Ѣ PAPAL INDULGENCES: Two Lectures, DELIVERED ON TUESDAY, SEPT. 21, AND FRIDAY, SEPT. 24, 1852, BY THE REV. ROBERT MAGUIRE, B. A. IN ST. PETER'S SCHOOL-ROOMS, RIVER-LANE, ISLINGTON, IN EXAMINATION OF A WORK ON "INDULGENCES, EDITED BY THE REV. FREDERICK OAKELEY, M.A., ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST IN ISLINGTON, AND RECOMMENDED BY HIM TO THE LECTURER, IN REPLY TO A J. H. JACKSON, 21, PATERNOSTER-ROW, SEELEYS, FLEET-STREET. 1852. LECTURE I. MR. CHAIRMAN AND CHRISTIAN FRIENDS, 66 I appear before you this evening for a certain purpose, viz., to offer a reply to a book on the subject of Indulgences," which has, within the past few days, been recommended to my attention by the Rev. Mr. Oakeley, a Roman Catholic Priest in this parish. In whatever remarks I may be led to make this evening, you must bear in mind, that I deal not in personalities; my object is not to assail a person, but to expose a fearful error. I deal with Mr. Oakeley this evening, not as a private individual, but rather, in his official character, as a public and acknowledged agent of the Church of Rome. You have, doubtless, heard ere this of the letter which the Rev. Mr. Haslegrave and myself have addressed to the Rev. Mr. Oakeley, in reference to my recent Lectures in this place; * in reply, I received a letter, dated 6th September, to the substance of which the Chairman (Rev. Joseph Haslegrave) has just alluded. Mr. Oakeley states therein, that he is "not very much inclined to controversial writing," and recommends to me a book which has been translated and edited by him, and to which he has prefixed a short preface. This book is the production of a French Roman Catholic Bishop (Bp. Bouvier); it is "translated from the French, with a preface, by the Rev. Frederick Oakeley, M.A." Mr. Oakeley concludes his letter by the following, viz., "I will not fail to read your book carefully, and if I feel that any part of it suggests the necessity of explanation, I will endeavour to find time for a private note; but if I cannot, I must protest against the silence of a particular writer, who happens to be challenged to a reply, indicating any want of theological means on the part of the [Roman] Catholic Church to vindicate her own doctrines.' * "Letter to Rev. F. Oakeley." J. H. Jackson, Islington-green. B 2 |