By John Alberger
PREFACE.
MONKS, POPES, AND THEIR POLITICAL INTRIGUES
CHAPTER I. CATHOLICISM A POLITICAL ORGANIZATION
CHAPTER II. THE POLITICAL MACHINERY OF THE PAPAL POWER
CHAPTER III. THE MONASTIC VOW OF PERPETUAL SOLITUDE
CHAPTER IV. THE MONASTIC VOW OF PERPETUAL SILENCE
CHAPTER V. THE MONASTIC VOW OF SILENT CONTEMPLATION FIRST. Meditation not the Source of Knowledge.
CHAPTER VI. THE MONASTIC VOW OF POVERTY
CHAPTER VII. MONASTIC VOW OF CELIBACY
CHAPTER VIII. MONASTIC VOW OF UNCONDITIONAL OBEDIENCE
CHAPTER IX. PAGAN ORIGIN OF THE MONASTIC ORDERS. CONCLUDING REMARKS.
CHAPTER X. POPES, THEIR PRETENSIONS, ELECTIONS, CHARACTER, AND ADMINISTRATIONS
CHAPTER XI. THE PAPAL MONARCHY
SECTION ONE.
SECTION TWO.
CHAPTER XII. PAPAL POLITICAL INTRIGUES IN ENGLAND
CHAPTER XIII. PAPAL POLITICAL INTRIGUES IN FRANCE
CHAPTER XIV. PAPAL POLITICAL INTRIGUES IN GERMANY.
CHAPTER XV. PAPAL POLITICAL INTRIGUES IN PORTUGAL AND SPAIN.
CHAPTER XVI. PAPAL INTRIGUES RESPECTING THE UNITED STATES.
