And forasmuch as this indictment is grounded upon an Act of Parliament directly repugnant to the laws of God and His Holy Church, the supreme government of which, or [of] any part whereof, may no temporal prince presume by any law to take upon him, as... The Catholic Penny Magazine - Page 411884Full view - About this book
| Robert Isaac Wilberforce - 1854 - 312 pages
...before his sentence, which put to shame the pusillanimity of his contemporaries : " ' This indictment ja grounded upon an Act of Parliament, directly repugnant to the laws of God and His Holy Church.' And in order to the proof of his assertion he declared among other things, that this kingdom alone... | |
| Manual - 1857 - 330 pages
...pronounced upon him for refusing to take the oath of supremacy, he replied, " Forasmuch, my lords, as this indictment is grounded upon an act of parliament directly repugnant to the laws of God and of His holy Church, the supreme government of which, or of any part thereof, no temporal prince may,... | |
| Thomas Keightley - 1876 - 1148 pages
...why judgment should not be given against him, he asj serted that the act on which he was indicted was repugnant \ to the laws. of God and his holy church, the supreme govern\ ment of which no temporal prince might presume to take on I himself, it being granted by our... | |
| James Fitzjames Stephen - 1883 - 606 pages
...in which he moved in arrest of judgment were an act of high treason within the statute ? CHAP. XI. " Parliament directly repugnant to the laws of God and his " Holy Church." Fourthly, More laid great stress upon the argument that, even if Rich spoke the truth, " it cannot... | |
| 1909 - 1162 pages
...after the verdict against him for a novel statutory treason, and before judgment, objected that 'this indictment is grounded upon an act of Parliament directly...repugnant to the laws of God and His Holy Church,' and 'is therefore in law, among Christian men, Insufficient to charge any Christian man.' The objection,... | |
| Sir William Searle Holdsworth - 1909 - 762 pages
...answered, " Forasmuch as this indictment is grounded upon an Act of Parliament, directly oppugnant to the laws of God and his holy church, the supreme...temporal prince presume by any law to take upon him, ... it is therefore in law among Christian men insufficient to charge any Christian." 4 Vol i 359,... | |
| Frederick Pollock - 1904 - 180 pages
...after the verdict against him for a novel statutory treason, and before judgment, objected that " this indictment is grounded upon an Act of Parliament directly...repugnant to the laws of God and his Holy Church," and " is therefore in law, among Christian men, insufficient to charge any Christian man." The objection... | |
| James Gairdner - 1908 - 602 pages
...was able to say to the contrary ? " More then replied as follows : — " Forasmuch, my lords, as this indictment is grounded upon an Act of Parliament directly...of God and His Holy Church, the supreme government whereof, or any part thereof, may no temporal prince presume by any law to take upon him, as rightfully... | |
| Niccolò Machiavelli - 1910 - 416 pages
...as, my Lord" (quoth he), "this indictment is grounded upon an Act of Parliament, directly oppugnant to the laws of God and his holy Church, the supreme government of which, or of any part thereof, may no temporal prince presume by any law to take upon him as rightfully belonging... | |
| James Gairdner - 1908 - 604 pages
...Parliament directly repugnant to the laws of God and His Holy Church, the supreme government whereof, or any part thereof, may no temporal prince presume...rightfully belonging to the See of Rome, a spiritual pre-eminency by the mouth of our Saviour himself, personally present upon the earth, only to St. Peter... | |
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