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HE AMERICAN. READ AND COMPARE TlM A. P. A. Principle With tha Canon taw and Several Oaths of the Ro man Catholic Church, M TImm Jw4s tor mihK Whteh Hsvs tHs Trwa Spirit f Amsrlcsnlsm In THm, tha A. P. A. P rl.vc.pl t M Diabslicai OMigstlons TakM kf Roma's Miitiana. 1. r. A. Principle. Ifce following arc Uts durlaraUuna of prta fjtalsa adopted by tba Uoatl Council of taa 4. P. A. at IfesMolBval "Loyalty to true Atunrlcanlsra, which kaows arlihrr birth, place, rare, crrad, nor aarty, la U Brut rtsjulrenirol fur kismbrr ala la U Anirrlcsn Prolscvivs Assoclatloa. Tbl Auirrtt-ta I'rotactWs Association la aal a pollUcsl party, and dura not control lh political affillatloDa of Ita meinbrrss but It taarhoa tnem to b lntnslj actlva la Ilia lachargsof their political dutltta la or out at party Hoes, bacauaa It bvlleroa that all arablrma confronting our poopla will ba aooad aolld by a conscientious discharge of tha duties of clllsuhlp byercry Individual. "While tolerant of all creeda. It holda that abjection and support to any political power a at controlled by American cltlaena, and Which claims equal If aot greater aorerelgntt haa the government of tha Unlud BtaUw, la tnwooacllabla with American cltlaenahlp. It la, therefore, oppoaed to the holding of office la state or aatlunal government by any sub )act or supporter of luch acclealMtlcal pawer. "We uphold tha constitution of tha. United ttatea of America, and no portion of It mora than lu guarantee of religious liberty, but we ald thl religious liberty to be guarao wssa to tha Individual, and not to mean that aader lu protection any un-American eccles laatlcal power can claim any absolute con rol over tha education of children, growing at under tha stars and stripes. "We consider tha non-sectarian free public school tha bulwark of American Institutions, tha hast place tor the education of American alldren. To keep them auch, wa protest against tha employment of subjects of any aa-Asierlcan ecclesiastical power aa officers wr teachers of our public schools. "Wa condemn tha suppcrtoutof thepob tM treasury by direct appropriation or by on tract of any sectarian school, reform atory or other Institution not owned and Controlled by public authority. "Believing that exemption from taxation It equivalent to a grant of public funds, we am and that no real or personal property ba aiesapt from taxation, the title to which la aot Vested In tha national or state govern amenta, or In any of their sub-divisions. "Wa protest against tha enlistment In tha United States army, navy, or tha militia of AT state, of any person not an actual cltlaen at the United State. "Wa demand for tha protection of our clU m laborers tha prohibition of the Importa tion of pauper labor, and the restriction of all Immigration to persons who cannot show el ability and honest intention to become jtlf-aupportlng American cltlaena. "We demand tha change of the naturalisa tion laws by a repeal of tha act authorising tha naturalisation of minora, without a pre vious declaration of Intention, and by pro wMiag that no alien ahall be naturalised or famltted to rota in any state In the union Who cannot speak tha language of the land, aaa who cannot prove Mvru years' conaecu. tlva residence In this country from the date M ala declaration of his Intention. "Wa protest against tha gross negligence at laxity with which tha Judiciary of out laad administer tha present naturalisation taws, and against the practice of naturalls tag aliens at the expense of committees or aa&ldates as the most prolific source of the assent prostitution of American clttaenshtp a the basest uses. "We demand that all hospitals, asylums, aaformatorles. or other tnatttallona In wblcn Seapla are under restraint, be at all times ahject to public Inspection, whether they ate maintained by tha public or b, I private awporatlons or Individuals. "Wa demand that all national ar state legislation affecting nnsnclal.comm rclalor atrial Interests be general la cl aracter aad In no Instance In favor of any oaa sec tion of the country, or any one claaa of tha aaepla." Cannon Law. 1 The constitutions of prlncea are not parlor, but subordinate to ecclesiastical eastltutlons. t, The laws of the emperor oannot dls aire tha ecclesiastical or canen laws. It Is not lawful for an emperor to exact aay thing oppoaed to the apostolic rule. 4. It la not lawful for kings to usurp the things that belong to priest. (. No custom of anyone can thwart the Statutes of the popes. let no resistance be offered to the apostolic (canon) precepts, but let them be alntlferlottsly fulfilled. I, The yoke Imposed by the holy see la to e borne, though It appear Intolerable and Insupportable. a. The pontiff can neither be loosed no hound by the secular power. a. That the Pontiff was called God by the gdous Prince Constantino, and that aa god he aaaot be judged aa man. 10, That aa god he la far above the reach f all human