more
conscientious heretofore in enforcing already exist
ing laws, the need for more stringent measures such
as those of Senate Hill 32 would not have been o
urgent. Perhaps those apprehended while driving un
der the influence of liquor heretofore have not
been treated with stern and determined measures.
There has been a great deal of laxity in the whole
situation but it is quite possible that a considerable
amount of the laxity has been on the part of Ihe
law enforcement officers themselves.
It can only be hoped that the new measure will
not prove embarrassing, and that it will remedy a
had situation.
A Little Learning
Is Dangerous
“A little learning is a dangerous thing wrote
th* poet a long time ago. 7 hat this is no empty
saying, is evident from the poll on religious beliefs
taken recently by the “Catholic Digest. Results
of the survey, made nationally, reveal that Amen
cans with the highest education have less belief
in the divinity of Christ. Between Hl and 82 percent
of Americans with a high school education believe
that Christ is God But only 79 per cent ol those with
three years of college believe in Christ’s divinity,
while the percentage ot college graduates believing
this doctrine drops to an amazing 65 per cent.
Could be that professors in college destroy
belict in God among their students.’ An amazing
amount of fuzzy stuff has come from college pio
fessora. It ha- been our belief, however, that the
great matoritv of teachers on this level have been
learned and cultured gentlemen, able mentally to
stand back from their own field of specialization
and sec all in relation to the Almighty. I ntortun
ately this is not true in all cases, and the “(atholic
Digest” survey reveals an alarming defect uni
versity teaching Even in institutions of learning
there is reflected the mad rush of modern living, a
rush that deme* men Ihe leisure that begets cul
ture The emphasis i.s on the servile arts, not on
Ihe liberal arts wherein men search after what has
been called “the little trinity of the good, the true
and the beautiful.”
Us that as a whole, the United States is a hristian
nation when it comes Io such fundamental questions
as to whethei or not Christ existed and whether or
not He was divine.
The poet gives proper advice to those who have
a “little learning” when hi* adds, "Drink deep oi
The Moralil) Of Gambling
i vu i”» i -......
happen where there is contusion of thinking and
many people hold
of gambling
Catholic churches
tie been holding
nt w i ongdmng
true that SOME
offensive
Gambling, in itself is mnt moralK
has been the unvarying to.achinc ol
the gambling is illicit.
These conditions are:
1. That the player own. nr have the right tn
minister the money he uses to gamble. Thus
cannot risk what belongs to his creditors or w hat
should use lor the support of his family.
2. That there be no cheating by the player.
3. That the arrangements be such that all have
an equal chance to win.
4. That the general circumstances of the gamble
be decent. That would exclude the type of gambling
that takes place in defiance of the law and perhaps
with corruption of law enforcement agencies.
Obviously, the widespread existence of moderate
games of chance in connection with the support of
Catholic churches and schools means that our church
authorities have judged that these activities fall
within the licit category.
This too. has been the position of a vast majority
of the citizenry. The common sense of the average
person rebels at classifying the church bingo player
or the purchaser of a “chance on an auto along
with thugs and felons.
Onlv obtuseness or fanaticism refuses to see a
valid distinction between licit and illicit gambling.
As good citizens Catholics recognize and fulfil
their duty to obey the law as currently interpreted.
xpect. however, that the law may
as to more nearly Reflect the
be modified
Now. blessed is not onlv he past tense,
of the verb to bless. It is a Iso the past participle,
passive, of the same verb. And a
its name from the fact that it participates in the
nature ol at least two parts ol spec■ch.
ciple ole cd is a passive ioi ot a: verb, and it is
also nn adjective. We use u1 3S A 'rerb in the sen-
When we say the Hail Mary we tell the Blessed
Mother that she is "bles sed among women
state a fact, we use a predicate adjective
savs that
ot hervvise,
But when
he home game ot
ic church hall, the
•stival or drawing.*
be. the phrase mean
the rule savs that
wrong. Ihis
the atholic
Church. It was the uni versa1 belief of all Christen
dom
four
until the dissolution o
hundred years ago.
religions unity shout
Gambling is one form of whal is known to mor
alists as 'a contract »f chance.” It such a contract
were intrinsically evil, so also would be insuring
one's property against risk or dealing in futures in
commodity markets.
