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READ AND COMPARE
TK A. P. A. Principles With the Canon
Law and Several Oaths of the Ro
man Catholic Church,
A4 Then Judge for Yours If Which Have the
Tn Spirit of Americanism In T ham, ths
A P. A. Frincipl or the Diabolical
Obligation Taken br Rome's
Minions.
A. 1. A. Priuriuliit.
The following are the declarations of prin
ciples adepteU by the National Council of
tee A. P. A. at DesMoines:
"Loyalty to true Americanism, which
kaowa neither birth, place, race, creed. o,r
party, la the first rt-qulrrment for member
ship 1q the American Protective Association
'The Amerirao Protec tive Association Is
ot a political party, and does not central
the political affiliations of Its members; but
It teaches them to be intensely active in the
Itschargeof their political dut lea In or out
f party lines, bncau.se It believe that ail
problems confronting our people win be
bound solid by a conscientious discharge of
the duties of citizenship by every individual.
"While tolerant of all creeds, it holds tha",
subjection and support to any political power
ot controlled by American citizens, and
which claims equal If not greater sovereignt y
than the government of the United States, Is
Irreconcilable with American citizenship. It
U, therefore, opposed to the holding of offices
In state or national government by any sub
lect or supporter of such eccleslastictl
power.
"We uphold the constitution of the United
tates of America, and no portion of it more
than Its guarantee of religious liberty, but
we hold this religious liberty to beguarun-V-vu
to the individual, and not to mean that
under its protection any un-American eccles
iastical power can claim any absolute con
trol over the education of children, growing
p under the stars and stripes.
"We consider the Uon-sectari'-o free public
school the bulwark of Amerlcau institutions,
the best place for the education of American
Children. To keep them such, we protest
against the employment of subjects of any
un-American ecclesiastical power as officers
r teachers of our public schools.
"We condemn the support out of the pub
lic treasury by direct appropriation or by
Contract of any sectarian school, reform
atory or other Institution not owned and
Controlled by public authority,
"Believing that exemption from taxation
Is equivalent to a grant of public funds, we
demand that no real or personal property be
exempt from taxation, the title to which is
not vested In the national or state govern
ments, or in any of their sub-divisions.
"We protest against the enlistment In the
United States army, navy, or the militia of
any state, of any person not an actual citizen
Of the United States.
"We demand for the protection of our cltl
sen laborers the prohibition of the importa
tion of pauper labor, and the restriction of
all Immigration to persons who cannot show
"kelr ability and honest Intention to become
vSlf-supportlng Amerl ran citizens.
"We demand the change of the naturaliza
tion laws by a repeal of the act authorizing
the naturalization of minors, without a pre
vious declarat'on of intention, and by pro
viding that no alien shall be naturalized or
permitted to vote in any state in the union
who cannot speak the language of the land,
sad who cannot prove jeven years' consecu
tive residence in this country from the date
f his declaration of his Intention.
"We protest against the gross negligence
ad laxity with which the Judiciary of out
land administer the present naturalization
laws, and against the practice of naturallz
lag aliens at the expense of committees or
andidates as the ruofct prolific source of the
present prostitution of American citizenship
ta the basest uses.
"We demand that all hospitals, asylums,
reformatories, or other Institutions In whlcn
people are under restraint, be at all times
subject to public Inspection, whether they
art maintained by the public or b 1 private
aorporatiotis or Individ mils.
"We demand that all national tr state
legislation affecting financial, coma, rclal or
Industrial interests be general In cl tracter
and in no Instance in favor of any one sec
tion of the country, or any one class of the
feople."
Cannon Law.
L The constitutions of princes are not
superior, but subordinate to ecclesiastical
Constitutions.
t. The laws of the emperor cannot dis
solve the ecclesiastical or canen laws.
I. It Is not lawful 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.
5. No custom of anyone can thwart the
Statutes of the popes.
A Let no resistance be offered to the
apostolic (canon) precepts, but let them be
salutlferlously fulfilled.
7. The yoke Imposed by the holy see is to
ke borne, though It appear Intolerable and
Insupportable.
I. The pontiff can neither be loosed no
bound by the secular power.
t. That the Pontiff was called God by the
pious Prince Constantino, and that as god he
Cannot be judged as man.
10, That as god he Is far above the reach
f all human law and judgment.
