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nrm: Krone 6 H A IV1 ER IC AN. it READ AND COMPARE T A, P. A. Principle With the; Canon Law and Several Oaths of th Ro man Catholic Church, ft4 Then Jud( far Vourlf Which H Ihs Tru Spirit of Amrknim In Them, lh A. P. A. Principle or th Diabolical Obligations Taaan by flomt'l Minion a. A. 1. A. Trim I plii. The following am I ho divlaratlnna of prin ciples adptl I'jr tho National Conn, II of th A. 1'. A. at lVMoln.i "Loyalty to true Auicrli-aiilHiii, which sow neither tilrtli. pl, r i', mini, nur fart y, la tiir-Hral riNjiilri'iiii'nt (or iik'iiiIh t hip In the AiiKTloaii I'rouvtlve Aaaorlullon "Th Aiuvrlran l'rotHtlv Aurlatlon Is aot a political party, ami dors nut control lbs political affiliations of 1U mi nil'!-; tiut It ta-lu't tlu'iii to Iw lnti'iiM'ly hi'IIvk In tin' lai'hargo of their political ilutlin 111 or out f party lllu', Ihh-bumi It livllf vc that all problems confronting our pi-oplo will lw bound solid by a cohx-Ii nllou discharge of the duties of i'ltlr,iii-lilp hy every Individual. "While tolerant of all creed. It holds tint, subjection and support to any political power aot controlled by Atnerlrun citizens, anil whlchclHltitseoual If not greater sovereignty ihan the government of I lie I'llHecl Mate, la Irreconcilable with Aiuerlcan citluiinlilp. It la, therefore, oppowd to I ho holding of olllcea In Hate or national government by any sub ject or (upMirttr of audi tvclehltmilcul power. "We uphold the coiiMtltutlon of Ihe United tales of America, and no purl km of It more than lta guarantee of religious lllHrty, but hold tills religious liberty to be guaran teed to the Individual, and not to mean that Under Its pi .nwtUm any uu-Aincrleiiu ecoles laatlcal power can claim any absolute con trol over the education of children, growing wp under the stars and strlMs. "We consider the non-aoctnrlan free public school the bulwark of American Institutions, the beat place for the education of Aiuerlcan Children. To keep them luch, we protest agalnat the employment of subject of any n-Amerlcan ecclesiastical power a olllcers r teacher of our public school. "We condemn the support out of the pub lic treaaury by direct appropriation or by Contract of any aectarlan achool, reform atory or other Institution not owned and Controlled by public authority. "Relieving that exemption from taxation U equivalent to a grant of public fund, we Asmand that no real or personal propert y be exempt from taxation, the title to which la aot vested In the national or at ate govern ment, or In any of their aub-dlvlslona. "We protest against the enlistment In the (Jolted States army, navy, or the militia of any state, of any person not an actual citizen Of the United Stale. "We demand for the protection of our cltl en laborer the prohibition of the Importa tion of pauper labor, and the restriction of all Immigration to person who cannot show pelr ability and honest Intention to become .lf-supportliig Amerl an cllltens. "We demand the change of the naturaliza tion law by a repeal or the act authorizing th naturalization of minors, without a pre vious declaration of intention, and by pro viding that no alien shall be naturalized or permitted to vote In any state In the union who cannot apeak the language of the laud, tad who cannot prove seven years' consecu tive residence In thl country from the date f hi declaration of lit Intention. "We protest against the gross negligent and laxity with which the Judiciary of out land administer the present naturalization law, and against the practice of naturallz lag alien at the expense of committees 01 Candidates as the most prolific source of the present prostitution of American citizenship te the basest uses. "We demand that all hospitals, asylums, reformatories, or other Institutions In whicti people are under restraint, be at all times object to pubMc Inspection, whether they are maintained by the public or by private Corporations or Individuals. "We demand that all national or state legislation affecting financial, commercial or Industrial Interests be general In character and In no Instance In favor of anyone sec tion of the country, or anyone class of the people," Cannon I.iur. L The constitution of princes are not uperlor, but subordinate to ecclesiastical Constitutions. I. The laws of the emperor cannot dis solve the ecclesiastical or canon laws. I It Is not law ful for an emperor to exact anything opposed to the apostolic rules. 4. It Is not lawful for kings to usurp the things that belong to priests. 1 No custom of anyone can thwart the tatutes of the popes. 4. Let no resistance be offered to the apostolic (canon) precepts, but let them be alutlferlously fulfilled. T The yoke Imposed by the holy see Is to W borne, though It appear Intolerable and Insupportable. t. The pontiff can neither be loosed no bound by the sular power. 