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London, England, 1807-05-21 00:00:00

.heretics, and,also that'unchristian and impious prin-
ciple, that -no' taith is to be 1:15t with heretics : I
further declare, that it is no article of my faith, arid
that I dd renounce, reje6.l, and abjure, the opinion that
Princes excommunicated by, the Pope and Council,
or by any authority of the See of RoMe, 'or by any
authority whatsoever, may be deposed or murdered
by their subjeas, or by any person whatsoever; and
.I,do promise, thatl will not bold, maintain, or abet,:
aoysuch opinion, or any other opinion, .dontrary to
what is expressed in this declaration ; and I do de-
clare,- that I do not believe that the Pope of llotne;
or any other, Foreign Prince, Prelate, State, or. P.o-
tentate, bath,. or ought to have, any temporal or
civd jurisdiaion, power,, superiority, or p,reemi-
pence, diredly or Indirectly, within. this Reallu ;,
and Ido Solemnly, in the presence-of God, and';of
his only Son ...tesos Christ, my Redeemer, profess,
testify; and declare, that I do make this declaratiOn,
and every part thereof, in the :plain and ordinary
sense of the words of this oath; without any evasion,
equivocation, or mental reservation whatever, and
without any dispensation already
,granted by the.
Pepe,: or any authority of `the See,of.P.Ome, or any
person whatever, and without thinking that I am;
or can, be, ,acquitted before God or :man, or absolved
of this declaration, or any part thereof, although the
Pope; or any other person. or persons or authority,
whatsoever,. shall dispense with or annul the:same,
or declare that it wa,, null and voidfrom the begin-
ning.—So help me God."
The next is the Oath and-Declaration prescribed
by the Irish Aa of the 33d of His' present Majesty,
and is. taken by all Irish Rarrian wishing
to entitle themselves to the benefit of ihat Act :

" I A. B. do heieby declare;that I do profess the
Roman Catholic Religion.
"I.A. B. do swear, that I do abjure, condemn,
and detest, as unchristian and impious, the principle,
that it is lawful to murder, destroy; or any ways
injure any persons whatsoever, fib. or under the pre-
tence of being e heretic ; and I do declare. solemnly,-
befere God', that Ldo believe, that no a& in itself
unjust, immoral, or wicked, can ever be justified
or excused, by or under. pretence or Colour, that it.
was done either for the good of the Church; or in
obedience to any Ecclesiastical Power ssfhatsoever.
I also declare, that it isnot-an article of the Catholie,
Faith, neither am thereby 'required:to believe or
profess, that the Pope is infallible, or that I am bound
to obey. any order, in its ts nature, immoral,
though the Pope, or any Ecclesiastidal Power, should
issue or direct such order ; but, on the contrary; I
hold, tbat, it would be sinful in me to pay any re:.:
SpeCt or obedience .thereto.. I further declare, thatl
do not believe, that any sin committed by me, can
be forgiven, at thesmere will of any ,Pope, or any
Priest, or of any person or per Sons whatsoever; but
that sincere sorrow fnr past sins, a firmand sincere
resoldtion to avoid future guilt, and to atone to God,
are previotis and indispensible requisites to establish.
a :well-founded expectation of :forgiveness, and that
any person who receives •absolution, without these
prswious requisites, so .far frorri obtaining thereby
any remission of hiS sins, incurs the additional
guilt of violating a 'sacrament ;- and I do swear,
that I will- defend, to the uttermost of my
power, the settlement' and arrangement of property
in ,this Country, as established by the laws now" in
being. I do hereby digclairn, disavow, and solemnii
abjure, any intention to subvert the present Chureh
Establishment for the pUrpose of substituting a Ca=
tholic Establishment in its stead ;,and I do solemnly
swear, that I will not exercise any privilege to which
I am, or may become entitled, to disturb and weaken
the Religion, and Protestant .Governmebt
thissKingdom.--=-So help me God."
Such are the principles which his Majesty's Ro:.
man Catholic Subjects have publicly ,and solemnly
declared and proleSsed ou oath. There is not, in
any of them, a single:principle which every Roman
Catholic Subjed of his Majesty does 'not, profess, or
which if his E.,ing and COuntry requirediit, he would
not think it-his ditty to seal with his blood.
lII.—In the year I 7SB a Committee of the Eitg.,
lish Catholics waited on Mr, :Pitt,, respecting their.
Application fora Repeal of the Penal Laws. I-fe ie-
. crested to be furnished with authentic evidence of
the Opinions of the Roman Catholic Clergy and the
Roman Cathsolic Universities abroad, the exist-
ence and extent of the Pope's dispensing power:—
Three questions were accordingly framed, and sent
to the Universities di Paris, Lovssin, .Alcala;
Salamanca, and Valadolid, -for their opinion's. The
questions proposed to them were,
..Ha the Pope or Cardinals, or any hody of then,
or any individual of the Church of Rome, any civil
authority, power, jurisdis'Aion, or pre-eminence.what-
soever, whin the Realm of England ?
2. Can the Pope pr Cardinals-, or any body of men,
or any individual of the Church of Rouse, absolve. or
dispense with his Majesty's Subjeas from theiri Oath
of Allegiance, upon any pretext whatsoever.?
3. Is there any
,principle in the tenets.of the Ca-
tholic Faith by which astko/isss are. justified. in not
keeping faith with Heretics, or other persousdiffering-
from them in religious opinions, in Any transaction,
either of a public or a private nature ?.
The Universities answ-ered unanimously,
1. That the Pope or Cardinals, or any body-ofmen,
or any individual of the Church of Rome, has not any
civil authority, power, jurisdiaion, or pre-eminence
. whatsoever, within the Realm.of England. •
2. That the Pope or Cardinals, or any body of pen,
or any individual of the Church of Rome, cannot ab-
solve or dispense with his Majesty's. Subjeas, from
their Oath of,Allegiance,. on any pretext Whatever.
3. That there is no principle in the tenets of the
Cat holic Faith by which Catholics are justified in not
• keeping faith with Heretics, or other persons differ-
Mg ti-om them in
,religious opinions, in any transac-
tions either of a public or private nature.
As soon as the opinions of the Foreign Univehi-
nes -were received; they were transmitted to Mr. Pitts
but we earnestly beg of you to observe that it was for
his satisfaction, not ours, that these opinions were
taken. Assuredly his Majesty's Ron.an Catholic.
Subjects did not want the wisdom of Foreign
Uni-
versities to inform them that his Polajesty is the law-
ful- Sovereign of all his Romari‘Catholic Subjeas,
and that, by every divine and human law, his Roman
Catholic Subjects owe'hirn true,. dutiful, active, and
• unreserved allegiance,