Popery

New England Puritans were bitterly hostile to anything and everything savoring of what they called Popery, imposing severe penalties on misguided wretches who dared to show respect for old beliefs.

My Friends at Brook Farm John Van Der Zee Sears

The horror of Popery is hard empathise with now but we should try not to dismiss it as ignorant “prejudice” that loathsome and in this case anachronistic word

Archive 2007-07-01 Newmania 2007

The horror of Popery is hard empathise with now but we should try not to dismiss it as ignorant “prejudice” that loathsome and in this case anachronistic word

Religious Intolerance is a Good Thing Newmania 2007

Popery is a bloody religion, and seems resolved to continue such.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721

Like Father Clement, Ellmer Castle sticks "Roman Catholic" in its subtitle--not the polemically obvious "Romanism" or "Popery"--in order to muddy the waters a bit for the audience.

The Little Professor: 2008

Like Father Clement, Ellmer Castle sticks "Roman Catholic" in its subtitle--not the polemically obvious "Romanism" or "Popery"--in order to muddy the waters a bit for the audience.

Brief note: Ellmer Castle 2008

There is first, what really our fathers had not so much to do with -- there is the presence and power of a subtle, of a most ably-wrought and powerfully-patronised Popery, about which we have been asleep for too long a time, Popery, which is inimical to the welfare of any nation, and inconsistent with the political happiness, prosperity and security of any people.

The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in Malvern Sermons Preached at the Opening Services of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, in 1866 Knowles King

These terrible animosities against even the shadows and resemblances of what was called Popery were increased and intensified by the persecution and massacres which the

Beacon Lights of History John Lord 1852

Though Mary had made no attempt to restore the ancient religion, her Popery was a sufficient crime: though her behavior was hitherto irreproachable, and her manners sweet and engaging, her gayety and ease were interpreted as signs of dissolute vanity.

The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. David Hume 1743

As to Popery, which is the first of these, to deal plainly, I can hardly think there is any set of men among us, except the professors of it, who have any direct intention to introduce it among us: but the question is, whether the principles and practices of us, or the Whigs, be most likely to make way for it?

The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer Jonathan Swift 1706