Fifty Years in the Church of Rome

by Charles Paschal Telesphore Chiniquy

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Transcriber’s Note

The many errors in the text have been corrected where it is reasonably attributable to the printer or editor, or where the same word appears as expected elsewhere.

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p. xii	Appar[a/i]tion of St. Anne	Corrected.
p. xiv	on [r/t]he Virgin Mary	Corrected.
	Magnificent Prairies of the West	Removed.
p. xvi	is name[d] Vicar General	Added.
p. 5	the mo[f/s]t interesting	Corrected.
p. 11	beau[ti]ful French hymns	Corrected. Line break error.
p. 14	my parents sent me to an excellent s[c]hool	Added.
p. 17	man[n]ers	Added.
	nothi[u/n]g	Inverted.
	the monks of the mon[a]stery	Added.
	independant	sic.
	The infa[i/l]lible pope assures	Corrected.
p. 18	[“]Propter	Added.
p. 19	tra[deg/ged]y	Transposed.
	the gentle presure of a hand.	Added.
p. 20	d[i/e]spair and anguish	Corrected.
p. 23	Forgiv[i/e]ness	Corrected.
	co[u/n]dition	Corrected.
	bless	Removed.
p. 24	implac[i/a]ble	Corrected.
p. 25	several thing.	Added.
p. 26	in whic[e/h] they came to my memory	Corrected.
p. 29	those pol[l]uting questions	Added.
p. 30	The misfortune of Mr. B[e]aubien	Added.
p. 31	prece[e]ded	Removed.
p. 38	two or three min[n/u]tes	Inverted.
p. 50	I am a[ /p]pointed to write an address	Added.
p. 68	degrad[a]ing	Removed.
p. 69	to make asses of every one of us![”]	Added.
p. 76	is fed with the ph[li/li]osophy of heaven	Transposed.
p. 77	The “Memoirs du [Conte] Valmont,”	Sic. Comte.
p. 78	the religon of heathen Rome	Added.
p. 81	had taken her form an[y/d] features	Corrected.
p. 82	I ha[v]e spurned the idea	Added.
	He was at the s[r/a]me time	Corrected.
	Yo[n/u] are right	Inverted.
p. 85	But the greater n[n/u]mber of students	Inverted.
p. 88	a disguised i[h/n]fidel or a hypocrite	Corrected.
	our co[t/l]leges and nunneries	Corrected.
p. 90	While looking a[s/t] that spectacle	Corrected.
p. 93	to be so easi[i/l]y deceived	Corrected.
p. 103	Protestant	Removed.
p. 105	such a h[u/i]gh] fabric	Corrected.
p. 108	obedien[e/c]e	Corrected.
p. 109	religous	Added.
p. 121	prostitute?[”] Croix denies it, but Ligouri affirms it.[”]	Added/Removed.
	[“]Utrum liceat	Added.
p. 123	gravit[s/e]r	Corrected.
p. 125	recipiumtur	Sic recipiuntur?
p. 132	privile[d]ge	Removed.
p. 134	beli[e]ve	Added.
p. 137	h[e/a]beat	Corrected.
p. 139	k[n]ees	Added.
p. 141	IMPURIT[IT]IES	Removed.
	b[v/u]t	Corrected.
p. 142	understood by them?[”]	Removed.
p. 146	De[l]saulnier	Removed.
p. 154	present[ni/in]g	Transposed.
p. 157	Christ[ai/ia]nity	Transposed.
p. 160	saf[te]/et]y	Transposed.
p. 167	I[t/n] plain French	Corrected.
	f[u/a]ilure	Corrected.
p. 172	idola[rt/tr]y	Transposed.
p. 175	marguiller	Added.
	co[n/u]	Corrected.
p. 176	marguiller	Added.
p. 179	I had not[ not] traveled	Removed.
p. 187	a[s/n]swered	Corrected.
p. 204	univeral	Added.
p. 207	beefstake	Sic.
p. 213	exc[e]ption	Added.
p. 214	[“]and I do not know	Added.
p. 219	remonst[r]ated	Added.
p. 225	demo[m/n]strated	Corrected.
p. 229	confession	Removed.
p. 230	to[ to] me than	Removed.
p. 232	th[ie/ei]r	Transposed.
p. 234	C[a/o]nstantinople	Corrected.
p. 255	or a chalice [t]o celebrate	Added.