law and Judgment. U. That all laws contrary to the canons aad decrees of the Soman prelates are of no fare. U. That all of the ordinances et the pope are unhesitatingly to be obeyed. la. We ought not even to apeak to one Whom the pope has ex-communicated. U. Priests are father and masters, even at princes. U. The civil law Is derived from man, but the ecclesiastical or canon law la derived Alrectly from God, by which the pontiff can, la connection with his prelates, make con stitutions for the whola christian world, la matters spiritual, concerning the salvation af souls, and the right government of the aurch) and If necessary Judge and dispose f all the temporal goods of all christians. It, A heretic, holding or teaching false toe trine concerning the sacrament, la ex aomtnunlcated and degraded, and handed rver to the secular court. IT. Secular princes nnwttllc to swear to tetend the church against heretics are ex asmmunlcated, and they are laid aader aa ' Interdict. U. The goods of heretics are to Le con- lacated and applied to the church. IS. Advocates or notaries, favxxteg here sies, or their defenders, or pleading for them law suits, or writing documents for them, are Infamous and auspended from office. St, The secular powers, whether perxaa- aent or temporary, are bound to swear that they will exterminate, according to their a wax, all heretics condemned by the church I aad a temporal lord aot purging his lead of aareilca. at e -communicated. U. Those signed with the cross for the ex- termtaatlae) of rUos. rrjnirw ha the prin ters graatsd to to the crusaders tor the help of the holy land. tt They are absolved from all obligations who ar In aaywlaa bound to eerelice. ZS. Whoever dlee la battle against the unbelieving, merits the kingdom of heaven. 14. We do aot ewteem those hetnlclees to whom It may have bappeoed la their seal for their mother church against the ei-oomma-Bleated, to kill some of them. IX That Catholic Prisons are bound, both by civil aad commas law. not to receive or tolerate heretic, aad much more are aot to permit their rttea, or o' siercl of their religion, or rather, their fi sect, but mtHt solemnly bound everywhere, to repel and expel them, Sa. The following temporal paalshmente are to be enforced oa heretical 1st Infamy, and the consequent dlaquallflcatlooa for all civil acta. Ind Intestability, aa well active as passive (that la, they caa neither make nor will Inherit what la left to them by others). Ird Los of paternal power over children, tlb Loss of dowry, and other privileges granted to women. Ath ConBsca tloa of all goods. Sth-Thst vassals and slsves and others are free from all, evsn sworn obligations due to their lord or an other. Tlh Capital corporal punishment, specially death, and perpetual Imprison ment. ST. The canon law forbids all tolerattoa. St. That metropolitans and blahopa ar to ei-oommunloate him who grants liberty of conscience. 29. No oath Is to be kept toward heretic princes, lords or others. tu. Heretic ars to be deprived of all Civil and paternal right. 11. The pope can absolve from si oaths. U. Every bishop Is ordinary Judge la a eause of heresy. The reason Is because the bishops can ex -officio, aad 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. Evsry bishop In bis diocese la thought to be, 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. as, la every promissory oath, although absolutely taken, there are certain condi tions tacitly understood, amongst which are! 1st If I can SndTo aava the right and authority of a superior) trd When the oath supposes the honor of the apoatollo see to be Illicit. St, That the council of Trent, (the last and great authority of Borne), decree and com mands that the sacred canons and all gen eral coanclla, also the other apostolic enact ments issued In favor of ecclesiastical per sons of ecclesiastical liberty, and against its violators, allot which by this present decree It renews, and must ba axactry observed by all. Cardinal's Oath. "I, , cardinal of the Holy Boman Church, do promise and swear that, from this time to the end of my life, I will oe faithful and obedient unto St. Peter, the holy apos tolic Koman church, and our most holy lord, the pope of Rome, and his successors, canon lcally 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 Boman papacy and the regalia of Peter, with all my might and endeavor, so tar as tnt 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 nuncloa of the apoatollo see. In the territories; churches, monasteries and other benefice committed to my keeping: and I will cordially co-operate with them and treat thew 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 Boly Boman bishop, our lord the pope and hla before mentioned successors, and that, at whatever time anything shall be decided to tlielr prejudice, which la out of my power to hinder, as soon aa I shall know that any steps or measurea have been taken la the matter, I will make It known V "'he