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is cited here for that purpose
of our predecessors, absolve, by our a

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those excommunicated, and prof
keeping allegiance to them."
soon as any one is denounced as excommunicate

them by all means from
hear.) Again.—" As

sentence, for apostacy, from the faith, his subjects are ipso
facto freed from his authority, and from the oath of allegiance
by which they were bound to him." (Hear, and cheers.)
There is a great deal more upon the subject, but I will only
read that. You perceive that this is one of the authors
quoted as of authority for absolvinc, subjects from their
allegiance. (Hear.) There is another author quoted, and
that is Bellarmine; with whom I will conclude my address
upon the present occasion. (Hear.) Thomas Aquinas is a
standard of Maynooth ; Maldonatus is a standard of May-
nooth ; Ruffensturt is a standard ; and here is Bellarmine
another standard. Let ne,_ then, read to you one or two

passages from Bellarmiae. Here is the 6th cliapter, book v.,
de Romano Pontifica of the Roman Pontiff. The heading
of the chapter is—" The Pope has supreme temporal power,
ndirectly."
Let me entreat of you to observe this—the pope has chief
temporal power by directing. (Hear.) I would to God the
pope would attempt to exercise his supreme power directly.
(Cheers) ; for if the pope had the honesty to say to England
or Ireland, " I will absolve the subjects of the Queen from
their oaths of allegency, and they shall obey me ." we should
then understand the fellow, and know what he was about.
(Cheers.) We all know how to deal with the pope directly,
but the pope exercises his temporal power indirectly.—
(Cheers.) He moves with unceasing activity, but he moves
like a mole; you cannot see him when he is in the action,
but you see the effects of his movements. (Cheers.) Bel-
larmine says, "As to persons the Pope cannot, as the Pope
ordinarly depose temporal princes, even for a just cause, in
the same manner in which he deposes bishops ; that is as
an ordinary judge ; but he can change kingdoms (observe
this) indirectly ; he can change kingdoms, and take them
away from one and confer them upon another, as chic
spiritual prince, if that should be necessary for the sa
vation of souls." That is for the propagation of religion—
which is the maintenance of popery; whenever the Pope can
maintain popery thereby, he will undermine any government
upon the face of the earth, any heretical government for the
purpose of doing so. (Loud cries of hear, hear.) Again.
" as to laws—the Pope cannot, as Pope, ordinarly enact
or confirm the civil law, or repeal the laws of princes, be.
cause he is not the political prince of the church : neverthe•
less, he can do all these things (cheers) ; he cannot do then
directly, but he can do them all. (Cheers.)
" If any civil law be necessary for the salvation of souls
and nevertheless kings dont chuse to enact it ; or if an
other be injurious to the salvation of souls, and kings do•
choose to repeal it.

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