p. 257	traf[f]ic	Added.
p. 261	BON D[EI/IE]U	Transposed.
p. 263	breth[er/re]n	Transposed.
p. 272	and yo will see	Added.
p. 288	coun[c/s]ellor	Added.
p. 296	the venerable priest s[s/a]id	Corrected.
p. 300	scar[c]ely	Added.
p. 306	miltia	Added.
p. 307	h[a]unting	Added.
p. 309	men that[ that] I may tell	Removed.
p. 310	to visit my penitents in g[oa/ao]l	Transposed.
p. 314	said: [“/‘]Your perfectly good behavior	Corrected.
p. 323	inte[a/r]est	Corrected.
p. 327	convales[c]ence	Added.
p. 330	in her power![’]”	Added.
p. 338	glasse[e/s]	Added.
p. 340	Jno / John	Corrected.
p. 346	prohib[l/i]tion	Corrected.
p. 349	disappe[a]r	Added.
p. 352	repectful	Added.
p. 366	most most monstrous imposture	Sic.
p. 376	ben[e]fits	Added.
p. 377	s[n/c]hool	Corrected.
p. 386	Kamour[a]ska	Added.
p. 387	your country and you[r] God	Added.
p. 389	sat[e/c]hel	Corrected.
p. 391	you[n]g	Added.
p. 392	K[o/a]mouraska	Corrected.
p. 394	[S/T]he next Sabbath	Corrected.
p. 398	He knew to[o] well	Added.
p. 420	irre[r/s]istible	Corrected.
p. 434	had given me i[m/n] in my country	Corrected.
p. 439	vivent sans s’aimer	Corrected.
	esp[oi/io]nage	Transposed
p. 445	a new Sodom[?/!]	Corrected.
p. 450	Cha[p]ter XLIII.	Added.
p. 451	sever[e/a]l	Added.
p. 459	caused me to[ to] choose	Removed
	Golia[t]h	Added.
p. 460	like an adder[”]	Added.
p. 463	brandy to[ to] the public squares	Removed.
p. 481	I had once pushed[ pushed] him	Removed.
	of any such [s/c]ases	Corrected.
p. 485	is it possible th[r/a]t my church	Corrected.
p. 486	my mental agonies when reading[,] the Holy Fathers	Removed.
p. 489	Mat[t]hew, Mark, Luke	Added.
	over the rest of the church?[’]”	Added.
p. 490	fond of wine![’]”	Added.
	that[ a] new arrow	Added.
p. 500	My first tho[n/u]ght was	Inverted.
p. 511	that can befall a ma[u/n].	Inverted.
	in the world th[e/a]n the waters	Corrected.
	I will sooner tell the[e], ‘go my child,’	Added.
p. 513	any treasonable plan to run our country.	Added.
	my good bishop[’]s opinion	Added.
p. 516	much better, I think.[”]	Added.
	let every woman have[ have] her husband	Removed.
p. 521	[‘/“]My dear Chiniquy	Corrected.
p. 527	tyrant to with[d]raw	Added.
p. 532	I can hope to possess the confidence	Removed.
p. 535	I was not a little su[r]prised	Added.
	Your unfor[e]seen exit	Added.
p. 538	among those unfor[e]seen obstacles	Added.
p. 539	our beatiful prairies.	Added.
p. 540	every one of the first emigra[n]ts	Added.
	to dir[r]ect your attention	Removed.
p. 541	It soon became necessa[r]y	Added.
p. 543	You[r] malice against Mr. Chiniquy	Added.
p. 552	“I will do better,[”]	Added.
p. 563	Bishop O’R[a/e]gan	Added.
	hanging Bishop Va[n]develd	Added.
p. 564	more agre[e]able to your views	Added.
p. 565	Bishop O’R[a/e]gan	Corrected.
p. 567	see such men in you[r] company	Added.
p. 572	in her co[/n]ception	Corrected.
p. 573	‘immaculate in her conception.[’]”	Added.
p. 575	Bishop O’R[a/e]gan	Corrected.
p. 578	Is that correct?[”]	Added.
p. 603	Chi[b/c]ago	Corrected.
p. 609	I wa[a/n]ted to consult	Corrected.
p. 618	to the cath[red/edr] of St. Mary	Transposed.
p. 624	It seemed [f/t]hat God had forsaken	Corrected.
