The Teacher (verse)
Feeney, Leonard
June 16, 1926 THE COMMONWEAL 153 Mr. Pallen, in the article already referred to, said add that they are not...
...In meaning...
...Despite the popular misuse of Church of England, the Church of Rome, and the the name "Greek Catholic" (not always entirely inOrthodox Eastern Church...
...themselves "Greek Catholics" and, moreover, usually LEONARD FEENEY...
...It is also important that the name which they Catholic, and the Roman Catholic Church, and en- invariably apply to themselves, should be preserved deavors to substitute for Catholic Church these divers to them and not forced on others who do not at presappellations...
...The misuse in the United States and Canada of the And little Hubert, the tinsmith's lad, term "Greek Catholic," when referring to the Ortho- Begins to dream...
...Pallen, in the article already referred to, said add that they are not "Roman Catholics," by which "The branch theory of a section of Anglicans in the latter term they mean Catholics of the Latin rite...
...There are also in the United States Forever and ever more...
...It is Established Church of England and Protestant Epis- obviously of great importance that the religious status copal Church in America assumes that there are three of these people, our coreligionists, should be underCatholic Churches, the Anglo-Catholic, the Greek stood...
...It is a statement of a fact which appropriate the name "Catholic...
...is one of us...
...The East is very no informed person would attempt to gainsay...
...June 16, 1926 THE COMMONWEAL 153 Mr...
...It does not mean a member of Rumanian university professor launched a campaign to the Orthodox Eastern Church...
...The three "branches" of the "Catholic Church," enjoy, namely, the exclusive right to the use of the presumed by Anglican advocates of reunion, are the name "Catholic...
...dox Eastern Church, is supported by no authority whatever, and it seems to me very important that And the tale of the winds and the Aulian maid Who died on the golden sands Catholics should do everything possible to prevent the Makes David, the baker's son look up .misuse of the term "Greek Catholic," lest perchance And wring his hands...
...It is a curious fact that the Turkish official With the wide adoring eyes of youth Upon me there...
...and in Canada nearly a quarter of a million of them Who'll mend the kettles and pots and pans with one bishop...
...Very recently a tion has been made...
...name for the Orthodox Eastern Church is the Roman Nation, a strange legacy from the empire, dead so I tell them the tale of the mighty horse many centuries ago l When used in the East, there- That straddled the gates of Troy, fore, or in an eastern context, the word "Roman" is And it puts the wonder on Timothy, ambiguous, since it may refer either to us or to the The grocer's boy...
...conservative and the professor's campaign may fail of In the East the name "Greek Catholic" is univer- effect...
...Catholic" which is at present entirely erroneous...
...Certainly Catholic Church, its adherents do not call themselves in Canada there are as yet no "Greek Catholics" who "Greek Catholics," nor are they called so by anyone are not of us and if there are any such in the United familiar with church terminology in the East...
...But while, according to nocent, I fancy) the Orthodox have not so far, I bethis theory, the last named body is a "branch" of the lieve, adopted it either here or in the East...
...about twenty-five thousand Melchites and a large And what will become of the baker's shop, body of Catholic Rumanians...
...There And one that is ne'er forgot ! are in the United States about half a million Ruthenian But what will become of the dreaming lads Greek Catholics, with two bishops of their own rite, That I begot...
...No doubt in theory the Orthodox Eastern Church claims to be Catholic (though quite con- The Teacher trary to the obvious geographic fact) just as we claim that our faith is orthodox, but in practice they con- I drudge and toil-but I have my hour cede the former name to us, as we do the latter to As I sit in my high-backed chair, them...
...It signifies a Catholic who belongs to any the East, while "Catholic" is still our exclusive propone of the nine Byzantine Catholic rites of which men- erty, there are signs of a change...
...All of these people call And the grocery store...
...Orthodox, whereas the word "Catholic" can refer only I tell them of fair Endymion to us...
...ent answer to it...
...Who slept by the mountain stream...
...Every Eastener rect, the use of the name "Greek Catholic" in a sense who calls himself a "Catholic" or a "Greek...
...This, of course, correctly summarizes the theory re- It is equally important that we should not lose, in ferred to, save for the use of the term "Greek Catho- the East and among eastern peoples, what we now lic...
...Greek States, they are no doubt persons who have left the Catholic" has a very definite and well-understood Church, taking with them their Catholic name...
...Let us not, however, lend aid to it by toleratsally and upon all occasions conceded to those of our ing, or by failing to do what is in our power to corfaith and is assumed by no one else...
...This is not a contro- endeavor to induce the Orthodox Eastern Church to versial statement...
...it should be permitted to acquire a meaning which it does not now possess and which would work injury to Oh, there is a dream that is lightly passed, the Catholic cause, both here and in the East...
Vol. 4 • June 1926 • No. 6
