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THE AMERICAN 0 READ AND COMPARE Hm A. P. A. Principle With tha Canon Law and Several Oatha of lh Ro man Catholic Church, mi T Jw4 tor Vsuraalf WMck Hse tha Trwe 9' ef Americanist In Tham, the) A. P. A. Prfewataa e the Diabolical OWi(atana Takm kf Reme't Miniona. A. r. A. IMnrlpka. Tha following ara tha dwtaratleaa of prla latss edaptad by tha National Council ot ka A. P. A. at IfcwMotatwi "Loyalty to true .American lam, which haeva aalthrr birth, plaoa, rsce, creed, nor party. U tha trat requirement for Btember afcta la tha Aaierlraa I'rotectlTs Association. Tha Aaiark-aa I'ruiartlva Aaaoclatlua la St a political party, and does not control he political afflllatlooa of Ita turmbrra) but It teacnea than to ba Intrnsrly actlr la the Macharg of thaw political duties la or out f party lines, because It believes that all problrma confronting our people will be bound olid by a coowlrnUuua discharge of he duties of cltlsenshlp by every Individual "While tolerant of all creeds. It holds that abjection and support to any political power a at controlled by American cltlsena, and which clalma equal If aot grantor sovereign! y ansa the government of the United States, la Irreconcilable with American ctllsenthlp. It la, therefore, opposed to the holding of otHcea la atate or national government by any sub ject or aupporter of auch eccleataatlcal power. "We aphold the constitution of the United Ita tea of America, and no portion ot It more thea Ita guarantee of rellgloue liberty, but . we held thla rellgloua liberty to be guaran tee to the Individual, and aot to mean that ader I la pi o lection any un-American eoclee laatlca power caa claim aay absolute con trol over the education of children, growing j under the atara and stripes. "We oonalder the non-sectarian free public tchool tha bulwark of America Institution, the beat place for the education of American hildrea. To keep them auch, we pro teat against the employment ot aubjecta of any ea -American ecclesiastical power aa officer a teachera of our public schools. "We condemn the support out ot thepab Ut treasury by direct appropriation or by eon tract of any sectarian school, reform atory or other Institution not owned and on trolled by public authority. "Believing that exemption from taxation la equivalent to a grant of public fund, we amend that no real or personal property be axaatpt from taxation, the title to which 1 aot vested la the national or atate govern taeata, or la any ot their sub-dlvlslons. "We protest against the enlistment In the Halted State army, navy, or the tnllltle of aay atate, of any person not aa actual cltlsen Bf ths Called States, "We demand tor the protection of our clU aaa laborer the prohibition of the Importa tion ot pauper labor, and the restriction ot All Immigration to penon who cannot show lr ability and honeat Intention to become if -supporting Amerl :an cltlsena. " We demand the change ot the naturalise ttoa lae by a repeal of the act authorising the naturalisation ot minora, without a pre vtoua declaration of Intention, and by pro viding that no alien shall be naturalised or permitted to vote In any atate la the union who cannot apeak the language ot the land, aad who cannot prove jevea year' consecu tive residence In thla country from the date M hla declaration ot hi Intention. "Wa protest against the gross negligence mad laxity with which the Judiciary of out lead administer tha present naturalisation law, and against the practice ot naturalli tag alien at the expense of committee or Candidates a the most proline ourc ot the , present prostitution of American clttxenshlp t the basest use. "W demand that all hospitals, asylum, taformatortea, or other lntltatlon In whlcn paapl are under restraint, be at all time abject to public Inspection, whether they are maintained by the publlo or b, t private arporatlon or Individual. "W demand that all national r atate legislation affecting financial, coma tclnlor Industrial late rests be general In cl aracter aad In no Instance In favor of any oae sec tloa of tha country, or any one class ot the eeple." Cannon Law. L The constitution of prince are not taperlor, but subordinate to ecclesiastical aoastltutlon. I. The law of the emperor cannot dls aalve the ecclesiastical or canen law. t. It I not lawful for an emperor to exact aaythlng opposed to the apostolic rule. a. It I not lawful for king to usurp the things that belong to priest. t. No custom of anyone can thwart the statutes of the pope. t. Let no resistance be offered to the apoatcllo (canon) precepts, but let them be aaltttlferloualy fulfilled. t. The yoke Imposed by the holy see la to fee borne, though It appear Intolerable and Insupportable. I. The pontiff caa neither be loosed 00 pound by the secular power. t. That the Pontiff was called God by the pious Prince Constantino, and that as god he aaenot be J udged aa man. 10, That aa god he Is far above the reach ajf all human law and Judgment. II. That all law contrary to the canon aad decrees of the Roman prelates are ot no ttoci. 