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Churches, 1870

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Manichaeanism and the Roman Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 September 1870 · page 8

PEOPLE who have not ample opportunities of making themselves acquainted with the motives by which the Catholic Church is actuated in many of her dealings with the…

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Mr. Robert Forster and His Church

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 17 September 1870 · page 5

WHEN the Divorce Bill was before the Assembly, Mr. ROBERT FORSTER said,-- "He did not see why Roman Catholics should oppose a bill which would not…

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Australasian Holy Catholic Guild. St. Patrick's Branch, Cooma. Cooma, August 20

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 September 1870 · page 12

The members of the newly-formed branch above named, and those of the juvenile guild, assembled at the Catholic school-room on Sunday last at the hour of 10.45 a.m., and there…

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Correspondence. "The Organ of Catholic Opinion." Teachings of Mr. Butler and the Priests. (To the Editor of the Protestant Standard.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 24 September 1870 · page 3

SIR,--Notwithstanding the assertion of his Grace the Archbishop at the time the Revd. Deacon O'Farrell fired at the Duke of Edinburgh, that the Freeman's Journal did not represent…

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Rome. St. Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 September 1870 · page 4

The following "Postulatum" has been signed by 153 Cardinals, Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, and Bishops, asking the Council to assign new Liturgical honours to St…

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The Church of Rome and the Ten Commandments

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 24 September 1870 · page 7

The following is from Italy in Transition, by the Revd. William Arthur, A. M. 1860. Page 226. "It will be seen that the form here repeated…

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Baptist Church, Bathurst-street

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 September 1870 · page 5

IN connection with the recognition of the Rev. James Greenwood as the pastor of the Bathurst-street Baptist Church, sermons were preached on Sunday by the Rev. Charles Clark, of Melbourne; that in the morning in the church,…

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The Catholic's Prayer

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 1 October 1870 · page 2

The following has been sent to us as an extract from a Californian newspaper, by last mail. Our American cousins are rather irreverend in their ridicule of the holy father's flatulencies.--…

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Religious Memoranda. Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 October 1870 · page 5

SEPTEMBER 14.—The Church of St. Ann, at Ryde, and its churchyard, were consecrated with the forms and ceremonies which have been usually observed in the Sydney diocese. A considerable number of clergymen from Sydney…

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Manichaeanism and the Roman Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 October 1870 · page 8

BAYLE, who in his day was the advocate of universal scepticism, had in view the design of bringing grist to his own mill when he volunteered to become the apologist of…

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To the Subscribers for the Establishment of St. Andrew's, Oh the Presbyterian College. [Per From of the Empire.]

Empire · Monday 10 October 1870 · page 4

FELLOW COLONISTS AND FRIENDS,—As the sum required, under the Act of Parliament of 1867, for the establishment of St. Andrew's, or the Presbyterian College, viz, L10.000, has now been…

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Victoria Theatre. "Marie Stuart the Catholic Queen."

Empire · Wednesday 12 October 1870 · page 3

ANOTHER signal triumph was achieved last night by Mrs. Mary Gladstane, in her very felicitous rendering of "Mary Stuart" in Schiller's tragedy of that name. Considering the delight which poets, novelists, and…

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Victoria Theatre "Marie S[?]t the Catholic Queen."

Evening News · Wednesday 12 October 1870 · page 2

ANOTHER signal triumph was achieved last night by Mrs. Mary [?] in her very feli[?]tous [?] of "Mary stuart" in schiller's tragedy of that name Considering the delight which poets, novelists, and…

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Ceremony of the Dedication of the New Roman Catholic Church, Rydal

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 October 1870 · page 10

On Sunday last the newly built Roman Catholic Church, at Rydal, was solemnly blessed and dedicated, by his Lordship the Bishop of Bathurst…

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What the Roman Catholic Religion Yields

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 15 October 1870 · page 2

A DISTINGUISHED English gentleman, who has spent many years as a resident or in travelling in various Papal countries in Europe, in a recent speech in London, has presented some deeply…

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Laying the Foundation Stone of the Church of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, Taree, Manning River

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 October 1870 · page 9

Since the first visit of the Right Rev. Dr. Murray to the Manning,' now some twelve months, ago, the Catholics of Taree have had in contemplation the erection of a Church…

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History of the Irish Church

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 15 October 1870 · page 2

Amidst many contradictory statements in regard to Irish Protestantism, it is of great importance to get a clear, condensed, and Well-written history on the subject. We have this before us…

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To the Subscribers for the Establishment of St. Andrew's or the Presbyterian College. Per Favour of the Empire

Empire · Monday 17 October 1870 · page 3

FELLOW-COLONISTS AND FRIENDS,—Although I am, under medical advice, on the eve of undertaking a visit to Melbourne for a few days, for change of air and of scene, after a very severe attack of illness which I have…

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Confirmation at All Saints', St. Kilda. (To the Editor of the Melbourne Church News.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 October 1870 · page 2

SIR,—I shall be obliged if you can find space for the following correspondence. [Copy.] Alma Road, St Kilda, 28th September, 1870…

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St. Peter's Church, North Shore. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 October 1870 · page 3

SIR,—Your report in to-day's Herald, stating that "about 1760" had been contributed towards the enforcement of the Church, and that it was opened " free from debt," is incorrect. Also, that a Manse was about to be erected, at a cost…

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