Two Addresses: One, to the Gentlemen of Whitby, Who Signed the Requisition, Calling a Meeting to Address the Queen, on the Late (So Called) Aggression of the Pope: and the Other, to the Protestant ClergyRigby, N. (Nicholas)
Religion
Two Addresses: One, to the Gentlemen of Whitby, Who Signed the Requisition, Calling a Meeting to Address the Queen, on the Late (So Called) Aggression of the Pope: and the Other, to the Protestant Clergy
Rigby, N. (Nicholas)
Catholic Church -- England -- History -- 19th century; England -- Church history
Hence in Ireland, the Catholic Hierarchy, has not only been recognised,
but royally honoured; and the same form of Ecclesiastical Government, has
been gradually extended, to the greater part of our Colonies. Australia
was the first, which obtained this spiritual advantage, and this was
_openly_ done, and was _publicly_ known, and yet, no remonstrance was
ever made against it. The Catholic Prelates of Australia, in every
document, are addressed by their titles, and are acknowledged, and
salaried, as Archbishops and Bishops, respectively, and this not by one,
but by successive English governments. Our North American possessions,
were the next, to receive this spiritual government, Kingston, Byetown,
Toronto, and Halifax, have been erected into dioceses by the Holy See,
and the titles of their respective Bishops, are acknowledged by their
local governments. The Holy See, has also formed a new ecclesiastical
province in the West Indies, where several Vicars Apostolic, have been
appointed with titles, and with all the spiritual powers, allowed by the
Hierarchy. Now, gentlemen, if the Catholics of _Ireland_, and the
Catholics of our _English_ Colonies, are thus allowed by Government, to
enjoy the spiritual benefits of the Hierarchy, do you not think it
unreasonable, that the Catholics _of England_, should be refused the same
spiritual blessings? Do not the Dissenters also, enjoy in England, the
free exercise of _their_ spiritual powers? Dr. Dillon, assumed the power,
and ordained, what he called Presbyters, and no Englishman thought
proper, to call him to account, for assuming those spiritual powers. The
Moravians, and the Irvinites or the Apostolicals, have their Bishops in
England, and yet, they are not taxed with illegality. The Scotch Kirk,
the Baptists, the Methodists, the Quakers, the Independents, the
Presbyterians, and all other Dissenters, appoint their Ministers for
themselves, and mark the limits of the separate districts, in which they
are to exercise their spiritual authority, and yet, no one has the
presumption, to question the legality of their exercising such authority
in England. If therefore, all these various dissenting sects are allowed
these spiritual privileges, why should the English free-born Catholics,
be debarred from them?
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