Prose and Verse, Humorous, Satirical, and Sentimental
by Thomas Moore
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781152696907
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 edition. Excerpt: ...even in his dogmatic decisions of faith (Eeeves Christian Church), has been lately revived, in its full extent, by that greatest of all statesmen and warriors, Buonaparte. 3 Doctor Bramhall thus states the liberties of the Eoman Catholic Church of England: When the kings of England owned the Popes spiritual authority, his decrees had no force of laws without the confirmation of the king. The Kings of England suffered no appeals to Eome out of their kingdoms, nor Eoman legates to enter their dominions without their licence, and declared the Popes bulls to be otherwise void.--Just Vmdicatwn of the Church of England, vol. i. this objection, I must urge somewhat farther a point to which I have already adverted, and entreat of you to consider whether a Protestant government is not abundantly warranted in its suspicion of Papal influence1 by the jealous apprehension with which Roman Catholic sovereigns have at all times endeavoured to control and resist its inroads; and whether you are not guilty of something worse than charlatanry in recommending to others, as harmless and even salutary, what you have constantly rejected as unnerving and poisonous yourselves. If this influence be baneful under monarchs of your own religion, it must work with tenfold virulence where the government is of an opposite faith; and where, to the restless spirit of intrigue, the strong ascendency over conscience, and the alienating claims of a spiritual allegiance2 which render it so formidable in the former case, are added the diversity of interests, the warmth of anti-heretical zeal, and the ambition of proselytism, which must invariably actuate it in the latter. 1 I have purposely refrained from urging the very obvious argument with which the present state...
| ISBN-13 | 9781152696907 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1152696904 |
| Weight | 0.90 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.62 In |
| List Price | $23.65 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 274 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-01-01 |
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