European civliization. Protestantism and Catholicity compared in their effects on the civilization of Europe.

Balmes, J. (Jaime Luciano), 1810-1848. [El Protestantismo comparado con el Catolicismo, 1842-44. English]

Published by Baltimore: [1910?], John Murphy & Co.

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xxiv, [25]-501 p.; 23 cm. Notes, appendix and index, p.421-501, in double-column format. Preface to American edition dated 1850. Chapter XI. The positive doctrines of Protestantism repugnant to the instinct of civilization. The best proof of the extreme weakness of Protestantism, considered as a body of doctrine, is the little influence which its positive doctrines have exercised in European civilization. I call its positive doctrines those which it attempts to establish as its own; and I distinguish them thus from its other doctrines, which I call negative, because they are nothing but the negation of authority.' (p. 68) -- `Before publishing my work, I submitted it to the examination of ecclesiastical authority; and without hesitation, I complied with the slightest hint on its part, purifying, correcting, and modifying what had been pointed out as worthy of purification, correction, or modification. Notwithstanding that, I submit my whole work to the judgment of the Catholic, Apostolic, and Roman Church; as soon as the Sovereign Pontiff, the Vicar of Jesus Christ upon earth, shall pronounce sentence against any one of my opinions, I will hasten to declare that I consider that opinion erroneous, and cease to profess it.' (p. 420) Good ex-lib. spotted orig. ribbed green cloth. Seller Inventory # 019235

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Title: European civliization. Protestantism and ...

Publisher: Baltimore: [1910?], John Murphy & Co.

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: Reprint