The Diocese of Meath: Ancient and Modern, Volume 3

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J. F. Fowler, 1870 - Ireland

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Page 225 - That, in the appointment of the Prelates of the Roman Catholic religion to vacant Sees within the kingdom, such interference of government as may enable it to be satisfied of the loyalty of the person appointed, is just, and ought to be agreed to.
Page 225 - The candidates so elected to be presented by the president of the election to government, which •within one month after such presentation, will transmit the name of the said candidate, if no objection be made against him, for appointment to the holy see, or return the said name to the president of the election, for such transmission as may be agreed on.
Page 363 - opinion of the Roman Catholic Prelates of Ireland, that it is inexpedient " to introduce any alteration in the canonical mode hitherto observed " in the nomination of the Irish Roman Catholic Bishops, which mode " long experience has proved to be unexceptionable, wise, and salutary.
Page 225 - In the election of a Metropolitan, if the provincial Prelates do not agree within two months after the vacancy, the senior Prelate shall forthwith invite the surviving Metropolitans to the election, in which each will then have a vote — in the equality of suffrages, the presiding Metropolitan to have a casting vote.
Page 225 - Agreeably to the discipline of the Roman Catholic Church, these regulations can have no effect without the sanction of the Holy See, which sanction the Roman Catholic Prelates of this kingdom shall, as soon as may be, use their endeavours to procure. "The Prelates are satisfied, that the nomination of parish priests, with a certificate of their having taken the oath of allegiance, be certified to Government.
Page 484 - Erin, oh Erin, thus bright thro' the tears Of a long night of bondage thy spirit appears. The nations have fallen, and thou still art young, Thy sun is but rising, when others are set : And tho' slavery's cloud o'er thy morning hath hung, The full noon of freedom shall beam round thee yet.
Page 224 - That to give this principle its full operation, without infringing the discipline of the Roman catholic church, or diminishing the religious influence which prelates of that church ought justly to possess over their respective flocks, the following regulations seem necessary : 1.
Page 225 - In the vacancy of a see, the clergy of the diocese to recommend, as usual, a candidate to the Prelates of the ecclesiastical province, who elect him, or any other they may think more worthy, by a majority of suffrages — in the case of equality of suffrages, the Metropolitan or senior Prelate to have the casting vote.
Page iii - Their bodies are buried in peace, and their name liveth unto generation and generation. Let the people shew forth their wisdom, and the Church declare their praise.
Page 225 - If Government have any proper objection against such candidates, the president of the election will be informed thereof within one month after presentation ; who in that case will convene the electors to the election of another candidate.

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