same. our lord or hla successors, or aon per son by whose means It may be l f to their knowledge. That I will keep am. out and cause others to keep and carry the rules of the holy father, the decreet. ordinances, dispensations, reservations, pro visions, apostolic mandates and constitu tions of the Holy Father 8ertua, of happy memory, as to visiting the U aholds of the apostles at certain prescrlb times, accord ing to the tenor of that ich I have Just read through. That I wU. aeek out and op pose, persecute and fight (omnl conatu per- secuturum et lmpugnaturum) against hare- tics or schismatics who oppose out lord, the pope of Borne, and his before-mentioned suc cessors, and this I will do with every possible effort." (Signature) then aent to the pope. Bkhop Oath. , elect of the diocese, from henceforward will ba faithful and obedient to Su Peter the Apostle and to the Holy Boman church, and to our lord, the holy pope of Borne, and to his suc cessors, canonlcally entering, I will neither advise, consent nor do anything that they may lose lite or member, or that their per sons may be seised, or hands la anywise laid upon them, or any Injuries offered to them. under any pretence whatsoever. Ths coun sel with which they shall Intrust ma 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. Tha legate of the apoatollo t, going and coming, I will honorably treat and help In hla necessities. The rights, honors, privileges and authority of tha Holy Boman church of our lord, tha 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 ahall be plotted against our said lord and Boman church, anything to the hurt or prejudice of their persons, rights honor, state or power, and. It I shall know any such thing to be treated or agluted by any whataover, I will hinder it to my utmoat, 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 our said lord or hla successors, I will to my most persecute and oppose. "Heretic, schlsmatlcos et re belles eldem Domino noetro vel aucceasorlbua predicate pro posse peraequar et oppugn bo." "I will come to a council who Nun called, I will visit the threshold of ths apostles very three years and give aa ascountof our lord of all my pastoral office and of tha things belonging to my diocesa, to tba dls rlpllMot iy cmrgy aad people. I will la like maaaer humbly receive and diligently execute the apostolic commands. If I am detained by a lawful Impediment, I will per form the aforesaid by a member of my chap ter or a prtost of my dtoreas, fully Instructed la all things above an en tinned. Tha pi wens sloas beloSglng to my table. I will neither aell nor otherwise alieaat) without consult ing tha Botuaa pontiff. Bo hst tee Oud aad these holy gospels of Uod. " 4 (Signature), Pent to the Horn tab Manager. Priest' Oath. . bow In the presence of "I- Almighty God, the blessed Virgin Nary, the blessed Michael the Archangel, the blessed St. John the Baptist, tha Holy Apostles 81 Peter and BL Paul and tha Balnls and tha acred Hosts of Heaven, and to you, my lord. I do declare from my heart, without mental reservation that the pope la t'brlst'a vlcar general and Is ths trus aad only head of the universal church throughout the earth, and that, by virtue of the keys of binding and loosing given to hla holiness by Jesus Christ he haa power to depose heretical kings, princes, states, commonwealths and govern ments, all being illegal without his sacred confirmation, and that they may safely t j 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 the now pretended authority and church In England and all ad herent, la regard that tbey be usurps! and heretical, opposing the sacred mother of the church of Borne. "I do denounce and disown any allegiance aa due to any Protestant king, prince or state or obedience to any of their Inferior officers. I do further declare the doctrine of 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 all or any of hla holiness' agents In any place wherever I ahall be, and to do my utmoat 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 of the mother church'a 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 band, in the presence of my holy bishop and all tba priests who asstat hint In my ordination to the priesthood." Extreme Oath of the Jesuit. I, -, now in the presence of Almighty God, the blessed Virgin Mary, ths blessed Michael the archangel, the blessed St. John the Baptist, the holy Apostles BU Peter and St. 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 UBcatlon of Paul the Third, and continued to the present, do, by the womb of the virgin, ' ths matrix of God, and the rod of Jesus Christ declare and awear that hla holiness, the pope, is Christ's vlce-gerent, and la the true and only head of the Catholic or uni versal church throughout the earth; and that by virtue of the keys of binding and3 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 hla 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, eieclally 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. tpoalng the sacred church et Borne. 