4 U. That all of the ordinance et the pope are unhesitatingly to be obeyed. U. We ought not even to speak to one Whom the pope has ex -communicated. Is. Priests are fathers and masters, even at prince. U. The civil law Is derived from man, but the ecclesiastical or canon law la derived ilrectly from Ood,by which the pontiff can, la connection with his prelates, make con stitutions for the whole christian world, in tatters spiritual, concerning the salvation t souls, and the right government ot the aurchi and If necessary Judge and dispose f all the temporal goods of all christians. 11 A heretic holding or teaching false toe trine concerning the sacraments, la ex communicated and degraded, and handed ever to the secular court. IT. Becular princes nnwUllcf to swear to I stead the church against heretics are ex enmmnnlcated. and they are laid uader an interdict. U. The goods ot heretics are to be oon lacated and applied to the church. 18. Advocates or notaries, favoring here tics, or their defenders, or pleading tor them h law suits, or writing documents for them. Are Infamous and suspended from office. SO. The secular powers, whether perma aent or temporary, are bound to sweat that they will exterminate, according to their lower, all heretics condemned by the church aad a temporal lord not purging his laud ot heretics. Is ex-communlcated. U, Those signed with the cross for the ex- tanataatloa of beratlea, iwjotee la U privt le granted to to the crweaJere for the help ef the holy land. n Thry are absolved froaa all obligations who are la aay wis bound to eereUca. ti. Weoerer die la battle against tha unbelieving, merits the kingdom of fcaavwa. 14. W do not esteem thosa aoulcleee to whom It may have happened la their seal tor their mother church against the ex-cosama-Bleated, to kill some of these. Ii That Catholic Princes are bound, both by civil aad commoa law, aot to receive or tolerate heretic, aad much more are aot to permit their rites, or other exercise of their rrllgka.or rather, their false esc, but ara moat solemnly bound every where, to repel aad expel them. 3a. The following temporal punishment are to be ee forced oa heretical 1st Infamy, aad the consequent dlMjuaJlacatlooa for all civil acta. Ind-lntestablllty, as well active as passive (that la, they caa neither make aor will inherit what la left to them by others). Srd Loss of paternal power over children. 4th Lose of dowry, and other prtvtlegee granted to women. 6lh Coo Baca ttoa of all goods. ethThst vassals aad slaves and others are tree from all, evea sworn obligations due to their lord or an other. Tth Capital corporal punishment. especially death, and perpetual Imprison ment. IT. The canon law forbids all toleration. 18. That metropolitans and bishops are to ex-eommunloate him who grants liberty of conscience. 29. No oath la to be kept toward heretic princes, lord or other. tU Heretics are to be deprived of all civil aad paternal rights. 11. Ths pope caa absolve from all oaths. B. Rvery bishop Is ordinary Judge la a cause of heresy. The reason Is because tha bishops can ex-ofltclo, and ought to eitlrpate hers tics, and Inflict upon them the due pun ishments, and to this are bound on pala ot deposition. Besides, are the Inquisitors es pecially deputed by the apostolus see. Every bishop In his diocese Is thought to be, and la reality is, a natural Inquisitor, (liter ally bora Inquisitor), so as to have the same power with those already mentioned in a cause ot heresy. H. la every promissory aath, although absolutely taken, there are certain condi tions tacitly understood, amongst which arei 1st If I can Ind To save tha right and authority ot a superlori xrd When the oath supposes the honor ot tha apostolus see to be Illicit. M. That the council ot Trent, (the last and great authority of Kome), decrees aad com mands that the sacred canons and all gen eral councils, also the other apostolus enact ments issued la favor of ecclesiastical per sons of ecclesiastical liberty, and against Its violator, all ot which by this present decree it renews, and must be exactly observed by all. Cardinal'! Oath. .cardinal of the Holy Roman "I. church, do promise and swear that, from this time to the end ot my life, I will tie faithful and obedient unto 8u Peter, the holy apos tolic Roman church, and our moat holy lord, the pope of Rome, aad his successors, canon lcally and lawfully elected I 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 publlo the council 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 ot Peter, with all my might and endeavor, so far aa the rights and privileges 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 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 hla before mentioned successors, and that, at whatever time anything shall be decided to tiielr prejudice, which is out of my power to hinder, as soon as I shall know that any steps or measures hare been taken In the matter, I will make It known V "he tame. our lord or his successors, or son per son by whose means It may be ba, to their