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... honour to those who framed it .. This is the glorious end of the history of the religious vicissitudes of Germany . Thus was the seal affixed to the Magna Charta of religion ! Thus were the followers of every sect relieved from all ...
... honour to those who framed it .. This is the glorious end of the history of the religious vicissitudes of Germany . Thus was the seal affixed to the Magna Charta of religion ! Thus were the followers of every sect relieved from all ...
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... honour and private morality : whilst the insulting atti- tude of Protestant ascendancy has perpetuated the narrowness of bigotry , and the rancour of irritation . The nation is divided into two great factions , in a constant state of ...
... honour and private morality : whilst the insulting atti- tude of Protestant ascendancy has perpetuated the narrowness of bigotry , and the rancour of irritation . The nation is divided into two great factions , in a constant state of ...
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... honour her for her dignity and her simplicity - I honour her both for what she has rejected and what she has kept for her form of worship , in which , more than in any other , the people join in prayer with the priest for her very ...
... honour her for her dignity and her simplicity - I honour her both for what she has rejected and what she has kept for her form of worship , in which , more than in any other , the people join in prayer with the priest for her very ...
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... honour and power . But there remains one source of unhappiness which afflicts a part of the empire a single blot to obscure the annals of illustrious times . Peace has its victories as well as war . The civic wreath is precious as the ...
... honour and power . But there remains one source of unhappiness which afflicts a part of the empire a single blot to obscure the annals of illustrious times . Peace has its victories as well as war . The civic wreath is precious as the ...
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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.