print. There are twenty-four attractive, full-page miniatures in color from a thirteenth-century German manuscript. The high calibre of the work throughout and its thoughtful presentation are impressive. "It is not," the Foreword states, "a casual mass book which one picks up and takes to church without a preview." Rather it is intended to stimulate serious study of the mass, a practice that individuals and families will find most rewarding. Every mass has its own biblical theme by which the various prayers of the mass are interpreted. This theme is carefully explained and the scriptural background given. Psalm texts, only partially given in the mass, are extended. References to the Bible are given frequently to encourage the reader to further study on his own. The commentaries, which give added meaning and depth to the texts, are largely the work of Dom Thierry Maertens. "Intention Prayers" are given for the greater celebrations. They are based on the medieval "instruction prayers" which were used on days when no sermon was given. They are usually applications of the mass theme to different aspects of Church life. A simple melody is given for those congregations who would like to sing them. For the feast of the Exaltation of the True Cross, September 14th, we find the following intentions: 1. That the holy Church of God be able to carry the Cross, the sign of the Redeemer, to all men: we pray to our Lord. 2. That missionaries bring all nations to know that their growth and happiness are secured by the mystery of the Cross: we pray to our Lord. 3. That Christians who suffer put their hope in the glory which shines from the Cross: we pray to our Lord. Some criticism must be made. In the sanctoral cycle, for example, most of the proper masses are not fully given. The proper Oration, Epistle, Gospel, Secret, and Postcommunion are found, but the reader is referred to the Common for the rest of the mass. A glance at the feasts of Our Lady reveals that the complete mass for the Assumption and Purification are given, but not the new mass for the Annunciation or for the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. Why are the proper Introit, Gradual, Tract, Alleluia and Communion omitted from so many masses? It is not because the missal is designed for use in the home only and not in church. Even if this were true the whole mass formulary should be given when it is proper. The new missal, however, is in fact intended for use in church, since pages 926-967 are devoted to suggestions, the Editors tell us, on "how to use the missal in church.” Perhaps future editions will correct this deficiency. On the feast of St. Joseph, March 19th, there is no reference to its proper preface, although it is found on the feast of St. Joseph, May 1st. A few more ribbons would help considerably. The monks of St. Andrew's Abbey deserve our gratitude. Their new missal is well done and should be of great value to the Christian seeking to participate actively in the celebration of the Eucharist. By so doing the words of Pope Pius XII may be fulfilled: "It is desirable that all the faithful should . . . participate in the eucharistic sacrifice. . . that they may be united as closely as possible with the High Priest, according to the apostle, 'Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus' (Phil. 2:5).” VARIA EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS. The thirty-eighth International Eucharistic Congress will be held in Bombay, India, in November, 1964. Bishops Longinus G. Pereira and William Gomes, Auxiliary Bishops of Bombay, have appealed "for an earnest and sustained spiritual preparation." The success of the Congress is not to be measured by externals, the Bishops observe, but "by the intensity of eucharistic piety lived by the participants." At the same time the Sodalities of Our Lady will hold their world congress from November 28th to December 6th. THE THIRTY-NINE ARTICLES. The Rev. John Pearce-Higgins, Anglican clergyman of Southwark, England, caused considerable stir recently at his installation as Canon and Vice Provost of the Cathedral, when he labled the Thirty-Nine Articles as "a fossil embedded in the Constitution of the Church of England." Compiled after the Reformation, the Articles are short summaries of dogma which attempt to define the Anglican position in relation to the controversies of the sixteenth century. They avoid narrow. definitions and admit of various interpretations. Since 1865 the clergy have been required to assent to them as they are found in the Book of Common Prayer. Mr. Pearce-Higgins protested "the duty and necessity" of assenting to them. He cited in his defense the former Bishop of Southwark and Archbishop of York, Dr. Cyril Garbett: "The Thirty-Nine Articles are in many cases ambiguous and incompatible with modern knowledge." CATHOLIC HOSPITALS. An extremely useful booklet for administrators of Catholic hospitals is Canon Law for Hospitals by Father Francis Korth, S.J. It is the result of a detailed study of Catholic hospitals. It includes discussion of ecclesiastical property, superiors and administration, responsibility for debts, pious foundations, dowry funds, and patrimony. There is a glossary and a topical, cross-referenced index. It is available from the Catholic Hospital Association of the United States and Canada, St. Louis. The price is $1.50. EDGAR SCHMIEDELER, O.S.B. On June 8th, Father Edgar Schmiedeler, O.S.B., died at the age of seventy. A frequent contributor to The American