FATHER MACLAUHGLIN'S BOOK ON "INDIFFERENTISM."

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XVII, Issue 1, 26 April 1889, Page 3

FATHER MACLAUHGLIN'S BOOK ON "INDIFFERENTIS M."

(Dublin Freeman, January 18.)

Thk Rev. Father MacLaughlin has had the happiness of receiving the following most gratifying communications with reference to his very able, very interesting, and most successful work on •' Indifferentism ; or is One Religion as Good as Another." The first of the communications is from Archbishop Eirby to Father MacLaughlin, men* tioniDg the fact of the presentation of a copy of tbe volume to his Holiness Leo XIII., and the gracious acceptance of it by the Holy Father. Tbe second is the letter of his Grace the Secretary of the Propaganda to the Archbishop of Epbesus, telling him of the presentation of the work to the Sovereign Pontiff. We congratulate Father MacLaugnlin on the honour thus conferred upon himself and hit work, and we feel sure that it will have the effect of still further enhancing tbe value of the admirable work. We may add that a new edition of it is to be published in a few days, and that this edition will reach the fifteenth thousand copy of the book issued and told within the comparatively brief space of eighteen months. The fol* lowing are the letters :—: — " 4th January, 1889. " Rev Dear Father — I feel great pleasure in informing you th»t I had your able work on Religious Indiffarentism presented to the Holy Father through the kindness of his Grace the Secretary of Pro* paganda, and that his Holiness was pleased to accept it with expressions of benevolence and approbation for your most useful labours in defence of our boly religion. These sentiments of his Holiness towards yourself and your zeal for the cause of the Catholic truth, the above-mentioned Secretary, Monsignor Jacobini, was pleased to express in the enclosed letter to yourself. " Hetse accept my best thanks for the copy you sent me of your invalu ble book, which I greatly value, and for which I desire an extensive ciiculation, as its perusal cannot fail to dissipate the errors which unfortunately too widely prevail on the importance of the profession of tbe faith, without which the Apostle declares it impossible to please God — the one faith ' una Jides ' — which only exists in the Church which Christ founded and placed under the supreme guidance of Bt. Peter and his successors to the end of time by the memorable words, ' Feed my lambs, feed my sheep.' — I remain, Rev. Dear Father, yours sincerely in Christ, "ifr T. KIRBY, " Archbishop of Epnesus, Rector. " Rev. Johu MacLaughlin. ' The following is the translation of the letter of his Grace the Secretary of the Propaganda :—: — " Rome, 22nd December, 1888. " Sacred Congregation oi the Propaganda, on the occasion of the presentation to the Holy Father of the book on Religious In* diflerentism. " Key. Dear Father— lt is a very great pleasure to me to be able to make known to you that I bave presented to the Holy Father the book lately written by you on Religions Indifferentism, and that his Holiness not merely graciously accepted it with expressions of benevolence, but also spoke in terms of high praise of the zeal and earnestness with which you write in defence of religion. " With feehegs of deep esteem, I subscribe myself, yours moat affectionately. ">J« D, Archbishop of Tyre. " Rev. John MacLaughlin.'