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LETTER THE SECOND . To the Editor of the Freemasons' Quarterly Review . London ,. November . * ,, 1 S-I 4 . Sin , —The unhappy wight of the " Tablet" weekly Catholic newspaper has again ejected another shower of abuse upon the devoted heads of ALL Protestants ancl ALL Freemasons . On the 20 th of July , 1814 , the would-be " organ" of our divided ancl subdivided bodythis censor
, morum of Bishops , Priests , Laymen , Protestants , ancl Freemasons , thought fit to publish his censures—to fulminate his anathemas ancl to pronounce his excommunications in the following quaint , but ignorant enunciations : — ' ¦ ' AVho are—and who are not excommunicated ? ALL Protestants " of course . " " Ancl ALL Freemasons ? Many loyal ancl contented " Freemasons pass generally for Catholics . "
But thank God ! such is not the creed of the Roman Catholic church ; our church never did teach the condemnation of the invincibly ignorant ; therefore ALL Protestants are not excommunicated . Many thousands have entered " secret societies , " who never saw or heard of the Papal decrees against Freemasons . If there be any such who have entered " secret associations" in ignorance , of any doubts upon the matter—I have known many—the Roman Catholic church
never did affirm that such persons are excommunicated ; therefore ALL Freemasons are not excommunicated , as is assumed by the " Tablet . " Nor does the church teach , " that many loyal and contented Freemasons pass generally for Catholics , " or that , to be a Catholic , it is necessary to be always in a state of grace—to be a Freemason is to cease to be a Catholic .
In consequence of these fresh attacks , I take leave to hand for your approval Letter the Second , ivhich having been delayed by accident till now , might have been indefinitely postponed , all persons who have given me an opinion on my first letter having pronounced it conclusive , so far as it went to expose the ignorance and presumption of the " Tablet . " I am , your obedient servant , " A . CATHOLIC" f
To the Editor ofthe Tablet . Frecm .-sons' Hall , Cecil ' s Holiday , ltU-1 . Sin , —In polemical antagonism , and political discussion , individual considerations should be merged , lest truth and justice might suffer from deference to personal feeling , or mistaken courtesy . Letter the first and the present one might otherwise be deemed inconsistent with that gentlemanly bearing demanded by the rules of well regulated society . I feel therefore compelled to continue my strictures , in no measured terms , upon the presumptuous lay-interference of the " Tablet , " ancl to condemn the unauthorised censorship set up by a Catholic newspaper , to
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LETTER THE SECOND . To the Editor of the Freemasons' Quarterly Review . London ,. November . * ,, 1 S-I 4 . Sin , —The unhappy wight of the " Tablet" weekly Catholic newspaper has again ejected another shower of abuse upon the devoted heads of ALL Protestants ancl ALL Freemasons . On the 20 th of July , 1814 , the would-be " organ" of our divided ancl subdivided bodythis censor
, morum of Bishops , Priests , Laymen , Protestants , ancl Freemasons , thought fit to publish his censures—to fulminate his anathemas ancl to pronounce his excommunications in the following quaint , but ignorant enunciations : — ' ¦ ' AVho are—and who are not excommunicated ? ALL Protestants " of course . " " Ancl ALL Freemasons ? Many loyal ancl contented " Freemasons pass generally for Catholics . "
But thank God ! such is not the creed of the Roman Catholic church ; our church never did teach the condemnation of the invincibly ignorant ; therefore ALL Protestants are not excommunicated . Many thousands have entered " secret societies , " who never saw or heard of the Papal decrees against Freemasons . If there be any such who have entered " secret associations" in ignorance , of any doubts upon the matter—I have known many—the Roman Catholic church
never did affirm that such persons are excommunicated ; therefore ALL Freemasons are not excommunicated , as is assumed by the " Tablet . " Nor does the church teach , " that many loyal and contented Freemasons pass generally for Catholics , " or that , to be a Catholic , it is necessary to be always in a state of grace—to be a Freemason is to cease to be a Catholic .
In consequence of these fresh attacks , I take leave to hand for your approval Letter the Second , ivhich having been delayed by accident till now , might have been indefinitely postponed , all persons who have given me an opinion on my first letter having pronounced it conclusive , so far as it went to expose the ignorance and presumption of the " Tablet . " I am , your obedient servant , " A . CATHOLIC" f
To the Editor ofthe Tablet . Frecm .-sons' Hall , Cecil ' s Holiday , ltU-1 . Sin , —In polemical antagonism , and political discussion , individual considerations should be merged , lest truth and justice might suffer from deference to personal feeling , or mistaken courtesy . Letter the first and the present one might otherwise be deemed inconsistent with that gentlemanly bearing demanded by the rules of well regulated society . I feel therefore compelled to continue my strictures , in no measured terms , upon the presumptuous lay-interference of the " Tablet , " ancl to condemn the unauthorised censorship set up by a Catholic newspaper , to