The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-10-05

OF the Apostles.
The pecuniary homage of the ancient AngoSaxon kings
had any degree increased the religious dependence of
England This dependence and the power of the Church
then of essentially spiritual nature but the course
of the ninth century, in consequence of the revolution which
took place in Italy, the supremacy of the court OF Rome
assumed quite character. Several towns which had
escaped from the authority of the emperor of Consannope
been taken by the Franks from the Lombard kings had
placed themselves under the subsection of the Pope they
grants by Pepn the Younger in the first place. and
subsequently confirmed by Charlemagne0 who thus
bned the character of temporal sovereign with that of head
of the Church, and the of patrimony of St. Peter
ceased from that time to beapped private domains sepa
aed by great districts spread through Italy Sicily and Gau
but served to designate vast and territory possessed
ruled sovereignty by segneuria title Pursuant to fixed
and universal law of political development this state
not more than any other to be without ambition and its
necessary tendency abuse in the promotion oft
tea interests the moral influence which its chief exercised
the Kingdoms of the Vests After such revolution the
transmission of annual tribute the ponca could
not fail to have at all events in the idea of the court
ing widely different from before Notions hitherto unheard
of began terminate THERE the Pope and those about him
spoke of the universal suzeranty of ST. Peter all
tries, however Distant which had received the Christian faith
from Rome. England of this number The establish
of tax though purely proof of Christian
rvor perous for the political independence of that
kingdom No there true suspected the consequences
which might result from the perpetual obligation of Saint
Peters pence neither the king who formed the engagement
from religious zeal from vanity the people who had
submitted to it without act of devotion; yet
half century suced to develop these consequences and
enable the of Rome England ef of the
Apostolic See. The good understanding of the
AngoSaxons with the of Rome rather their abso
lutte submission the will of that court which transformed
by degrees its religious prmacy into political suzeranty
not of long continuance The Elusive force of the i'm
aginaton away and the dependence became rkome
While kings bowed their head before the representative
of the apostle who opened and shut the gates heaven there
others who openly rpudated the law of the stranger
disguised under the of Christian faith In this struggle
the members of the Saxon clergy spiritual of the Ro-
Church, at first ranged themselves her sde and
defended her authority but afterwards swept away them
selves the torrent of national opinion they claimed to be
indebted the popedom only in the expression respect
such the Christian Brtons had offered render and
which it had rejected with disdain 95O1066) The English
people then became the of Rome what the
brians Wesh( were at the time of their scism by
duct less religious than polite it united itself their
national enemies stirred up against them the ambition of
the stranger just it had stimulated their own ambition
against the natives of Britain 1t promised in the of
Saint Peter their country their goods and dissolution from
all SIM to all who would march against them and
cover pecunary offering, at first paid voluntarily, after
wards detained through lukewarmnes patriotic economy
1t engaged In enterprise of which the aim the
ton OF the entire nation. A New YORKER
Kent in his treatise on the law nations observes
THE Europe
early periods modern history with and strong
an
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S loss amy psn Of
interference the of the temporal with
affairs of that country Besides the Bulls in the text
which be said to have nauguated
bodshed be continued under varying the hour
we nave acknowledge the othe
Edward Bruce himself his aders and abettor when
the papa Hu4cS with the Irish leader Owen Nea by which
Pre- from aGeOmPjshag his conntrs
Fupted current influence which ultra government
explain the long and Intellectual struggle Of fris5en m
selves of degrading yoke The Mcee once called his