Ecclesiastical Review, he was known for his long years of work as director of the Family Life Bureau at the National Catholic Welfare Conference. He was at one time on the faculty of The Catholic University of America and appeared several times on the Catholic Hour and the Church of the Air. He wrote numerous booklets on rural life, agricultural economics, co-operatives, and the family. Among his books are: A Better Rural Life (1938), The Sacred Bond (1940), and Marriage and the Family (1946). The Catholic University of America DOM PATRICK GRANFIELD Book Reviews THE SCHOOL QUESTION: a Bibliography on Church-State Relationships in American Education 1940-1960. Compiled by Brother Edmond G. Drouin, F. I. C. Washington, D. C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 1963. Pp. xxi + 261. $7.50. The problem of education and religion or education with religion or even education without religion (as some would doubtless prefer) is seemingly a perennial and complicated one which has generated as much literature as it has warmth. Reducing this undigested, hard to come by, and miscellaneous information and misinformation to something resembling a related whole is a task which demands no little patience, bibliographical skill, and large doses of fortitude. Brother Drouin has manfully taken upon himself this formidable labor and compiled a splendid and scholarly bibliography which must be the latest and most definitive thing of its kind within the limits he has widely set for himself. This book will undoubtedly serve as a model for bibliographical tools of this sort. If one were to cavil at anything or demur slightly he would have to object to the mountains of information contained in this carefully conceived and scrupulously executed work. In order to place the entire school question in its proper perspective Brother Drouin begins his work with an introductory chapter which is actually a bibliographical survey or summary which traces the course of Church-State relations in the United States. In the eleven successive chapters and the five appendices he has provided "a classified approach to the literature written about the education phase of Church-State relationships in the United States, especially from 19401960." Where material is available he has not hesitated to go back beyond 1940 to provide a comprehensive coverage of this all-embracing subject. These bibliographical items include 1,300 entries and embrace such diverse materials as books, pamphlets, articles in periodicals, book reviews, unpublished dissertations and the decisions of the state and federal courts with respect to the questions and heated controversies which education can and does provoke. Education and religion are apparently everybody's province and in order to make the record complete Brother Drouin has included all "significant positions-religious, secular, 'liberal,' nondenominational, and denominational." Moreover, he was not content to cover only the fields of religion, education and law. He has also ferreted out material in the general sources which often voice the vigorous support or opposition of the common man, who may not always be right but nonetheless does not hesitate to speak out his mind. Altogether, this is a conscientious and scholarly work deserving of the highest praise for its objectivity, inclusiveness and usefulness. An artistically designed cover enhances the appeal of this much needed work. Though expensive, no reference or education collection can afford to be without it. PATRICK MULLINS, C.M. THE EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCH, ITS THOUGHT AND LIFE. By Ernst Benz. Translated from the German by Richard and Clara Winston. Chicago: Aldine Publishing Company, 1963. Pp. 230. $5.00. In this brief sketch of the Orthodox Church, Dr. Benz, a contemporary German Protestant theologian, outlines the liturgy and sacraments, dogma, constitution and law of Eastern Orthodoxy. He gives a short history of the various National and Schismatic Churches, especially the Greek and Russian. He describes the difference between Eastern and Western monasticism and discusses Orthodox culture, its ethical and political ideas. The greatest quality of the work is that the author tries to show the difference between Eastern and Western thinking, and he tries to clear up the confusion that has arisen from a too close comparison between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. His explanation of the importance of icons in the Eastern Church and of how iconography has affected their doctrine and art is especially enlightening. From a Catholic point of view, when the author makes reference to the Roman Catholic Church he often slants his remarks, many of them true in themselves but leaving a false impression because of context or lack of explanation. Some of his statements can hardly be defended at all. Because of a modernistic approach he says on p. 58 that "The dogmas concerning Jesus Christ also derive from spontaneous religious experiences of the primitive Church." No good Hebrew scholar could possibly accept his statement on p. 61 that the use of the word "Woman" when Jesus addresses his mother is "by Jewish standards unusually insulting." Dr. Benz makes another statement about Our Lady on p. 62 which is offensive to Catholic theology: "In Roman Catholic Mariology the Blessed Virgin Mary is identified with heavenly wisdom; that is to say, the process of deification of the Mother of God has gone a step further, Mary being equated with |