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THE AMERICAN 6 READ AND COMPARE TV A. P. A. Principle With tha Canon Law and Several Oath of th Ro man Catholic Church, tM TKmi JimIs tor VaurMlf Which Ms.s h Tru Spirtl of Amrlcanim In Thm, th A. P. A. Prtnciptoa r th DIbol:l OMigst'On Tats bf Rem' Minion. A. P. k. Principles. Tfcs follovlag ar th declarations of prla atpka alvUHl by th National Council of tfcs a. P. A. at ItnMolocai "Loyalty to tru Americanism, which kaowa aelttivr birth, plat, race, creed, nor party, la tit trat rvqulrnirat fur niembar Sfclp In tha Aintrlcan r-roterUv Association. Tha American I'rotaotlva Association la Ma a political parly, and dona not Control aka political affiliation! of lunembtni but It teaches Uirm to b Intensely active la tha lacharge of their political dutlee la or out t party lines, because It bellave that all aroblema confronting our people will be bound eolld by a conscientious discharge of the dutlea of cltlaeuahlp by every Individual. "While tolerant of all creeds. It holda thai abjection and aupport to any political power at controlled by American clUarna, and Which claims equal It aot greater aoveretgnty than the government of the United 8 la tea, la Irreconcilable with American cltlsenshlp. It la, therefore, opposed to Uie holding of olHcua ta ilata or national government by any sub ject or aupporter of auch ecclesiastical ewer. "We uphold the constitution of the Cnlted tatea of America, and no portion of It more baa Ita guarantee of rullgloue liberty, but we held this religious liberty to be guaran lm to the Individual, and not to mean that wader it protection any ua-Amerlcaa eoclee laatlcal power can claim any abaoluta con trol over the education of children, growing p ander the atari and stripe. "Wa consider the non-eectarUn free public school the bulwark of American Institutions, tha beat place for the education of American Children. To keep them auch, wa proteat agalnat tha employment of eubjecta of any ma-Amerlcan ecclesiastical power aa officer ar taacbert of our public school. "Wa condemn the aupport out of the pub 11a treasury by direct appropriation or by contract of any acctarlaa achool, reform atory or other Institution not owned and aontrolled by publlo authority, "Believing that eiemptlon from taxation I equivalent to a grant of public funds, we emand that no real or personal property be lempt from taxation, the title to which la aot vested In tha national or state govern ment, or In any of their aub-dlvtalona. "Wa proteat agalnat tha enlistment In the United State army, navy, or tha militia of aa? state, of any person not aa actual cltlaen Bf tha Cnlted States. "We demand tor tha protection of our cltl aen laborers the prohibition of the Importa tion of pauper labor, and the reatrlctlon of all Immigration to persona who cannot show lelr ability and honeat Intention to become Alt-supporting Amert -an cltlsena. "We demand the change of the naturalisa tion lawa by a repeal of the act authorising tha naturalisation of minors, without a pre vious declarat'on of Intention, and by pro viding that no alien ahall be naturalised or permitted to vote In any state in tha union who cannot apeak the language of tha land, Bad who cannot prove jeren years' consecu tive residence in thla country from tha data at his declaration of his Intention, "Wa proteat agalnat tha groaa negligence ant laxity with which tha Judiciary of oui land administer tha present naturalisation laws, and agalnat tha practice of naturalis ing allena at the expense of committees or aadldatet aa the matt prolific source of the resent prostitution of American cltlsenshlp ta tha basest uses. "Wa demand that all hospitals, aayluma, reformatories, or other Institutions In whlcn people are under restraint, be at all times abject to public Inspection, whther they are maintained by the public or b ' private terporatlona or Individuals. "We demand that all national ar state legislation affecting financial, coma rclal or Indus trial Interests be general In cl aracter aadlnno Instance in favor of anyoae sec tion of the country, or any one class of the eopl" Cannon Law. L The constitutions of princes are not superior, but aubordlnate to ecclesiastical institutions. t. The law of the emperor cannot dis tal va the ecclesiastical or canen lawa. . It la not lawful for an emperor to exact anything opposed to the apostolic rules. 4. It la not lawful for kings to uaurp the thing's that belong to priests. No custom of anyone can thwart tha statutes of tho popes. 1 Let no resistance be offered to the apostolic (canon) precepts, but let them be alutlferloualy fulfilled. T. Tha yoke imposed by the holy aee la to be borne, though It appear Intolerable and Insupportable. 