MONKS, POPES, AND THEIR POLITICAL INTRIGUES
By John Alberger
"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.
In One Volume
Baltimore 1871.
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