The History of the Popes From the Close of the Middle Ages, Vol. 40

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Excerpt from The History of the Popes From the Close of the Middle Ages, Vol. 40: Drawn From the Secret Archives of the Vatican and Other Original Sources, Pius Vi, 1775 1799 Pius vi.'s principal aim was to win over Klemens Wenzes laus, Elector 0f Trier, and through him to induce the author of the Fabronias, whose identity had long since ceased to be unknown, to recant his dangerous doctrines. It was with this idea in mind that the Pope spoke in his allocution of the Special ecclesiastical and political conditions that prevailed in the Rhenish dioceses, alluding thereby in an unmistakable way to the composition and distribution of anti-clerical books, even by high-ranking Catholic dignitaries. The Sharpness of the words he used in referring to these facts indicate the personal feeling with which he observed the growth of the evil. 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.