9. That the Pont iff was called Ood by the pious Prince Const amine, and that as god he cannot be Judged as man. 10. That as god ho Is far above tne reach f all human law and Judgment. II. That all laws contrary to the canons and decrees of the Roman prelates aro of no force. 12. That all of the ordinances of the pope re unhesitatingly to be obeyed. 13. We ought not even to speak to one whom the pope has ex -communicated. U. Priests are fathers and masters, even f princes, 15. The civil law Is derived from man, but the ecclesiastical or canon law la derived directly from God, by which the pontiff can. In connection with his prelates, make con stitutions for the whole christian world. In natters spiritual, concerning the salvation f souls, and the right government of the Church; and If necessary Judge and dispose f all the temporal goods of all christians. IC. A heretic, holding or teaching false loctrloe concerning the eacranicnU, Is ex communicated and degraded, and handed ver to the secular court. IT. Secular princes unwilling to swear to f efend the church against heretics are ex Dommunicated, and they are laid under an Interdict. Is. The goods of heretics are to be con lacated and applied to the church. 19. Advocates or notaries, fjivotlag here tics, or their defenders, or pleading for them a law suits, or writing documents for them, Mtt Infamous and suspended from office. SO, The secular powers, whether perma nent or temporary, are bound to sweat that they will exterminate, according to their power, til heretics condemned by thechurchi and a temporal lord not purging hi land of ere tics, la ex-communlcated. U. Those signed with the cross for the ex- termination of hen-lira, rejoice In the privi lege granted to to the crusaders for the help of the holy land. tl They are absolved from all obligations who an In any wiee bound to uerellcs. it. Whoever dies In ball la against the unlH-llevliii:, merita the kingdom of heave. 24. We do not e.U i lu llmse homli-le to whom It may have happened In tttrlr seal for their mother church against the ei-couiuiu-ulcausl, to kill aoine of them. t Thai Catholic I'rlmvs are bound, both byclvll andcominoa law. not to rtvelveor tolerate heretlca, ami much more are not to permit their rites, or other exercise of their religion, or rather, their fli sect, but are iii.wt solemnly bound everywhere, to repel and expel them. M. The following temporal punishments are to be enforced on heretics; 1st Infamy, and the consequent dl-iuallflcHtlon for all civil act. 2nd-lntealalillliy, a well active a passive (that is. they can neither make nor will Inherit what Is left to them by others), Srd Los of paternal power over children. 4th-Los of dowry, and other privilege granted to women SlhOontlaca tlou of all good. otli--Tlinl vassals and slave and other are free from all, even sworn obligation due to their lord or an other. ?th--( 'iipllal corporal punishment, especially death, and perpetual Imprison ment, 27. The canon law forbids all toleration. 2s. That metropolitan and bishops are to ex-oominuulcute hi in who grant liberty of conscience. SB. No oath Is to tie kept toward heretic prince, lords or other. 'Ml Heretics ,ir to be deprived of all Civil and paternal rights. 31. The pope can absolve from all oath. XI Kvery bishop Is ordinary Judge In a cause of heresy. The reason Is because the bishops can ex-olll.-lo, and ought to extirpate heretics, and Inlllct upon them the due pun ishments, and to this are bound on pain of deposition, llesldes, are the Inquisitors es pecially deputed by the apostolic see. Kvery bishop In hi diocese Is thought to be, and In reality Is, a natural lugulsitor, (liter ally born Inquisitor), so as to have the same power with those already mentioned In a cause of heresy, 33. In every promissory eath, although absolutely taken, there are certain condi tion t acitly understood, amongst which are: 1st If I can; 2nd To save the right and authority of a superior) 3rd When the oath suppose the honor of the apostolic see to be Illicit. U4. That the council of Trent, (the last and great authority of Home), decrees and com mand that the sacred canons and all gen eral councils, also the other apostolic enact ment Issued In favor of ecclesiastical per son of ecclesiastical liberty, and against Its violators, allot which by this present decree It renews, and must be exactly observed by all. Cardinal'.