CONTENTS of Columbanus ad Hibernos, No. 2. 1..NECESSITY of enquiring into the new Discipline introduced into the Catholic Church of Ireland.. Compare page rv. with pages 35, 87, 95, 100, 207, 214, and Conclusion of the following Historical Address; and The Author's Protestation of Submission to the .... SECT. Our Ecclesiastical Polity managed by domestic arrangement down to 1646 Compare page 207 of the Historical Address. PAGE Xiv Dangerous innovations of the foreign influenced.... xvi Compare page 35, 87, 94, 100, 207, and 214, of the Character of foreign influenced Bishops, given by .... Compare from page 140, &c. to the end of the Historical Address, with Letter 3. 4..Stanihurst's account of the intrigues of our foreign influenced Bishops, &c.............. 5..An important fact unnoticed by our Historians, which contributed to establish the temporal Ascendancy of the Ultramontanists over our Nobility and Gentry... XX xxiii .xxviii The Lower orders of Irish governed by Clanship, 6..This principle of Subordination to our Gentry and Fatal effects of this measure 7..The Nobility and Gentry endeavour, by a National Council, to regain their lost privileges, but are opposed and defeated by the Ultramontanists.... 8..Account of this National Council 9..Dangerous abuses.-Conclusion.... XXX xl xliv li lv lix CONTENTS. OF THE Historical Address to the Catholics of Ireland. SECT. *PAGE 1..Flattery and Submission to popular prejudices how dangerous.-Character of the English nation.... 2..A leading Feature in Irish History.... ... 1 6 9 3..Our national hatred to England not owing to difference of Religion No Religious war in Ireland until fomented by foreign Emissaries for purposes of foreign Invasion.-Proofs from various documents.-Don J. De l'Aquila's Manifesto against the Loyal Catholic Chieftains.-Perrot's administration.....10: 4..Proved also by O'Nial's Manifesto against the Loyal Chieftains of Connacht and Munster 5..Leland's contrary opinion erroneous.-Extract from the Irish Annals translated..... 6..The Desmond war not a war of Religion, though fomented by foreign Emissaries ̧‹ 19 21 27 SECT. 7..The true cause of our National hatred to England, Oaths of Allegiance condemned by the foreign influ- .... .... 8..History of the Religious Cry raised in 1645...... Proceedings of the Nobility and Gentry assembled in the first Supreme Council of Kilkenny Cessation of Hostilities agreed to between them and the D. of Ormond ...... 9..Sincerity of Ormond as well as of the Catholics and of the second order of Clergy on this occasion .......... 10..Religious Cry raised against this Cessation by the Ultramontane Bishops... PAGE 64 70 11..Origin and progress of the Pope's Temporal power over the Masse of the Irish people..... That this temporal power is exercised to this very day... 12.. Keating's Account of the Origin of the Pope's temporal power not fabulous.-Irish Crusaders ..... 13.,Influence of the Pope's temporal dominion on the Masse of the Irish People down to our times.... 87 The reader is requested to read my 3d Letter, pages 8, 15, 20, &c. with pages 87-94, and 207, with the following Address. ..... 14..The Pope's temporal dominion over Ireland maintained by Irish Exclusive Synods and Irish UItramontane Bishops down to our times 15..Foreign temporal influence not sufficiently guarded against by the present Oath of Allegiance, unless our Bishops are Canonically appointed by domestic nomination 72 94 .. 100 |