knowledge. That I will keep an. out and cause other to keep and carry v the rules of the holy father, the decree, ordinances, dispensations, reservations, pro visions, apostolic mandates and constitu tions of the Uoly Father Bertus, of happy memory, as to visiting the ti shoMs ot the apostles at certain prescrlb . times, accord ing to the tenor of that ich I have Just read through. That I wU seek out and op pose, persecute and tight (omnl conatu per- tecuturum et impugnaturum) against here tics or schismatics who oppose out lord, the pope of Rome, and hi before-mentioned suc cessors, and this I will do with every possible effort." (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 Rotuan 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 seised, 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 8U Peter against all men. The legate ot the apostolic see, going and coming, I will honorably treat and help In his necessities. The rights, honors, privileges and authority ot 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 onr said lord and Roman church, anything to the hurt or prejudice ot their persons, rights honor, state or power, and, If I shall kaow any auch thing to be treated or agitated by any whataover, I will hinder it to my utmost, and as soon aa 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 pur said lord or his successors, I will tomya' most persecute aad oppose. "Here ti cos, schismaticos et re belles eidem Domino nostro vel successoribus predicts) pro posse persequar et oppugns bo." "I will come to a council whes. 'am called, I will visit the threshold of the apostle every three years and give aa account of our lord ot all my pastoral office and of the thing belonging to my diocese, to the dls- cipUns of my ciergy aad psopla, I will ta like manner humbly rwcelva aad diligently execute) the apostolic eotnmaade. If I am detained by a lawful ImpedlmoBt, I will per form the aforesaid by a mem bar of my chas ter or s priest of my dlocase. fully Instructed la all thlags abov meatloaed. The pi es sluas belonging to my table. I will neither sell nor otherwise alleaata without consult ing ths Roman pontiff. Bo hasp tee Sod aad these holy gospels of Uod." mgnaiurei. Sent to the Romish Manager. meat's Oath. , now la the presence of Almighty God, the blessed Virgin Mary, the blessed Michael the Archangel, the blessed Bt. Jobs the Baptist, the Uoly Apostles Bu Peter aad BU Paul and the Balnls and the B acred Hosts of Heaven, and to you, my lord, I do declare from my heart, without mental reservation that the pope la Christ's vlcar geaeral and la the true and only bead of the universal church throughout the earth, aad that, by virtue of the keys of binding and loosing given to his holiness by Jesus Christ he has power to depose heretical kings, princes, states, commonwealths and govern ments, all being illegal without hla sacred confirmation, and that they may safely bj destroyed. Therefore, to the utmost of my power, 1 will defend this doctrine and hla holiness' rights and customs against all usurpers of the Protestant authority what soever, especially against ths now pretended authority and church In England and all ad- br reals, in regard that they be usurps! and heretical, opposing the sacred mother of the church of Rome. '1 do denounce and disown any allegiance aa due to any Protestant king, prince or state or obedience to any ot their Inferior officers. I do further declare the doctrine ot the church of England, of the Calvlnlsta, Huguenots and other Protestants, to be damnable and those to be damned who will not forsake the same. 'I do further declare that 1 will help, assist and advise ail or any of hla 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 or otherwise. I 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'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 Bacrament 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 Sacrament of the Eucharist, and witness the same further with my con secrated hand, In the presence of my holy bishop and all the priests who asstat him in my ordination to the priesthood." Extreme Oath of the Jesuit. I. -i now in the presence of Almighty God, the blessed Virgin Mary, the blessed Michael the archangel, the blessed St, John the Baptist, the holy Apostles St. Peter and St. Paul and the saint and (acred host of heaven, and to you my ghostly father, the superior general of the society ot Jesus, founded by Saint Ignatua Loyola in the pon tlflcation of Paul the Third, and continued to the present, do, by the womb of the virgin, the matrix ot God, and the rod ot Jeaua Christ declare and swear that his holiness, the pope, is Christ's vlce-gerent, and is the true and only head ot 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, I will defend this doctrine and hla holiness' right and custom against all usurpers of the heretical or Protestant authority whatsoever, e teclally 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 same now established In Ireland, and on the continent of America, and elsewhere, and all adherents