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Cf ortez ^ of Spain , whose first article is that the Catholic shall be the only religion tolerated in their country . Now in this kingdom is the-fullest toleration of the Cat ho .
lie religio n * Its chapels are nu . merous $ its worship is undisturbed ; it has public schools and col . ieges , for the education of its clergy and laity . They desire more than this , and , for this purpose ^ apply to the good offices of the Cortes . who would be shocked at
the appearance of Protestant subj&c £ s in . Spain , with any of these . indulgences . We were in hopes , on the abolition of the Inquisi . tion : ^ tb $ t much was gained in be * baff of rehgious liberty , and we do not despair < 4 this being ultimately the case ; but the real
state of religion has been hitherto imperfectly known , and the approaches to Christian freedom are but slow . Though the Inquisition Ss abolished in Spain , very severe l $ ws have been established to protect the * Roman faith . Among them this is retained from the old
laws : — * ' Heretics may be accused by . any person , before the bishops © r £ freir vicars , who are to exa-Jnine jtrurn in the articles of their faith and the sacraments , and on finding them to err in any thing which the Roman church holds ,
they are to endeavour to convert 4 V V and draw th < in from the error by good r * asoning ^ nd mild persuasion , $ nd -to ' . pardon ihvna &n their return to the true faith H . ' . J . . ¦ .
put if they will not quit their obstinate judgment , wfey are to give them to the setut&r judges to be pun ished i nth : s manner :-Mi the heretic be a preachery he id to be burned uutfr nre , io that he d i ^ s » Mihe ^ rti ^ pun ^^^
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iriflictt d on those , * h ^^) gl ffcai there are neither re ^ kirds not puttf * ibhments in another ^ wofld ; atid " if a person countenance 'heretics ' , he sha ^ ll be banished or kept in pri .
son , and the goods of condemned heretics shall go to their cliildren and dependants being Catholics ^ or to the king or the church , in case thty have no children . ' *
Thb being the case in Spain , though we doubt whether the laws would be put strictly in force at the present day , we are very glad that the Irish Catholics are making an application to the Cortrz , and we hope that the ; , request will
meet with ample discussion . It surely will be inconsistent with the Cortez to beg for any favour lor the Catholics in this country , which it will not grant to Profes * tants in Spain , and thas the i&gociation between the tWbcoUnities
will be atterided with advartr ^| es to both * It Would , indecdy b £ a pleasant strife , an ocrya&i ) ^ pH \ a holy emulation , which should do most for the benefit of therr ^
respectivte subjects . Gf cotir % e , c » n the matter being ^ p roposed by Spain , England woiild naturally reply , — **• Let all pains and penalties on the subject of religion be removed in your country , &nd then we will mutually discuss what fciriher can safely be allowed to dissidents from the established
religion , and whatever' you will grarit to Protestant surjjeyts in your country * that we will allovr to Catholic ^ bjeefs in our own . "
Upon this basis a Committee of Spanish Catholic ^ , frbm the Cor . trs , and Of English Prot ^ tants , from out Parliament , *^ hnig ** l ft y down sHme h ^ ri ** i 6 » fclf ' Vl Which would ' £ tpcyr : dach -cejire ^ ^ tDP the
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1813, page 556, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2431/page/68/
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