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National Property, and on the Prospects of the Present Administration: And ... Nassau William Senior No preview available - 2017 |
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Page 50 - I cannot give my consent to the alienation of Church property, in any part of the United Kingdom, from strictly ecclesiastical purposes. But I repeat now the opinions that I have already expressed in Parliament, in regard to the Church Establishment in Ireland, that if by an improved distribution of the revenues of the Church its just influence can be extended, and the true interests of the established religion promoted, all other considerations should be made subordinate to the advancement of objects...
Page 25 - Whereas gifts or alienations of lands, tenements, or hereditaments in mortmain are prohibited or restrained by Magna Charta, and divers other wholesome laws, as prejudicial to and against the common utility ; nevertheless, this public mischief has of late greatly increased by many large and improvident alienations or dispositions made by languishing or dying persons, or by other persons to uses called charitable uses, to take place after their deaths, to the disherison of their lawful heirs...
Page 34 - Resolved, that the Protestant episcopal establishment in Ireland exceeds the spiritual wants of the Protestant population ; and that, it being the right of the state to regulate the distribution of church property in such manner as parliament may determine, it is the opinion of this house, that the temporal possessions of the church of Ireland, as now established by law, ought to be reduced.
Page 108 - ... pound sterling. The remuneration prescribed by the diocesan statutes is never thought of for a moment ; the priest makes as hard a bargain as he can...
Page 107 - stations of confession ; ' and it is required that the families all about should meet him when he comes among them, upon these occasions ; should make their confessions, receive the Holy Sacrament, and finally pay the customary dues. It sometimes happens that this business is not transacted quietly. If increased dues are demanded — a thing of occasional occurrence — disagreeable and sometimes scandalous altercations ensue. Similar scenes occur when individuals attend and crave time for payment...
Page 107 - Baptism dues, Mass dues, and dues for Anointing. He is also paid at times for attendance at Funerals. Confession furnishes the most steady and constant source of revenue. Twice a year he collects confession money under the denomination of Christmas and Easter offerings. The mode of making this collection is not very consonant to the spirit of religion. The Priest selects one or two houses in every plough-land or neighbourhood, where he holds according to appointment what are called "stations of confession...
Page 107 - ... him when he comes among them, upon these occasions ; should make their confessions, receive the Holy Sacrament, and finally pay the customary dues. It sometimes happens that this business is not transacted quietly. If increased dues are demanded — a thing of occasional occurrence — disagreeable and sometimes scandalous altercations ensue. Similar scenes occur when individuals attend and crave time for payment ; while such as absent themselves, unless they send the dues as an apology, are...
Page 112 - In short, the entire system at present pursued by the Irish catholic clergy as to money matters, or matters of church finance, is to make the very most of their ministry in gross and in detail; and, regardless of consequences, to render every part and parcel of religion, whether we regard the administration of sacraments or the celebration of divine worship, subservient to considerations of self-interest.
Page 11 - The estates of Bishops and Chapters, of the Universities, and their colleges and halls, and generally speaking, of all Corporations, have no owners beyond the life interests of the existing bishops and members of chapters and corporations. Those life-interests the State is bound to protect; to affect them without the consent of their owners, would be, as we have already stated, spoliation in one of its most odious forms. But subject to those life-interests, the State is...
Page 109 - Priest is disappointed in his expectations. Some endeavour to evade the payment of any contribution; others give but little and the few that please the Priest are mere exceptions to the general rule. What is the consequence ? The Clergyman after begging and entreating for some time to little purpose gets at length into a rage, utters the most bitter invectives against individuals, abuses, perhaps, the whole company and is abused himself in turn, until at length the whole house becomes one frightful...