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Ireland.
II . " Alia Ohservamla in Districtu Londinensi ( p . 3 ) . " VI- By a Response of the Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office , ( 5 th of July , 1 S 37 , ) it hath been declared that a confessor cannot , lawfully or validly , grant sacramental absolution to men belonging to the Society of Freemasons , in any part of the world soever , who tire incorporated under , and mutually bound by , the obligations of an oath of secresy , ( so long as
the custom of exacting the oath continues to prevail among that sect , ) before they absolutely , positively , and j ' or ever abandon the aforesaid condemned society . Which Response hath been again confirmed ( ' 27 th June , 1838 . ) The rule above-mentioned must be implicitly followed , where the penitent is avowedly associated with the body of Freemasons , or where , in confession , he declares himself a Freemason THOMAS , Bishop of Olena . " " London , 20 th April , 1842 . " " Ma . SHEIL AND THE FREEMASONS —An correspondent
. anonymous from Myddleton , near Manchester , lately accused Mr . Sheil , M . P ., and Mr . Justice Ball , of being Freemasons . A letter just received by us , from the right honourable gentleman first named , authorises us to give a direct contradiction to the calumny . Mr . Sheil and Mr . Justice Ball are not , and never were , Freemasons . So much for ' Catholicus I' "—Ibid .
" JOHN TUAM " versus FREEMASONRY . —The Freeman ' s Journal publishes the following "bull , " directed to a Roman Catholic priest in Canada , by " his Grace" of Tuam , denouncing the practice of Freemasonry , which appears to be rather prevalent amongst the faithful in that province : — " St " . Jarlath ' s , Tuam , Sept . 16 , 1842 . " Rev . deaT SIT , —Having been informed by you that there are in Canada
some misguided Catholics who , striving to justify the practices of Freemasonry , scruple not to assert that it was sanctioned by priests and bishops in Ireland , allow me to tell you that this was never the case ; and that those men are only aggravating their disobedience to the Church by the additional guilt of calumny . I have had extensive acquaintance , not only with the present race of ecclesiastics , but also with some of those venerable men of more ancient standing—some of whom are no more , and I can confidently state , that neither in this city , nor in any other part of Ireland , was the
bond of Masonry sanctioned by any other portion of the clergy . That Freemason Lodges were then more numerous and frequent than now , may be true ; but their existence , in contempt and defiance of the repeated denunciations of the clergy , cannot be brought as an argument of their sanctioning the system , more than the prevalence of other evils against which they do not cease to raise their voices , could be adduced as a proof of similar connivance . —lam , Rev . dear Sir , your very faithful servant , " J OHN , Archbishop of Tuam . " " To the Rev . J . H . M'Donough . "
The Nenagh Guardian , with some spirit , but , we think , with more anxiety , has noticed the subject , and intimated that , as one of the proprietors of the Freeman was a Mason , it was inconsistent in that journal to attack the Masonic body . The Freeman denying the fact , no more can be said . The letters under the signature "A Roman Catholic Freemason , " as published in the Nenagh Guardian , are clear and succinct in their argument , and display a beauty of holiness , in excellent contrast with the poor and drivelling denunciations of the
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Ireland.
II . " Alia Ohservamla in Districtu Londinensi ( p . 3 ) . " VI- By a Response of the Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office , ( 5 th of July , 1 S 37 , ) it hath been declared that a confessor cannot , lawfully or validly , grant sacramental absolution to men belonging to the Society of Freemasons , in any part of the world soever , who tire incorporated under , and mutually bound by , the obligations of an oath of secresy , ( so long as
the custom of exacting the oath continues to prevail among that sect , ) before they absolutely , positively , and j ' or ever abandon the aforesaid condemned society . Which Response hath been again confirmed ( ' 27 th June , 1838 . ) The rule above-mentioned must be implicitly followed , where the penitent is avowedly associated with the body of Freemasons , or where , in confession , he declares himself a Freemason THOMAS , Bishop of Olena . " " London , 20 th April , 1842 . " " Ma . SHEIL AND THE FREEMASONS —An correspondent
. anonymous from Myddleton , near Manchester , lately accused Mr . Sheil , M . P ., and Mr . Justice Ball , of being Freemasons . A letter just received by us , from the right honourable gentleman first named , authorises us to give a direct contradiction to the calumny . Mr . Sheil and Mr . Justice Ball are not , and never were , Freemasons . So much for ' Catholicus I' "—Ibid .
" JOHN TUAM " versus FREEMASONRY . —The Freeman ' s Journal publishes the following "bull , " directed to a Roman Catholic priest in Canada , by " his Grace" of Tuam , denouncing the practice of Freemasonry , which appears to be rather prevalent amongst the faithful in that province : — " St " . Jarlath ' s , Tuam , Sept . 16 , 1842 . " Rev . deaT SIT , —Having been informed by you that there are in Canada
some misguided Catholics who , striving to justify the practices of Freemasonry , scruple not to assert that it was sanctioned by priests and bishops in Ireland , allow me to tell you that this was never the case ; and that those men are only aggravating their disobedience to the Church by the additional guilt of calumny . I have had extensive acquaintance , not only with the present race of ecclesiastics , but also with some of those venerable men of more ancient standing—some of whom are no more , and I can confidently state , that neither in this city , nor in any other part of Ireland , was the
bond of Masonry sanctioned by any other portion of the clergy . That Freemason Lodges were then more numerous and frequent than now , may be true ; but their existence , in contempt and defiance of the repeated denunciations of the clergy , cannot be brought as an argument of their sanctioning the system , more than the prevalence of other evils against which they do not cease to raise their voices , could be adduced as a proof of similar connivance . —lam , Rev . dear Sir , your very faithful servant , " J OHN , Archbishop of Tuam . " " To the Rev . J . H . M'Donough . "
The Nenagh Guardian , with some spirit , but , we think , with more anxiety , has noticed the subject , and intimated that , as one of the proprietors of the Freeman was a Mason , it was inconsistent in that journal to attack the Masonic body . The Freeman denying the fact , no more can be said . The letters under the signature "A Roman Catholic Freemason , " as published in the Nenagh Guardian , are clear and succinct in their argument , and display a beauty of holiness , in excellent contrast with the poor and drivelling denunciations of the