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St. Peter's Day In The Vatican: A Narrative Of The Eighteenth Centenary Of The Martyrdom Of The Princes Of The Apostles, SS. Peter And Paul; And Of The Canonization Of The Twenty-Five Saints, As Celebrated Under Pope Pius IX, In The Vatican

CONTENTS. PREFACE The great event of the Centenary — Its connexion with the (Ecomenical Council — The conditions required to render a council oecumenical — The constitution, convocation, and infallibility of (Ecumenical Councils — The Church dispersed always infallible — Proclamation of the approaching (Ecumenical Council — The number of former (Ecumenical Councils, and the objects for which they were convoked — What necessity for this (Ecumenical Council — Authority of (Ecumenical Councils, and their relations to the world, and to the temporal power of secular sovereigns — Their right to govern in every state, in all matters relating to morals, or in the order of grace — Union of Church and State, and reciprocity of services — Infallibility the only security for social integrity and stability — August character of the Centenary—Contrasted with the Council of Trent, xiii TO ROME! Rome, an epitome of the history of men and ages — The Centenary — The ceremonies — Their grandeur and significance — The Vatican, a bulwark against anarchists — The functions illustrative of the rights of the Church — Our connexion with Rome, our Security, 1 DOCTRINE AND HISTORY OF CANONIZATIONS. Doctrine

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