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¦ jteaf tejj of Jesits Christ , that of the prince is to receive it from their lips , proved by the Scriptures , and to execute the same with efficacy' ( 5 ) . t ( The Representative of the First of
Pastors , and of theHead of the Church , having been requested to give to France an uniform declaration of that holy doo trine which we are not bound to receive tut from the Church and its Pastors ( 6 ) , it was not till after it had received the
approbation of the Legate of the Holy See , that the New Catechism came to pur hands . " We received it with the respect due to so great an authority . Our confidence in the person of the Pontiff who so worthily Represents the head of the church in the midst of us : would have been a
sufficient warrant for our adoption of this Catechism , without any new examination . But we recollected that Jesus Christ has not entrusted the sacred depo- » $ it of the faith ( 7 ) to . one member alone of the Episcopacy , but to all ; and that in the character of bishops we are placed
as cen tin eh upon the towers of the holy ity to watch for its safety ( 8 ) ; and that the vigilance of one does by no means excuse others from being attentive and Watchful ; and that we are all actually responsible to Jesus Christ for the preservation of the faith , of which he has appointed us depositaries and judges .
*< We have therefore attentively exajnined the * Catechism for the Use of ali the Churches of the French Empire . ' We have there found the Catholic doc-i £ rine declared in its integrity : we there recognize the worlc , almost entire , of the illustrious Bishop of Meaux , that immortal defender f the faith , the repetition of whose eloquence is so flattering to the Gallican church . ' * In this new Catechism the duties of subjects towards the Princes who govern them are explained to a greater extent than before , because * the circum * stances of the times in which we live bear no resemblance to those which
( 5 ) Pragm . cap . vii . apud Bossuel ; , t > isc . sur Titiiit . de I'Eglis . ( 6 ) Catech . lecon prelim .
( 7 ) O fimothee , depbsitum custodi , •—1 Tim . vi . 20 . ( 8 ) Super muros ti * ost Jerusalem , contit ui custody ; tota . die et tota nocte in fcrpctuum nan tacebupt , —IsaLxlik 6 ?
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nave preceded them ; &nd because , when circumstances seemed to require it , Christians have neve * been afraid to de ^ clare their Sentiments respecting the powers established by God to govern the world . The principles taught ia this Catechism are those of all ages , be ^
cause religion , does not change principles . In publishing at this time the obligations they impose upon us towards the Emperor , we adopt the same ex * pressions used by our predecessors * With them we reckon among the number of our duties , that of invoking the
Almighty for the salvation of our princes for him we ask long life-r-a tranquil reign , —a happy family—intrepid armies - —a faithful senate—a tried peopfcr ^ peace with the universe-r-and , in -f act , every thing that can be desired as a private individual or a public charac *
« ' We pray , say the heroes of the firsi ^ ages of the church , and we may saj with them 9 we pray for the Emperor . We lift our hands to heaven , because they are pure : we uncover our faces , because we have nothing to brush for , excepting the necessity thefe i * of reminding us of this daty , and because we pray with affection and in the sincerity of our souls ( 10 ) .
** In the power with , which the £ m « peror is invested , we acknowledge the work of God ; and we bear a religicnfcl respect for that second Majesty upon earth , as being itself the image of t&e Divine ( ri )« '
• ¦ ¦** - . > '" H 'Ml 11 1 HI 1 ¦! ¦¦¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ Ill 11 ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ill II H » t ( 9 ) Nos enfan pro sahite imperatortlni deum invocamus seternum . ... oramutf pro omnibus irnperatoribus , vitam illzS prolixam , imperium securum , dorrrttm tutam ,. exercitusfortest" scnatum lidelcm , pcpulum probuni , orbem quietum , et qusecumque homini et Cassaris vota sunt . — - ^ Tertul . ApoJ . xxix . ( 10 ) Mambus expa » sis ? quia innoctlis ^ capite nudite , quia non crubescimus ; dejaique Ane ntonitore , quia de pqc «> re ^ —Ibid .
( 11 ) Qvjjd ego ampliils de religlone atque p ictuce Christian ^ in imperaftorenrf * qucm neccsse est suspiciamus ut cuia quern Dominnsnoster ^ elegit . - . Tcmpe . ans nuijestatem Cs&sari ^ infta dcum . cui soli subjicio-.- — Ibid * xxxiii . Velim tanaen in hAc religion . * fletundjB majcstatiS ) eu ,-- * Ib : d , xaxv .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1806, page 495, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1728/page/47/
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