II. That all laws contrary to the canons
and decrees of the Roman prelates are of no
force.
12. That all of the ordinances of the pope
are unhesitatingly to be obeyed.
IS. We ought not even to speak to one
whom the pope has ex -communicated.
14. Priests are fathers and masters, even
f princes.
15. The civil law Is derived from man, but
the ecclesiastical or canon law is derived
directly from God, by which the pontiff can.
In connection with his prelates, make con
Stitutions for the whole christian world, la
Batters spiritual, concerning the salvation
Bf souls, and the right government of the
Church; and If necessary judge and dispose
Sf all the temporal goods of all christians.
18. A heretic, holding or teaching false
octrlne concerning the sacraments, is ex
Communicated and degraded, and handed
ver to the secular court.
IT. Secular princes unwilling to swear to
lefend the church against heretics are ex
Communicated, and they are laid under an
Interdict
18. The goods of heretics are to be con
Iscated and applied to the church.
19. Advocates or notaries, f vol lag here
tics, or their defenders, or pleading for them
n law suits, or writing documents for them,
sre Infamous and suspended from office.
20. The secular powers, whether perraa
ent or temporary, are bound to sweat that
they Will exterminate, according to their
power, til heretics condemned by the church 1
aad a temporal lord not purging his land of
heretics, Is ex-communicated.
U. Those signed with the cross for the ex-
W-rn.lostloa of heretics, rejoice la toe prtvt-l-g
granted to to Hie crusaders for the help
t( the holy land.
it They are absolved from all obligations
who are In anywise bound to u relics.
St. WWver dies la battle against the
unbelieving, un rits the kingdom of heaven.
U. We do not fi'wiu Uuim hotulclees to
bow It may huve hapiieutMl In their sea for
their mother ch trch agsJust the ex-coiumu-uk-ated,
to kill some of thcot,
SX Th.tt C.ih i!ic Prince are bound, both
byclvll and common law, not to receive or
tolerate heretics and much more are not to
permit their rlt. or other exercise of their
religion, or rather, their fle sect, but ars
iu.t solemnly bound everywhere, to repel
and expel iheuu
3A The following temporal punishments
are to be enfind on Ii.t.i i,u.inf,n,r
and the consequent dlquh ligations for all
'civil acta. 2ml-Intestability, as well active
; a passive (that Is, they can neliuer make
j nor will Inherit what Is left to them by
I others). 3rd Loss of paternal power over
children, sth Los of dowry, and other
privileges granted to women. 4th Confisca
tion of all goods. 6th That vassals and
slaves and others are free from all, even
sworn obligations due to their lord or an
other. 7th Capital corporal punishment.
.especially death, and perpetual Imprison
ment.
27 The canon law forbids all toleration.
2s. That metropolitans and bishops are to
ex-oommuolcate him who grants liberty of
! conscience.
2U. No oath Is to be kept toward heretic
princes, lords or others.
Heretics ars to be deprived of all Civil
and paternal rights.
31. The pope can absolve from all oaths.
82. Every bishop Is ordinary Judge in a
cause of heresy. The reason is because the
bishops can ex-ofilclo, and ought to extirpate
heretics, and inflict upon them the due pun
ishments, and to this are bound on pain of
deposition. Besides, are the inquisitors es
pecially deputed by the apostolic see.
Every bishop In his diocese Is thought to bo,
and in reality Is, a natural inquisitor, (liter
ally born inquisitor), so as to have the same
power with those already mentioned In a
cause of heresy,
33. In every promissory salh, although
absolutely taken, there are certain condi
tions tacitly understood, amongst which are:
1st If I can; 2nd To save the right and
authority of a superior; 3rd When the oath
supposes the honor of the apostolic see to be
Illicit.
84. That thecouncll of Trent, (the last and
great authority of Koine), decrees and com
mands that the sacred canons and all gen
eral councils, also the other apostolic enact
ments Issued in favor of ecclesiastical per
sons of ecclesiastical liberty, and against Its
violators, all of which by this present decree
It renews, and must be exactly observed
by all.
Canlimil'i) Oath.
