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    The Church In Politics—Americans Beware!
    The Church In Politics—Americans Beware!
    The Church In Politics—Americans Beware!
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    The Church In Politics—Americans Beware!

    By M. M. (Mangasar Mugurditch) Mangasarian

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    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      The Church In Politics—Americans Beware! - M. M. (Mangasar Mugurditch) Mangasarian

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      Title: The Church In Politics--Americans Beware!

      Author: M. M. Mangasarian

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      Speak without being afraid that the wind will carry away your words and sow them in fresh soils.

      —Zola.

      The Church in Politics—

      Americans, Beware!

      A Lecture Delivered Before the Independent Religious Society, Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Sunday at 11 A. M.

      By

      M. M. MANGASARIAN

      The mass of the law-abiding and respectable citizens is virtually agnostic. Where its agnosticism is not reasoned out, it is habitual and unconcerned. The orderly, honest, duty-doing people who never think about religion one way or the other form by far the largest class in the community.

      —David Christy Murray.

      The Church in Politics—

      Americans, Beware!

      In his letter on religion in politics, President Roosevelt takes the position, I believe, that we may look forward to the day when a Catholic, for instance, may be nominated and elected to the presidency of the United States of America. He also intimates that to refuse to vote for a Catholic on account of his religion would be bigotry! The Lutheran, Baptist and Presbyterian bodies have, if I am not mistaken, officially protested against the president's pronouncement. These Protestant churches declare that it is not fair to call them bigots for objecting to a Catholic for president.

      Speaking only in the capacity of a private citizen, it is my opinion that, according to the Constitution, a Catholic is not eligible to be a candidate for president. Neither is a sincere and consistent Christian of any other denomination. Nor is a believing Jew. The Constitution explicitly ignores the religious interests of the nation; it does not even so much as mention the name of God. Had the document been created by infidels it could not have been more indifferent to the subject of church or religion. The Constitution is a downright secular instrument, having as its end one, and only one, object—the rights of man. But the supreme end of the church is God, not man; or man for God. There is then, between the church and the Constitution, an irreconcilable difference. It is because of this that the United Presbyterians, for instance, who have a membership of about a million, refuse even to take part in elections, much less to accept office under a government that deliberately ignores the Christian religion, as well as every other religion. I submit that the United Presbyterians are quite consistent, and that they deserve the respect of all who hold that courage and sincerity are better than ambiguity and inconsistency. A Christian, therefore, can accept a nomination to the

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