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The Church In Politics—Americans Beware!

Chapter 2: FOOTNOTES:
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The author argues that organized religion and a secular republican constitution pursue incompatible ends—religious authority seeking obedience to God can conflict with a government founded to protect citizens' rights. He maintains that devout officeholders confront divided loyalties and that clerical political power has repeatedly subverted constitutional principles. Drawing on historical episodes in France where church support of temporal rulers preceded a harsh church–state struggle, he criticizes clericalism's political ambitions and urges Americans to safeguard the separation of church and state to maintain constitutional secularism.

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[A] Catechisme a L'Usage de Tantes Les Eglises de L'Empire Francais.

[B] L'Eglise et La France. O. Jouvin, page 22.

[C] De délire.

[D] Encyclique Addresseé par N. S. P. Le Pope Pie IX. For the sake of brevity we have not translated the above passages in their entirety, but their meaning has not been sacrificed to brevity.

 


Transcriber's note:

In general every effort has been made to replicate the original text as faithfully as possible, which may include some instances of no longer standard or incorrect spelling, grammar, hyphenation and punctuation. The use of accents on non-English words was irregular and mostly absent; this has not been altered.

The following changes were made to repair apparent typographical errors:

p. 4 "irritability or impetuousity" impetuousity changed to impetuosity
p. 10 "The words, "Liberty, Equality," Fraternity,"" extra " removed
p. 15 "Could not, therefore, Napoelon" Napoelon changed to Napoleon
p. 16 "If the church submtis" submtis changed to submits
p. 19 "the true Christion church" Christion changed to Christian
p. 20 "has not been sacrificed to brevity[.]" period inserted