CHAPTER XI.
THE HUMAN RACE AND REVELATION.
Should the intellect of the world return to theism, will it ever again acknowledge a special revelation?
264 We can see that this is an urgent question 265 By many general considerations 265 Especially the career of Protestantism 267 Which is visibly evaporating into a mere natural theism 268 And, as such, is losing all restraining power in the world 271 Where then shall we look for a revelation?
Not in any of the Eastern creeds 275 The claims of the Roman Church are the only ones worth considering 276 Her position is absolutely distinct from that of Protestantism, and she is not involved in its fall 277 In theory she is all that the enlightened world could require 279 The only question is, is she so in practice?
This brings us to difficulties 282 1st.

The partial success of her revelation; and her supposed condemnation of the virtues of unbelievers.

But her partial success is simply the old mystery of evil 282 And through her infinite charity, she does nothing to increase that difficulty 283 The value of orthodoxy is analogous to the value of true physical science 285 All should try to learn the truth who can; but we do not condemn others who cannot 286 Even amongst Catholics generally no recondite theological knowledge is required 287 The facts of the Catholic _religion_ are simple.

Theology is the complex scientific explanation of them 288 Catholicism is misunderstood because the outside world confuses with its religion--1st.

The complex explanations of it 289 2nd.