How the Pope Became Infallible: Pius IX and the Politics of Persuasion (1981)

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Format: Hardcover

ISBN: 0385158513

Condition: Acceptable

This is an ex-library book with the usual markings. The book has a slight amount of shelf wear.

Contents Description:

How the doctrine of papal infallibility went from being a minority opinion at the beginning of the nineteenth century to a solemnly defined dogma at the First Vatican Council in 1870 makes for the fascinating story of personality conflicts, papal politics, and doctrinal transformations that the Swiss historian August Bernhard Hasler recounts in this controversial book. - from the inside flap