Becoming Respectable

Law And Religion In Western Australia: Cooperation or Conflict?

“…10 They were both also staunch supporters of papal infallibility at the Vatican Council. 12 Cullen's influence in Rome gave him the opportunity to recommend the appointment of bishops and division of territories, especially in missionary jurisdictions. Cullen put forward Irishmen with a similar ultramontane outlook for vacant bishoprics.…”

“…He was unable to express himself well in English and made frequent grammatical blunders. 12 The story of the 'ecclesiastical civil war' 13 of 1850-1852 is well known.…”

“…7 The fingerprints of Christianity are to be found, for example, in the need to prove intention (mens rea) in criminal law, in the idea of equality before the law, in human rights law, in the sanctity of promises, 8 in the principles of equity 9 and negligence 10 and in the choice of 12 as the standard number of jurors. 11 Showing an understanding repeated into the early twentieth century by many other jurists, 12 as Sir Matthew Hale put it in 1676, "Christianity is parcel of the laws of England." 13 The influence of Christianity was particularly evident in the laws relating to marriage, abortion and euthanasia.…”

“…Within a few months after Governor Richard Bourke's arrival in December 1831, he had raised with Viscount Goderick the problem of the absence of any clergy on Norfolk Island. 12 Two years later it was Lord Stanley whom Bourke addressed:…”

“…The systematic transfer of monks to various English missions must have placed great demands on the teaching staff who remained at Downside. 11 Davis was professed as a Benedictine monk on 24 June 1834, 12 and received the Tonsure and Minor Orders from Polding in the chapel at Downside on 20 September 1834 and was ordained sub-deacon on 28 May 1836. He was ordained deacon at Prior Park on 23 February 1839 and priest at the Downside Chapel on 8 November 1840.…”