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Title: Errors of the Roman Catholic Church : and its insidious influence in the United States and other countries by the most profound thinkers of the present day, and the history and progress of the American Protective Association (A.P.A.)
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Hershey, Scott Funk, 1852-
Subjects: Catholic Church
Publisher: St. Louis : J.H. Chambers
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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. Other women and children having taken refugein a church, the president ordered one of his officers to go inandkillthem all: the captain, at first, refused, saying, Suchunnecessary cruelty is unbecoming a military man. Thepresident, being displeased at this reply, said, I chargeyou, on pain of being accused of mutiny, immediately toobey my orders.1 The captain, afraid of the consequences,thought proper to comply. The president then sent adetachment of his troops to ravage the town of Costa, whichwas accomplished with the greatest barbarity. At length the judgment of God overtook this monster ofcruelty; for he was afflicted with a dreadful fiux, and apainful strangury. In this extremity he sent for a surgeonfrom Aries, who, on examining his disorders, told him theywere of a singular nature, and much worse than he hadseen them in any other person. He then took occasion toreprehend him for his cruelties, and told him, that unlesshe repented, he might expect that the hand of Heaven would
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First time of Torturing. Page 469. Extract From Jesuits Oath. I do now renounce and disown my allegiance as due toany heretical King, Prince or State, named Protestant, orLiberals, or obedience to any of their laws or magistrates orofficers. I do further declare that the doctrine of the churches ofEngland and Scotland, of the Calvinists, Huguenots and othersof the name Protestant or Liberals, to be damnable, and theythemselves to be damned who will not forsake the same. I do further declare that I will help, assist and advise allor any of His Holinesss agents, in any place where I shall be,in Switzerland, Germany, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Nor-way, England, Ireland or America, or in any other kingdomor territory I shall come to, and do my utmost to extirpatethe heretical Protestant or liberal doctrines, and to destroy alltheir pretended powers, regal or otherwise. (469) POPISH MODES OF TORTURE. 469 fall still heavier upon him. On hearing these words, thepresident, greatly enraged, ord

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