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 truths and  natural  truths  impervious  to  reason;  and in the  third,  as  St. John says, "  The  glory  of  God  enlighteneth  it  and  the  Lamb  is  the  lamp  thereof." It is, therefore,  only  a  few  of  the  more  natural  and plainer truths  that  man  can  know  by  the  feeble  light of reason. With reason  alone  we  can  light  only  the tiny vestibule  of  the  temple  of  truth,  while  the  vast edifice beyond  is  shrouded  in  darkness. Hence, besides reason,  we  Catholics  claim  the  necessity  of  another light,  the  light  of  the  grace  of  faith  in  the revelations of  God  handed  down  to  us  in  Holy  Writ and the  traditions  of  holy  Church. Thus, we  receive the Bible  because  it  is  the  word  of  God,  and  we  admit the truths  taught  us  by  the  Church  because  Christ commissioned her  to  teach  all  nations  all  truth  for  all time under  His  infallible  guidance,  and  whether  we understand  them  or  not  we  still  accept  them  with childlike faith,  remembering  Our  Lord's  words:  "  He that  believeth  shall  be  saved,  but  he  that  believeth not  shall  be  condemned."

Brethren, such  is  the  doctrine  of  the  rationalist, such the  Catholic  doctrine. Now, I  propose  to  show you that  rationalism  is  irrational,  unreasonable. Does our  rationalist  deny  the  existence  of  truths  too deep for  his  reason  to  fathom? He cannot  but  admit it. He knows  that  God  exists,  that  He  is  a  being  of infinite  intelligence,  and  that  the  knowing  power  of every  intellect  has  a  proportionate  knowableness  in its  proper  object. The truth  of  God,  then,  is  infinite. But our  little  rationalist  knows  all  truth. His mind, therefore, is  infinite  and  equal  to  God's,  for  other-