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Oath of Secrecy devised by the Roman Clergy,
as it remained on record, in Paris, among
the Society of Jesus.


Oath of Secrecy devised by the Roman Clergy,
as it remained on record, in Paris, among
the Society of Jesus.
l. A. b., now in the presence of Al
mighty God, the blessed Virgin Mary, the
blessed Michael, the archangel, the blessed
St. John, Baptist, the holy apostles, st,
Peter and St. Paul, and the saints and sa-
cred hosts of heaven, and to you my
ghostly Father, do declare from my heart,
without mental reservation, that his hoh-
ness, Pope Urban is Christ's vicar gener-
al, and is the true and only head of the
Catholic or universal church throughout
the earth and that by virtue of the keys
of binding and loosening, given to his
holiness by my Saviour Jesus Christ, he
hath power to depose heretical kings, prln-
ces, States, commonwealths and govern
ments, all being illegal without his sacred
conformation, and they may safely be des-
troyed. Therefore, to the utmost of my
power, shall and will defend this doctrine,
and his holinesses' rights and customs
against all usurpers of the heretical Cor
Protestant authority; especially against
the now pretended authority and Church
of England, and all adherents in regard
that they and she be usurpal and heretical,
opposing the sacred mother church Of
Rome.
do renounce and disown any allegiance
as due to any heretical king, prince, or
state, named Protestants, or obedience to
any of their inferior magistrates or officers
I do further declare the doctrine of the
Church of England, of the Calvlnists,
Huguenots, and of other Of the named
Protestants, to be damnable, and they
themselves are damned, and to be damned
that will not forsake the same. | do far
ther declare that | will help, assist, and
advise all or any Of his holinesscs' agents
in any place, wherever I shall be, in Ire.
land, England or Scotland, Or in any Other
territory OR kingdom I shall come to
and do my utmost to extirpate the heretl
cal Protestants doctrine, and to destroy al
their pretended powers, regal and other
wise. I do farther promise and declare
that Notwithstanding I am dispensed witt
, to assume any religion heretical for tn
propagation Of the mother Church's in
tcrest, to keep secret and private all he
; AGENTS counsels from time to time, as the
instruct me, and not to divulge directly G
indirectly, by word, writing, Or circm
/ stance, whatsoever, but to execute all thu
q shall be proposed, given in charge, or dl
: covered unto me by you, my ghostly fathe
c OF any of this sacred convent All whlc
!, I. A. B., do swear by the blessed Trinit.,
c and the blessed sacrament, which | al
l. now to receive, to perform, and on my pa
y keep inviolably; do call all the heaven
vt and glorious hosts of heaven to witne
a these my real intentions, to keep this II
oath. In testimony whereof, take th
G. most holy and blessed sacrament Of Il
e eucharist; and witness the same with Il
r hand and seal, in the face Of this he
,e convent, this - day of - A
lt Dom. &c.
le The late outrage upon the orphan ch
le dren, at Albany, N. Y, and the idc
T. monstrosity-"the immaculate concept
Ill of the Virgin Mary recently declared
to Rome, has suggested this communicate
q. Read the oath again, and reflect upon t
of premises. The Roman Church is the sal
y, to-day that it was in the seventeenth &c
Id tury, claiming infallibility and immutat
is ity. As Jesus Christ is the head over
DC things in Heaven, so his Vicar at Rome
ce jure dicino on earth. Hence Popery C;
u not be the subject of any government /;
ul must, of necessity, be the Dictator, maxi
it all things minister to 1.-THE. ghos
ne fathers will--body, soul and estate.
he Look at the proposition, you sympat
st sers that are nourishing this serpent
rs despotism in the very heart of our Repv
is lic-the Halls of Congress! Say, will
Ii not sting when its fanss are grown? Re
ry the oath again Are they safe? !
laam's intellectual ass would say, a
in common sense would hold you up to ri
re cule if you did not say amen! [ spe
,b not of individual Catholics. [ speak
b. the systematic great Papa and
h. croziered agents, who pull the wires a
I'd make the puppets dance. May not I
following propositions be deduced from
assumptions of the Church, and be rec
IN we'd as trre, without argument. That
e, perry is despotic organization, ar
democratic, anti-republican. The ratio
the increase of popey, is the exact ratio