echoed throughout France in 1794; but faithful Catholics alone were excluded from this liberty and equality; they were outlawed. Under the dominion of "liberty and equality," they met with the same fate which fell to the lot of the early Christians under the tyranny of Nero. Therefore the objection that the Church is a tyrant is completely disposed of. The very opposite is true: If ever tyranny was practised, it was practised by the foes of the Church.
6. You may at times be tempted, my friend, when it is your duty to make a sacrifice required by obedience to the Church, to cloak your want of courage in regard to making this sacrifice, by putting forward such foolish objections. But I entreat you, for the sake of both your temporal and eternal happiness, to beware of yielding to this temptation!
Be true to your faith; true to your convictions!
I will never forsake thee; I never will be,
O Church of the saints, an apostate from thee
Lead thou me on; "I'll follow thee
To the last gasp with faith and loyalty."
XXXVI. Secular Authority
1. WHERE true faith reigns, there also exists, like an impregnable wall, the recognition of the authority of the State, the duty of obeying the civil powers. This, obedience
