An edition of Some thoughts on Catholic apologetics
(1915)
Some thoughts on Catholic apologetics
a plea for interpretation.
by E. I. Watkin
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CONTENTS
SECTION I
Need and Place of a General Outlook i
SECTION II
Flood of Infidelity in the Immediate Past Signs of Better Things to Come 3
SECTION III
Pressing Need to Interpret the Catholic Faith to the Modern World 9
SECTION IV
Instances of Interpretation 18
SECTION V
Beneficial Effects of Interpretation on Catholicism and on Catholic Theology 20
SECTION VI
The Argument from Analogy . . . . .24
SECTION VII
Difficulties of Revelation illustrated by Difficulties arising out of the Natural Order. Further Illustrations from Analogy 25
SECTION VIII
Some Further Analogies 28
SECTION IX
The Argument from Analogy illustrated by the Analogy between Human and Divine Love 31
SECTION X
Apologetic from the Nature and History of the Church 41
SECTION XI
Apologetic from Comparative Religion .... 42
SECTION XII
A Discussion of Difficulties against Christian Theism derived from the Phenomena of (Nature and Human History : i.e. Suffering and Evil 44
SECTION XIII
Seven Leading Tendencies of Modern Thought hostile to Catholicism. Their Treatment by Apologetic . . 51
SECTION XIV
These Tendencies are mutually Inconsistent, being often Contradictory Exaggerations 54
SECTION XV
A. First Tendency. Modern Thought is Dynamic and Particular : Catholic Thought is Static and Universal. . 56
SECTION XVI
B. Second Tendency. Modern Thought is Vague : Catholic Thought is Exact and Definite 65
SECTION XVII
C. Third Tendency. Modern Thought is Relative and Phenomenal : Catholic Teaching is Absolute and Noumenal 74
SECTION XVIII
D. Fourth Tendency. Modern Thought is dominated by the Concept of Necessity : Catholicism teaches Miracles and Freewill 77
SECTION XIX
E. Fifth Tendency. Modern Thought Unifies Excessively, Catholicism recognises, where necessary, a Plurality of Causes 83
SECTION XX
F. Sixth Tendency. Modern Thought Exaggerates Liberty : Catholicism is Authoritarian 87
SECTION XXI
G. Seventh Tendency. Modern Thought is Anti-ascetic : Catholicism Ascetic 93
SECTION XXII
Catholic Dogma prevents the Narrowing of Truth to Partial Aspects . . . . , . . . . 103
SECTION XXIII
Pantheism or Spiritualistic Monism the Rival and Direct Enemy of Catholicism 106
SECTION XXIV
Pantheism or Monism appeals to the Seven Tendencies of Modern Thought discussed above . . . .110
SECTION XXV
The Exaggerations and One-sidedness of Pantheism are more Superficially Attractive than the Completeness of Catholicism 117
SECTION XXVI
Two Difficulties raised by Catholicism which are absent from Pantheism : (1) Free Creation out of Nothing ; (2) The Existence of Finite Beings essentially Distinct from the Infinite 119
SECTION XXVII
The Especial Attraction of Pantheistic Unification . . Z2Z
SECTION XXVIII
Pantheism presents an Inadequate and degraded Conception of the Deity, and fails to satisfy the Religious Needs and Aspirations of Humanity 122
SECTION XXIX
Need to oppose to Pantheism the Mystical Element of Catholicism X25
SECTION XXX
Renewed Appeal for Interpretation 128
SECTION XXXI
Remarks on External Means of Apologetical Propaganda: Journalism, Lectures, the Novel .129
SECTION XXXII
The Apologetic of the Drama 130
SECTION XXXIII
The "Drama of Redemption" the Liturgy . .132
SECTION XXXIV
The Apologetic of the Opera . . . . . . 134
SECTION XXXV
Scientific Apologetic : Catholic Institutes at Universities . 136
SECTION XXXVI
The Outlook : Fears and Hopes 137
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