1 The pontiff can neither be loosed no sound by the aecular power. I That the Pontiff waa called God by the pious Prince Constantino, and that aa god he annot be Judged aa man. 10, That aa god he la far above the reach at all human law and Judgment, 11. That all lawa contrary to the canons and decree of the Roman prelates are of no tore. U. That all of the ordinances of the pope ar unhesitatingly to be obeyed. M. We ought not even to speak to one Whom the pope has ex -communicated. U. Priest ar fathers and masters, even vet princes. U. The civil law Is derived from man, but the ecclesiastical or canon law I derived f lrectly from God, by which the pontiff can, ta connection with his prelates, make con stitutions for the whole christian world. In matters spiritual, concerning the salvation at souls, and the right government of the l&urch) and if necessary judge and dispose It all the temporal goods of all christians.. II A heretic, holding or teaching false I oc trine concerning the sacraments, la ex communicated and degraded, and handed aver to the secular court, IT. Secular prince unwlUlcT to swear to iafend the church against heretic are ex tommunlcated, and they are laid ucier aa interdict. U. The goods of heretic are to te con fcscated and applied to the church. 19. Advocate or notaries, favoring here tic, or their defenders, or pleading for them a law suits, or writing document for them, are Inf amoua and auspended from office. SO. The aecular power, whether perma aeat or temporary, are bound to swear that they will exterminate, according to their power, all heretic condemned by the church i and a temporal lord aot purging his laud of awretlt,, la ex -communicated. U. Tho signed with the croa tor th ex- tersblaaUua of heretic, rejoice la the privi lege granted to te the crusaders tor the help of the holy land. S. They are absolved ft oca all obligation who ar la anywise Urn ad to aeretloa. XX Whoever dlea la battle against th unbelieving, menu th kingdom of heaves. 14. W do aot esteem thoa honilclee to whom It may have happened la their seal for their mother church agalual th ex-comma-etc a tad, to kill sum of them. IV. That Catholic Princes ar bound, both byclvllandcommoelaw, not to receive or tolerate heretic, and much more are aot to permit their rite, or other xercls of their religion, or rather, their tela sect, but are moat solemnly bound everywhere, to repel and expel them. H. The following temporal punishment are to be enforced on heretical Ut Infamy, and the Consequent disqualification for all civil acta. Ind -Intestability, aa well active as passive (that la. they caa neither make nor will Inherit what I left to them by others!. Ird Los of paternal power over children. th Los of dowry, and other privilege granted to women. tthConfisca tlon of all good, fith That vassals and slave and other ar free from all, even sworn obligation due to their lord or an other. Tth Capital corporal punishment, specially death, and perpetual Imprison ment, 77. Th canon law forbid all toleration. U. That metropolitans and bishop ar to -ommun!oate him who grant liberty of conscience. , ta. No oath I to be kept toward heretic princes, lords or other. 10. Heretic ar to be deprived of all civil and paternal right. II. Th pope caa absolve from all oath, tt. (vary bishop I ordinary Judge la a cause of heresy. Tb reason I because the bishops caa ax-oBlcto, and ought to extirpate heretic, and Inflict upon them the due pun ishment, and to this are bound on pala of deposition. Besides, ar the Inquisitor es pecially deputed by th apostolic aee. Every bishop In hi diocese I thought to be. and In reality la, a natural Inquisitor, (liter ally bora Inquisitor), so as to hav th am power with those already, mentioned in a cause of heresy. a. In every promissory oath, although absolutely taken, there are certain condi tion tacitly understood, amongat which are I 1st If I can Ind To save the right and authority of a superlori rd When th oath supposes th honor of th apostolus aee to be Illicit. a. That th council of Trent, (th last and great authority of Horn), decree and com mands that th (acred canon and all gen eral councils, also the other apostolic enact ment Issued la favor of ecclesiastical per son of ecclesiastical liberty, and against Ita violator, all ot which by thla present decree It renew, and must b exactly observed by all. Cardinal's Oath. , cardinal of the Holy Bom an "1, church, do promise and swear that, from this time to th and ot my life, I will be faithful and obedient unto 8t Peter, the holy apoa tollo Roman church, and our most holy lord, th pop of Borne, aad hi successors, canou tcally and lawfully elected l 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 council entrusted to me by themselves, or by mes sengers or letter 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 aa the rights and privilege of 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 legate and nuncio of the apostolic see, In the territories, churches, monasteries and other benefice 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 hla before mentioned successors, and that, at whatever time anythlbg shall be decided to their prejudice, which ta out of my power to hinder, a soon aa I shall know that any stepa or measurea have been taken In the matter, I will make it known V h same. our lord or hi successors, or on. ' per son by whose mean it may be brv ' to their knowledge. That I will keep ank out and cause other to keep and carry K the rule of the holy father, the decrees, ordinances, dispensations, reservation, pro visions, apostolic mandate and constitu tions ot the lloly Father Bertua, of happy memory, as to visiting the U ahold of the apostle at certain prescrlb times, accord ing to th tenor ot that ' ich I have just read through. That I wU. seek out and op pose, persecute and fight (omnl conatu per secuturum et lmpugnaturum) against here tics or schismatics who oppose out