"Roman catholic" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... churches. One of the most conspicuous is the sun and moon in conjunction, precisely as they are represented on Babylonian and Grecian coins; and the identification of the Virgin and her Child with the moon any Roman Catholic cathedral will show. [275] The Roman Missal will present to any reader "Sancta Maria, coeli Regina, et mundi Domina"; the Glories of Mary will exhibit her as the omnipotent mother, Queen of the Universe; and Ecclesiastical History will declare how, as early ...
— Moon Lore • Timothy Harley
... James at the Height His Foreign Policy His Plans of Domestic Government; the Habeas Corpus Act The Standing Army Designs in favour of the Roman Catholic Religion Violation of the Test Act Disgrace of Halifax; general Discontent Persecution of the French Huguenots Effect of that Persecution in England Meeting of Parliament; Speech of the King; an Opposition formed in the House of Commons Sentiments of Foreign Governments ...
— The History of England from the Accession of James II. - Volume 2 (of 5) • Thomas Babington Macaulay
... slightest degree, with popular poetry, either secular or religious. Christianity, therefore, merely enlarged the field of subjects. The result is, that the Slavonic peoples (including even, to some extent, the Roman Catholic Poles) possess a mass of religious poetry, the like of which, either in kind or in quantity, is not to be found in all ...
— A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections • Isabel Florence Hapgood
... Protestant bishop 4,000l. a-year, with 1,2OOl. a-year more for expenses and a ship at his disposal, and to two other Protestant bishops between 2,000l. and 3,000l. a-year, they give to the Roman Catholic bishop a paltry sum of about 250l. a-year. The East India Company are not, perhaps, herein so much to blame, seeing that they do but follow the example of what is going ...
— Speeches on Questions of Public Policy, Volume 1 • John Bright
... her back to the wall was fighting Germany, the Green Irish killed the draft. Here following, I give some specific instances of what the Roman Catholic priests said. ...
— A Straight Deal - or The Ancient Grudge • Owen Wister
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