"I, .cardinal of the Holy Roman
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
ically and lawfully elected: that 1 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 endoavor, so
far as the rights 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 due form and honor, the
legates and nuncios 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
attempt 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 anything shall be decided to
their prejudico, which Is out of my power to
hinder, as soon as I shall know that any
steps or measures have been taken in the
matter. I will make it known to the same,
our lord or his successors, or some other per
son by whose means it may bo 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 fight (omnl conatu per
secuturum et Inipugnaturum) against here
tics or schismatics who oppose out lord, the
pope of Rome, and his before-mentioned suc
cessors, and this I will do with every possible
effort."
(Signature) then sent to the pope.
Bishop's Orith.
, eloct of the-
"I,
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 Rome, and to his suc
cessors, canonlcally 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 in 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 and keep the Ro
man papacy and the royalties of 8t. Peter
against all men. The legate of the apostolic
see, going and coming, I 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 whatsover,
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.
"Hereticos, schismaticos et rebelles eldem
Domino nostro vel successoribus predlctls
pro posse persequar et oppugns bo."
"I will come to a council whet, 'am 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 rtery and pmuta. I will ta
like manner humbly receive and ai'Uenily
rtvut the aposudtc ommands. If I am
detained by a lawful imprdliurnU I will per
fi.rm the aforesaid by a lurmln-r of my chap
ter or a priest ot li'J dli'', fully lnlrucu-d
la all things atxve iu itloiid. The posses
sions belonging to toy table. I will neither
sell nor others. Ii alienate w ithout consult
ing the Uonmn pontiff. (o b Ip me CmmI and
these holy gospels of Uod."
t iUnaturet,
Prut to the Romish lau4 r.
Irbt's Oath.
, now In the presence of
"I
Almighty God, the Mesncd Virgin Mary, the
blessed Michael the Archangel, the bleated
John the Baptist, the Holy Apostles St.
Peter and St. Puul and the rUtut and the
Sacred Hosts of Heaven, and to you. my lord,
I do de.-lare from my he irt, tit boot mental
reservation that the pope Is Christ's vlcar
general and la the true and only head of the
universal church throughout the earth, and
that, by virtue of the keys of binding and
lousing given to his holiness by Jesus Christ
he has power to depose heretical kings,
princes, states, commonwealths and govern
ments, all being Illegal without his sacred
confirmation, and that they may safely be
destroyed. Therefore, to the utmost of my
power, I will defend this doctrine and his
holiness' rights and customs against all
usurpers of the ProU-staut authority what
soever, especially agaiust the now pretended
authority and church In Ktiglaud and all ad
herents, in regard that they be usurpal and
heretical, opposing the sacred mother of tho
church of Home.
"1 do denounce and disown any allegiance
as due to any Protestant king, prince or
state or oledience to any of their Inferior
officers. I do further declare the doctrine of
the church of England, of the Calvinists,
Huguenots and other Protestants, to be
damnable and those to be damued who will
nut forsake the same.
"I do further declare that 1 will help, assist
and advise all or any of his holiness' agents
In any place wherever I shall be, and to do
my utmost to extirpate the Protestant doc
trine and to destroy all their pretended
power, regal orotherwlse. ldofurther prom
ise and declare that, notwithstanding 1 ma?
be permitted by dispensation to assume any
heretical religion (Protestant 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 Glorious Host of
Heaven to witness my real intentions to
keep this my oath.
"In testimony whereof I take this most
holy and blessed Sacramentof the Eucharist,
and wltnoss the same further with my con
secrated hand. In the presence of my holy
bishop and all the priests who assist him In
my ordination to the priesthood."
Extreme Oath or tho Jesuit.
I, ' , now In the presence of
Almighty God, tho blessed Virgin Mary, the
blessed Michael tho archangul. the blessed
St. John the Baptist, the holy Apostles St.
Peter and SI. Paul and the saints and sacred
host of heaven, and to you my ghostly father,
the superior general of the society of Jesus,
founded by Saint Ignatus Loyola in the pon
tifleatlon of Paul the Third, and continued
to the present, do, by the womb of the virgin,
the matrix of God, and the rod of Jesus
Christ declare and Bwear that his holiness,
the pope, is Christ's vlce-gorent, and is the
true and only head of the 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 hath power to depose her
etical kings, princes, states, commonwealths
and governments, all being Illegal without
his sacred confirmation, and they may be
safely destroyed. Therefore, to the utmost of
my power, 1 will defend this doctrine and bis
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 tho now pretended
authorities and churches of England and
Scotland, and branches of the same now
established In Ireland, and on tho continent
of America, and elsewhere, and all adherents
In regard that they be usurped and heretical,
opposing the sacred church f Rome.
