Sons of Italy; a Social and Religious Study of the Italians in America
Sons of Italy; a Social and Religious Study of the Italians in America

Author: Antonio Mangano

Publisher: Theclassics.Us

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 9781230291901

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ... by the Roman Church. Little by little, English and German works on modern religious views were translated and put on sale in the chief book-stores of Rome. While great care has been observed that heretical literature be kept from the reach of the priests, ideas and views once set in motion cannot be completely smothered. The results of modern Biblical criticism have found their way into the hands of not only the cultured laity but also the cultured prelates. One of the evident results of Protestantism in Italy has been the publication of the Gospels and the Book of Acts in the Italian language by the Society of St. Gerolamo, which was organized for that special purpose within the Roman Church itself. Several popes prior to 1889 had declared it to be a sin for the laity to read the Bible. As late as 1869, persons were arrested within the papal states for presuming to read the Bible, even in family worship. Travelers were searched as they entered Rome, and if they possessed Bibles, the books were confiscated. Both Pope Pius ix and Leo xiii declared ex cathedra that it was unlawful for Catholics to read the Bible. But in 1898 Leo xiii sanctioned the establishment of the Society of San Gerolamo, for the above-mentioned purpose, and in the preface of that publication each Catholic is promised one hundred days' indulgence if he reads the gospel each day. What brought about the change in attitude? It certainly was not the conviction that the Gospels are an indispensable help to the religious life. The change was caused by the Protestant propaganda, the preaching in season and out of season that the preachers were not proclaiming their own thoughts but the word of God. With time this had its impression. Faithful Romanists insisted on having the...

Sons of Italy
Sons of Italy

Author: Antonio Mangano

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-12

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780265222362

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Excerpt from Sons of Italy: A Social and Religious Study of the Italians in America Nothing is so perilous in a democracy as ignorance and 111 difference. We build a Chinese wall of exclusiveness around ourselves, our churches, and our communities, and then blame the foreigner for not forcing his way within. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Sons of Italy; a Social and Religious Study of the Italians in Americ
Sons of Italy; a Social and Religious Study of the Italians in Americ

Author: Antonio Mangano

Publisher: Hardpress Publishing

Published: 2012-01

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9781290120838

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