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  • Catholicity Necessary to Sustain Popular Liberty

    11/11/2016 1:08:24 PM PST · by jafojeffsurf · 33 replies
    catholicism.org ^ | Oct 1845 | Orestes A. Brownson
    By popular liberty, we mean democracy; by democracy, we mean the democratic form of government; by the democratic form of government, we mean that form of government which vests the sovereignty in the people as population, and which is administered by the people, either in person or by their delegates. By sustaining popular liberty, we mean, not the introduction or institution of democracy, but preserving it when and where it is already introduced, and securing its free, orderly, and wholesome action. By Catholicity, we mean the Roman Catholic Church, faith, morals, and worship. The thesis we propose to maintain is,...