I 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 Literals, to be dam
eable, and they themselves to be damned
who will not forsake the same.
I do further decH 9 that I 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 Bhall 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 tor the propagation ot
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 ot 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 I will go to any part of the world
whithersoever 1 may be sent, to the frozen
regions of the north, the burning sands of
the desert of Africa, or the pingles of India,
to the centers of civilization 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, conmunicated tome,
I do furthermore promise and declare that
I will, when opportunity presents, make and
wage rtientless war, secretly or openly,
against all heretics, Protestants and LlbciaU
as I am directed to do, to extirpate thorn
from the face of the whole earth, and that
I will spare neither age, sex or condition, and
that I will hang, burn, waste, boil, flay,
strangle and bury alive these Infamous
heretics; rip up the stomachs and wombs of
their women and crush their Infants' heads
against the walls in order to annihilate their
iwrable race. That whrn the same cannc
be done openly. I will swretly use the pole
(mouseup, the strangulating rord. the itwsl
ot the poluard. or the leaden bullet, regard
leas ot the honor, rank, dignity or authority
of the person or perwms, whatever nisy be
their condition la life, either public or priv
ate, as I at any time may bo directed so to
do by any agent of the po- or superior of
the brotherhood of the holy father, of th
sis-let y of Jesus.
In confirmation of whl.'h I hert'by dcdlrats
my life, my soul and all corporal powers, rd
with this dagger which I now receive, I wUj
sulMcrltie my name, written In my blood, to
testimony thrreof; and should 1 prove talis
or weaken In my determination, msy my
brethren aud fellow soldiers of the eiilltia of
the pope rut off my bands and my feet, and
my throat from ear to ear, my lielly opened
aud sulphur burned therein, with all the
punishment that can tie Indie td upon me o
earth and niy soul 1 tortured by demons Is
an eternal hell forever.
All of which I do swear by
the blessed trinity, and blessed sacrament
which I am now to receive, to perform, an3
on my part to keep Inviolably; and do call
all the heavenly and glorious host of heaves
to witness these, my real luteotlous, to keep
this my oath.
In testimony hereof I take this meet holy
and blessed sacrament of the eucharlst, an 3
witness the same further, with my name
written with the point of this dagger, dipped
In my own blood, aud seal in the face of tlilr
holy convent
(lie receives the wafer from the superior
and writes his name wit h the point of I t
dagner. illppe In his own blood, tskeu fmai
over the heart.
The Ft'ulim's Oath.
"I swear by almighty God, by all In heaven
and earth, by the holy prayor-book of my
holy church, by the blessed Virgin Mary
mother of God, by her sorrow and grief at ths
cross, by her tears and waitings, by the holy
apostles St. Peter and Paul, by the glorious
apostle of Ireland St. Patrick by ths
blessed and holy church of all ages, by ths
holy national martyrs, to light upon ths
Irish soli, to fight for the independence of
Ireland to fight until I die, wading In ths
redgoreof tho 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 soil ot Ireland
was ever trodden by the Sassenach tyrants
and murderers; and, morover, when tho
Protestant robbers anu urutes in Ireland
shall be murdered and driven Into the sea
like the swine our Lord Jesus Christ caused
to bo drowned, then we shall embark for,
and tako England, and root out every ves
tige of the accursed blood of the heretic
adulterer, Henry VIII., and possess our
selves of the beist who have bo long kept
our Island of saints Old Ireland In ths
chains of bondage.drl von us from her shores,
exiles into foreign lands. I will wade In ths
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 ber gore, Wt
shall ct 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-UiU'I.
The following is the oath taken ty
tho members of that famous RomleL
Catholic society:
"I (name In full) do solemnly swear In tie
presence ot Almighty God, that I will laboi
while life is left in me to establish and de
fend a republican form ot 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 1 will preserve the funds of this
order for the cause of Irish revolution alone
as specified In the constitution; that I 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, holding the same 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."
This oath the candidate is abjured to
keep at the hazzard of his life. It was
printet in the Chicago Inter Ocean and
was sworn to be correct at the Cronin
trial. It was reported by said paper
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