AND THE REASONS FAIRLY ASSIGNED FOR SEPARATING FROM HER COMMUNION. By JOSEPH REILLY, Late a Roman Catholic Student . “The Ancients are to be followed not one step further than they follow Truth.”— Just. Mart. c. i. ad. Ant. Imp. “Prove all things, hold fast that which is good.”— St. Paul . THIRD EDITION. DUBLIN PRINTED BY M. GOODWIN, 29, DENMARK-STREET. 1827....

Having never before had any necessity of appearing before the Public, especially on such an occasion as this, it is with much reluctance I am, in defence of my character, now compelled to give a fair and candid statement of the motives that induced me to leave the Church of Rome; which I did not do, until I tried every means to quiet an anxious mind, and troubled conscience, and after many private and public interviews with my Pastor, each of which only augmented, nay, confirmed my doubts of sev

Having been intended by my parents for a Clergyman of the Church of Rome, I was brought up and educated for that purpose, under the immediate care of my late uncle, the Rev. Edmund Reilly. P.P. of Killesandra, until his decease in 1814.  I persevered, however, and having finished the studies requisite for admittance to College, I was recommended to the Rev. Dr. Reilly, Bishop of Kilmore, for admittance on the establishment of Maynooth.  I received for answer, that in consequence of the many appl