A Catechism Of Catholic Education Classic Reprint

Author : J. C. Curtin
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330764039
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book A Catholic View of Education in the United States written by J. C. Curtin and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-05 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Catholic View of Education in the United States: A Paper We approach with diffidence a subject so often discussed by the ablest debaters in our Legislature, and so often elaborately treated by the most gifted writers, Catholic and non-Catholic, to be found in the country. Indeed, in a Catholic point of view, we may well say that the subject has been exhausted, and that, with a logical precision, lucidity of arguments, and force of illustration sufficient to satisfy any but the most determined enemies of freedom of education. Scarcely an original feature of interest can be introduced in an essay on the subject; the most one can now aim at is to give the essence of the arguments on the more salient points, solely for the purpose of impressing on public opinion the justice of Catholic claims to consideration. Those claims are now cordially endorsed by nearly seven millions of the citizens of this Republic. Not one quarter of one per-cent could be found among the Catholic body at present in the United States to deny the necessity of religious, denominational education. Not more than a decade ago, there were not a few among the Catholic body who gave no support to separate Christian education. Their refusal to recognize and patronize schools in which Catholic dogma was taught and the principles of Catholic morality enforced, was dictated by reasons which experience showed them to be as false as they were unjust. Comparatively wealthy Catholics did not wish to be regarded as the patrons of schools in which the children of the poor and helpless were educated, even though their teachers were men and women who had sacrificed every worldly enjoyment, to do the noblest and most practically benevolent work that the true disciples of Christ could select. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.