FATHER MARTINDALE AT CAMBRIDGE NON-CATHOLIC COMMENT.

New Zealand Tablet, 15 July 1920, Page 33

FATHER MARTINDALE AT CAMBRIDGE NON-CATHOLIC COMMENT.

lectures following interesting comment upon the series of A V I ' res l p ve “ at Cambridge recently by Father C O r " "tL I J V the curre nt Cambridge Be". £ * tm-er called it, a map, of the whole field of theology was given with great clearness and logical sequence while all the fundamentals of the Catholic position Teemed o secure their proper emphasis. Further elucidations ot cause quential details were obtained by the general nrowS discussions that followed each lecture. But it s P the figmficance of the enterprise that is of particular interest !t is evidence of the sincere search for truth in the midst o theological discord that audiences could be found for such meetings The days of embittered controversy arc large past. The prevailing spirit to-day is one of honest inquiry. And there is much eagerness about the inquiry even amongst the young and strong, to whom the world 13 3tl ? a . vei A satisfying place. And so it came about that a Catholic priest—-and a Jesuit at that!— able to bold the close attention of a general audience of members of the University to an unemotional and scientific. exposition of doctrine ;i On his side there was no challenging of Z beliefs of others save in so far as this was necessarilv im plied in the statement of his own. The atmosphere of the meetings was sympathetic. The questions put almost al! showed a real desire to know what the lecturer Tad to say; the answers given showed a real desire to inform It was not a case of one side wanting < c mrorm. it other. Surely ft is by ,71 Xrts g .s o e°Th. t OV " £ going to get to the root of the dissensions which we all deplore, and so bring them to an end.” 11