The Pope, the Kings and the People: A History of the Movement to Make the Pope Governor of the World by a Universal Reconstruction of Society from the Issue of the Syllabus to the Close of the Vatican Council
The Pope, the Kings and the People: A History of the Movement to Make the Pope Governor of the World by a Universal Reconstruction of Society from the Issue of the Syllabus to the Close of the Vatican Council
In 1864, Pope Pius IX issued the Syllabus of Errors, a sweeping condemnation of modern thought that rejected religious equality, civil marriage, and the independence of secular government from Church authority. William Arthur chronicles the ambitious movement that followed, as the Vatican sought to transform the Pope into a universal governor through a radical reconstruction of society. Beginning with this provocative document and culminating in the Vatican Council's declaration of papal infallibility in 1870, Arthur documents a Church desperate to reassert its ancient claims to world governance in the face of Italian unification, scientific modernity, and the rising tide of secular nationalism. The narrative captures a pivotal moment when the Catholic Church, having lost its temporal territories, attempted one last great act of spiritual and political ambition before the modern age rendered such dreams impossible.
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