Errors of the Roman Catholic Church, or, Centuries of oppression, persecution and ruin . shall we not learn a lessonwhen the remedy will be comparatively easy? When theMexican government, finding itself driven into bankruptcy andthe country into poverty by this same Roman Church, wasforced to readjust the property holdings of the ecclesiastics, itwas discovered that fully one fourth of all the property in thecountry was held by the church. The current is going in thesome direction in the United States. What seems perfectlystupid in the situation, is that Protestants are furnishing mostof the m
Errors of the Roman Catholic Church, or, Centuries of oppression, persecution and ruin . shall we not learn a lessonwhen the remedy will be comparatively easy? When theMexican government, finding itself driven into bankruptcy andthe country into poverty by this same Roman Church, wasforced to readjust the property holdings of the ecclesiastics, itwas discovered that fully one fourth of all the property in thecountry was held by the church. The current is going in thesome direction in the United States. What seems perfectlystupid in the situation, is that Protestants are furnishing mostof the money to the Roman Catholic institutions and then Arraignment of Luther. Chancellor—Martin Luther, do you maintain your writ-ings, or are you willing to retract? Luther—Most serene Emperor and gracious Lords, howcan I retract writings in which I have treated faith in thepurest manner? Chancellor—Will you retract or will you not? Luther—Unless I am convinced by the testimony ofScripture I cannot, and I will not retract. Here I stand, I cando no more; may God help me; Amen. [xx]. POLITICAL ROMANISM IN WASHINGTON. XXI help pay their taxes in addition. The day of adjustment willbe as unpleasant for the Roman Catholics, as it will be belatedby the Protestants. But it is coming fast. The Presidents Submission to the Pope. The President of the United States has for years humbledhimself before the papal power. One president makes ap-pointments simply to please the Roman priesthood. One ofthese by gross diplomatic blunders came near involving us inugly complications with a foreign power. The same presidentattended, as chiei guest, a greatly advertised Catholic banquet,and sat silent, and listened to the first toast spoken to thehonor of the Pope of Rome, and the second to the Presidentof the United States. This, as custom and etiquette prevailin diplomatic circles, was a formal notice that Roman Catho-lics hold first allegiance to the Pope of Rome, and then to thePresident of the
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