The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-03-29
THE .JEFFERSONIAN
Thursday, March 90, 1917.
PRIESTS OATH.

"I, Peter Alphonsus "Seguin,'' now In the
presence of Almighty God, the blessed Virgin
blessed St. John the Baptist, the Holy Apostles,
St. Peter and St. Paul, and the Saints and Sacred
Host of Heaven and to you my Lord Bishop do
declare from my heart, without mental reserva-
ion," that the Pope is Christ's Vicar-General and
is the true and only Head of the Catholic church
throughout the EARTH and that, by virtue Of the
Keys Of binding and lOOs1ng given to His Holt
ness by Jesus Christ, he has the power to depose
heretical kings princes States commonwealth
and governments all being illegal without his
sacred confirmation, and that "tey may safely be
destroyed" Therefore, to the utmost of my
power, / will defend this doctrine and His Holt
ness rights and customs against all usurpers Of
the Protestant authority whatsoever, especially
against the now pretended authority and church
of England and all it's adherents, in regard that
they be usurped and heretical, opposing the Sacred
Mother the church of Rome
do renounce and disown any allegiance due
TO any Protestant king, prince or State, or odebi
ence to any of their inferior officers. do fur
Their declare the doctrine of the Church of Eng
land, of the Calvnsts Huguenots and other
Protestants, to be damnable and those to be
damned who will not fOrsake the same
| do further declare that | will help, assist and
advise all or any Of His Holiness agents. in any
plan wherever l shall be, and to do my utmost
extirpate the Protestant doctrine and to destroy
all their pretended power, legal or otherwise l
do further promise and declare that, notwah-
standing I may be permitted by dspensaton to
assume any heretical religion for the propagation
of the Mother Church's interest," to keep secret
and private all her agents counsels as they
trust to me, and not to- divulge, directly or in
directly by word writing or circumstances what
soever, but to execute all which shall be proposed
given in charge disclosed unto me by you, my
most Reverend Lord and Bishop.
All of which, l. Peter Alphonsus Seguin, do
swear by the blessed Trinity and blessed Sacra-
ment which am about to receive, to perform, on
my part to keep involably and do call on all the
Heavenly and glorious Host Of Heaven to witness
my real intentions to keep this MY OATH
In testimony whereof L take this most Holy
and blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist and wit
ness the same further my holy Amounted hand,
IN the presence Of my Holy Bishop and all the
priests who assist him in my ordination to the
Priesthood
PETER ALPHONSUS SEGUIN,
Seminary of St. Sulpice, Montreal, Canada
December %, 1865.
ANNA MORRISON, Witness
w. S. DAVIS. Witness.
Subscribed and sworn to before me Notary
Public for the State or Oregon, THIS FIFTENNTH
DAY OF MARCH, A. d., 1917.
w. S. DAVIS,
Notary Public for Oregon
My commission expires September 10th 1917.
This living and responsible witness testifies
that he took the foregoing oath in 1866.
Mr. Alexander is a lawyer, and is there
fore familiar with the legal principle qchich
puts the burden Of proof on the Catholics. TO
SHOW THAT THE PRIESTS OATH HAS BEEN
CHANGED
How about it, Mr. Alexander?