Vaticanism

VATICANISM:

AN ANSWER TO

REPROOFS AND REPLIES.

BY THE

RIGHT HON. W. E. GLADSTONE, M.P.,

AUTHOR OF "The Vatican Decrees in their Bearing on CIVIL ALLEGIANCE."

AAMITA ATA

NEW YORK:

HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,

FRANKLIN SQUARE.

1875.

ON THE

VATICAN DECREES.

The Vatican Decrees in their Bearing on Civil Allegiance: A Political Expostulation. By the Right Hon. W. E. GLADSTONE, M.P. To which are added: A History of the Vatican Council; The Papal Syllabus of Errors (with English translation); and The Vatican Decrees Concerning the Catholic Faith and the Church of Christ (with English translation). By the Rev. PHILIP SCHAFF, D.D., from his forthcoming work, "The Creeds of Christendom." 8vo, Paper, 60 cents; Cloth, $1 00.

Gladstone's article simply calls attention to certain things already known, but not realized in all their bearings by the public. It proves by the ex cathedra statements by that line of men who, speaking thus, can not err, that "no one possibly can now become a convert" of Rome "without renouncing his moral and mental freedom, and placing his civil loyalty and duty at the mercy of another," that other being the Pope. The chief value of this volume-and it is one which every person who takes an interest in great issues will need for reference-depends on the fact that it contains, along with Mr. Gladstone's pamphlet, the historical documents on which its propositions are all based. We have also a clear and masterly history of the Vatican council, by Dr. Schaff, in which he shows the crafty way in which the minority were overpowered and silenced, and in which the doctrine of Infallibility is proved to be destitute of any sanction in either Scripture or the teachings of the early Church. We take it for granted that every body will wish to keep posted in regard to the controversy now raised in England, and destined to spread to nearly every country where Romanism has gained a foothold. The contents of this volume will become more and more valuable as that controversy increases; history is the worst enemy Rome has to contend with. -Churchman.

Mr. Gladstone's paper on the Vatican Decrees arouses a storm; and the Papal world, from Pope to priest, is in a ferment of vexation. All the more so in that Gladstone proves, by clear and full citations, all his damaging accusations. He has cleared the atmosphere, and Popery is, at least for the time, weaker. Thanks are due the Harpers for putting this second-named paper in large type and on an octavo page, along with Dr. Schaff's elaborate and learned "History of the Vatican Council." Ultramontanism is literally compelled to bear witness against itself.Universalist, Boston.

The great contest, in which princes and statesmen, and cardinals and bishops, are engaged, may be fully understood by studying the documents published in this volume, and Mr. Gladstone's powerful analysis of the whole will shed light on every part.-Presbyterian, Phila.

Most unprejudiced readers will be able to judge the full merits of the question for themselves after a perusal of the Syllabus, which shows the exact ground taken by the Roman Church upon progress and modern scientific research. Dr. Schaff's paper on the Council is a calm and dignified document, fortified at every step by his authorities.-Boston Saturday Evening Gazette.

Every reader is enabled to examine the evidence on which Mr. Gladstone has founded his indictment against the Papacy. Nothing can be fairer than this.tive and symptomatic, and that the questions which it -Press, Phila.

Gladstone's bombshell explosion has shaken the Christian world. It is not likely that any other pamphlet has created a greater sensation since the art of printing was invented. Dr. Schaff has happily added to it a history of the Vatican Council and the Papal Syllabus and Vatican Decrees. Harper & Brothers have published them together, and we counsel every man who can read, to read, mark, and inwardly digest them if he can.-Observer.

Gladstone's political firebrand.-Louisville CourierJournal.

It has been said that no work since the Reformation has stirred the public mind throughout England like the opening paper in this book from the pen of Mr. Gladstone.****It ought to be widely read. The work as published by the Harpers is really in four parts. Besides Mr. Gladstone's article, there is a valuable History by Dr. Schaff, one of the first of historical writers, of the so-called Ecumenical or Vatican Council; and then, first, the Papal Syllabus of Errors, and second, the Vatican Decrees; and, as a whole, is a work which ought to be scattered every where throughout our land, and thoughtfully read and considered by all the people. It has most pregnant significancy.-The Christian Instructor, Phila.

Whatever differences of religious opinion there may be among educated men, there can be no question that the pamphlet of Mr. Gladstone was both tentadiscusses are living issues, and must continue to be so in European politics. It is necessary, therefore, for every student of current history to learn, not from the ex parte and overdrawn statements of religions controversialists, but from the ipsissima verba of the new dogmas themselves, exactly how much or how little of doctrine that has any bearing on citizenship the Roman Catholic of the present day is required to believe. For an intelligent understanding of this subject, the volume before us offers, in small compass, every needed facility.-Brooklyn Eagle.

This volume appends a very complete history of the Vatican Council, prepared by Rev. Dr. Schaff; the Papal Syllabus and Decrees themselves in Latin and English. The reader is thus enabled to judge the correctness of the arguments based upon these acts by their own phraseology, and to form his own opinions independently.-American and Gazette, Phila.

It contains Mr. Gladstone's famous essay on the Vatican Decrees, a History of the Vatican Council, by the compiler, and the Latin and English text of the Papal Syllabus and the Vatican Decrees. Dr. Schaff's historical sketch is taken from his forthcoming history of the Creeds of Christendom. It is a full and clear statement, and helps the reader to understand what goes before and what comes after it.-N. Y. Independent.

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