In regard that they be usurped and heretical, posing the sacred church ef Rome, 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 Calvlnlsta, Huguenots and others of the name of Protestant or Liberals, to be dam- eable, and they themselves to be damned who will not fersake the same. I do further decli e 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, 8weden, Notway, England, Iceland or America, or la 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 ot the mother church's Interest, to keep secret and private all her agents' councils from time to time, aa 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 aa 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 I may be sent, to the frozen regions of the north, the burning sands ot the desert of Africa, or the plngles of India, to the centers ot civilisation ot Europe, or to the wild haunts ot the barbarous savages of America, without murmuring or repining and will be submissive in ail things whatso ever, communicated to me. I do furthermore promise and declare that I will, when opportunity presents, make and wage Twenties war, secretly or openly, against ail heretics, Protestants and Liberals as I am directed to do, to extirpate them from the face ot the whole earth, and that I will spare neither age, sex or condition, and that I will hang, burn, waste, boll, flay, strangle and bury alive these Infamous heretics rip up the stomachs and wombs ot their women and crush their Infanta heads against tha walla la order to annihilate their execrable ram. That whea tha same caaaff be docM opaaly, I will secretly use the pots oaous cap, the atreagulatlag cord, the ateel of the potaard, or the laadea bullet, regard less of the honor, rank, dignity or authority; of the peraoa or persons, whatever may be their condition la lite, either public or priv ate, aa I at any time may be directed so ta do by aay agent of the pope or superior est the brotherhood of the holy father, ot tha society of Jesus. la confirmation of which I hereby dedicate my Ufa, my sou! aad all corporal powers, aad with this dagger which I now receive, 1 will subscribe my name, written la my blood, la testimony thereof and should I prove falsa or weakea la my determination, may my brethren and fellow soldiers of the militia of the pope cut off my hands and my feet, and my throat from ear to ear, my belly opened and sulphur burned therein, with all tha punishment that caa be inflicted upon me oa earth aad my soul be tortured by demons la aa eternal bell forever. AU of which I. , do swear 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 heavea to witness these, my real Intentions, to keep thla my oath. In testimony hereof I take this most holy and blessed sacrament of ths eucharlst, and witness the Same further, with my name written with the point of this dagger, dipped in my own blood, and seal in the face of thlr holy convsnt file receives the wafer from the superlot and writes his name with the ttolnt ot hla dagger, dipped In his own blood, taken troa over tue Heart. The Fenian's Oath. "I swear by almighty God, by all la heavea and earth, by the holy prayer-book of my holy church, by the blessed Virgin Mary mother ot God, by her sorrow and grief at ths cross, by her tears and waitings, by the holy apostles SU Peter and Paul, by the glorious apostle of Ireland St. Patrick by tha blessed and holy church of all ages, by tha holy national martyrs, to light upon tha Irish oll. to fight for the Independence of Ireland to tight until I die, wading In tha red gore of the Sassenach (Protestant) for the glorious cause ot nationality to fight until not a single vestige, track or footstep, Is left to tell that the holy soil of Ireland was ever trodden by the Sassenach tyrants and murderers; and, morover, when tha Protestant robbers ana orutes in Ireland shall be murdered and driven into the sea like the swine our Lord Jesus Chrlit caused to be drowned, then we shall embark tor, aad take England, and root out every ves tige of the accursed blood of the heretlo adulterer, Henry VIII., and possess our selves of the beasts who have so long kept our island of saints Old Ireland In tha chains of bondage.drlven us from her shores, exiles Into foreign Unas. I will wade in tha blood of Orangemen and heretics (Protest ant) who do not Join us and become our selves. Bcotland too, having given aid and succor to the beast, we shall live In her gore. Wa shall not give up until we have restored out holy faith all over the British Isles. To all of thla I sincerely and conscien tiously swear with my eyes blinded, not knowing who to me administers thla oath Oath of the Clan-na-Gael. The following is the oath taken by the members of that famous Romish Catholio society : "I (name in full) do solemnly swear In tka presence of Almighty God, that I will laboi 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 --j -- hrotherhoed from all not entitled to knot"v such secrets; that I will obey and comply with the constitution and laws of the same. 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