The chance, or aleatory, contract is simply a mut
ual agreement among two ore more persons to
make a gift. The determination of who gives, and
who receive* the gift, is left to chance.
It is permissible for anyone to make a donation
out of what belongs to him. If a person wishes to
make such donation contingent upon some future,
uncertain event, he is evidently breaking no moral
lau. And that is the essence nf gambling.
In order that any specific gamble be morally per
missible, Catholic theologians teach that four con
ditions must be fulfilled. If any of them is missing,
»d
he
he
There argument about the
pronouncing the word blessed. Is
Hables, blessed. or a word of
•stion about the
a good diction
poetic form it
djective of one.
containing only
.oncerned solely
this
b. pure
syllable,
fishes."
as the
and
active,
participle takes
This parti-
blessed
e, "Thu
a wish. The word
nplete verb with the
he blessed.”
only one s
“Blessed be God.”
it were “Blest be
Therefore we say, "Bles-sed art thou. ...” and
“Blessed be God,” Ihe first, blessed has two syllab
les the second has one. Now, even if we should
disobey the rule and say to Ihe Blessed Mother
that she is "hlest” instead o( “blessed,” we should
onlv outrage either the grammar, or the traditional
spelling of the words in the Hail Mary. Bu1 if
we disobey the rule about blessed as a one-syllabled
verb, and cry “Blessed be God,” we violate not
only grammar, but we outrage tad. and come close
to heresy.
For “blessed” in two syllables is always an
adjective. Il is an adjective like "holy." And it
would he quite wrong to wish, in an exclamatory
prayer, that God may be holy. It would he irrelegi
ous. to say the least, to hope or wish that Holiness
Itsclt may he holy. God is holy. And God is
blessed What we wish for and hope for as we
pray. "Blessed he God.” is that all mon may come
to recognize the blessedness of God, and give Him
praise.
A long tune ago this question about the proper
pronunciation of blessed was discussed in a priests'
magazine. One subscriber wrote in that "Bles-sed
be God, was a form established by long and
general custom: besides, he said, it sounds belter.
It seems that these two reasons for the subscri
ber's view arc inadmissible. Custom cannot sanc
tion what is, in strict meaning, not only false
grammar hut false doctrine. And it cannot matter
how a thing .sounds if what is expressed by the
sound is untrue.
There are parallels in our language to this
business of “bles-sed” and "blessed.” Consider
the verb to learn. When we say, "He learned his
lesson.' wo rightly pronounced learned as one syl
lable. Rut when we use the past participle, pass
ive, of the verb as an adjective, we give it two
syllables. Therefore we say, "He was a learned
man.”
Or take the verb to age. We say that. "’Ihe
vintner aged (he wine,’ meaning (hat he did Mime
thing, such as keeping the wine in casks for an
unconscionably long time we use aged as a verb
therefore we give it only one syllable. But we
say that, "The vintner is an aped man", meaning,
•not that he did anything, but meaning to describe
him by an adjective and the adjective aged has
two syllables.
You may say. “But we describe a wine as aged
in the wood and aged is hero an adjective, and
has only one syllable Not so: aged i.s here not
properly an adjective it is a verb part with the
other parts unexpressed. The phrase, "aged in
the wood means that which has been aged in
lhe wood.
Well, maybe all this is ado about nothing. God
reads hearts and minds, and is in no wise depen
deni upon words and their pronunciation to know
what goes on in hearts and minds. Doubtless
thousands of perfectly pious and orthodox people
will continue to say “Blessed he God” doubtless
a few will insist on making blessed a monosyl
lable in every use, even in the Hail Mary. But
for those who care the rule is blessed as a verb
one syllable. Rlessed as an adjective: two
syllables.”
word
And
Hable
ed has
The phrase,
pronounced exactly as though
THE CATHOLIC TIMES, FRIDAY. AUGUST 14. 1953
WASHINGTON LETTER
By J. J. Gilbert
the
v Hables when it is an ad
ce the sentences given ah
is pronounced in
live. Thus we proi
in this way: “The
one syllable, Io rhyme with
blessed day,” Inn syllables.