lord, the pope ot Rome, and hla before-mentioned suc cessors, and this I will do with every possible effort." VSlgaature) then sent to the pope. Bishop'g Oath. , elect 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 any thing, that they may lose life or member, or that their per sons may be seised, or hands in anywise laid upon them, or an v 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 St. Peter against all men. The legate ot the apostolic see, going and coming, 1 will honorably treat and help in Ms necessities. The rights, honors, privileges and authority of the Holv Roman church of our lord, the pope, and hi aforesaid successors, I will endeavor to pre serve, defend, Increase and advance. I will not be In any counsel, action or treaty, la 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 aa 1 can, I will signify It to our lord. The ordi nance and mandate 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, achlsmatlcoa et rebelle eidem Domino nostro vel successoribus predict! pro pceee persequar et oppugns bo." "I will come to a council whe 'am called, I will visit the threshold ot the apostle every three year and give an account of our lord of all my pastoral office and of the things belonging to mi diocese, to the die- rlulioe of suy ctergy aad people. I will la like manner humbly recelv aad diligently serut th apuatollo eouimanda. If I am detained by a lawful impediment, I will per form th aforesaid by a member of my chap ter or a priest of my diocese, fully Instructed la all things above mentioned. The pi m sloes belonging to my table. I will neither sell Bar otherwise sllenat without consult ing the Roman pontiff. Bo h9 at Sod and theae holy gospel ot Ood " i (elgaature), Bent to th Romish Uanager. rrkwt't Oath. , now la th presence of Almighty Ood. the blessed Virgin Mary, tb blessed Michael th Archangel, th bleased Bt-Johathe Baptist, th Holy Apostle L Peter aad St. Paul and th Balnla and th 8 acred Uuet of Heaven, and to you. my lord. I do declare from my he trt, without mental reservation that the pope Is Christ' vicar general and ta th tru and only head ot the universal church throughout the earth, and that, by virtue of the key ot binding and loosing glvea to his holiness by Jesus Christ h has power to depos heretical kings, princes, states, commonwealths and govern ments, all being Illegal without hi sacred confirmation, and that they may aafely rj destroyed. Therefore, to the utmost ot my power, 1 will defend this doctrine and hi holiness' rights and customs against all usurper of th Protestant authority what soever, especially against th now pretended authority and church In England and all ad herent, la regard that they be usurp al aad heretical, opposing the sacred mother of th church ot Roma. I do denounce and disown any allegiance aa due to any Protestant king, prince or Late or obedience to any of their Inferior offlcera. 1 do further declare the doctrine of the church of England, of the Calvlnlata, Huguenot and other Protestant, to be damnable and those to be damned who will not forsake the same. "I do further declare that! will help, assist and advise all or any of his holiness' agent 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 orotherwlae. 1 do further prom ise and declare that, notwithstanding I may be permitted by dispensation to assume any heretical religion (Protestant denominations) for the propagation ot the mother church' Interest, to keep secret and private all her agent' 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 m by you, my most reverend lord and bishop. "All of which I, , do swear by the bleased 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 wltnos my real Intention to keep thla my oath. "In testimony whereof I take thla most holy and blessed Bacramentof the Eucharist, and witness the same further with my con secrated hand, la the presence ot my holy bishop and all the priest who assist him la my ordination to th priesthood." Extreme Oath of the Jesuit. 1, , now in th presence of Almighty Ood, the blessed Virgin Mary, the bleased Michael the archangel, the bleesed St. John the Baptist, the holy Apostle BU Peter and St. Paul and the saint and sacred host ot heaven, and to you my ghostly father, the superior general ot the society of Jesus, founded by Saint Ignatus Loyola In th pon tine atlon of Paul the Third, and continued to the present, do, by the womb cat the virgin, th matrix of God, and the rod ot Jeau Christ declare and swear that hi holiness, the pope, 1 Christ' vlce-gerent, and 1 the true and only head of the Catholic or uni versal church throughout the earth; and that by virtue of the keys ot binding and loosing given to hla holiness by my Savior, Jesus Christ, he hath power to depose her etical kings, princes, states, commonwealths and governments, all being Illegal without hla 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 usurper of th heretical or Protestant authority whatsoever, especially the Luth eran church of Germany, Holland, Denmark, Bweden and Norway, and the now pretended authorities and churches of England and Scotland, and branches ot the same now established In Ireland, and on the continent of America, and elsewhere, and all adherent In regard that they be usurped and heretical, "pposing the sacfrd church ef Rome. 4 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 