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 ths churches of England and Scotland, of the Calvlnists, Huguenots and othera of ths name of Protestant or Liberals, to be dam- eable, and tbey themselves to be damned who will not forsake the aame. 1 do further declt e that I will help, assist and advise all or any of his holiness' agents, ln any place wherever I shall be, in Switzer land, Germany, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Notway, England, Iceland or America, or la any other ktngdem or territory, I ahall 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 ass urns aay religion heretical tor the propagation of the mother church'a 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 ahall 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 (perlnda 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 aent, to the froaen regions of the north, the burning sands of the desert of Africa, or the plnglea of India, to the centers of civilisation of Europe, or to the wild haunts of the barbarous savages of America, without murmuring or repining aad will be submissive In all things whatso ever, communicated 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 Liberals aa I am directed to do, to extirpate them from the face of the whole earth, and that I will spare neither age, sax or condition, and that I will hang, burn, waste, boll, flay, strangle and bury alive these infamous heretics) rip np the stomachs and wombs of heir women aad crush their Infants heads against ths walls la order to annihilate their siscreble race." That whan the bum raaao ba dose openly, I will secretly use the pole oaous cup, the strangulating cord, ths steel of the poloard. or the leaden bullet, regard tea of the honor, rank, dignity or authority of the person or persons, whatever may be their condition la life, either public or prie sts, as I at any time may be directed so Is do by aay agent of the pope or superior of the brotherhood of the boly father, of ths society of Jesus. In conflrniatloa of which I hereby dedicate my Ufa, my aoul aad all corporal powers, and with this dagger which I bow receive, I will subscribe my aame, written la my blood. In testimony thereof) and should I prove false or weaken In my determination, may my brethren and fellow soldiers of the mllttla of the pope cut off my hands and my feet, and Buy throat from ear to ear, my belly opened and sulphur burned therein, with all tha punishment that caa be Inflicted upon me oa earth and my aoul ba tortured by demons la an eternal hell forever. Allot which I, ...,doswearby the blessed trinity, and blessed sacrament which I am bow to receive, to perform, and on my part to keep Inviolably; and do call all the heavenly and glorious boat of beavea to witness these, my real Intentions, to keep this my oath. In testimony hereof I take this most holy and blessed sacrament of tha eucharlst, and witness the Same further, with my name written with the point of this dagger, dipped la my own blood, aad seal In the face of this boly convent Me receives the wafer from the superior and writes his name with ths point of his dagger, dipped In his own blood, taken trots over the heart The Fenian's Oath. "I swear by almighty God, by all la beavea and earth, by the holy prayer-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 tha 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 boly national martyrs, to fight upon ths Irish soil, to fight for the Independence of Ireland to fight until I die, wading In ths red gore of the Sassenach (Protestant) for the glorious cause of nationality! to tight until not a single vestige, track or footstep. Is left to tell that the holy aoll of Ireland was ever trodden by the Sassenach tyrants and murderers; and, morover, when ths Protestant robbers ana orutes 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, and take England, and root out every ves tige of the accursed blood of the heretic adulterer, Henry V1U., and possess our selves of the beasts who have so long kept our Island of saints Old Ireland In the chains of bondage.drl ren us from her shores, exiles Into foreign lands. 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. Ws shall not give up until we have restored our boly 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-Gael. The following is the oath taken by the members of that famous Romish Catholic society: "I (name la full) do solemnly swear In tfcs presence of Almighty God, that I will labor While life la left In me to establish aad de fend a republican form of government In Ireland; thatl will keep secret the namea anA evAPVthtnff mnnertAd with the Trl. brotherhood from all not entitled to kno, 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 aa 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 (hat 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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