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UNITARIAN CHEOMICLE . 179
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MARRIAGE OP PRIESTS . The celibacy of the priests is opposed to the spirit as well as to the letter of the 'Gospel . 1 Tim . iii . 2 , 4 , 12 . It is a state contrary to nature , and which religion and civilization equally reject . As long as priests—are—not— -marriedr-
—religionpreached by them will be a ferment of discord , a subject of social disturbance . Besides , marriage being a sacrament , is it not contrary to the rules of justice as well as charity to deprive a priest of a sacramental grace granted to laics ? It is for this reason that we are anxious to see the
Church of Christ directed as in primitive times , by ministers who , practising at the same time the virtues of a priest and those of the father of a family , give a new guarantee of the purity of their conduct , and acquire new rights to the confidence , to the respect , and to the affection of Christians .
A DMINISTRATION OP THE SACRAMENTS . The sacraments are administered in the vulgar tongue conformably to the instructions of the apostles , and after the" particular ritual of our Church . 1 Cor . xiv . 19 .
CONFESSION . In order to escape from the reproaches which our Saviour addressed to the Pharisees , Mark vii . 7 , $ ., 9 ; Luke ii . 4 ( 5 , we do not layheavy burdens on our people , and such as are grievous to be borne . Anridular confession not being a divine precept , we do not impose it upon persons of mature age .
Nevertheless , before approaching to the holy table , the people are enjoined to prepare themselves to receive the general absolution . 1 Cor . ii . 2 S . In order to be admitted to the holy mysteries , auricular confession will be recommended to the young , their inexperience requiring the advice of a wise and enlightened director .
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ABSTINENCE AND FASTING . Jesus Christ and his apostles having given us the example not to make distinctions of food , we do not recognize any particular day of abstinence . Matt . xv . 11 ; 1 Cor . viii . 8 ; x . 25 , 26 , 21 ; Acts x . 15 ; Rom . •—xiVT ^ l' ^ j ~~ i-rt * ir ~ i" ^ "l ~ 5 ""^~~ 'l Iriio ( i 7 ~~ iv ™\~ i ~ 2 y 5 . With respect to the fasting prescribed in the Gospel , we refer its observance to the piety of Christians . Matt . vi . 16 , 17 ; xvii . 20 ; Markix , 2 S ; Luke v . 35 .
THE MASS . The ' prayers and ceremonies of the mass being calculated to edify the people , we offer the holy sacrifice In the vulgar tongue . Heb . v . 1 ; Luke xxii . 19 ; 1 Cor , xiv . 10 .
VENERATJON OP SAINTS . Since the saints were saved by grace , and their salvation was the " gift of God , our veneration is limited to returning thanks to the Lord for the assistance that he has rendered to them . Eph . ii . 8 , 9 ; Rom . viii . 33 ; Heb . vii . 25 .
PREACHING . 1 st . Religious instruction being the special object of our mission , we regard it as the most sacred of our duties to distribute frequently the bread of the word of God . 2 Tim . iv . 1 , 2 ; Matt , xxviii . 19 , 20 ; Mark xvi . 10 ; Luke xxiv , 47 . 2 d . Politics will be excluded from our discourses . 3 d . Religious toleration will reign in our instructions as in our con ^ duct . 2 Tim . iii . 10 .
HIERARCHY . After the decision of the sovereign , apostolical , patriarchal council , the hierarchy of the French Catholic Church will consist of , 1 st . A bishop who takes the title of Primate Coadjutor of the Gauls ; ( delegated by the council and the patriarch . )
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 1, 1832, page 179, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1821/page/3/
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