American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1868-07-25

For the AMERICAN CITIZEN /
PURGATORY.

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PURGATORY
Mr.. EDIpoR:
In my inonirfeS abort t5iS do,
triue. as held and taught by the Il,
maHiStS, | asked for the SrijgfUr6
warrant they claimed to have for il
LaNman undertook to give it. As
true son OF the RomiSh church, h
proposed to prove the doctrine from
thc OIu and New TeStamentS, from
the Fathers and the works Of emf
hcnt Protestant dlNlnCS. lie has TIE
o.uncy Of an IriSlman.
His first text was from Macca0ecs
I This, | showed, referred to the rcsur
rcutIon, aud not to a middle or par
| gatoliai state. This is all he Offered
/ from what he calls the Old Tesla
meMt. | showed, too, that Mdcca
/ bees was not a book Of divine inSpi
ration, and therefore was not Of au
thority in establishing doctrines
that the apocryphal books were uey.
er quoted by the Saviour and Amos.
ties, while all the cauonical books
were; that none of the carly christ.
iauS ever quoted them for the Dur.
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