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THE
TEMPORAL
POWER
OF
THE
POPE.






POPE.






POPE.






POPE.






regard
to
the
Catholic
Church,
it
has
been
my


my


chance
to
converse
with
every
rank
and
degree


degree


of
her
hierarchy—pope,
cardinal,
nuncio,
arch-


arch-


bishop,
bishop,
and
priest—and
I
never
heard


heard


one
of
them
claim
any
such
power,
and
never


never


heard
one
of
them
speak
upon
the
subject
who


who


did
not
disavow
any
belief
of
its
existence.





existence.





existence.





The
vexed
question
of
governing
Ireland,
and


and


of
granting
to
the
people
of
that
kingdom
a


a


part
of
the
rights
enjoyed
by
the
subjects
of


of


Great
Britain,
has
often
led
the
British
Parlia-


Parlia-


ment
to
inquire
into
the
charges
made
against


against


Roman
Catholics,
with
reference
to
the
asserted


asserted


right
of
the
Roman
pontiff
to
interfere
with
the


the


internal
affairs
of
other
governments.





governments.





governments.





Three
propositions
were
prepared
and
sent
to


to


the
faculties
of
the
principal
Catholic
Universi-


Universi-


ties
in
France
and
Spain—those
of
the
Uni


Uni


versity
of
Paris,
of
Douay,
of
Louvain,
of
Al-


Al-


cala,
of
Salamanca,
and
of
Valladolid.
I
give


give


the
propositions
and
abstracts
of
the
several


several


answers,





answers,





answers,





Extracts
from
the
declarations
and
testi-


testi-


monies
of
six
of
the
principal
universities
of


of


Europe,
on
the
three
following
propositions,
sub-


sub-


mitted
to
them
at
the
request
of
Mr.
Pitt,
by
the


the


Catholics
of
London,
in
1789.






1789.






1789.






1789.






MRE.
CHANDLER'S
SPEECH.






SPEECH.






SPEECH.






SPEECH.






THE
PROPOSITIONS.






PROPOSITIONS.






PROPOSITIONS.






PROPOSITIONS.






1.
Has
the
pope,
or
cardinals,
or
any
body
of
men,
or
any


any


individual
of
the
Church
of
Rome,
any
civil
authority,
power,


power,


jurisdiction,
or
preéminence
whatsoever,
within
the
realm


realm


of
England
?





?





?





2.
Can
the
pope,
or
cardinals,
or
any
body
of
men,
or
an


an


individual
of
the
Church
of
Rome,
absolve
or
dispense
his


his


majesty’s
subjects
from
their
oath
of
allegiance
upon
any


any


pretext
whatsoever
?
oo





oo





oo





8.
Is
there
any
principle
in
the
tenets
of
the
Catholic
faith


faith


by
which
Catholics
are
justified
in
not
keeping
faith
with






with






with






with






‘heretics,
or
other
persons
differing
from
them
in
religious






religious






religious






religious






opinions,
in
any
transaction,
either
of
a
public
or
private


private


nature
?





?





?





These
propositions,
honourable
gentlemen
will


will


perceive,
are
skilfully
drawn,
and
cover
the
whole


whole


ground
of
dispute
;
and
the
answer
of
every
uni-


uni-


versity
addressed
is
spread
at
large
before
the


the


world.
Solemn
deliberation
was
had
upon
the


the


propositions,
from
so
respectable
a
source
as
Mr.


Mr.


Pitt,
and
all
concur
in
declaring,
that
no
man,


man,


nor
any
body
of
men,
of
the
Church
of
Rome,


Rome,


however
assembled,
has
power
to
interfere
with


with


the
affairs
of
other
kingdoms.
I
give
the
an-


an-


swers,
:





:





:





After
an
introduction,
according
to
the
usnal


usnal


forms,
the
sacred
faculty
of
divinity
of
Paris


Paris


answer
the
first
query
by
declaring
:—





:—





:—





Neither
the
pope,
nor
the
cardinals,
nor
any
body
of
men,






men,






men,






men,






nor
any
other
person
of
the
Church
of
Rome,
hath
any
civil


civil


anthonty,
civil
power,
civil
jurisdiction,
or
civil
preéminence






preéminence






preéminence






preéminence