CONTENTS. ORIGINAL ARTICLES. Galileo and his Condemnation, 1. Kate Gearey; or, Irish Life in London, Masters and Workmen in the Middle Monsignor Parisis on Catholic Jour- Murder in England and in Ireland, 179. The Doctrine of the Immaculate Con- The Fugitive: an Historical Sketch, The Gold-Fields of the Ancients, 206, The Struggles of Catholic Literature, A few plain Reasons for continuing to protect Religious Women from In- trusion on their Domestic Privacy,511 Agatha, or the Trials of a Catholic, 511. Alfonso's (St.) Glories of Mary, 510. Anglican Synods, 483. An Illustrated Life of the Blessed Vir- Appleyard's Welsh Sketches, 85. A Sequel to the Female Jesuit, 422. Atkinson's Discoverie and History of the Gold Mynes in Scotland, 340. Baxter's Protestant Assertions examined Benjamin, or the Pupil of the Christian Boone's (Rev. J. B.) Instruction on Solid Piety, on Confessions of Devo- tion, and on the Frequentation of the Bradshaw's Railway-Guide, 424. Cannon's Poems, Dramatic and Mis- Caswall's (Rev. H.) America and the E. Gladstone, M.P. 483. Choir, the, a Collection of Sacred Mu- Cholmondeley's (C.) Letter to the Clissold's Spiritual Exposition of the Cole's Cape and the Kafirs, 410. Church of Rome and the Sixth Crawley's Reasons for leaving the Dalton's (Rev. John) translation of the Duties and Responsibilities of Writers Emily Howard, by Mrs. Dunlop, 477. Exeter (Bp. of) Letter to Sir Robert deacon of Totnes on the Necessity of Faber (Father), Mayall's Portrait of,338 Ferguson's Poland and other Poems, 340 First Catechism, with Illustrations, 424. Fitzgerald (George Robert), his Life Formby's (Rev. H.) Village Carol Intellect, or the alleged Hostility of the Catholic Church to the Diffusion Freeman's Preservation and Restoration Gladstone's (Rt. Hon. W. E.) Letter to the Bishop of Aberdeen on the Func- tions of Laymen in the Church, 483. Gondon's (M.) Letter to Mr. Gladstone, in answer to his Two Letters to Lord Gospel Stories for Catholic Children,167 Grace's Outlines of History, 166. Greswell's Fasti Temporis Catholici et Heroic Virtue, taken from the work of Benedict XIV., 422. Hervey's (Mrs. T. K.) Pathway of the Holy Week, the Offices of, 339. Huc's Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and Journal of a Tour in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Greece, by J. Laird Pat- terson, M.A., 469. Kenrick's (Bp.) New Testament, 85. Lamartine's History of the Restoration Langdon's Translation of Lacordaire's La Rivoluzione Romana al giudizio Lawson (Mrs. Dorothy), Life of, 383. Maitland's (Rev. S. R.) Illustrations and Manual of the Order of Penance of St. Mayhew (Mr.) among the Thieves, 228. Method of honouring the Sacred Heart of Jesus, from the Life of the Ven. Missal (the Roman) for the use of the More (Sir Thomas), Household of, 333. Murray (Dr.) and Dr. Whately, 327. O'Brien's (Protestant Bp. of Ossory) tholic Church favourable to the Pro- the Attainment of Our Last End, 423. Papal Aggression in Thibet and Tar- Phillpotts (Dr.) and the Edinburgh Pilgrimages to Jerusalem, 469. Poe's Tales of Mystery and Humour,422 the Mysteries of our holy Faith, 423. Protestant Justice and Royal Clemency, Raby's Translation of Müller's Jour- Readable Books, 422. Septenary to St. Joseph, 424. Sham Biographies: the Household of Statement of Facts relative to the Case of Mr. Wm. Weale, Master of the Strickland's (Miss) Queens of Scot- The Authority of the Pope in England, Thebaud's (Rev. A. J.) Pius VII. and The Catholic Church and the Holy ties: choose which you will, 423. The Clifton Tracts, 85, 167, 340. The Dream, or the Feast of the Guar- The Family Almanac and Educational The Pylgrymage of Sir Richard Guyl- forde to the Holy Land, A.D. 1506,469. The Study of Saints' Lives, 211. The Virgin Mother and the Child Thomson's Dictionary of Domestic Upham's (Rev. C. W.) Life of General Walford's Little Mary's Hymn Book,339 -Plain Words to Protestants, 339. Lenten Manual and Companion -Three Letters to the Guardian, 338. Yriarte's Literary Fables, 220. CORRESPONDENCE. Vox on an Institute for Converts, 168. The French Cardinals Senators, 252. The Pantheon at Paris, 86. Romana al giudizio degl' Imparziali LAMARTINE'S HISTORY OF THE RESTORATION IN FRANCE.- The History of the Restoration of Monarchy in France. PROTESTANT JUSTICE AND ROYAL CLEMENCY.