p. 625	and soon disap[p]eared as a vision	Added.
p. 630	EXCOMM[R/U]NICATION	Corrected.
	axiom had it accomplishment	Added.
p. 634	I had left the[ the] most honorable position	Removed.
p. 642	a den of th[ei/ie]ves	Transposed.
p. 647	of your iniq[n/u]ity and my innocence	Inverted.
p. 650	your unjust sentenc[a/e]	Corrected.
p. 651	that frat[r]icidal combat	Added.
	erection of w[h/i]tch I have	Corrected.
	the Roman Catholic hiera[r]chy	Added.
p. 659	“‘If it be so,’ said Terrien, [“/‘]we cannot	Corrected.
	the priest LeBe[i/l\le	Corrected.
p. 663	in charging me so little [t/f]or such a service	Corrected.
p. 664	have already fallen at their feet![”]	Added.
p. 666	and said, [‘]Philomene what are you here for?’	Added.
	[“]‘Oh, wretched girl!’	Added.
p. 669	those Protes[s/t]ant Yankees	Corrected.
p. 671	liberties in the United S[i/t]ates	Corrected.
p. 684	the second wi[i/l]l nearly	Corrected.
p. 686	Protestants were massacre[e]d	Removed.
p. 687	againt the flag of Liberty	Added.
p. 693	Surely nothi[u/n]g could be more pleasant	Inverted.
p. 695	The una[min/nim]ity with which	Transposed.
p. 696	defend ourselves[.]	Added.
p. 701	usu[r]per	Added.
p. 703	o[r]ther	Removed.
p. 704	[“]Till lately	Added.
p. 707	Promised Land[?]	Added.
p. 708	what is Christianty if not	Added.
	[l/i]f God, in his infinite love	Added.
p. 712	“[‘]Does it not	Added.
p. 717	“‘Oh! No! General, no! no![’]	Added.
p. 722	‘Mrs. Sur[a/r]att>, will you	Added.
p. 723	going to St. Aloysin’s Chur[o/c]h	Corrected.
p. 724	after their di[o/abolical deed	Corrected.
p. 735	The 4th of April, 1865, the priests of Rome knew	Sic 14th
p. 736	But we were absolutely unw[l/i]lling to be	Corrected.
p. 741	I am no[r] more excommunicated	Removed.
p. 743	of putt[t/i]ng an end	Corrected.
p. 749	such a thing.[”]	Added.
p. 753	the same altars.[’]	Added.
p. 756	O’Regan i[t/s] here publicly accused	Corrected.
p. 758	the recantation of th[a/e] unfortunate girl	that/the?
p. 761	Oc[o]tober 13, 1851.	Removed.
p. 763	t[eh/he] following lines from him	Transposed.
p. 765	two or three witnesses.[”]	Added.
	any one.[”]	Added.
p. 767	the very men who publicl[l]y trample	Removed.
p. 768	the bishops have placed [e/o]n my forehead	Corrected.
	I need yo[n/u]r testimony	Inverted.
p. 771	‘My God![’] My God!’	Removed.
p. 777	a good and faithful priest.[’]	Added.
	Prot[t]estants	Removed.
p. 780	'said to Mr. Dunn[./:]	Corrected.
p. 781	to gi[y/v]e me a written assurance	Corrected.
p. 782	in time for the Chicago train.[”]	Added.
p. 784	GI[E/F]T	Corrected.
p. 787	by that disguised Protestant?[’]	Added.
p. 788	but a poor miserable priest.[”]	Removed.
p. 792	what would become of me[?]	Added.
p. 795	the pardon—of[ of] my sins	Removed.
p. 796	Christ gave to his disc[t/i]ples	Corrected.
p. 802	[‘/“]For ye see your calling	Corrected.
p. 803	refused to leave[ leave] Rome	Removed.
p. 807	do not beli[e]ve in purgatory	Added.
	their own bread and butter.[’/”]	Corrected.
p. 810	[“]Let every one	Added.
p. 820	the Presbyterian Church of the United States.	Removed.
p. 822	my colony of Illinos	Added.
p. 823	the following sentence was [o/a]n exact	Corrected.
p. 828	sticks [o/a]nd daggers	Corrected.
p. 831	turn the[e] yet again	Added.
p. 832	for my soul.[”]	Added.
	Jord[o/a]n	Corrected.