IRISH PERSECUTION.
Asa H. Craig, (Asa Hollister), 1847-1934 Of all the different races of men none have endured the hardships of persecution, the domineering influences of oppression, and the absolute tyranny of government so meekly as have the Irish people of Ireland. So great has been this disfranchisement, this disregard of human rights, that Irish oppression has […]
HEIRS OF HENRY VIII.
Asa H. Craig, (Asa Hollister), 1847-1934 Edward VI. Lady Jane Grey. Queen Mary. Queen Elizabeth. Mary, Queen of Scots. James I. IN the complication of Henry VIII’s many marriages and divorces, the question of succession to the throne of England became one of a peculiar controversy, therefore Parliament passed a decree conferring upon Henry the […]
Origin of the English Church.
Asa H. Craig, (Asa Hollister), 1847-1934 THE origin of the Church of England is known to all students of history, and may be summarized as follows: 1. Henry VIII, of England, desired to obtain a divorce from his wife, Catherine of Aragon, and thus be free to marry Anne Boleyn, a beautiful and vivacious maid […]
The Episcopal Church
Every person has a moral obligation to seek the truth of God’s revelation. The history of the Episcopal Church, also called the Anglican Church, began with the complicated love story of an indecent, lustful, ruthless, and brutal king, Henry VIII of England. The Church of England, as a separate church, dates back to the year […]
21st Century Protestantization of English Catholic Church Moves Ahead: British bishops ban discrimination against gays, co-habitors
2/9/2005 The Catholic bishops of England and Wales have determined that gays and cohabiting couples can no longer be denied employment by the Church. Catholic World News reports that the decree is included in a new set of guidelines issued by the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, which they said they hope will help […]
Henry VIII’s Defense of the Seven Sacraments
King Henry VIII 1491-1547 In 1521, just four years after supposedly posting his famous “Ninety-five theses” on a church door in Wittenberg, and the same month he was excommunicated, Martin Luther published a controversial work called The Babylonian Captivity of the Church. This book denounced the seven sacraments as corruptions and papist inventions. When Luther’s […]
A Measure of Suppression – “Injunction to the Laity”, 1571.
“No person or persons whatsoever shall wear beads, or pray,, either in Latin or in English, upon beads, or knots, or any other like superstitious thing; nor shall pray upon any popish Latin or English Primer, or other book, nor shall burn any candles in the church superstitiously upon the feast of the Purification of […]
The Protestant Reformation in England
Victor R. Claveau, MJ England had been an integral part of the Church since 596 A.D., when St. Augustine and his forty monks arrived on the southeast coast, under instructions from Pope Gregory the Great. About the same time, some monks from Ireland began preaching in the northwest. Christianity gradually spread over the island. Its […]
Priest Holes
Priest catchers were professional lawmen in the era of the underground Catholic Church in England (1535-1679). They raided houses where they suspected a Mass was being celebrated, guarded the ports to prevent priests from coming into the country, and searched the houses of known Catholics for the secret panels, which disguised the “priest holes”. St. […]
What was the Gunpower Plot?
The Gunpowder Plot in England. Because of all the persecutions the Church suffered at the hands of the English government, Robert Catesby, Thomas Percy, Thomas Winter, and Lord Monteagle acted on their own and plotted to blow up the Whigs in the House of Commons and kill King James I. The hunch-back son of William […]