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... give their judgment fair play . It is long before they discover that they have mistaken the dictates of passion for those of reason — and that the fears which they still entertain , apply to circumstances which have long ceased to exist ...
... give their judgment fair play . It is long before they discover that they have mistaken the dictates of passion for those of reason — and that the fears which they still entertain , apply to circumstances which have long ceased to exist ...
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... that unhappy country . If the monks and the inquisition are popular in Spain , it is because the grandee may tremble , but the peasant escapes - and because the go- vernment has so long commanded its subjects to give implicit 18.
... that unhappy country . If the monks and the inquisition are popular in Spain , it is because the grandee may tremble , but the peasant escapes - and because the go- vernment has so long commanded its subjects to give implicit 18.
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Henry Gally Knight. vernment has so long commanded its subjects to give implicit obedience to the church , that , by this time , the church has acquired a supremacy inconvenient even to the monarch . - The machi- nations of a narrow ...
Henry Gally Knight. vernment has so long commanded its subjects to give implicit obedience to the church , that , by this time , the church has acquired a supremacy inconvenient even to the monarch . - The machi- nations of a narrow ...
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... gives hopes for the future . It is impossible for an Englishman not to blush when he looks back upon the treat- ment which Ireland has experienced at the hands of England . The heads of this chap- ter , from the days of Henry II . to ...
... gives hopes for the future . It is impossible for an Englishman not to blush when he looks back upon the treat- ment which Ireland has experienced at the hands of England . The heads of this chap- ter , from the days of Henry II . to ...
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... give to the two nations . one character , one mind , and one heart - is to follow up the partial repeal of the Penal Laws , by the removal of all remaining disabilities . Equal rights to Christians of every persuasion , is justice every ...
... give to the two nations . one character , one mind , and one heart - is to follow up the partial repeal of the Penal Laws , by the removal of all remaining disabilities . Equal rights to Christians of every persuasion , is justice every ...
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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.