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...times are attributed to placing State power above that of the Church. These writings maintain that teaching should be restricted, and that no philosophy or science should be taught which goes against the Church. The most important of these Encyclics, entitled "Libertas," appeared in 1888. In this letter the Pope protests against the worship of liberty, saying that the Church must govern all worship, and defining liberty of speech and of teaching, as freedom to say or teach anything which the Church considers right. He considers liberty of conscience, not as freedom to worship God or not to worship...
...Pope Leo gave his opinions on the relations of Church and State. He said first, that Church patriotism is a higher thing than national patriotism, and that in any disagreement between a man's government and his Church, he should in all cases stand by the former. The letter of 1890 goes on to say that the Church should have supervision over the government, and should have direct control of all matters of intellectual or moral interest to mankind...
...following letter is addressed to the undergraduates by the class presidents...
...letter to "The Pennsylvanian," Mr. J. William White, commenting on the Pennsylvania team, explains the present situation there as follows...
...citizens of the United States, has recently presented to the Library a collection of one hundred and fifty-five uniformly-bound volumes of Norwegian literature. They are chiefly the works of modern authors. The object of the club in making this interesting and valuable gift is stated in a letter to the President and Fellows as follows: "To show in a simple but useful way our appreciation of the fact that courses in modern Scandinavian literature are now regularly offered by the University, and to express our hope that they may steadily grow in favor...