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title: 'Rome and Morals'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'Thomas Dwight Witherspoon, Sr.'
date: 1881-01-12
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Apologetics'
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
scriptures:
- 'Exodus 20'
- 'Matthew 5'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/witherspoon-1881-rome-and-morals
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# Rome and Morals

1881 Central Presbyterian attacks Roman Catholic casuistry (St. Alphonsus Liguori), condemning mental reservation, equivocation, and permissive rulings on lying, theft, and violence. Also includes local church reports and a week of prayer.

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