"This
WASHINGTON Mrs. Elea
nor Roosevelt continues to make
the most surprising and flat
tering statements about Mar
shal Tito and his Yugoslav re
gime. They are completely at
variance with what the record
has shown to date, and they are
in conflict with the best informa
tion the t'nited Stales Govern
ment has been able to gather.
We
And
Hables.
do not
Writing from Ljubljana, Mrs.
Roosevelt said the world could
find great meaning in the “ex
periment'’ which the rulers of
Yugoslavia are carrying on
“within the framework of their
type of socialism.” "No one here
likes the experiment which they
are trying to be called common
ism because the President says
it is not communism and has
nothing to do with what he calls
Soviet imperialism.”
The President Mrs. Roosevelt
refers to here is Marshal Tito,
who, right up until now, has al
ways been known as the Yugo
slav Red dictator.
“Socialism it certainly is."
Mrs. Roosevelt continued, refer
ring to what is going on in Yugo
slavia, "but socialism and free
dom may go hand in hand and
anything which curtails the free
dom of these people i.s going to
be difficult to establish.”
Last August, in an attempt to
justify very extensive aid which
EITHER CARNEY
The program of social recon
struction advocated is detailed
and complete. Due attention is
accorded social theory and prac
tical action. The material and
moral are carefully reconciled.
Individuals’ societies and groups,
and nations have all been assign
ed definite tasks that the world
might be generally restored to
the providential order, according
to which it was created, that
men might happily and prosper
ously live with other men. and
that all might prepare to live
ultimately with God in the hap
piness for which they are des
tined.
Socially Uninformed
It i.s an unfortunate fact that
a good number of Catholics have
not heard of this program of so
cial reconstruction advanced by
the Popes through the medium
nf many social encyclicals. Some
Catholics are in absolute ignor­
II orker’s Paradise
YW ARE WITH
STATE C&ME OF ACCEPTING FASCIST
CAHTAUSY fHPWAUET FOOD
INSTEAD OF STARVING DATRtOTlCAUY
FON THE WtfOUS AEOFUS HFUMJC
Observer Says Eleanor Wrong
Lauds Marshal Tito
When She
thi* Government was extending
to the Tito regime, the U.S. State
Department told the American
people that Marshal Tito left a
great deal to be desired, but that
he was being realistic with us,
and we would have to be realis
tic with him.
The State Department said
very frankly then that "the gov
ernment of Yugoslavia is a com
munist dictatorship under the
direction ot Marshal Josip Broz
—Tito—-the head of the Com
munist Parly in Yugoslavia
that the Communist Party is
“the only political organization
that is tolerated in the country,”
and that "only a segment of the
population gives its willing sup
port to the domestic policies of
the communist government.”
What would Mrs. Roosevelt
have the rest of the world learn
from this kind of an “experi
ment”?
But aside from our State De
partment. Marshal Tito himself
has been at pains lately to estab
lish himself as practically the
sole-surviving simon-pure com
munist ruler (which means dic
tator). It i.s true he has lashed
out against Moscow, but the
Kremlin dumped him long ago.
It is true that he calls the Krem
lin crowd “imperialists,” but it
is his contention that that bunch
has drifted, while he remains
steadfast tn real communism.
Basic Rights of God
In ilus the last of three “guest
columns on the subject of adult
education, Father Carney stress
es the particular need for Ca
tholic social education.
That the World Be Restored
To Providential Order
From the turn ol the last cen
tury until Ihe present lime, the
Sovereign Pont it Is have, with
emphasis and urgency, proclaim
ed the need for social reconstruc
tion throughout the entire world.
