The Papacy: Its History, Dogmas, Genius, And Prospects

The Papacy, next to Christianity, is the great FACT of the modern world. Of the two, the former, unhappily, has proved in some respects the more powerful spring in human affairs, and has acted the more public part on the stage of the world. Fully to trace the rise and development of this stupendous system, were to write a history of Western Europe. The decay of empires, — the extinction of religious systems, — the dissolution and renewal of society, — the rise of new States, — the change of...