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... Irish Catholics , though goaded by repeated oppressions , never assisted either Pretender , whilst the Scotch Presbyte- rians armed in their cause . Let us remember that , in more recent times , the Catholics of Prussia rushed forth ...
... Irish Catholics , though goaded by repeated oppressions , never assisted either Pretender , whilst the Scotch Presbyte- rians armed in their cause . Let us remember that , in more recent times , the Catholics of Prussia rushed forth ...
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... Irish people , and the peculiar character of their catholicism . It cannot be denied that the Irish 25.
... Irish people , and the peculiar character of their catholicism . It cannot be denied that the Irish 25.
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... Irish people are what they are , and could be no other , in consequence of the manner in which they have been governed . Centuries of ill usage have formed the character of the people , and of their religion . This ground has often been ...
... Irish people are what they are , and could be no other , in consequence of the manner in which they have been governed . Centuries of ill usage have formed the character of the people , and of their religion . This ground has often been ...
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... Irish till the reign of Elizabeth , when an attempt at insurrection led the way to more complete subjection . Oppression and cruelty prevented the success of the attempt to ex- tend the Reformation to Ireland . It was natural for the Irish ...
... Irish till the reign of Elizabeth , when an attempt at insurrection led the way to more complete subjection . Oppression and cruelty prevented the success of the attempt to ex- tend the Reformation to Ireland . It was natural for the Irish ...
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... Irish , according to law , was begun under William III . , completed under the reign of Anne , and maintained , with additions , till the reign of George III . At the very time that England was securing to herself the bless- ings of ...
... Irish , according to law , was begun under William III . , completed under the reign of Anne , and maintained , with additions , till the reign of George III . At the very time that England was securing to herself the bless- ings of ...
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Page 47 - I do hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure any intention to subvert the present Church Establishment as settled by law within this Realm. And I do solemnly swear that I never will exercise any privilege to which I am or may become entitled to disturb or weaken the Protestant religion or Protestant government in the United Kingdom.
Page 50 - I believe, that no act in itself unjust, immoral, or wicked, can ever be justified or excused by or under pretence or colour, that it was done either for the good of the church, or in obedience to any ecclesiastical power whatsoever.
Page 50 - Catholics, or in the doctrines of the Church of Rome, any law or principle which makes it lawful for Catholics to break their faith with heretics, or others of a different persuasion from themselves, in matters of religion, either in public or private concerns.
Page 53 - This is the catholic faith : which except a man believe faithfully he cannot be saved.
Page 44 - March, 1789." (Signed in due form.) " UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN. " The Faculty of Divinity at Louvain, having been requested to give her opinion upon the questions above stated, does it with readiness ; but struck with astonishment that such questions should, at the end of this eighteenth century, be proposed to any learned body by inhabitants of a kingdom that glories in the talents and discernment of its natives.
Page 17 - The Concordat might, be abolished, and " the right would still remain. It is inherent in the French monarchs from "" the commencement of their monarchy. It is an essential appendage of " the crown; kings appoint because they are kings. The instant the '* church acquired a civil existence, its dignities became real magistracies, **" the disposal of which necessarily belongs to the sovereign, as they are a " delegated portion of the supreme power, and protected by the laws, and
Page 51 - God, are previous and indispensable requisites to establish a well-founded expectation of forgiveness ; and that any person who receives absolution without these previous requisites, so far from obtaining thereby any remission of his sins, incurs the additional guilt of violating a sacrament...
Page 51 - FORGIVE, they are forgiven. (John xx. 23.) But no actual sin can be forgiven at the mere will of any Pope, or any priest, or any person whomsoever, without a sincere sorrow for having offended God, and a firm resolution to avoid future guilt, and to atone for past transgressions.