Today's installment concludes The Council of Trent and the Counter-Reformation,our selection by Adolphus W. Ward.If you have journeyed through
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Traffic-jams Broken
Meanwhile the remaining decrees, both of doctrine and of discipline, were eagerly pushed on.Continuing The Council of Trent and the
Towards Unity or Division
Should the council pursue a goal of uniting with protestants or seeking a coherent body of doctrines and practices?Continuing The Council of Trent
Reform Goes Extreme
Of a sudden, as if in another gust of passion, he made a clean sweep of the obstacles which his own perversity had placed in his path, and then took
New Rulers in Charge
The pontificate of Paul IV (Gian Pietro Caraffa, May, 1555-August, 1559) forms one of the most remarkable chapters in the history of the
Pope Versus Holy Roman Emperor
For a time it seemed as if at Trent, too, the opposing interests would have proved irreconcilable.Continuing The Council of Trent and the
The Council of Trent and the Counter-Reformation
This series has seven easy five minute installments. This first installment: Council of Trent Commences.After the Catholics had lost much of
Abd-el-Kader Surrenders
On December 25th the Algerian hero embarked with his family and followers in a French frigate for Toulon.Today's installment concludes Abd-el-Kader
France Sends an Overwhelming Army
Months passed away and the Arab tribes who had submitted began to feel the pressure of French domination and to resent the supercilious conduct of