THE VATICAN SWINDLE
BOOK I: ANTHIME ARMAND-DUBOIS
“Pour ma part, mon choix est fait. J’ai opté pour l’athéisme social. Cet athéisme, je l’ai exprimé depuis une quinzaine d’années, dans une série d’ouvrages....”
—Georges Palante.
Chronique philosophique du Mercure de France (December, 1912).
I
In 1890, during the pontificate of Leo XIII, Anthime Armand-Dubois, unbeliever and freemason, visited Rome in order to consult Dr. X, the celebrated specialist for rheumatic complaints.
“What!” cried Julius de Baraglioul, his brother-in-law. “Is it your body you are going to treat in Rome? Pray Heaven you may realise when you get there that your soul is in far worse case.”
To which Armand-Dubois replied in a tone of excessive commiseration: