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Review Of Literature, &C.
transactions , oblige us to curtail considerably the notice which we had intended to give of the above tract . Its production has been elicited by the unjustifiable attack made last year upon the Order of Freemasonry by the Edict of Caruana , and its object is to prove " that recent denunciations of Freemasonry by churchmen are wholly unsupported by the councils ofthe Roman Catholic Church , or by any real ecclesiastical authority whatever . " This pamphlet is very pleasingly dedicated to the Right AVorshipful Bro . FURNELL , Prov . Grand Master of Masons in North Munster .
The author , we are informed , is not only a member , but a strict and zealous adherent of the communion ofthe Roman Catholic Church . It is therefore hi ghly gratif ying to us , who are of a different persuasion , to perceive that the AUTHORITY of so ill-advised a document as that to which the Archbishop of Malta has given his sanction is contested , and that , too , by a Roman Catholic , whose mode of dealing with so delicate a subject bears a highly creditable testimony to his candour and erudition .
To our mind ' the adhesion of so many honourable and enlightened Roman Catholic Brethren as have joined the ranks of Masonry has always appeared a sufficient demonstration that the creed which they conscientiously profess can contain no doctrines opposed to the principles of our moral union ; and , satisfied with this guarantee , ive have always endeavoured to abstain from entering upon the discussion of the subject in the arena of polemics .
Others , however , may require more rigorous arguments than those which , we confess , are entirely satisfactory to ourselves . Ancl to suchpersons—especially to our Roman Catholic Brethren ( whether belongs ing to the Masonic body , or unacquainted with its friendly ties)—we do not hesitate to recommend the attentive perusal of this elaborate pamphlet of Bro . O'Ryan . . Bro . O'Ryan , we also understand , is a young Mason ; and in his
tract he very modestly , but with proper spirit , deprecates and condemns the censure whieh , he supposes , may be directed against his publication ,, as the production of " a man not possessed of wealth , or holding an elevated position in society" ( page 9 ) . But we rather hope that such illiberal and senseless strictures are rare , especially among the members of the Order for whose use it may be presumed this tract is chiefly designed ; and , moreover , we would estimate the writer ' s abilities at ay lower valuation than we are at present disposed to give him credit for , if we thought them insufficient to enable their possessor to cope with far greater obstacles to fame .
A Circular Letter addressed to all Jewish Freemasons in Prussia , & c . & c . By Bro . Adolphe Treuel . This brochure originally appeared in the German language ,, and has , been translated by the original author into the French . The necessity of this letter is clear and obvious . The Prussian Lodges having refused admission to the Jewish Brethren , for no valid reason , place themselves out of court as a body of Freemasons : in fact , by such violation of the " first principles" of the Order , they are answerable to the Masonic world .
In a letter dated January 23 , 1842 , written with much temperate forbearance , couched in the most respectful terms , signed by twenty-three Brethren , and addressed to His Royal Highness the Prince Royal , Grand VOn . u . 3 r .
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Review Of Literature, &C.
transactions , oblige us to curtail considerably the notice which we had intended to give of the above tract . Its production has been elicited by the unjustifiable attack made last year upon the Order of Freemasonry by the Edict of Caruana , and its object is to prove " that recent denunciations of Freemasonry by churchmen are wholly unsupported by the councils ofthe Roman Catholic Church , or by any real ecclesiastical authority whatever . " This pamphlet is very pleasingly dedicated to the Right AVorshipful Bro . FURNELL , Prov . Grand Master of Masons in North Munster .
The author , we are informed , is not only a member , but a strict and zealous adherent of the communion ofthe Roman Catholic Church . It is therefore hi ghly gratif ying to us , who are of a different persuasion , to perceive that the AUTHORITY of so ill-advised a document as that to which the Archbishop of Malta has given his sanction is contested , and that , too , by a Roman Catholic , whose mode of dealing with so delicate a subject bears a highly creditable testimony to his candour and erudition .
To our mind ' the adhesion of so many honourable and enlightened Roman Catholic Brethren as have joined the ranks of Masonry has always appeared a sufficient demonstration that the creed which they conscientiously profess can contain no doctrines opposed to the principles of our moral union ; and , satisfied with this guarantee , ive have always endeavoured to abstain from entering upon the discussion of the subject in the arena of polemics .
Others , however , may require more rigorous arguments than those which , we confess , are entirely satisfactory to ourselves . Ancl to suchpersons—especially to our Roman Catholic Brethren ( whether belongs ing to the Masonic body , or unacquainted with its friendly ties)—we do not hesitate to recommend the attentive perusal of this elaborate pamphlet of Bro . O'Ryan . . Bro . O'Ryan , we also understand , is a young Mason ; and in his
tract he very modestly , but with proper spirit , deprecates and condemns the censure whieh , he supposes , may be directed against his publication ,, as the production of " a man not possessed of wealth , or holding an elevated position in society" ( page 9 ) . But we rather hope that such illiberal and senseless strictures are rare , especially among the members of the Order for whose use it may be presumed this tract is chiefly designed ; and , moreover , we would estimate the writer ' s abilities at ay lower valuation than we are at present disposed to give him credit for , if we thought them insufficient to enable their possessor to cope with far greater obstacles to fame .
A Circular Letter addressed to all Jewish Freemasons in Prussia , & c . & c . By Bro . Adolphe Treuel . This brochure originally appeared in the German language ,, and has , been translated by the original author into the French . The necessity of this letter is clear and obvious . The Prussian Lodges having refused admission to the Jewish Brethren , for no valid reason , place themselves out of court as a body of Freemasons : in fact , by such violation of the " first principles" of the Order , they are answerable to the Masonic world .
In a letter dated January 23 , 1842 , written with much temperate forbearance , couched in the most respectful terms , signed by twenty-three Brethren , and addressed to His Royal Highness the Prince Royal , Grand VOn . u . 3 r .