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Excerpt from The History of the Popes, Vol. 34: From the Close of the Middle Ages, Drawn From the Secret Archives of the Vatican and Other Original Sources; From the German of the Late Ludwig, Freiherr Von Pastor, Innocent XIII (1721-1724), Benedict XIII (1724-1730), Lement XII (1730-1740)
His action in regard to the Chinese rites Persecution of Chinese Christians Attacks against the Jesuits in Rome Their publications censured Propaganda takes steps against them Jansenist calumnies Of the Society The Pope directs a Brief to the Jesuit General Decree against the Jesuits follows. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
