The Place Of Religion In Education From The Standpoint Of Roman Catholic

ABSTRACT

The many investigations made into the nature of man have

resul ter1 in some definite findings; one of them is that his visible

appear-ance has the shape of a functioning organism. This

part is called the hOdy of man. How this body appeared on e ar-Ll ,

how it reached its present harmonious development, hoy: lone man

has existed, these and other Queries it is not the l'urpose of

this thesis to answer- or «ven to consider.In this work man Vin:

he dealt with as he is known to-day: that most popuI a r- and best

known Lf.v Lng being with its head, its body, its arms, its legs,

and its other parts, all haVing the shape and doing those things

that have been associFted with them since the dawn of his history

on this earth. A very legitimate Question concerning the existence of man

may reasonably be asked at the very beginning of an examination

of man's life. ~hy does he exipt? In other words, does he ful·

fil a definite function in the evolution of t he universe? It

would seem that without hi~il the trees a11