A Portraiture of the Roman Catholic Religion: Or, an Unprejudiced Sketch of the History, Doctrines, Opinions, Discipline, and Present State of Catholicism : with an Appendix Containing a Summary of the Laws Now in Force Against English and Irish Catholics |
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Page 436
repeat , that such a spirit and conduct are directly opposed to the religion of the
Roman Catholic Church . * To talk , therefore , of the Church as a persecuting
Church , is to libel and defame the religion of our ancestors . If this were not the
case ...
repeat , that such a spirit and conduct are directly opposed to the religion of the
Roman Catholic Church . * To talk , therefore , of the Church as a persecuting
Church , is to libel and defame the religion of our ancestors . If this were not the
case ...
Page 459
The special prayers applied by prelates and religious men to one person , profit
him no more than the general ones . 20 . He that giveth alms to fryars is tbereby
excommunicate . 21 . He that enters the private religion , either of the possessing
...
The special prayers applied by prelates and religious men to one person , profit
him no more than the general ones . 20 . He that giveth alms to fryars is tbereby
excommunicate . 21 . He that enters the private religion , either of the possessing
...
Page 465
How far opposition to religious innovations is justifiable , is not our business to
discuss . But . the experience of ages evinces the fact ; and in dissimilar
circumstances , Mr . Wesley has made the trial . In kingdoms , where , as in the
Roman ...
How far opposition to religious innovations is justifiable , is not our business to
discuss . But . the experience of ages evinces the fact ; and in dissimilar
circumstances , Mr . Wesley has made the trial . In kingdoms , where , as in the
Roman ...
Page 480
able branch of the religion of Catholics . It is , however , no such thing . That
religion had existed many centuries before that hellish tribunal was thought of . It
was an engine of state persecution , and took cognizance of other matters beside
...
able branch of the religion of Catholics . It is , however , no such thing . That
religion had existed many centuries before that hellish tribunal was thought of . It
was an engine of state persecution , and took cognizance of other matters beside
...
Page 491
2 . arose also the distinction , between papists and persons professing the popish
religion , and popish recusants , and popish recusants convict . Notwithstanding
the frequent mention in the statutes of papists and persons professing the ...
2 . arose also the distinction , between papists and persons professing the popish
religion , and popish recusants , and popish recusants convict . Notwithstanding
the frequent mention in the statutes of papists and persons professing the ...
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Page 335 - I do declare, that I do not believe that the Pope of Rome, or any other foreign prince, prelate, person, state, or potentate, hath or ought to have any temporal or civil jurisdiction, power, superiority or pre-eminence, directly or indirectly, within this realm.
Page 336 - ... the Pope or any other authority or person whatsoever, or without any hope of any such dispensation from any person or authority whatsoever, or without thinking that I am or can be acquitted before God or man or absolved of this declaration or any part thereof, although the Pope or any other person or persons or power whatsoever should dispense with or annul the same, or declare that it was null and void from the beginning.
Page 335 - ... is and stands limited to, the Princess Sophia, electress and duchess dowager of Hanover, and the heirs of her body, being protestants ; hereby utterly renouncing and abjuring any obedience or allegiance unto any other person claiming, or pretending a right to, the crown of...
Page 334 - I AB do sincerely promise and swear, That I will be faithful, and bear true allegiance, to their Majesties King William and Queen Mary: So help me God.
Page 341 - Majesty's subjects from their oath of allegiance, upon any pretext whatsoever ? 3. Is there any principle in the tenets of the Catholic Faith, by which Catholics are justified in not keeping faith with heretics, or other persons differing from them in religious opinions, in any transaction, either of a public or a private nature ? The Universities answered unanimously — 1.
Page xiii - Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast : for it is the number of a man ; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
Page 303 - Is any man sick among you ? Let him bring in the priests of the Church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord, and the prayer of faith shall save the sick man ; and the Lord shall raise him up : and if he be in sins, they shall be forgiven him...
Page 167 - Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
Page 306 - I profess, likewise, that in the Mass there is offered to God a true, proper, and propitiatory sacrifice for the living and the dead : and that in the most holy Sacrament of the Eucharist there is truly, really, and substantially the Body and Blood, together with the Soul and Divinity, of our Lord Jesus Christ...
Page 339 - I also declare that it is not an article of the Catholic faith, neither am I thereby required to believe or profess, that the Pope is infallible...
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| Title | A Portraiture of the Roman Catholic Religion: Or, an Unprejudiced Sketch of the History, Doctrines, Opinions, Discipline, and Present State of Catholicism : with an Appendix Containing a Summary of the Laws Now in Force Against English and Irish Catholics |
| Author | Joseph Nightingale |
| Publisher | Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 9 Aug 2006 |
| Length | 547 pages |
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