- Oath. .cardinal of the lloiy Roman "I, church, do promise and swear that, from this time to the end of my life, I will be faithful and obedient unto St. Peter, the holy apos tolic Roman church, and our most holy lord, the pope of Rome, and his successors, canon ical! y and lawfully elected: that I will give no advice, consent or assistance against the pontifical majesty and person; that I will never knowingly and advisedly, to their In Jury or disgrace, make public the councils entrusted to me by themselves, or by mes sengers or letters; also that I will give them any assistance in retaining, defending and recovering the Roman papacy and the regalia of Peter, with all my might and endeavor, so far as the right and privileges or my order will allow It, and will defend them against all their honor and state, and I will direct and defend, with duo form and honor, the legates and nuuclos of the apostolic see, In the territories, churches, monasteries and other benefices committed to my keeping; and I will cordially co-operate with them and treat them with honor in their coming, abiding and returning, and that I will resist unto blood all persons whatsoever who shall at tempt anything against them. That I will, by every way and by every means strive to preserve, augment and advance the rights, honors, privileges, the authority of the Holy Roman bishop, our lord the pope and his before mentioned successors, and that, at whatever time any thing shall be decided to their prejudice, which Is outof my power to hinder, as soon as 1 shall know that any steps or measures have been takeu In the matter, 1 will make It known to the same, our lord or his successors, or some ot her per son by whose means It may be brought to their knowledge. That I will keep and carry out and cause others to keep and carry out the rules of the holy father, the decrees ordinances, dispensations, reservations. pro visions, apostolic mandates and constitu tions of the Holy Father Sextus, of happy memory, as to visiting the thresholds of the apostles at certain prescribed times, accord ing to the tenor of that which I have Just read through, That I will seek out and op pose, persecute and tight (omnl conatu per secuturum pt lmpugnaturutu) against here tics or schismatics who oppose out lord, the pope of Rome, and his beforo-mentloued suc cessors, and this I will do with every possible effort." t (Signature) then sent to the pope. Bishop's Oath. "I, , elect of the diocese, from henceforward will be faithful and obedient to St. Peter the Apostle and to the Holy Roman church, and to our lord, the holy pope of Homo, and to his suc cessors, canonically entering, I will neither advise, consent nor do anything that they may lose life or member, or that their per sons may be seized, or hands la anywise laid upon them, or any Injuries offered to them, under any pretence whatsoever. The coun sel with which they shall Intrust me by them selves, their messengers or letters, I will not knowingly reveal to any, to their prejudice, I will help them to defend aud keep the Ro man papacy and the royalties of St. Peter against all men. The legau. of the apostolic see, going and coming, 1 will honorably treat and help In his necessities. The rights, honors, privileges and authority of the Holy Roman church of our lord, the pope, and his aforesaid successors, I will endeavor to pre serve, defend. Increase and advance. I will not be in any counsel, action or treaty. In which shall be plotted against our said lord and Roman church, anything to the hurt or prejudice of their persons, rights honor, state or power, and, if I shall know any such thing to be treated or agitated by any wnatsover, I will hinder It to my utmost, and as soon as I can, I will signify it to our lord. The ordi nance and mandates of the pope, 1 will ob serve with all my might and cause to be ob served by others. "Heretics, schismatics and rebels to our said lord or his successors, I will to my ' most persecute and oppose. "Heretlcos, schlsmatlcos et re belles eldem Domino oostro vel successorlbus predict pro posse persoquar et oppugn bo." "I will come to a council whei, ara called, I will visit the threshold of the apostles every three years and give an account of our lord of all my pastoral office and of the things belonging to my diocese, to the dis cipline of my rieigy ami people. I will In like manner humbly rvrrlve and diligently rxm-utn the apixUillc commands. If I am detained by a lawful Impediment, 1 will per form the aforesaid by a iiieiiilx-r of my chap ter or a priest of my ill.-ee, fully Instructed In all thing alsvt im-nlioiKHl. The pnsi lon belonging to my table. I will neither sell nor otherwise alienate without consult ing the Roman pontiff. to lit Ip me Uod and these holy go-pels of God." I (Hgnature). rVnt to the Romish Manager. l'rl.-st'H Oath. , now In the presence of 1- Almighty (jod, the blessed Virgin Mary, the blessed Michael the Archangel, the bU-mod St, John the linptlst, the Holy Apisttlca St. I'ett-r and Su Paul aud the rUliilaand the Stic red Hunt of Heaven, and to you. my lord, 1 do de.'laru from my he trt, without mental reservation that the poMi I Christ' vfcar gcucral and Is the true and only head of the universal church throughout the earth, and that, by virtue of the key of binding and loosing given to his holiness by Jesus Christ ho ha power to depose heretical kings, princes, states, commonwealths and govern ments, all being Illegal without hi sacred confirmation, and that they may safely be destroyed. Therefore to the utmost of my power, 1 will defeud this dis'trlne and hi holiness' rights ami customs uitlnst all Usurpers of the Protestant authority what soever, especially against the now pi-etendud authority and church In Kuglaud and ail ad herents, in regard that they be usurpal and heretical, opposing the sacred mother of the church of Rome. "I do denounce and disown any ulleglance as due to any Protestant king, prince or slate or obedience to any of their Inferior oflicers. 