CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER I. | |
First thought of holding an Œcumenical Council proposed by Pius IX.—Commission given to certain Cardinals.—Their answers.—Commission of Direction.—Cardinals and Theologians, Roman and Foreign.—Interrogatories to the Bishops.—Their Answers.—True motive of the Vatican Council an adequate remedy to the disorders, intellectual and moral, of the Christian world.—Disintegration of Europe, and impending dangers,
pp. 1-40
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| CHAPTER II. | |
Eighteenth Centenary of St. Peter's Martyrdom.—The assemblage of 500 Bishops in Rome a powerful cause of the Definition.—First announcement of the Future Council.—Address of the Bishops.—Council of Florence.—Historical outline of the Infallibility.—Bull of Indiction, June 29, 1868.—Conspiracy against the Council.—Diplomatic agitation.—Prince Hohenlohe.—Commission of Direction.—Partition of work.—Letters to the Bishops of the Oriental Churches, and to the new Catholic bodies of the West.—Constitution to regulate the Council.—Subjects to be treated.—Infallibility set aside,
pp. 41-84
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| CHAPTER III. | |
Opening of the Council, Dec. 8, 1869.—Bishop Fessler.—Cardinal de Reisach.—Commission of Postulates.—Commissions of Faith, Discipline, and Religious Orders.—First Public Session.—Profession of Faith. Method of Discussion, and voting of amendments and reports in the General Congregations.—First Constitution on Catholic Faith passed unanimously in the Second Public Session, and confirmed by
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