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A Debate on the Roman Catholic Religion (1837)
A Debate on the Roman Catholic Religion - 1837 Author:Alexander Campbell Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: The parties met in the Athenaeum at 2 o'clock, P. M. of Jan. llth., when after some debate on the" question, Who shall be ! the respondent ? they finally agreed ... more »to the following . RULES OF DISCUSSION. 1. We agree that the copy-right of the discussion shall be sold to some bookseller, who shall have it taken down by a stenographer, and that all the avails of the copy-right shall be equally divided between two such public charities as Bishop Purcell and Mr. Campbell shall respectively designate. 2. That the discussion shall take place in the Sycamore-street meeting house; and it shall continue seven days, exclusive of Sunday, commencing to-day, (Friday, 13th) from half past 9 o'clock, A. M. to half past 12, and from 3 to 5 P. M., each day. 3. Mr. Campbell shall open the discussion each session, and Bishop Pur- cell respond. During the morning session the first speech of each shall not exceed an hour, nor the second half an hour. In the afternoon each speaker shall occupy only half an hour. 4. This discussion shall be under the direction of a board of five moderators ; of whom each party shall choose two, and these a fifth: any three of whom shall constitute a quorum. 5. The duties of the moderators shall be to preserve order in the assembly, and to keep the parties to the question. fJOHN B. PURCELL, A. CAMPBELL. In order to meet, as far as possible, the arrangements entered into for conducting the contemplated debate for seven days, Mr. Campbell, according to agreement, sent to bishop Purcell, on Thursday morning, Jan. 12, the following statement oŁthe POINTS AT ISSUE. 1. The Roman Catholic Institution, sometimes called the 'Holy, Apos- toKc, Catholic, Church,' is not 'now, nor was she ever, catholic, apostolic, or holy; but is a sect in the fair impor...« less