You tell the people we Papists are Roman Catholics, but _you_ Protestants, are the _real_ Catholics. Let us then, take up the Dictionary, and _see_ what is the real meaning of the word, _Catholic_. According to the Dictionary, the word (Catholic) means universal. Of course, then, when the word (Catholic) is applied to a Church, it must mean the Universal Church. Let us then now see _which_ is the Universal Christian Church, and then we shall be able to judge, who have the greatest right to the honourable name of Catholic. The testimony which I shall cite to prove, that we are the most numerous body of Christians, is that of Macaulay, a celebrated Protestant historian of the present day, and whose historical pages have been quoted against us, in many of the late public meetings, that have been held. Of course, if his testimony is worthy of belief when _against_, it must also be so when _for_ us. Speaking of the great body of the Roman Catholic Church, Macaulay says, "The numbers of her communion are certainly not _fewer_ than 150,000,000, and it will be difficult to shew that all the other Christian sects _united_ amount to 120,000,000."[B] (Ed. Rev., Oct. 1840, p. 228.) You here see, that Macaulay tells you, that the Roman Catholics amount to _at least_ 150,000,000, whilst all other Christian sects _united_ into one body, scarcely form 120,000,000. As therefore the Roman Catholics form the greatest body of Christians, they must be the Universal Church. But the Dictionary tells us, that the word Catholic means Universal, therefore the Church of Rome is alone both Universal and Catholic, and consequently has the most just and only claim to the ancient and honourable name of Catholic. I thought, gentlemen, before we proceeded to the main subjects in discussion, we had better settle the two above points. For after you had seen, that your Protestant ancestors had _really_ and _actually_ done to the Catholics, what you _merely fancy_ the Pope and the Catholics are wishful at present to do to you, you would not think it _unreasonable_ in us, to claim your attention, whilst we shewed you the unreasonable grounds of your _present_ fears and alarms, and that, after you had seen, that _we_ have the _only_ just claim to the honourable name of Catholic,[C] you would not be startled, at hearing so often in these pages, that ancient name applied to the Spiritual members of the Pope in these realms.