Chapter 12 THE IMPENDING CRISIS. INDICATIONS OF THE APPROACH OF A

RELIGIOUS CRISIS.-THE PREDOMINATING CHRISTIAN CHURCH, THE

ROMAN, PERCEIVES THIS, AND MAKES PREPARATION FOR IT.-PIUS

IX CONVOKES AN OECUMENICAL COUNCIL-RELATIONS OF THE

DIFFERENT EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS TO THE PAPACY.-RELATIONS OF

THE CHURCH TO SCIENCE, AS INDICATED BY THE ENCYCLICAL LETTER

AND THE SYLLABUS.

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