-Statement of 25 33 55 SHORT NOTICES.-Dr. Kenrick's version of the New Testa- ment.-M. Gondon's Letter to Mr. Gladstone, in answer to his Two Letters to Lord Aberdeen. - Dr. Walsh's Lenten Manual, and Companion for Passion Time and ́ Holy Week.-The Rock, by Mr. Maclachlan.- Mr. Ap- pleyard's Welsh Sketches.-Mr. Cannon's Poems Dra- matic and Miscellaneous.-The Clifton Tracts.-Miss Strickland's Queens of Scotland.-Rev. Robert Mont- To Correspondents. A RESPECTFUL INQUIRER.-The important subject involved in our correspondent's question cannot, of course, be properly discussed in a line or two. The key to explain all such difficulties as "A Respectful Inquirer" feels will be found in these two principles: first, that the whole system of devotional practices and phraseology sanctioned by the Catholic Church is designed for the edification of her children, and is not framed with a view to conciliate Protestants; and secondly, that she claims the right of interpreting her own language in her own sense. Such terms as 66 worship" and "adoration" are theological expressions, or (if we may so say) technical. When the Church speaks of the adoration of the Cross on Good Friday, she addresses her children, whom she never ceases to teach that divine honours are to be paid to God alone, and that when the word "adoration" is used towards that which is not God, it necessarily is to be taken as expressing an honour, real indeed, but in no degree divine. The same explanation would be given by the author of the Spanish devotion to which our correspondent specifically refers. Protestants can no more object to our using the terms "adoration" and "worship" in the sense we affix to them, than we can charge them with idolatry because they call a magistrate "worshipful,” and address him as "your worship." We shall be glad to learn that this explanation is satisfactory to our correspondent. The Title and Index of Vol. VIII. are unavoidably postponed till our next Number. Correspondents who require answers in private are requested to send their complete address, a precaution not always observed. We cannot undertake to return rejected communications. All communications must be postpaid. Communications respecting Advertisements must be addressed to the publishers, Messrs. BURNS and LAMBERT. The Rambler, A CATHOLIC JOURNAL AND REVIEW. VOL. IX. JANUARY 1852. PART XLIX. GALILEO AND HIS CONDEMNATION. THE Condemnation of Galileo has now for more than two centuries furnished a fruitful theme for declamation against the Catholic Church; and Protestants say that from whatever point of view we regard it, whether we look at it as a personal matter, involving harsh and cruel conduct towards an old man who had done only that which he had a right to do, or whether we treat it as a question of doctrine, apparently compromising the infallibility of the Church which condemned, or allowed her regular tribunals to condemn, as false, a system which is now a demonstrated truth in nature, we are involved in many difficulties, and have to confront an argument which may to many minds be urged with fatal effect in preventing them from submitting to the teaching of the Church. Of course, the wrongs of Galileo have been ridiculously caricatured by Protestants and Infidels, and on the defensive side we can always count upon shewing up a farrago of falsehood and nonsense. But still, after all that can be said, two great facts remain, that the Congregations of the Index and Inquisition pronounced the earth's rotation and the sun's fixity to be erroneous and contrary to Scripture; and that the latter congregation imprisoned and punished Galileo for holding and teaching the theory, and at last made him renounce it. We may easily make a very good apology, or plea, in extenuation for the two congregations; but how shall we ever be able to refer with satisfaction to this page in the history of a Church which imposes upon us the duty of unhesitating and unquestioning obedience on the ground of her infallibility? Such is the Protestant charge. On the personal aspect of the case, so far as it relates to the process against Galileo, his imprisonment and alleged torture, and his subsequent penance and confinement, perhaps all has been said that there is to say; we may refer our readers to |