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Churches, 1847

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The Great Apostacy; or the Church of Rome Proved Not the Church of Christ, But the Greatest Enemy to Christ, to His Doctrine, and to His Religion. an Answer to Cobbett's History of the Reormation

The Sentinel · Thursday 27 May 1847 · page 4

The import and power of those dying words of our blessed Lord, "It is finished," extending to all time, from the beginning to end of this world, equally forbade the Moraic sacrifices to continue, or new ones…

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The Mission of the Press

Sydney Chronicle · Wednesday 2 June 1847 · page 1

Among all the instruments of civilization, none could be pointed to of greater importance as to power, or of greater dignity as to purpose, than the press. At once…

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The Great Apostacy; or the Church of Rome Proved Not the Church of Christ. But the Greatest Enemy to Christ, to His Doctrine, and to His Religion. an Answer to Cobbett's History of the Reformation. The Masses for the Dead in Purgatory and for Beasts

The Sentinel · Thursday 3 June 1847 · page 4

These absurdities naturally enough flow from so many others. The Apostate Church teaches her deluded victims to believe that the infinite merit of the Mass fills every part of the Church with its…

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Presbyterian Church Grants

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 June 1847 · page 3

COLONIAL Secretary's Office, Sydney, June 3, 1847.—The description of the following grants of land which have been appropriated to the purposes of the Presbyterian Church, as…

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Rights of Catholic Parents

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 5 June 1847 · page 1

In our Law Report will be found a case very interesting to all our readers, in regard to the Rights of Catholic Parents. For the present we content ourselves with borrowing…

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Vice Chancellor's Court.—tuesday. Education of Catholic Children

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 5 June 1847 · page 1

On Thursday week, Mr. Antsey moved for and obtained a writ of habeas corpus at the instance of Mrs. Sarah North, of Garden cottage, Hastings, commanding Mrs…

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The Great Apostacy; or the Church of Rome Proved Not the Church of Christ. But the Greatest Enemy to Christ, to His Doctrine, and to His Religion. an Answer to Cobbett's History of the Reformation. (Concluded from our last.)

The Sentinel · Thursday 10 June 1847 · page 4

I am often reminded of this principle of the Divine government, reviewing the characters and actions of the chief actors in that great event, the Reformation in England…

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Church and School Land. Building Leases

The Australian · Thursday 10 June 1847 · page 3

The following Lots, forming a portion of the Church and School Land at Blackwattle, will be put up for Sale by Public Auction, on building leases for 99 years, on Monday, the 28th June…

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Review. a Catholic History of England. By William Bernard Mac Cabe. Part I.—England ; its Rulers, Clergy, and Poor, before the Reformation, as described by the Monkish Historians. Vol. I. London: Newby. 1847

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 12 June 1847 · page 1

If there be something natural in the desire to be acquainted with the early history of our own country, the acts of its heroes and sages, the edicts of its kings, the…

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Church and School Land. Building Leases

The Australian · Tuesday 15 June 1847 · page 4

The following Lots, forming a portion of the Church and School Land at Blackwattle, will be put up for Sale by Public Auction, on building leases for 99 years, on Monday, the 28th June…

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Church of England Schools

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 June 1847 · page 2

YESTERDAY being the day appointed for the children belonging to the Church of England Schools in Sydney to attend at St. James's Church, for the purpose of hearing the sermon…

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Church and School Land. Building Leases

The Australian · Saturday 19 June 1847 · page 4

The following Lots, forming a portion of tho Church and School Land at Blackwattle, will be put up for Sale by Public Auction, on building leases for 99 years, on Monday, the 28th June…

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Church and School Land. Building Leases

The Australian · Tuesday 22 June 1847 · page 4

The following Lots, forming a portion of the Church and School Land at Blackwattle, will be put up for Sale by Public Auction, on building leases for 99 years, on Monday, the 28th June…

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Succession From the Roman Catholic Church in the City of New York

The Sentinel · Thursday 24 June 1847 · page 2

Notice was given in several of the city papers last week to the effect that a number of German Catholics had determined to secede from the Church of Rome, and would make a declaration…

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Secession From the Roman Catholic Church in the City of New York. [Continued from one last.) I.--DECLARATION

The Sentinel · Thursday 1 July 1847 · page 2

We reject the following:-- 1.--The doctrine, thai the Pope is the visible head of the Church standing in the place of Jesus Christ, and we repel in advance all concessions which may…

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Popery and Popish Countries. To the Editor of the "Churchman's Monthly Penny Magazine."

The Sentinel · Thursday 8 July 1847 · page 2

SIR,--My own acquaintance with Popish countries is but slight. It is quite sufficient, however, to convince me that the great mass of my countrymen have no conception whatever as to what Popery really and…

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Original Poetry. Lines Addressed to a Catholic Missionary on His Departure for New South Wales. I.

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 10 July 1847 · page 4

He is gone, he is gone with his tender affections, From the scene of his youth, and its dear recollections; He hath hursted the home-clasping tendrils that…

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Church Intelligence. Diocese of Australia

The Australian · Saturday 10 July 1847 · page 2

THE Members of the Church of England (among whom we hold it our highest privilege to be numbered) have, it must be confessed, just cause for complaint that…

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Proposed New Church at Watson's Bay, to Be Called St. Peter's Church

The Australian · Saturday 10 July 1847 · page 3

ON Monday, the 27th Ultimo, about one hundred ladies and gentlemen (members of the Church of England), interested in the erection of a suitable Church in this beautiful spot, the…

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House of Commons. February 27. Roman Catholic Relief Bill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 July 1847 · page 3

MR. WATSON moved the second reading of the bill, and in so doing gave a detail of its contents, and of the principles on which he asked the House to pass it into law. He entered into…

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