02499cam a22003853u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000270011324500850014026400510022530000470027633600260032333700260034933800360037550000310041150800290044252012130047153400450168465300480172965300210177765300400179865300370183865300430187565300410191865300550195965300390201485600430205399900170209637705UtSlPG20260610133847.0mcr n260607r2011||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aBX1 aHogan, William,d-184810aPopery! As It Was and as It Is. Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2011  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2011-10-10  aProduced by David Widger  a"Popery! As It Was and as It Is" by William Hogan, Esq. is a critical historical account written in the mid-19th century. The book serves as a denunciation of Roman Catholicism, authored by a former Roman Catholic priest who exposes perceived threats posed by Catholicism to American values and institutions. Hogan's work focuses on the practices of the Catholic Church, particularly regarding auricular confession and the influence of popish authority.  The opening of the book introduces Hogan’s motivations, stating his desire to protect the democratic freedoms of his adopted country against what he views as the encroaching dangers of Catholicism. He reflects on his past experiences with the church and lays out a case for readers to understand the power dynamics at play within the Catholic Church, particularly the role of Jesuits. Hogan expresses concern regarding the potential for Papal influence over American governance and warns of the historical context that demonstrates the Church's ambitions for temporal authority, summarizing the dangers that could arise if such influences are left unchecked in a republic founded on freedom of conscience. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aCatholic Church -- Controversial literature  aAnti-Catholicism  aJesuits -- Controversial Literature  aCatholic Church -- United States  aConfession -- Controversial literature  aConvents -- Controversial literature  aCatholic Church -- Doctrines -- Protestant authors  aPapacy -- Controversial literature40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37705  c78545d78545