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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 20, 1877
Page
7
The author denounces sacerdotalism as a corrupt mediatorship between the soul and God. He argues priests probe children with invasive questions, turning innocent youths into suspects, and warns against legitimizing such church authority, calling for rejection of priestly power.
The article warns that France stands divided as Marshal MacMahon allies with Bonapartists and monarchists to topple the Republic. It notes Duc de Broglie and M Fourtou push toward a Monarchical Ministry while Gambetta attacks the Cassagnacs. Debates grow violent and foreign reactions turn cautious as fourtou’s actions threaten republican gains.
The review lauds Dr. W. Smith and Professor Wace for the Dictionary of Christian Biography and its companion Antiquities as a comprehensive, though sometimes uneven, collection of materials tracing ecclesiastical history from the close of the apostolic age to Charlemagne. It highlights biographies of figures such as Constantine, Athanasius, Cyril, Chrysostom, and Basil and notes the Cambridge Sanskrit professor Mr. Cavell’s essay on Buddhism and its relation to Christianity.
The entry notes a continuation of the Bible dictionary edited by William Smith and Henry Wace. Published in London by John Murray in 1877, this volume initiates a reference work on Christian biography literature sects and doctrines.
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