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Churches, 1848

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A Free Protestant Church

The Australian · Friday 9 June 1848 · page 2

"The 'Authority of the Church, it is now ascertained, contains within itself tendencies subversive of true belief, and the very stewardship and developing office' confided to it [?]…

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The Minister of Christ Church

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 10 June 1848 · page 5

THE following document has within the last week been circulated in Sydney. It will be read with considerable interest by both Catholics and Protestants :— TO THE CLERGY AND LAITY OF THE DIOCESE OP SYDNEY…

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(No. 1.) Christ Church Parsonage, Sydney, April 18

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 10 June 1848 · page 6

MY LORD,—In a letter, written to the Sydney Morning Herald by Mr. Sconce, in reply to one from me, which appeared in that paper of last Saturday, there is the following passage— My firm conviction is that there is not a man in the world who would more…

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Did the Anglican Church Reform Herself?

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 17 June 1848 · page 2

Hitherto it has been generally believed that the Reformation in England was in reality the work of the civil power, which ousted the old Church and intruded a new Church by act of parliament and truly, when we read that the actual governors of the Church…

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Literature. Select Poetry. Prayer at Home and in Church

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 17 June 1848 · page 2

'' These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brethren Where are the homes of Paschal mirth…

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REVIEW. "The Value and Authority of Holy Scrip'ure"—a Sermon preached at the consecration of St. Mary's Church, at Balmain, near Sydney, on Tuesday, 2nd May, 1848, by W. G. Broughton, D. D. Lord Bishop of Sydney, and Metropolitan. Published at the request of the congregation

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 17 June 1848 · page 4

Impressed with a notion that, under present circumstances, "no security is to be looked for," on the part of members of the Anglican Establishment, " without a recurrence to first principles, such as, a few years since, would hardly have been ventured upon before…

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Did the Anglican Church Reform Herself? (Concluded From Our Last.)

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 24 June 1848 · page 4

On the 27th of January, 1547, Henry died, and was succeeded by his only son, Edward, little more than nine years old. From that moment the Reformation proceeded rapidly, without interruption or impediment. There was no longer a monarch on the…

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Twenty-two Reasons for entering the Catholic Church, by Thomas William Marshall, Author of "Notes on the Catholic Episcopate. Printed and Published in London

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 1 July 1848 · page 5

I. Because it is, generally speaking, necessary to salvation, according to the institution of Christ (S. Matth, xvi. 18, 19; xvii. 27; S. Luke v. 3, 4; xii. 41, 42; xxii. 32; S. John i. 42; xxi. 15, 16, 17, &c.), and the testimony of the Saints, that Christians…

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The Chronicle Sydney, Saturday, July 1, 1848. Magna Est Veritas, Et Prevalebit. Catholic Image Worship

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 1 July 1848 · page 6

WANT of space has prevented us from noticing before the paper on Image Worship, compiled for the Guardian by the Rev. J. C; Grylls. The only reason for regretting this, is that as the second number of that publication…

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The Chronicle Sydney: Saturday, July 8, 1848. Magna Est Veritas, Et Prevalebit. Catholic Image-worship. Ii

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 8 July 1848 · page 6

WE concluded the first portion of our notice of Mr. Grylls' article on Image-worship, with a few remarks upon the obvious truth to which Dr. Arnold afforded his testimony, that the Old Testament prohibitions as…

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An Exposition of the Motives Which Induced De Hurter to Become a Member of the Catholic Church

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 15 July 1848 · page 5

The researches that I was obliged to make for the composition of my history of Pope Innocent III., had fixed my attention upon the wonderful structure that distinguishes the edifice of the Catholic Church. I was lost in admiration in observing the vigorous…

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Literature. Select Poetry. the Sisters of Mercy. by One Who Is Not a Roman Catholic

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 15 July 1848 · page 4

Silently, stedfastly, onward they go. Soothing and smoothing the pillow of woe; No dwelling too wretched, no chamber too drear, For the "Sisters of Mercy" are strangers to fear…

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St. Patrick's Church, Auckland

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 15 July 1848 · page 8

WE inserted a short time since a brief but interesting account of the "Consecration of the first Catholic Church in New Zealand, as well as the very appropriate discourse delivered on that solemn occasion by the Rev. Mr. O'Reily, of Wellington. It appears that the…

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The Bible and the Romam Catholic Priest

The Sentinel · Thursday 20 July 1848 · page 4

WHAT a blessing to be born in a Protestant land and how thaukrul should English children be, that they can read their Bibles without the fear of a " priest" taking them away !…

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Sydney Election. To the Catholic Electors of the City of Sydney. (Per favor of the 'Sydney Chronicle.')

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 22 July 1848 · page 6

BROTHER ELECTORS,—Attempts have been made through the public Press and by other means, to work upon your grateful feelings, and to induce you, at the coming Election, to record your votes in favour of Messrs. Wentworth and Bland. on the ground of the services…

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The Following Address Was Read in All the Roman Catholic Churches on Sunday Last

The Sydney Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 July 1848 · page 2

John Bede, by the Grace of God and the favor of the Holy See, Archbishop of Sydney and Metropolitan of Australia, &c., &c., &c. To the faithful of Sydney, Greeting…

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The Church and the Revolutions

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 29 July 1848 · page 1

We have arrived at strange times, in which it behoves us to look before and after—from the lessons of the past taking thought about the future. When not merely the political boundaries of Europe are shaken, but its social state is convulsed to its very foundations;…

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Dr. Arnold and the Irish Church

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 29 July 1848 · page 6

"I think that a Catholic is a member of Christ's Church just as much as I am, and I could well endure one form of that Church in Ireland and another in England. "We are suffering here from that accursed division among…

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Reform.--he Church Act

The Sentinel · Thursday 3 August 1848 · page 2

We are glad to find that the Tractarian doctrines in this colony are not likely to meet with that toleration which they have met with in England, They have already elicited the strongest…

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Reasons for Submitting to the Catholic Church. (In Letters to a Friend.) LETTER I.

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 5 August 1848 · page 6

MY DEAR FRIEND,—You have asked me to give you an account of the reasons which have induced me, after much consideration, and at the sacrifice of many feelings and some worldly advantages, to abandon the Communion in which I was brought up, and to join…

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