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Question: "Resolved, That the Roman Catholic dogma of papal infallibility is a menace to the State...
Question: "Resolved, That the Roman Catholic dogma of papal infallibility is a menace to the State...
...Discrimination against Catholics is an uncalled for injustice.- (a) Membership in the church is not irreconcileable with good citizenship.- (b) American institutions are not in danger from Rome.- (1) Decline of papal power at home and abroad.- (2) Numerical weakness of Catholics in America: Censas Bulletin, Statistics of Churches.- (3) Increasing liberality among Catholics: Washington Gladden in Catholic Columbian, Oct. 8, 1894.- (4) Publicity of action in the U. S.: President Eliot in Forum, XVIII, 138, (Oct. 1894)-(c) A religious test is unconstitutional...
...Exclusion of Roman Catholics from public office and positions in schools would be an uncalled for injustice: Citizen, Nov. 17, 1894, Principles 3 and 5. - (a) Membership in Catholic Church not irreconcilable with American citizenship. - (b) Alleged machinations of Pope - even if true - would be ineffective. - (1) Decline of Papal power. - (2) Weakness of Catholic Church in U. S. - (3) Publicity of action in U. S.: C. W. Eliot, Forum, xviii, 138 (Oct. 1894). - (c) Establishment of a religious test would be unconstitutional: Const. of U. S. Art. VI, Sec. 3, Amdt. I. - (d) A religious test for office holders...
...temporal as well as the spiritual control of Rome, and was ill content with the privileges granted him by the Italian people. Some of his hot-headed adherents in other countries were even agitating the question of taking Rome by force and of bringing it again under papal authority. While the Italians feared little from such absurd projects still they recognized the advantages of an alliance which would at the same time free them from external and internal fears. Italy had to make sacrifices to enjoy these advantages. It was hard to enter into an alliance with a power which...