To Rome And Back Again - Or The Two Proselytes (1856) (Paperback)

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1856 Original Publisher: T. N. Kurtz Subjects: Religion / Christianity / Catholic Religion / Christian Theology / General Religion / Christianity / Denominations Religion / Christian Church / History Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: 12 A DISPENSATION. CHAPTER V. GOING TO CHURCH -- THE LATIN LITURGY. It was Sunday morning, and the parents and Amelia were preparing to go to church. Politeness led them to iuvite Giu- letta to accompany them, and they were surprised and delighted to see her readiness to go. Charles also made preparations, and the mother secretly rejqiced at it. It was not so with the father. He was silent, but his stern countenance too plainly discovered that his mind was deeply disturbed. Finally, as they were about to depart, and Charles reached after his hat, the father asked, " Do you intend to accompany us ? to go with us to church ?" " Yes " said he; "I hope that you will not disapprove of it." " I think it exceedingly strange, my son. You regarded us as so grossly erroneous in our religious opinions that you separated from us, and yet you will go with us to church ? So you will do a thing which you know to be wrong ? And is it not directly against the principles of your church to enter a heretical place of worship ? Is it not forbidden by your priests ?" "That prohibition," said Charles, with great confidence, "does not affect me, for I have received a dispensation, and have permission not only to go to Protestant churches, but also to celebrate the Lord's supper with them, and to observe all their church rites." m "Silence, sir " cried out the father, with great violence; " silence, and stay back You cannot...