The Religious Persecution in France 1900-1906

By Jane Milliken Napier Brodhead

Book Overview

THERE seems to be considerable misapprehension in the United States as to the status of the Catholic Church in France. "One iniquitous arrangement in France," writes the Central Baptist, "is the support of the priesthood out of public funds." In receiving stipends from the State the French clergy, however, are no more its debtors, nor its functionaries, than holders of French 3 per cents who receive the interest of their bonds. When that essentially satanic movement, known as the French Revolution, swept over this fair land, deluging it in blood, the wealth of the Church, the accumulation of centuries, was all confiscated by the hordes who pillaged and devastated, and killed in the name of Liberty,

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1512079359
• ISBN13: 9781512079357
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"