1 do further declare the doctrine of the church of Kugland, of the C'alvlnists, Huguenots and other Protestants, to be damnable aud those to be damned who will not forsake the same. "1 do further declare that t will help, assist and advise all or any of his holiness' ageuts in any place wherever I shall be, aud to do my utmost to extirpate t ie Protestant doc trluo aud to destroy all their pretended power, regal orotherwlse. 1 do further prom ise aud declare that, notwithstanding I may be permitted by dispensation to assume any heretical religion tl'rolest ant denominations) for the propagation of the mother church's Interest, to keep secret and private all her agents' counsels as they entrust me, and not to divulge, directly or indirectly, by word, writing or circumstances whatsoever, but to execute all which shall be proposed, given In charge or discovered unto me by you, my most reverend lord and bishop. 'All of which I, , do swear by the blessed Trinity and blessed Sacrament which 1 am about to receive, to perform on my part to keep Inviolably, and do call on all the Heavenly and Ulorlous Host of Heaven to witness my real Intentions to keep this my oath. 'In testimony whereof I take this most holy and blessed Sucramentof the Eucharist, aud wltuess the same further with my con secrated hand, In the presence of my holy bishop aud all the priests who assist him In my ordination to the priesthood." Extreme Oath of the Jesuit. I, , now In the presence of Almighty Ood, the blessed Virgin Mary, the blessed Michael the archangel, the blessed St. John the Baptist, the holy Apostles St. l'eu-r and St. Paul and the saints and sacred host of heaven, and to you my ghostly father, Hie superior general of the society of Jesus, founded by Saint Ignatus Loyola In the pon tiflcation of Paul the Third, and continued to the present, do, by the womb of the virgin, the matrix of Ood, and the rod of Jesus Christ declare and swear that his holiness, the pope, Is Christ's vlcc-gurent, and is the true and only head of tho Catholic or uni versal church throughout the earth; and that by virtue of the keys of binding and loosing given to his holiness by my Savior, Jesus Christ, he bath power to depose her etical kings, princes, states, commonweal. lis and governments, all being Illegal without his sacred confirmation, and they may be safely destroyed. Therefore, to the utmost of my power, I will defend this doctrine and his holiness' right and custom against all usurpers of the heretical or Protestant authority whatsoever, especially the Luth eran church of Germany, Holland, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, and the now pretended authorities and churches of England and Scotland, and branches of the saino now established In Ireland, and on tho continent of America, and elsewhere, and all adherents lu regard that they be usurped and heretical, opposing the sacred church wf Rome. 1 do now denounce and disown any alleg iance as due to any heretical king, prince or state named Protestant or Liberals or obedience to any of their laws, magistrates or officers. I do further declare that the doctrine of the churches of England and Scotland, of the Calvlnlsts, Huguenots and others of the name of Protestant or Liberals, to be dam eahlc, aud they then, stives to be damned who will not forsake the same. I do further dec)". 9 that 1 will help, assist and advise all or any of his holiness' agents, In any place wherever I shall be, In Switzer land, Germany, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Notway, England, Iceland or America, or In any other kingdom or territory, I shall come to. and do my utmost to extirpate the hereti cal Protestant or Liberal doctrines, and to destroy all their pretended powers, legal or otherwise. I do further promise and declare that, not withstanding I am dispensed with to assume any religion heretical for the propagation of the mother church's Interest, to keep secret and private all her agents' councils from time to time, as they entrust me, and not to divulge, directly or Indirectly, by word, writing or circumstances whatever, but to execute all that shall be proposed, given In charge, or discovered unto me, by you or my ghostly father, or any of this sacred con vent. I do further promise and declare that I will have no opinion or will of my own or any mental reservation whatsoever, even as a corpse or cadaver (perlnde ac cadaver), but will unhesitatingly obey each and every command that I may receive from my super iors In the militia of the pope and of Jesus Christ. That 1 will go to any part of the world whithersoever I may be sent, to the frozen regions of the north, the burning sands of the desert of Africa, or the pinglos