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British Freemasonry And Catholicism.
BRITISH FREEMASONRY AND CATHOLICISM .
PETITION TO THE POPE . * MOST HUMBLY INSCBIBEn TO THE BT . HON . THE EABL OF ZETLAND , M . W . G . M . To the Editor ofthe Freemasons' Quarterly Review . London , 14 th September , 1046 . SIR , —The following rough draft of a general petition , remonstrance ,
or manifesto , addressed to the court of Rome , is submitted for correction through your pages , in the hope that some one more competent than myself will take up the matter for the general good . It is sketched after some of the usual forms—much after the style required when a petition is sent to our parliament in England . The charity of Freemasonry being universal , I should propose that a copy , when agreed upon , be signed by every member—without any distinction of creed or religious
opinion—of every Lodge throughout the British dominions , and be forwarded to Grand Lodge , in order to form one grand monster petition , for transmission through our bishops to Rome . Such a deed , so signed , would guarantee the truthfulness of the allegations of Roman Catholic Freemasons , all being equally interested , as members of the one great Masonic family . I am your obedient servant , A CATHOLIC .
PETITION TO THE POPE PIUS IX . MOST HOLY FATHER , —We the undersigned members of the most ancient and universal association at present existing , specially recognized in the several acts of the imperial parliament of these realms , relating to " secret oaths and secret societies , " as a legal and lawful secret society , under the designation of the society of " Free and Accepted Masons , " in Great Britain , i . e ., England , Wales , Scotland , and Ireland , her
colonies and dependencies , present ourselves at the feet of your paternity , the newly-elected Bishop of Rome , head of the Catholic church upon earth , joining our heartfelt congratulations upon this most auspicious event , which has been received with demonstrations of joy over the whole world . We return our humble thanks to God , the great Architect of this universe , the dispenser of all blessings , for having , in the august person
of your holiness , manifested His fatherly care and solicitude for the salvation of souls , by providing so wise and worthy a prince and ruler over His church and its states . The wisdom of your predecessors of blessed memory , since the year of our Lord , 1738 , having from time to time deemed it expedient , for the safety of true religion and protection of pure morality , to promulgate several decrees and edicts , prohibiting and condemning certain secret societies bound by unlawful oaths , and instituted for unlawful purposes , under the assumed name of " Freemason" in particular , alleged to have propounded opinions and doctrines offensive to true religion , at variance
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British Freemasonry And Catholicism.
BRITISH FREEMASONRY AND CATHOLICISM .
PETITION TO THE POPE . * MOST HUMBLY INSCBIBEn TO THE BT . HON . THE EABL OF ZETLAND , M . W . G . M . To the Editor ofthe Freemasons' Quarterly Review . London , 14 th September , 1046 . SIR , —The following rough draft of a general petition , remonstrance ,
or manifesto , addressed to the court of Rome , is submitted for correction through your pages , in the hope that some one more competent than myself will take up the matter for the general good . It is sketched after some of the usual forms—much after the style required when a petition is sent to our parliament in England . The charity of Freemasonry being universal , I should propose that a copy , when agreed upon , be signed by every member—without any distinction of creed or religious
opinion—of every Lodge throughout the British dominions , and be forwarded to Grand Lodge , in order to form one grand monster petition , for transmission through our bishops to Rome . Such a deed , so signed , would guarantee the truthfulness of the allegations of Roman Catholic Freemasons , all being equally interested , as members of the one great Masonic family . I am your obedient servant , A CATHOLIC .
PETITION TO THE POPE PIUS IX . MOST HOLY FATHER , —We the undersigned members of the most ancient and universal association at present existing , specially recognized in the several acts of the imperial parliament of these realms , relating to " secret oaths and secret societies , " as a legal and lawful secret society , under the designation of the society of " Free and Accepted Masons , " in Great Britain , i . e ., England , Wales , Scotland , and Ireland , her
colonies and dependencies , present ourselves at the feet of your paternity , the newly-elected Bishop of Rome , head of the Catholic church upon earth , joining our heartfelt congratulations upon this most auspicious event , which has been received with demonstrations of joy over the whole world . We return our humble thanks to God , the great Architect of this universe , the dispenser of all blessings , for having , in the august person
of your holiness , manifested His fatherly care and solicitude for the salvation of souls , by providing so wise and worthy a prince and ruler over His church and its states . The wisdom of your predecessors of blessed memory , since the year of our Lord , 1738 , having from time to time deemed it expedient , for the safety of true religion and protection of pure morality , to promulgate several decrees and edicts , prohibiting and condemning certain secret societies bound by unlawful oaths , and instituted for unlawful purposes , under the assumed name of " Freemason" in particular , alleged to have propounded opinions and doctrines offensive to true religion , at variance