Letters of Pope Clement XIV (Ganganelli).: To which are Prefixed Anecdotes of His Life, Volumen 4T. Plummer, 1809 |
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Página 20 - Samaritans, (the infidels and schismatics of those times) oblige us to support our brethren, of whatever communion they may be ; to live peaceably with them ; and not to torment them on account of any system of belief which they may have adopted. The power of the church is purely spiritual ; our blessed Saviour himself, when he prayed for his executioners, taught us how his cause is to be avenged.
Página 179 - That slipp'd thro' cracks and zig-zags of the head ; All that on Folly Frenzy could beget, Fruits of dull heat, and Sooterkins of wit. Next, o'er his Books his eyes began to roll, In pleasing memory of all he stole ; How here he sipp'd, how there he plunder'd snug, And suck'd all o'er, like an industrious Bug.
Página 1 - The great misfortune in this case,' says the eminently learned and liberal prelate, Ganganelli, ' is, that some people confound religion with her ministers, and make her responsible for their faults. It never was religion, but false zeal pretending to her, that seized fire and sword to compel heretics to abjure their errors, and Jews to become Christians. And what is more dreadful than to see good men fall victims to a zeal displeasing in the sight of God, and condemned by the...
Página 8 - Religion is like the firmament, the more it is examined, the greater number of stars will be discovered ; like the sea, the more it is observed, the more it appears to be immense; like fine gold, the more it is tried in the furnace, the greater will be its lustre.
Página 53 - This This is an event we ought all to desire with the most lively ardour ; for nothing is more afflicting than to see a wall of brass between Christians, who believe equally the great mysteries of the Trinity and Redemption, ie the fundamental points of their common Religion. The Church, like a tender mother, who always remembers the children that have been seduced from her, never loses sight of this reunion. Were the Protestants well acquainted with her good affection there is no doubt but they...
Página 51 - Thesanctity and consequently the moderation of the Church once proved, the next step is to demonstrate that she neither has made, nor can make, any innovation in the faith. First, because as being the spouse of Jesus Christ, she cannot err ; secondly, because the day, the hour, the moment of her error would be known, it being impossible that in a society dispersed over the whole earth, innovations should creep in without any protestation against them ; afterwards it ought to be explained in what...
Página 54 - ... there, they may be persuaded that she really disapproves of the persecutions stirred up against them by fanaticism in those unhappy times, when both sides listened only to the dictates of blind impetuous zeal. " Would to Heaven it were granted us, even at the expense of our own blood, to hasten the return of our brethren, for whom we feel all possible tenderness ! Woe to those who would retain the least animosity against them...
Página 52 - What an acquisition would it be to the Church, did the Protestants again return into her pale ! they would mingle their lights with ours ; and this would form a league the most admirable and most efficacious for the overthrow of infidelity; but it would be necessary to receive them with an effusion of tenderness capable of demonstrating our sincere affection, and never to hint the least reproach for what is past.
Página 36 - ... was the conduct of all the Saints, who were far removed from any thing of what is called spirit of party, or caprice; they listened solely to the 'dictates of Religion, whenever they were to deal with heretical or even impious persons. '" Let us bewail those who go astray,