Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia (Volume 25 ) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1915. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... LIFE OF BISHOP CONWELL BY MARTIN 1. J. GRIFFIN Chapter XI. (Continued) And if we ask, what then made Hogan so strong and intrenched him so stubbornly in the camp of the advocates, we are told by "A Letter to the Catholics of Philadelphia" "What is it that has endeared this gentleman so much to his congregation? What is it that has made him so attached to them? Why it was his unmerited persecution; his zeal for their spiritual welfare; his great attention to the children of the poor; his humanity in relieving all who applied to him in their spiritual or pecuniary distress; his amiable and unsophiscated manners and his gentlemanly deportment to all whether rich or poor, these are the links of a great chain which has bound the hearts of a great multitude to his interests." In a word, Hogan clearly possessed some qualities of personal magnetism when he chose to exert it; the more the pity that his contrary elements of pride, and scorn of superior authority, spurred him to courses of ruin for himself and vexation to the Church. The closing days of January, 1822, and February 1 and 2 were occupied with the suit for possession of St. Mary's Church. Justices Tilghman and Duncan heard the counsel for the Bishop and the counsel for Hogan discuss canon law herein. Finally, on February 2, Hogan was bound over in $250 security (reduced from $4,000) to appear at the next term of court. It were futile to review sundry extraneous features of the Hogan strife, such as quips and wrangling over the form of excommunication used by Bishop Conwell; nor will any but students of Latin care to revive the discussion once keen enough about Hogan's letter "in shockingly bad Latin " to Archbishop Marechal, his suffragans, and all administrators of parishes in the United States. Hogan style...