This reconstruction, demanded
so insistently and so repeatedly,
has been Christian—that is. the
Popes have called individuals
and nations to an observance of
the social message of the Gospel
of Christ, and toward a con
structive program in the socio
economic order that insures a
recognition of (he basic rights
of God and man.
ance of w hat is right and wrong
relative to the social order mil
lions have not even heard of the
social encyclicals. Some 'ath
olics are surprised, even scandal
ized, when the subject of the
Church's social teaching is dis
cussed as if the Church ex
ceeded its Divine commission by
teaching in this sphere of the
socio economic order.
Large numbers of Catholics
are socially uninformed save
through the secularistic channel
ot the daily newspapers. Thus a
social thinking is embraced and
defended which is positively an
tagonistic to Catholic social prin
ciples. Other Catholics greet Pa
pal directions with great enthus
iasm and pride, but immediately
proceed to exempt themselves
from the implications of and
obedience to the message. Nom
inal and theoretical support is
thus given the Papal appeals, but
individual lives do not reflect
what is so ardently espoused.
Restrictive Separatism
Some few uninformed Catho
lics are of the opinion that Ca
tholicism belongs strictly within
the physical confines of the
Church and must not be carried
into the world outside the walls.
These are firm in their affirma
tion that the sanctuary must re
main separate from society. They
believe religion to be a personal
affair between God and man.
Thus they practice a separation
that greatly restricts the influ
ence of Catholicism in the social
order.
The silence of many Catholics
in private conversations, in the
secular press, in media of com
munication and on the public
platform is likewise detrimental
Red leaders of Yugoslavia told
the people that Marshal Tito
would not let a middle class
grow up. and that he would not
take a milder attitude towards
religion. They declared that the
“struggle” against Catholic and
Moslem religmus leaders w’ould
be stepped up.
Marshal Tito himself said:
“We have not committed an of
fense against any precepts of
Marxism and Leninism in our re
lations with the West The
Russians would have accepted
loans had they been able to,
but they were too stupid lor
that.”
“A communist,” Tito has said,
‘•is no longer considered a fight
er and an example to others.
Consequently, we have resolute
ly decided to return to the old
practices.”
When Mrs. Roosevelt says
“anything which curtails the
freedom of these people is go
ing to be difficult to establish."
she does not say so right out,
but she creates the impression
that freedom is not being cur
tailed in Yugoslavia. One imme
diately surmises that Mrs. Roose
velt was permitted to see only
what the Red masters of Yugo
slavia wanted her to see. But,
even if she had not seen any
thing hut the inside of Marshal
Tito's palace, has she not heard
of Cardinal Stepinac?
and Man
to the transmission of atholic
social leaching. When Catholics
remain silent, the field ofc social
action is too often left open to
those who promote error and
build up half truths.
Negetivistic Thinking
Catholics, at times have been
inclined to be wholly nega
tivistic in their social thinking
that is. critical of programs ad
vanced by others, but incapable
of proposing a suitable substi
tute based on social principles
espoused by their own Church.
The spirit of criticism, while
good and useful in itself, cannot
effectively promote a program of
Christian social reconstruction.
Finally, many Catholics cannot
*eem to get beyond the study
club level of action. Thus in
dividuals and movements are left
uninfluenced by Catholic social
teaching. Too much Catholic Ac
tion has been restricted to the
area of thinking.
Education Must Precede Action
In the light of the above ob
servations. social education of
Catholics for Catholic Social Ac
tion is an immediate necessity.
Social education, at least to some
degree, must precede social ac
tion. and this in accord with the
specific wishes of the Popes
themselves.
We have tried in these brief
articles—which we deem quite
inadequate—to explain the need
of adult education in a general
sense the necessity of Catholic
adult education programs under
the direction of the Catholic
Church, in view of the secular
ism of nwr times and likewise
the urgent and imperative satis
faction of the Pontifical demands
for social education for our Ca
tholic laity.
INQUIRY CORNER
Conversion by Force
Is Misguided Zeal
Q. Were Jews ever forced to
become Christians?
