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Excerpt from Address of the Committee of Saint Mary's Church, of Philadelphia, to Their Brethren of the Roman Catholic Faith Throughout the United States of America: On the Subject of a Reform of Sundry Abuses in the Administration of Our Church Discipline
The numerous and scandalous scenes which have frequently been repeated in th1s City, and which have occurred also in other places of these United States, owing to the arbitrary and unjustifia ble conduct of certain foreigners, sent among us by the Junta or Commissmn, directing'the Fide Pro paganda of Rome, imperiously call on us to adopt some measures, by which a uniform system may be established for the future regulation of our churches; the propagation of our Holy faith, by the nomination and selection of proper Pastors from our own citizens; from whom alone ought to be chosen Our bishops, without our being compel led to depend on persons sent to us from abroad, who have uniformly shown themselves hostile to our institutions, and completely ignorant of our country in fine, for the adoption of such measures as will fii the respective rights of the clergy and the Congregation.
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