of India, to the centers of civilization of Europe, or to the wild haunts of the barbarous savages of America, without murmuring or repining and will be submissive In all things whatso ever, co nmunlcated to me. I do furthermore promise and declare that I will, when opportunity presents, make and wage relentless war, secretly or openly, against all heretics, Protestants and Llbet als as I am directed to do, to extirpate them from the face of the whole earth, and that I will spare neither age, sex or condition, and that I will hang, burn, waste, boll. Say, strangle and bury alive these Infamous heretical rip up the stomachs and wombs of tnelr women and crush their Infants' heads gainst the walls In order to annihilate their I execrable race. That when the same cannot lie done opeuly, I will sern-tly use the pois onous cup, the strangulating rord, the steel of the polnard. or the leaden bullet, rt-gard-ii-sa of the honor, rank, dignity or authority of the person or person, whatever may be their condition In life, either public or priv ate, a I at any time may be directed o to do by any a nt of the pope or superior of the brotherinsid of the holy father, of the society bf Jesu. lu confirmation of which I hereby dedicate my life, my soul and all corporal powers, and with this dagger which I now receive, I will sulMcrlbe my name, written In my blood. In testimony thereof; and should I prove false or weaken In my determination, may my brethren and fellow soldiers of the militia of t he pope cut off my hands and my feet, and my throat from ear to ear, my belly opened and sulphur burned therein, with all the punishment that can be Inflicted upon me on earth and my soul be tortured by demons la an eternal hell forever. All of w hich I do (wear by the blessed trinity, and blessed sacrament which I am now to receive, to perform, and on my part to keep Inviolably; and do call all the heavenly and glorious host of heaven to witness these, my real Intentions, to keep this my oath. In testimony hereof I take this most holy and blessed sacrament of the eucharlst, and witness tho Same further, with my name written with the point of this dagger, dipped lu my own blood, and seal In the face of this holy couveut lie receives the wafer from the superior and writes his name nlth tin- point of his dagger, til p;stc lu his own Mood, taken front ovi r the heart.) The Ft'iiLui's Outli. "I swear by almighty God, by all In heaven aud earth, by the holy prayer-book of my holy church, by the blessed Virgin Mary mother of God, by her sorrow and grief at the cross, by her tears and waillngs, by the holy apostles St. Peter aud Paul, by the glorious apostle of Ireland St. Patrick by the blessed and holy church of all ages, by the holy national martyrs, to fight upon the Irish soil, to tight for the Independence of Ireland to fight until I die, wading In the red go re uf the Sassenach (Protestant) for the glorious cause of nationality; to fight until not a single vestige, track or footstep, Is left to tell that the holy soli of Ireland was ever trodden by the Sassenach tyrants and murderers; and, morover, when the Protestant robbers anu urines in Ireland shall be murdered and driven Into the sea like the swine our Lord Jesus Christ caused to be drowned, then we shall embark for, aud take England, and root out every ves tige of the accursed blood of the heretic adulterer, Henry VIII., and possess our selves of the beists who have so long kept our Island of saints Old Ireland in the chains of bondage.drlven us from her shores, exiles luto foreign lands. I will wade In the blood of Orangemen and heretics (Protest ant) who do not Join us and become our selves. Scotland too, having given aid and succor to the beast, we shall live In her gore. We shall not give up until we have restored our holy faith all over the British Isles. To all of this I sincerely and conscien tiously swear with my eyes blinded, not knowing who to me administers this oath Oath of the Clan-na-Uael. The following is the oath taken by the members of that famous Romish Catholic society: "I (name in full) do solemnly swear in the presence of Almighty God, that I will labor while life Is left In me to establish and de fend a republican form of government In Ireland; that 1 will keep secret the names and everything connected with the Irish brotherhood from all not entitled to know such secrets; that I will obey and comply with the constitution and laws of the same, that I will preserve the funds of this order for the cause of Irish revolution alone as specified In the constitution; that 1 will deem it my special duty and mission to promote and foster sentiments of union, brotherly love, nationality, among all Irish. I take this obligation without any mental reservation, holdlngthesame forever binding upon me, and that any violation thereof, or desertion of my duty to the brotherhood is Infamous, and merits the severest punishment, so help me God." 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