THE AUSTIN PAPERS, 1311 Anglo-americans catholic of your colony and, pro tempore,•of those of its vicinity. Credential Letters patent of Licentiated commission are not only promised me, but I am even requested to accept of them to enable me to discharge legally those 3 offices. As for my maintenance, or Sal- ary, as well as that of the Curate, I know not as yet how much it will beagread upon or from whom it will be afforded; whither from the Col- ony or from the See? But for my part, I will try to make my nr- rengements with the See on that point. Our Curate, I understand, is a man of very amiable manners and of a Strict Discipline, you will have a good and vigilant Pastor of him. I will not neglect to exert myself in praying as decent set as pos- sible of Church Necessaries, of ministerial ornamental implements; if they are to be sent from this place, or, ad interim, borrowed from some of the missions in Texas. The President of the Chapter in writing to me adverts rather with clisplcasure in one of his letters that he has understood and knows well that a good many heretics and protestants have introduced them- selves into those new colonies etc. etc. and says that he will omit nothing in his power in order to quickly prevent and effectually im- peach the further dissemination of their nnticatholic principles either by words or Books within his jurisdiction and to that effect (he does intimate) he will call upon the assistence of the secular Power of these States, if necessary??? Maybe that IDyo George Nixon or Dr John B. Long, who has been at the Brassos and who lately went to Monterrey to see him to be Baptized or some other americnns hnvo informed him, as they have also told me, that they beleaved that there are not 10 souls of real Roman Catholic in all your Colony and that you, without exacting credentials of Catholicity, ns duly bound, indiscriminately protect nnd admit into it families and individuals too well known to be pertinacious members of various heretical Sects? But I hope that they have been mistaken. I understand also that the president of the Chapter, in order to avoid abusive impo!:itiom, and deceptions on their pnrt, will insert, amongst other matters, in our orders of instructions that we should recognize, refer, and admit riobody as roman Catholics but those who can individually produce 1 to us their regular, sealed church Dimissorinl Letters especifying which of the 7 sacraments they have received~ from the several R.. C. episcopal authorities of the countries from whence they come, according to the canonical laws of the R. C. church in such cases. And all those who can not produce the same, shall be, casually, considered as heretics, protestants or, at the best, as mere Deists, to be refered and proceaded with according to 25067°-24-VOL 2, PT 2-20
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