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Vatican I: The Council and the Making of the Ultramontane Church

Vatican I: The Council and the Making of the Ultramontane Church

O'Malley, John W.

Paperback

Christian LivingGeneral Christianity

ISBN10: 0674241401
ISBN13: 9780674241404
Publisher: Belknap
Published: Aug 1 2019
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.20
Language: English

In 1869, some seven hundred Catholic bishops traveled to Rome to participate in the first church-wide council in three hundred years. The French Revolution had shaken the foundations of the church. Pope Pius IX was determined to set things right through a declaration by the council that the pope was infallible.

John W. O'Malley brings to life the bitter, schism-threatening conflicts that erupted at Vatican I. The pope's zeal in pressing for infallibility raised questions about the legitimacy of the council, at the same time as Italian forces under Garibaldi seized the Papal States and were threatening to take control of Rome itself. Gladstone and Bismarck entered the fray. As its temporal dominion shrank, the Catholic Church became more pope-centered than ever before, with lasting consequences.

O'Malley's account of the debate over infallibility is masterful.

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