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in the different parts of the interior of Sweden , is sufficient to render the presence of a priest necessary in some considerable city , as (* ottenuurg , whither Catholic strangers are ted by commerce ; some of whom settle
there , and others remain but a short time . Louis XVI . had appropriated a fund for the erection of a chapel there ; the circumstances which prevented the execution of his religious design are well known . The toleration introduced iuto Sweden does not
authorize the Catholics to hold any civil offices ; they are excluded from these ; but by later laws the way to military advancement is open to them if they have distinguished talents . They can become proprietors and citizens , and enjoy certain privileges belonging < o these titles .
The Swedes are strictly forbidden to > return to the religion of their ancestors , but on the contrary , the law favours the change from Catholicism to Lutheranism , an allurement to which is held out by the hope of greater temporal advantage ; a circumstance calculated to embitter the
ministry of a zealous pastor , because it renders his benevolent exertions inadequate to save his flock from misery or heresy . The Pope nominates the apostolic vicar , and the king authorizes him , by a kind of diploma , to exercise his functions throughout all Sweden , provided he conform to the laws .
There is at present but one priest at the head of the Catholic Church in Sweden , deputed in 1805 by Pius VII . with the title of the apostolic vicar , to perform the offices of the ecclesiastical ministry for those persons resident in Stockholm and the different
cities of Sweden . The necessity of his presence in the metropolis renders it impossible for him long to absent himself from it , although there is another French priest not attached to the mission . Two at least should be
constantly there , to be able at certain titties of the year alternately to visit the Catholics in the interior , and to administer to them the succours of religion . The congregation of the Propagandists has endeavoured to realize the execution of this design , which is as noble as it would be saltir tary- It was formerly carried into
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effect ; but the events of later periods have placed an obstacle to the con ^ tinuation of its plans , which'it has not yet been abks to overcome . —Stockholm , 24 th April , 1819 .
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544 Brief Notes on the Bible . No . VII .
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Brief Notes on the Bible . No . VII . —Matthew xi . 2 . HE is the most judicious friend of Christianity , who , when a difficulty in the Scriptures presents
itself , states it fearlessly , and courts investigation . Were we disposed to slur it over , not so the wily infidel , prompt to infer that an undefended post is indefensible , and to triumph as much in a dereliction of it , as in
the most successful struggle in argument . What 1 would now advert to has probably been considered before , and accounted for ; but , not having such a recollection , I desire to call the
attention of your Correspondents to a portiou of the gospel history , which , I am free to confess , occasions me some perplexity . And , considering the nature of your publication , allow me a moment ' s digression to record a very humble opinion , that no communications to it
should be prolix , the subjects within the plan of it being multifarious , and the exclusion of many being a necessary consequence of the occupation of a dozen , or more , columns by a single essay or a sermon / I indulge a hope , therefore , that whatever
notices this may be honoured with , they will be close to the purpose ; and , assuring you , Sir , that if the expression of this hope be deemed presumptuous , the meaning of the writer is widely misconceived , f proceed to the difficulty which I have alluded to .
From all the four evangelists we learn that John the Baptist had , at the baptism of Jesus , a clear perception of who he was , and of the high commission that he bore—in plainer words , of his being the predicted Messiah .
Vet Matthew informs us , chap * xi that Qt When John had heard , in prison , the works of Christ , he sent two of his disciples , and said unto him , Art thou he that should come , or do we look far another ? " And theacpount of . this deputation is repeated in the fieventfr chapter of Luke *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1819, page 544, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1776/page/20/
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