ARGUMENTS IN FAVOUR OF ROMANISM. —The amount of crime in Protestant and Roman Catholic countries stands in contrast thus:

England (Protestant) for each million of inhabitants per annum 4

Ireland (Catholic) 19

Belgium 18

France 31

Austria 36

Bavaria 30

Papal States 100

The number of illegitimate births per annum, in different cities, are as follows:

London (Protestant) 4 per cent

Paris (Catholic) 32 per cent

Brussels 35 per cent

Munich 25 per cent

Vienna 51 per cent

Rome 3500, in the Pope’s own.

How does Romanism promote crime?

Protestants are taught that sin destroys both body and soul, while Romanism teaches that sin does not destroy, provided the perpetrator of any crime will purchase a pardon from the priest, which is done by a sum of money so small, as to render it plain to every Catholic that for the benefit of the priest, the more sin the better.

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