"It was very difficult, not to say impossible, that the Church could recover a firm or durable peace so long as the said society existed."—Pope Clement XIV.
"The Jesuits, by their very calling, by the very essence of their institution, are bound to seek, by every means, right or wrong, the destruction of Protestantism. This is the condition of their existence, the duty they must fulfill, or cease to be Jesuits."—Nicolini, of Rome.
CINCINNATI: CRANSTON & CURTS.
NEW YORK: HUNT & EATON.
1894.
COPYRIGHT
BY CRANSTON & CURTS,
1894.
PREFACE.
The civil institutions of the United States could not have been formed without the separation of Church and State, and could not continue to exist if they were again united. Christianity could not maintain its primitive purity if politics and religious faith were mingled together; nor could the State preserve its capacity to provide for the general welfare if subjected to the dominion of ecclesiastical authority. Our success as a nation is mainly attributable to the fact that these sentiments are deeply imbedded in the American mind.