By John Alberger

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"Like lambs have we crept into power; like wolves have we used it; like dogs have we been driven out; like eagles shall we renew our youth."—St. Francis Borgia.

"Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty."—Washington.

CONTENTS

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
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
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

REASON,

THE ONLY ORACLE OF MAN;
OR A COMPENDIUS SYSTEM OF NATURAL RELIGION.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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