No... The Bible Is NOT
Our Sole Guide!
Catholics have a genuine love and
respect for the Bible. It could not
be otherwise, for the Catholic
Church is the Mother of the Bible.
But we do not agree with the
modern theory t'.iat the Bible is
the one and only source of reli
gious truth.
The Gospel of St. John, for
example, says: ". . . there are many
other things which Jesus did
which are not written in this
book." And St. Paul said: "Stand
fast; and hold the traditions which
you have learned, whether by
word, or by our epistle" ( 2 Thessa
lonians 2:15).
Christianity began with the
coming of Christ not with the
writing of the Bible. And Christ
had established His Church . . .
which St. Paul called "the pillar
and mainstay of the truth" . . . long
before any of the books of the
New Testament had been written.
The Savior did not command us
to re-ad anything, but He did com
mand us to hear His Church.
This does not mean, of course,
that the Bible is not extremely
valuable. It does mean, though,
that the Bible is not . . . and was
not intended to be . . . the sole
source of Christian teaching and
belief. The Church had existed
1600 years, in fact, before the
theory was advanced that the Bible
should be the sole guide to Chris
tian believers.
Early century Christians never
saw the complete Bible. It was 400
years after Christ died before the
books of the Bible were assembled
into their present form. And it was
1400 years before printing was in
dented and the mass distribution
of the Scriptures became possible.
If Christ had intended the Bible
to be the sole guide to His teach
ing, would He have allowed this
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delay permitting millions of peo
ple to die in ignorance of the
printed Word?
The answer is, of course, that
Christ established His Church to
carry on His mission and spread
His teaching. And while the Bible
is the inspired Word of God, there
arc certain truths taught and ex
emplified by Christ which it does
not record . . . which will be found
in the life, practice and teaching
of Christ's Church traditions dat
ing back to the days of the Apos
tles and ante-dating the printing
of the Bible.
If you have a genuine love for
the Bible, you should learn all
you can about it and how it must
be understood in relation to the
teachings of the Church. These
and many other interesting facts
are discussed in a pamphlet which
we will send you free, in a plain
wrapper, upon your request. And
nobody will call on you. Write to
dayask for Pamphlet No. FM-32.
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As Kovacs might sny,
wife Edie is
"a real looker."
moniu with complications, and spent 19 months
with his G-foot-2, 210-pound frame "laid out like
a slab of beef."
After recovery, Kovacs turned to the less
strenuous medium of radio in Trenton, alter
nating between on-the-spot news coverage and
disc jockeying. News work became as serious
as dramatics to him, but his disc-jockeying was
filled with wild improvisations of gags, com
ic commercials, and nonseuuitur interviews
through which Kovacs let off steam between his
"serious work." News reporting won Kovacs
awards, but the relaxed disc-jockey programs
won the audiences, and Kovacs reluctantly re
alized that if he was ever to hit the big time,
he'd have to commercialize his instinct for un
predictable comedy.
He had his own show in Philadelphia in
1951 when a promising, pert blonde named Edie
Adams auditioned as a singer. "I wish I could
say I was the big shot that hired her," Ernie
says, "but it was my show in name only the
producer had all the say. But Edie won him
over, too. Later on I did have something to say,
and I said it: 'Let's get married.'"
The couple married in Mexico City in 1954.
Edie spent more than two years as Kovacs' sing
ing star and addlebrained stooge, then her own
star soared in two consecutive Broadway hits,
"Wonderful Town" and "Li'l Abner." Ernie's own
career bogged down, however.
In 1957 Ernie turned to Hollywood and won a
succession of parts that reestablished him as a
top performer. His star statu:;, in turn, gave
television producers renewed confidence in
Kovacs' offbeat brand of humor, and he was given
carte blanche in producing, writing, and acting in
his own series of specials.
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Kippie 12, as well as Mia Susan, who is 2. Their
home is a sprawling mansion in Beverly Hills,
which the Kovacs have left infrequently in recent
years. "It's got more rooms than I can count,"
Ernie says, "and more servants than I care to pay,
but it's great for living."
What strikes Hollywood most about the man
sion, though, is the bizarre decor. Unlike other
film families who don't buy an ash tray without
consulting, an interior decorator, the Kovacs
have furnished their home with the same un
inhibited imagination they display on stage.
Each room is startlingly different, and some
rooms differ from wall to wall. "They go in for
various periods," a publicist explains, "and also
question marks and exclamation points."
But Ernie's cigar rises lancelike again when it's
suggested that his' home is a monstrous si:ht gag.
"We didn't buy brass leopards, armored suits,
and Early American to he funny," he insists. "We
just happen to like things like that. Honest, we
leave our nuttiness for working hours."
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