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Show IRELAND NEVER SET UP A HERESY. "There is no other nation that did not at some time or other set up some heresy or an anti-Pope. Ireland alone of all nations never set up a heresy, but always remained true to the successor suc-cessor of St. Peter. Henry VIII. robbed rob-bed the Anglo-Saxon of his faith, but Ireland, divided in questions of nationality na-tionality and political economy, was always one in quesitons of religion. The Dane was resisted to the death, not because he Invaded its sanctuaries. Every man was willing to war against the invader, being told by his faith if he fell in such a cause he could claim the martyr's crown. Aftder 400 y?ars, during which Ireland was a vast battlefield. battle-field. Henry VIII. found that the nation na-tion which was incapable of defending its own liberty because of political divisions became the very personfica-tion personfica-tion of unity when he touched Its religion. re-ligion. Like one man all arose and exclaimed: ex-claimed: 'The king can rob us of our possessions, he can exile us, he can put us to death, but he can never separate us from the See of Rome or the successor of thee A:iost'es.' " |