The great end to be attained by this bill, as I have argued at length, is to divest the clergy of the power of control over Church temporalities. The only modification of this bill I have heard suggested, authorizes the Bishop of the Diocese to appoint... Speech of James O. Putnam, of Buffalo, on the Bill, Providing for the ... - Page 11 by James Osborne Putnam - 1855 - 12 pages Full view -
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