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To: Sir Francis Dashwood
..it is not Catholic bashing. It is legitimate criticism of ecclesiastical power...

A quote from the time of Charles II is not 'Catholic bashing'? An era in English history when the Mayor of London put up a plaque blaming the Great Fire on 'Papists'?

You're either ignorant of English history, or deliberately trying to mislead.

209 posted on 03/03/2003 9:48:46 PM PST by Byron_the_Aussie
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To: Byron_the_Aussie
A quote from the time of Charles II is not 'Catholic bashing'? An era in English history when the Mayor of London put up a plaque blaming the Great Fire on 'Papists'?

Charles II was a Catholic. You had better check your history again. In 1672, he issued the Declaration of Indulgence, which granted religious freedom to all Catholics and all Protestants.

When Charles died in 1685, James II became king and ruled until 1688. As a Catholic, his first action was to insist that the Test Act be revoked. Parliament refused and James, like Charles I before him, dissolved Parliament when he couldn't get his way. He then displayed his opposition to the Test Act by appointing openly Catholic civil and military officials and in 1687, he declared all religious tests to be null and void. Years ahead of his time, he declared religious tolerance to be national policy and, in an affront that few could bear, he arrested Anglican bishops who refused to spread the news about the new religious policies.

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You're either ignorant of English history, or deliberately trying to mislead.

English history? Assassination attempt on King James I by Jesuits? Gunpowder?

Myself, I don't see the office of the Papacy as the sole earthly representative for the Holy Ghost.

254 posted on 03/04/2003 10:25:07 PM PST by Sir Francis Dashwood (LET'S ROLL!)
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