The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-01
AT ODD FELLOWS HALL.
In the Evening the Reverend
Speaker Told Why He Rejects
Religious RomaniSm.

Another large audience greeted Rev. ].
evening, when he told his reasons for re-
iecting Romanism as a religion. He spoke
as follows:
when we come to the defense of one
country, one constitution, all other differ
ences must be lost sight of. l have come
to speak to you on the religious aspect oil
Romanism.
'If Romanism had appeared before this
country simply as a religious institution
there would not be this controversy to.
day.
Turning aside from his main theme, he
continued:
II come to denounce as malicious lie
that the A. P. A. or any other patriotic
organization seeks to bring about any dis,
ability upon Catholics because of their re-
ligious faith.
when the Century Of the current
month states that the a. P. A. was seek
ing to violate one of the fundamental
principles of the constitution-that of free
religious worship-Mr. Glider, or whoever
wrote it, wrote an internal lie. We are for
religious freedom for every one, in the
broadcast sense. But we are for taking re-
hgion out of politics"
All Catholic church property, he held,
should be taxed. He then paid his COM
pliments to the Alameda jurist:
If Judge Tappan CT any one else says
says that the members of the A. 2. a.
take an oath not to employ any one of the
Catholic faith he tells lie. When Judge
Tappan undertakes to pronouce upon the
American Protective Association he should
know what he is talking about"
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zone of the reasons why l reject the re-
ligion of Romanism is that it denies the
private reading of the Holy Scriptures and
the private Interpretation of the Holy
Scriptures under divine inspiration. The
Roman Catholic church withholds the
Bible from the common man.
"Romanism inculcates the worship of
saints and relics. This is another of my
reasons for repudiating Romanism, for
this practice is forbidden in the Ten Com
mandments.
Again, they believe in transubstantia-
ton; that is, that the wafer of bread used
in the communion service is actually con-
verted into the blood of Jesus Christ.
They withhold the cup from the laity,
in direct violation of the words of Christ,
but the priests may drink without stint.
"It believes in the sacrifice of the mass,
and it also demands that our sisters,
fessIonal alone with a priest and answer
questions that neither brother, father nor
husband would dream of asking, and so
destroys the purity and chastity of their
thoughts.
''Romanism demands unquestioned &C.
quiescence in the ecclesiastical laws.
lit teaches that the Pope is the vicar of
Christ and speaks with infallibility.
''It teaches that Mary, the mother of
Christ, lived without sin in word, thought
or act and so exalts Mary above Christ.
This is not Christianity; it Is MaryoIogy.
Another reason why 1 repudiate Ro-
manism as religion is that its theology
encourages the violation OF every part of
the decalogue.
They believe in celibate priesthood,
and this is an unscriptural, unnatural and
imm oral doctrine.
''Romanism is the foster mother of
crime. | appeal to the difference between
Protestant and Catholic countries. One
seventh of the population of this country
is composed of Catholics, and 20 per cent
of the crimes committed here are by Cath
olics.
Rome is to be Iepudiated because her
hands are dyed with the blood of 70, 600, 900
people in fifteen centuries.
land last of all the reasons and the
most important is that it presents to the
devotees no Savior, no hope. no heaven.
Unless the dying man receives final abso-