A Reply to the Catholic Layman's (Classic Reprint): Rejoinder: Rejoinder (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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Sharp, principled response in a pivotal church dispute
This nonfiction work chronicles a vigorous exchange in early American Catholic life. It presents a pastor’s direct rebuttal to a counter‑argument, aiming to clarify questions of church authority, conscience, and governance.
framed by personal experience, it uses the dispute to explore how religious leaders balance duty, public scrutiny, and the law of the land. The result is a clear, courtroom‑style defense written for readers interested in church history, theology, and 19th‑century American religion.
- A point‑by‑point response to arguments about church authority and governance
- Personal context, including the author’s decisions and priestly duties
- Discussion of how religious figures are judged by the public and by law
- Rhetorical style that blends critique with practical reflections on religious leadership
Ideal for readers of religious history, church politics, and early American theology who want a firsthand look at a public moral and doctrinal clash.
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I do not know Whether I should blame you for introducing the name of Dr. Egan into your rejoinder, and placing him, in these transactions, in seeming opposition to me. You may not have a mind capable of perceiving the gross indelicacy of such a pro ceeding. How must your vanity have been wounded, and How unequal must you-have felt yourself to carry on this controversy, when you can stoop to the cowardly artifice of calling me to con tend with the dead! But if I had no moral feeling in my breast.
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