ot their laws, magistrates or officers. I do further declare that the doctrine of the churches of England and Scotland, of the Calvlntsta, Huguenots and other of th name of Protestant or Liberals, to be dam eable, and they themselves to be damned who will not forsake the same. I do further decli e that I will help, assist and advise all or any ot his holiness' agents, In any place wherever I shall be, In Switzer land, Germany, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Notway, England, Iceland or America, or ta 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 power, 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 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 (perinde ac cadaver), but will unhesitatingly obey each and every command that I may receive from my super iors in th e militia of the pope and of Jesus Christ. That I 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 plnglea of India, to the centers of civlllxation of Europe, or to the wild haunts of the barbarous savages ot America, without murmuring or repining and will be submissive in all thing whatso ever, communicated to me. I do furthermore promise and declare that I will, when opportunity present, make and wage rtlentless war, secretly or openly, against all heretics, Protestants and Liberals aa 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 theae latamoue heretical tip up the stomachs and womb of heir women aad crush their Infant head against the walla la order to annihilate their execrabl race. That wbaa the aauacaano bedoae openly, I will secretly us the pola oaouacun, tbeatraagulatiBg cord, the steel of th potnard, or tbe leaden bullet, regard lea of tb honor, rank, dignity or authority ot the person or persona, whatever may be their conditio la life, either public or priv ate, a I at any Urn may b directed so te do by aay agent of tb pope or superior at the brotherhood of th holy father, ot th uctety ot Jeau. In confirmation of whUb I hereby dedicate my life, my soul aad all corporal power, and with thla dagger which 1 bow receive, I will subscribe my name, written la my blood, ta testimony thereof l and should I prove false or weaken la my determination, may my brethren and fellow soldier of th militia of th pop cut off my hand and my feet, and my throat from ear to ear, my belly opeaed aad sulphur burned therein, with ail th punishment that caa be inflicted upon m oa earth and my soul be tortured by demon 1 aa eteraal hell forever. All ot which I , do swear by tb bleased trinity, and blessed aacraaient which I am now to recelv, to perform, and on my part to keep Inviolably; and do call all the heavenly and glorious host of heavea to witness these, my real intentions, to keep this my oath. In testimony hereof I take this most holy and blessed sacrament of th eucharlat, aad witness th Sam further, with Diy nam written with tbe point of this dagger, dipped in my own blood, aad seal la the face of thlr holy convent Ue receives the wafer from the auperic and write his nam with the point of hi dagger, dipped In his own blood, taken ios over the heart. The Fenian's Oath. "I swear by almighty God, by all in heavea and earth, by the holy prayer-book of my holy church, by the bleased Virgin Mary mother ot God, by her sorrow and grief at tha cross, by her tear and walling, by th holy apostles St. Peter and Paul, by th glorious apostle ot Ireland 8 1 Patrick by th blessed and holy church of all ages, by tha holy national martyr, to fight upon th Irish soil, to fight for the Independence of Ireland to fight until I die, wading la tha red gore ot the Sassenach (Protestant) for the glorious cause ot nationality; to light until not a single vestir, track or footstep. Is left to toll that the holy soil of Ireland wa ever trodden by the Sassenach tyrant and murderers; and, morover, when th Protestant robber ana orute in Ireland hall be murdered and driven Into the sea like the swine our Lord Jeau Christ caused to be drowned, then we shall embark for, and take England, and root out every ves tige of th accursed blood of the heretla adulterer, Henry VIII., and posses our selves ot the beast who hav so long kept our Island of saint Old Ireland la th chains of bondage,drtven us from her shores, exiles Into foreign lanas. I will wade In th 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 ahall not give up until we have restored our holy faith all over the British Isles. To all of thla I sincerely and conscien tiously swear with my eye blinded, not knowing who to me administer this oath Oath of the Clan-na-Gael. The following is the oath taken by the members of that famous 'Romish Catholic society: "I (name In full) do solemnly (wear la tie presence ot Almighty God, that I will labor while life la left In me to establish and de fend a republican form ot government In Ireland; that 1 will keep secret th name 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 law of the same. That I will preserve tbe fund ot this order for the cause of Irish revolution alone a specified In the constitution; that I will deem It my special duty and mission to promote and foster sentiment 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 ot my duty to the brothsrhood 1 infamous, and merit th severest punishment, so help me God." 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