The faith of our fathers - Carmel Apologetics

"82 THE FAITH OF OUR FATHERS.day as our information regarding the Pyramids ofEgypt.And as for works of art, there are more valuablemonuments of art contained in the single museumof the Vatican than are to be found in all our country. Artists are obliged to go to Kome to consulttheir best models.Our churches are not only temples of worship, but depositories of sacred art.VI. Is it liberty that will destroy the Church?The Church breathes freely only where true libertyis found. She is always cramped in her operations,wherever despotism casts its dark shadow. Nowhere does she enjoy more independence than here ;nowhere is she more vigorous and more prosperous.Children of the Church, fear nothing, happeDwhat will to her. Christ is with her, and thereforeshe cannot sink. Caesar, in crossing the Adriatic,said to the troubled oarsman :Quid times ? Csesaremvehis." What Cresar said in presumption, Jesussays with truth : What fearest thou ? Christ is inthe ship. Are we not positive that the sun will riseto-morrow and next day, and so on to the end of theworld? Why? Because God so ordained when Heestablished it in the heavens ;and because it has neverfailed to run its course from the beginning. Hasnot Christ promised that the Church should alwaysenlighten the world? Has He not, so far, fulfilledHis promise concerning His Church ? Has she notgone steadily on her course amid storm and sunshine ?The fulfilment of the past is the best security for thefuture.