A. In two thousand years of
Christian history many individ
ual Christians and Christian rul
ers have tried conversion by
force. St. Augustine, apostle to
England, had to restrain King
Ethelbert from such misguided
zeal, as did Pope Nicholas I
with Michael, king of the Bulgar
ians. In regard to Jews Pope In
nocent III at the height of the
Church’s temporal power (the
(thirteenth century) issued a de
cree stating: “Let no Jew be
constrained to receive baptism,
and he that will not consent to
he baptized, let him not be mo
lested.” Pope Gregory IX and
Pope Innocent IV issued similar
instructions, Undoubtedly indi
vidual men erred in this respect
but the Church's position has
been clear from the beginning.
Pope Gregory I (sixth century)
protected the Jews from coercion
as did the fourth Council of To
ledo (633 A.D.)
Q. Could you list the date of
origin of some of the outstanding
Protestant Churches?
A. Quoting Protestant authori
ties in every instance Cardinal
Gibbons in his “The Faith of
Our Fathers” lists the following
origins: The Baptists in Rhode
Island by Roger Williams. 1639
Camphellites or Christians in
Virginia by Alexander Campbell,
1813 Methodist Episcopal in
England by John Wesley in 1739
Old School Presbyterian in Scot
land by General Assembly in
1560. New School Presbyterian
in Philadelphia in 1840. The
Episcopalian Church, according
to Macaulay and other English
Protestant historians. Mas found
ed in England by Henry VIII in
1534. The Lutherans have their
beginnings in Germany by Mar
tin Luther in 1524. the Unitarian
Congregation a lists in Germany
by Celarius about 1540 and the
Quakers in England by George
Fox in 1647. All began centuries
after the time of Christ and His
A. post les and were organized by
men. whereas the Catholic
Church can trace its history in
unbroken line to the Apostles
and to its founder, Christ Him
self.
Q. When is the world going to
come to an end?
A. Christ staled that “of that
day and hour no one knows, not
even the angels of heaven”
(Matthew 24.36). He indicated
some of the signs in the preced
ing verses where He said: "For
false Christs and false prophets
will arise But immediately
after the tribulation of those
days ihe sun will be darkened,
RICH 4RD PATTEE
and the moon will not give her
light, and the stars will fall from
heaven, and the powers of heav
en will be shaken” (Matthew
24:24-30). There are additional
prophecies in the Apocalypse
(6:12-17 20:1-10) but none of
them are meant to be narrowed
down to a particulai date, but
are given as a general warning.
"Watch, therefore, for you do
not know at what hour your Lord
is to come” (Matthew 24:42).
Q. What is mental prayer?
A. Contemplative prayer as op
posed to formal vocal prayer con
sists dwelling upon the truths
of religion in order to awaken
good resolutions. Meditation is
the exercise of the mind upon
the Sacred Scriptures, the lives
of the saints or other spiritual
books to develop the motives for
prayer and resolutions. St. Te
resa declares that mental prayer
and mortal sin are incompatible
and exclude each other, and all
priests and religious have defi
nite exercises in mental prayer.
Q. Do ice have to believe that
we have guardian angels? That
everybody has one, even wicked
men?
A. Catholicsjuust hold that an
gels look after men because of
the Church's feast day (Pope
Paul V, 1608) and universal
agreement. The words of Christ
in referring to children: “Their
angels always see the lace of
my Father in heaven’ (Matthew
18 10) and the unanimous con
sent of the Fathers makes it
certain that every person has a
guardian angel. /Dogmatic The
ology II—Tanquerey) St. Thomaa
Aquinas teaches that he remains
with us from birth to death, nev
er deserting his charge
Q. What could cause a person
to be refused Christian burial?
A. If there is any serious doubt
the Bishop of th? diocese makes
the final decision. According to
Canon Law (No. 1240) notorious
apostolates from the Faith (and
those who have joined some oth
er church or the Masonic order),
persons who have been excom
municated or interdicted (by con
demnatory or declatory sen
tence), and those guilty of de
liberate suicide are to be refused
Christian burial. Any person kill
ed in a duel, or anyone who has
ordered his body cremated, or
any public and manifest sinner
is not to be honored by Christian
burial. Naturally this denial of
Christian privilege does not in
dicate a decision as to the ulti
mate fate of the person's soul.
