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De ^ lA tifiioh Archbishops and Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland .
At a time- \ vlien the spirit of calm inquiry is abroad , and men seem anxious to resign those prejudices through which they viewed the doctrines of others , the A rchbishops and Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland avail
themselves with pleasure of this dispassionate tone of the public mind , to exhibit a simple and correct view ' of those tenets that are most frequently misrepresented . If it please the Almighty that the Catholics of Ireland should be doomed to
continue in the humbled and degraded condition iii which they are now placed , they will submit with resignation to the Divine will . The Prelates , however , conceive it a duty which they owe to
themselves , as well as to their Protestant felloW'Siibjects , whose good opinion they value , to endeavour once more to remove the false imputations that have been frequently cast upon the faith and discipline of that Church which is cutrusted to
their care , that all may be enabled to know with accuracy the genuine principles of those met ) who are proscribed by law from any participation in the ho nours , dignities , and emoluments of the Stale . - -.. .-. - . ¦
1 . Established for promoting the happines ? of mankind , to which order is essential , the Catholic religion j far from interfering with the constituted authorities of any state , is reconcilable with every regular forai which human governments may assume . Republics as well as monarchies have ** hriven where it has
been professed , and , under its protecting influence , any combination of those forms may be secure . 2 . The Catholics in Ireland of mature years , are permitted to read authentic and approved translations of the Holy Scriptures with explanatory notes , and
are exhorted to use . them in the spirit of piety ^ humility and obedience . The Clergy of the Catholic Church are bound to the daily recital of a canonical office , which comprises , in the course of a year ,
almost the entire of the sacred volume ; and her pastors are required on Sundays and festivals , to expound to the faithful , in the vernacular tongue , the epistle or gospel of the day , or some other portion of the divine law .
3 . Catholics believe that the power of working miracles has not been withdrawn from the Church of God . The belief , however , uf any particular miracle not
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recorded in the revested intt ' oi'iQaWU not required as a term of CathWrd ^ torn nmon , though thei ^ Urehosanrso ^ tic ^ g- ly recommended to our Ifclie ^ that"they * cannot without temerity ttb rejeit ' erh * " ^ ^
4 . Roman Catholics ie ^ ere til e Etes&tt Virgin and the ? Sat-n'ts , and pio ^ sJf iwvoke their intercession . Far ,- hrtwever , from honouring 'tftetn ' wftft * aAtfitrt * woH ship , they believe that st 3 rt * h ^ orship ^ % due to God aloue , and that it cauittoi ^ tfc
paid to any creatfRffwithout involving the guilt of idolatry . " ^ , i-5 . CathoHcH respect the images of Christ and of his Saints , without beliefing that they are endowed with any tip . trinsic efficacy . The honour whiefc is paid to these memorials is referred ^ tti
thi > se whom they represent ; a&& should the faithful , through ignorance o ^ any other cause , ascribe to them any divine virtue , the Bishops are bound to correct the abuse , and rectify their misapprehend sioiis
-6 . The Catholic Church * m * comraefr with all Christians , receives and respects the entire of the ten commandments , as they are found m Exodus and Deuteronomy . The diseo rdance bet wee n C&tHtflics aftd Protestants o « i this Subject arfees frottithe different manner in which thHfe divine precept shave been -arranged . - C ' f
t . Cathblics hold ; that , in ^ order io atfatn sfia ^ ation ; it is necessary to beJ tfiig to the true Church ; arid tMt hereby or a wffftk and obstkiate bppbsltirtn f& revealed ti'dth as taught In ^ the Ghftfrch of Christ , ebitludes 'frorfi ^ tlief ¦ kingdom of ( 5 oxL They ^ atrtg ^ riot Obliged \ 6 Relieve
that'trll tlittWea * & WHffclly attd obstinately attached tiverroi ^' wl ^ , MVi ^^ 'been seduced into k by briit ^ ^ o £% h * H hkvihg imbibed it from ¦ the 1 ^ lpto-ehts * -t 1 Seek the truth With a catirHm ^ sdKcit ^ e ^^ sposed to embrace it whe'ta s ^ fflSele ^ iA ^^ bbosed
to them ; but leaving-such persons to the righteous judgment of a merciful Golf , they ft-el themselves bound" ro dischargee towards them , as well as towards all mankUid , the duties - ' of-charity and 6 f social life .
8 . As Catholics in the Eucharist adore Jesus Christ alone , * whom they believe fo be truly , really and substantially present , they conceive they caiftiot'fee Consistently reproached with idolatry by any Christian who admits the divinity of the Son of God .
9 . No actual sin can be forgiven at the will of Pope or Priest , or any person whatever , without a sincere sorrow for having offended God , and a firm resolution to avoid future guilt and to atone
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1826, page 179, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2546/page/51/
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