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... present hour . It is a country to which the eyes of Protestants will readily be directed , because it was there that the Reforma- tion began . No country has been more the scene of religious warfare , or for a longer period . In no ...
... present hour . It is a country to which the eyes of Protestants will readily be directed , because it was there that the Reforma- tion began . No country has been more the scene of religious warfare , or for a longer period . In no ...
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... present , and , therefore , 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 ...
... present , and , therefore , 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 ...
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... present hour . The continual presence of a large coercive force , of itself a bar to all community of feeling , was necessary to preserve any thing like tranquillity in a discontented country . But , to the support of force , two ...
... present hour . The continual presence of a large coercive force , of itself a bar to all community of feeling , was necessary to preserve any thing like tranquillity in a discontented country . But , to the support of force , two ...
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... present case , it is justice , and expiation , and policy . Why should we hesitate ? What is our situa- tion now ? What would be our situation , were the question actually carried ? What are the grounds of mistrust , and those of ...
... present case , it is justice , and expiation , and policy . Why should we hesitate ? What is our situa- tion now ? What would be our situation , were the question actually carried ? What are the grounds of mistrust , and those of ...
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... present ? Do we fear the influence of Rome ? Let us remember , that at this moment there is a direct and constant communication kept up between the Catholics of Ireland and the See of Rome - an intercourse which , if ever danger- ous ...
... present ? Do we fear the influence of Rome ? Let us remember , that at this moment there is a direct and constant communication kept up between the Catholics of Ireland and the See of Rome - an intercourse which , if ever danger- ous ...
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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.