Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 edition. Excerpt: ... "In taking leave he pledges his word that he will never prove a Ham to mock at his father's nakedness; not even in response to those who might stoop to enter such lists, which are unbecoming to a gentleman, much more to a Christian. I shall never fight except in the name of Jesus Christ, and with the sword of His Gospel, which is a two-edged sword of supernatural and Divine efficacy--Light and Love." The work is immeasurably removed from this order of confessions; and to those who can appreciate the significance of the events recounted will prove a fascinating and instructive monograph of contemporary Church history. It is interesting--exceedingly--to hear what one who observed all that went on from within, has to say about the (Ecumenical Vatican Council, and by what manceuvres, behind the scenes, the declaration of Infallibility, on which the Pope had set his mind, was brought about. Glimpses are given throughout the narrative which show with fresh vividness that Rome never changes. We had marked several eloquent passages for quotation, but we must content ourselves with one or two only, and those the briefest. "Who does not know that the Papacy, the so-called vicariate of Christ, arose amid medieval ignorance and superstition; and that on the fall of the Romas Empire, the Bishop of Rome, recently issued from among the catacombs, stealthily snatched a shred of the imperial purple to cover his shoulders, and thus to second the ambition of the Roman people, who had forfeited the empire of the world? The device was subtle and vulpine. The Popes perceived that, substituting the cross for the sword, they might easily become the arbiters of the world, and rale from the Vatican over the minds and hearts of men. Thus did the spirit of...
