Excerpt from Letters From Rome on the Occasion of the OEcumenical Council, 1869-1870, Vol. 1 of 2 Romish aggression had now SO entirely ceased to be a terror, that when any man conspicuous for talent, piety, and earnestness should but seem to have a lean ing in the direction of Rome, there arose an almost uni versal cry Be off at once. Don't stay to think about it. Let's have no doubts, no lingering on the threshold, no looking back; clear the course; spare us your presence. Rome is welcome to you.' This was not the ...
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Excerpt from Letters From Rome on the Occasion of the OEcumenical Council, 1869-1870, Vol. 1 of 2 Romish aggression had now SO entirely ceased to be a terror, that when any man conspicuous for talent, piety, and earnestness should but seem to have a lean ing in the direction of Rome, there arose an almost uni versal cry Be off at once. Don't stay to think about it. Let's have no doubts, no lingering on the threshold, no looking back; clear the course; spare us your presence. Rome is welcome to you.' This was not the language of men dreaming of actual danger from that quarter. While this was the state of things at home, and in Western Europe, it was known that Rome was every where Showing its presence in the universal turmoil of con icting creeds, rituals, and liturgies in the East, and holding more than its own in the very face of the Sultan and of the Czar, though every now and then having to repair a failure. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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