. The Open court. nd that, as the Churchonce assimilated Platonism. and later Aristotelianism. to the extentof expressing her dogmas in the terminology of these systems, sois there to-day a call for new formulations in conformity with theassured results of modern criticisms and religious philosophy. Toput the case in a few words, such a work of awakening as FatherTyrrell looked for, should be, not a treatise on one or other special-ized aspect of criticism, but a sort of prolegomena to the study ofRoman Catholicism as confronted by modern civilization and scholar-ship. Only a book of this desc
. The Open court. nd that, as the Churchonce assimilated Platonism. and later Aristotelianism. to the extentof expressing her dogmas in the terminology of these systems, sois there to-day a call for new formulations in conformity with theassured results of modern criticisms and religious philosophy. Toput the case in a few words, such a work of awakening as FatherTyrrell looked for, should be, not a treatise on one or other special-ized aspect of criticism, but a sort of prolegomena to the study ofRoman Catholicism as confronted by modern civilization and scholar-ship. Only a book of this description, covering the ground fromreforms that are roughly practical and disciplinary, to those thatare dogmatic and radical, will do the required work of education,and give any notable assistance to the formation in the UnitedStates, of an intelligent and earnest sympathy for the men who arestriving to save all that is best in the most stringent of orthodoxiesfrom the wreck that threatens the entire -LETTERS TO HIS HOLINESS POPE PIUS X. BY A INTRODUCTION. THE author of these letters to his HoUness Pope Pius X is notknown to nie personally, but 1 have heard enough about himto form a vivid picture of his character and attitude. .M> source ofinformation is not limited to Catholics: in fact, my acquaintance withhim is due to a widely known Protestant tbeolo.^ian. who lives inone of our Eastern metropolitan cities. Judging from what 1 know, the author is a devout Christianand also a good Catholic in the broad sense of the word. He hasbeen an active priest for many years, and is devoted to his , his piety has sutYered severe shocks and he is frettingunder the conflict between the ideal he cherishes and the realizationwith which, to his deep regret, he finds so much fault. The resultis a state of mind which can be imagined from these letters to thehighest ecclesiastical authority. They are written in the hope thatHis Holiness wil
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