nted with.

Galileo declared that the sun did not move, and this declaration
greatly insulted Pope Urban, who grew very angry, as this pope had
taught that the sun did move and that the earth stood still.

The teachings of Galileo so angered the pope that he called together
an inquisitorial board and had Galileo tried by this Romish
tribunal, and Galileo was sentenced to imprisonment for what
Catholicism termed a heretical doctrine.

Who was right--Catholicism or Galileo? Not a school boy or girl six
years old in this land but what knows that Catholicism was wrong, as
she usually is, but she would not have acknowledged her wrong had not
the world-at-large been thoroughly convinced of her error, which
would have brought her to the very feet of ridicule had she persisted
in teaching the doctrine promulgated by Pope Urban that "the sun did
move, and that the earth stood still."

The Catholic Church is always desirous of evading questions which are
susceptible to debate, and which, by mature thought and deliberation,
can be analyzed, as she does not desire to come into contact with the
brains of any nation, but is satisfied to prey upon the ignorant and
superstitiously inclined, as those are her dupes and the ones from
whom she derives her revenue, and "revenue" is one of the main
perquisites of the Catholic Church, as this Romish institution is run
for the sole purpose of making serfs of men and controlling the
destiny of nations, so that the inhabitants may be forced to disgorge
their sustenance in her lap of greed, and it matters not how low she
brings her followers, nor what may be the hardships they have to
endure, just so she accomplishes her diabolical end.

The reader may think it strange that a man who was born and raised a
Catholic, and who for thirty years officiated in the capacity of a
Catholic priest, could turn his back upon the creed of his
forefathers and so vehemently endeavor to destroy every vestige of
his childhood's doctrines, but this is no more unreasonable than it
was for Paul, in the twinkle of an eye, to turn from his wickedness
and become one of the chosen Apostles of Christ.

Many years before I cut loose entirely from the Catholic Church my
faith in her abominations was at times almost threadbare, and I have
declared time and time again that never would I enter another
Catholic Church in the capacity of a priest, but as often as I
declared and made these resolves, just so often I broke t