Papal Infallibility Debate Shifts From Faith to Politics
A critical review traces Legge, Bungener and Lillie in their analyses of Papal infallibility and its political consequences. It argues that infallibility undercuts Council authority, elevates papal supremacy, and heightens state tensions across Europe, predicting a declining role for the Pope as modern politics demand.
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Rome
Legge
Papacy
Reichel
Mr. Legge
Mr. Legee
Cnneila
Ecumenical Conneils
Constance
Vatican
Quirinus
Hohenlohe
Curia
Thiers
Pape
Papal
England
Felix Bungener
Church of England
M. Bungener
Mr. Baring-Gould
Mr. Baring- Gould
la Mennain
le Maistre
Lacordaire
Newman
Newmoan
Lillie
Alice
Nicos
Alexandria
Chuarch
Dean Alford
Bllicott
Ellicott
Dong
Europe
Macmillan and the Anti State Church stance in 19th century press
The piece discusses Macmillan magazine's stance on religious equality and anti state church views, noting Seeley’s analysis of revolutions against papal and prerogative powers, and urging constructive political action. It critiques English democracy, the Reform Bill, and the political utility of religion in public life while previewing Wilkins’s reply to Arnold and Blackwood’s aging critique.
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Macmillan
London
Ecclesiadiical
Professor Seeley
Seeley
Carlyle
Matthew Arnold
England
Noglish Diasant Sra
Parliament
Hnglish
Hostila
Uns
Cobden
Cobbett
Elizabeth
James II
Professor Wilkins
Mr. Arnold
Blackwoud
Cornelias O'Dowd