| Erastus Brooks - 1855 - 220 pagina’s
...ecclesiastical property, which have oeen acquired by donations, or the offerings of the Faitliful, for religious or charitable use, belong to the Bishop...or to some congregation of priests for their use. Is not that article conclusive ? Does it not show plainly that you and Bishop Timon demanded our church... | |
| Erastus Brooks, John Hughes - 1855 - 96 pagina’s
...Bishop of the diocese ; unless it shall he made to appear, and he confirmed by writings, that it waa granted to some religious order of monks, or to some congregation of priests for their use." DECREE OF A SIMILAR COUNCIL, HELD IN 1852. "We strictly forbid the interference of laymen (Uiici) in... | |
| 1856 - 610 pagina’s
...held at Baltimore in 1849, ordained " that all churches, and all other ecclesiastical property, which have been acquired by donations, or the offerings...or to some congregation of priests, for their use." Most of the trustees holding such property thereupon, on demand of the bishops, conveyed it to them,... | |
| 1859 - 366 pagina’s
...The Fathers ordain, that all churches and all other ecclesiastical property which have been ae quired by donations or the offerings of the faithful, for...or to some congregation of priests for their use." Here is the bold declaration that the right of property in the Romish churches of the United States,... | |
| James Osborne Putnam - 1880 - 446 pagina’s
...follows: ART. 4. The Fathers ordain, that all churches and all other ecclesiastical property, which have been acquired by donations or the offerings of...to some congregation of priests for their use. This is no less than an act of confiscation. It does not even recognize the right of property in those by... | |
| John Bach McMaster - 1926 - 598 pagina’s
...for religious or charitable use should belong to the bishop of the diocese, unless granted to some order of monks, or to some congregation of priests for their use. This decree was a flat nullification of the law of the State of New York, and the trustees of the church... | |
| 1856 - 634 pagina’s
...held at Baltimore in 1849, ordained " that all churches, and all other ecclesiastical property, which have been acquired by donations, or the offerings...or to some congregation of priests, for their use." Most of the trustees holding such property thereupon, on demand of the bishops, conveyed it to them,... | |
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