"Another consideration, of no little weight with an absolute sovereign, augmented his leaning in favour of Catholics. He knew them to be loyal from principle, and he was glad to have their support against the Puritan devils by whom he declared that his mother and himself had been haunted from their cradles. His experience of government in Scotland had nourished the belief that where there was no bishop there would be no King, and he made no secret of his persuasion that the hierarchy was the firmest support of the throne."
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Alexander Goss
Alexander Goss (5 July 1814 — 3 October 1872) was an English prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Liverpool.
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