Send questions to Rev. Edward
F. Healy. The Inquiry Comer,
The Catholic Times. Box 636. Co
lumbus 16. Ohio.
Church in Denmark
COPENHAGEN The Catho
lic Church in Denmark is quite
unique in the Scandinavian
world. With its 25,000-odd Cath
ilics, the coun
ry impresses
he tiny minor
ties in the
est of Scandin
ivia as a sort
if bulwark or
itrong hold of
he Faith. The
statistics of the
'hurch here
ire simple.
There are
ibout 70 par
shes scattered
iver the land.
with nine in Copenhagen. No
Danish city of any importance
is lacking in a Catholic church—
which is definitely not the case
in the other Scandinavian coun
tries.
I have just come from a week
in Jutland and some of the ad
jacent islands. In places like
Odense, Frederica. Silkehorg,
Randers and elsewhere one can
find a parish or at least a chapel
lucked away some place. Ihe
presence of the Church, as the
French are wont to express it. is
very definite. With the elevation
of the Vicariate Apostolic to the
category of a regular diocese,
Denmark is now the first Scan
dinavian country in which the
Church is no longer an insignifi
cant. struggling minority of
which the hulk of the population
is scarcely aware.
Entering Wedge
Denmark has about a hundred
priests, which is a bad average
for the effective Catholic popu
lation. Of this number some 30
are of Danish nationality. The
rest in arge part are German.
1 learned from Bishop Theodore
Suhr that French Dominicans
are expected shortly and that
their special task will be to
bring something in the way of
Catholic culture to Denmark.
It is curious how effective the
French and especially the Domin
icans are in this regard. In Fin
land. to which I go next, the
French have been laboring for
several years and have attained
quite an impact. (Of this I shall
write later on the spot.) Den
mark. like most Nordic countries
is keenly aware of French cul
ture and cognizant of its import
ance. This may very well serve
as an entering wedge in academ
ic and university circles where
Catholicism is almost totally
absent.
Native, Intellectual
Thf problem of the Church in
Denmark is a multiple one. There
is first of all the need of estab
lishing once and for all its essen
tial “Danishness.” This, it seems
to me. has been achieved in con
siderable measure. The present
Bishop, who is Danish, occupies
a position that precludes the
charge of "foreignness.” The sec
ond problem is that the expan
sion of Catholicism here must be
in large measure an intellectual
one. at least in the beginning.
Denmark has almost literally
no social problem. The economy
is sound, there is good distribu
tion of wealth there are no rich
and no miserably poor. The ap
proach on this line—that is, of
social justice would not be
particularly meaningful. The
Dane is quite satisfied that the
social and economic structure of
the nation represents a solid and
substantial achievement. This well
being and high standard of liv
ing contributes at the same time
to a certain naturalism, in which
the supernatural i.s absent.
Crying Need
Just as in the other Scandinav
ian lands where the intellectual
level is high, the Dane demands
the very hest in books and read
ing matter. A crjyng need is an
increase in Catholic literature
couched in terms that mean
something to the Scandinavian.
1 have visited any number of
book shops here, and the num
ber of Catholic writers is pain
fully small. Undset as in Ice
land: Jorgensen of course, and
a scattering of some of the mod
erns. Graham Greene seems to
be by all odds the most notable,
.with Evelyn Waugh a close sec
ond. In a Catholic bookshop such
as Sankt Ansgaras right across
from the Bishop’s residence, one
finds almost everything available
in Danish that treats of the
Church and Catholic doctrine.
It is not particuarly abundant
and dependence is still very
great on imported writers. Karl
Adam seems to occupy a particu
lar!}’ conspicuous place.
I am told that there is con
siderabe interest in the Faith in
Ihe University and among intel
lectually incined young people.
But the way is always difficult
because of the milieu. I spent
an evening with several young
Danish Catholics, all converts
Each story was a repetition of
the enormous place of “human
respect” in the process of con
version a factor that must be
taken into very definite account.