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... religion of the monarch , yet there are various reasons , both personal and political , which make it next to certain that the King of the Netherlands , and his successors , will always remain Protestants . harmony - that the Dutch and ...
... religion of the monarch , yet there are various reasons , both personal and political , which make it next to certain that the King of the Netherlands , and his successors , will always remain Protestants . harmony - that the Dutch and ...
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... religion ( for in Holland , where Catholics * and Protestants are intermixed , there is perfect agreement ) , but in the ... religious equa . lization . Time is necessary to complete what enlightened legislation begins ; -but Belgium may ...
... religion ( for in Holland , where Catholics * and Protestants are intermixed , there is perfect agreement ) , but in the ... religious equa . lization . Time is necessary to complete what enlightened legislation begins ; -but Belgium may ...
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... religious warfare , or for a longer period . In no country have religious fervor , dissension , and confliction , been carried to a greater length ; and no where might the mutual distrust and alarm , which arise from religious ...
... religious warfare , or for a longer period . In no country have religious fervor , dissension , and confliction , been carried to a greater length ; and no where might the mutual distrust and alarm , which arise from religious ...
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... 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 distinctions , and thus were all equally admitted to the privileges enjoyed in their ...
... 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 distinctions , and thus were all equally admitted to the privileges enjoyed in their ...
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... are equally jea- lous with ourselves of Papal interference in temporal matters . 3d . That the character of religion mainly depends upon that of the government . # During the first centuries of Christianity the successor of 12.
... are equally jea- lous with ourselves of Papal interference in temporal matters . 3d . That the character of religion mainly depends upon that of the government . # During the first centuries of Christianity the successor of 12.
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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.