Historical Memoirs Respecting the English, Irish, and Scottish Catholics: From the Reformation, to the Present Time, Volume 4John Murray, 1821 - Church and state |
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Page 122 - ... a Liberty to Tender Consciences and that no man shall be disquieted or called in question for differences of opinion in matters of religion which do not disturb the peace of the kingdom...
Page 501 - ... Bread and Wine into the Body and Blood of Christ, at or after the Consecration thereof by any person -whatsoever ; and that the Invocation or Adoration of the Virgin Mary or any other Saint, and the Sacrifice of the mass as they are now used in the CHurch of Rome are Superstitious and Idolatrous.
Page 500 - I, AB, do swear, That I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position, that Princes excommunicated or deprived by the Pope, or any authority of the See of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever.
Page 467 - And I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, preeminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm : So help me God.
Page 456 - An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown, and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject...
Page 455 - Christ, at or after the consecration thereof by any person whatsoever ; and that the invocation or adoration of the Virgin Mary or any other saint, and the sacrifice of the mass as they are now used in the church of Rome, are superstitious and idolatrous.
Page 212 - Tis nothing thou hast given ; then add thy tears For a long race of unrepenting years : 'Tis nothing yet, yet all thou hast to give : Then add those may-be years thou hast to live : Yet nothing still : then poor and naked come, Thy Father will receive his unthrift home, And thy blest Saviour's blood discharge the mighty sum...
Page 516 - That as men and as Irishmen, as Christians and as Protestants, we rejoice in the relaxation of the penal laws against our Roman Catholic fellow-subjects, and that we conceive the measure to be fraught with the happiest consequences to the union and prosperity of the inhabitants of Ireland.
Page 223 - THE Church hath power to decree Rites or Ceremonies, and authority in Controversies of Faith : And yet it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word written, neither may it so expound one place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another. Wherefore, although the Church be a witness and a keeper of holy Writ, yet, as it ought not to decree...
Page 466 - Porchester moved, as an amendment, that the Bill should be read a second time that day six months.