Project Gutenberg 2011-10-10 Public domain in the USA. 354 Hogan, William 1848 Popery! As It Was and as It Is. Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries Produced by David Widger "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.) Reading ease score: 60.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Catholic Church -- Controversial literature Anti-Catholicism Jesuits -- Controversial Literature Catholic Church -- United States Confession -- Controversial literature Convents -- Controversial literature Catholic Church -- Doctrines -- Protestant authors Papacy -- Controversial literature BX Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal Category: History - American Category: History - Religious 441981 2025-06-15T10:53:00.248357 text/html 433271 2013-01-29T09:02:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 721192 2013-01-29T09:03:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 854940 2025-06-15T10:53:09.359254 application/epub+zip 860239 2025-06-15T10:53:04.478277 application/epub+zip 221022 2025-06-15T10:53:02.986318 application/epub+zip 1159837 2025-06-15T10:53:13.073238 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1135352 2025-06-15T10:53:08.353259 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 288885 2022-09-17T09:20:23.458494 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 393118 2025-06-15T10:52:59.648306 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 392810 2011-10-10T12:34:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 145854 2011-10-10T12:34:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 392805 2011-10-10T12:34:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 145830 2011-10-10T12:34:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21979 2025-06-15T10:53:13.227233 application/rdf+xml 26126 2025-06-15T10:53:03.568316 image/jpeg 4914 2025-06-15T10:53:03.283278 image/jpeg 837999 2025-06-15T10:53:00.302298 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia