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Page 46 - The Power of the Pope in the Middle Ages ; or, Historical Researches into the Origin of the Temporal Sovereignty of the Holy See, and on the Constitutional Law of the Middle Ages relative to the Deposition of Sovereigns ; preceded by an Introduction respecting the Honours and Temporal Prerogatives accorded to Religion and its Ministers by the Ancient Nations, particularly under the first Christian Emperors.
Page 47 - The Garden of the Soul ; or, a Manual of Spiritual Exercises and Instructions for Christians who living in the world, aspire to Devotion.
Page 43 - MA, Priest of the Diocese of Westminster. Small 8vo. cloth lettered, 3s. 6d. These Discourses of Canon Oakeley were called for by the inquiries of sundry respectable Protestants as to the Doctrines of the...
Page 45 - The Lives of St. Alphonsus Liguori, St. Francis de Girolamo, St. John Joseph of the Cross, St. Pacificus of San Severino, and St. Veronica Giuliana, whose canonization took place on Trinity Sunday, 26th of May, 1839. Edited by Cardinal Wiseman. Second edition, 18mo.
Page 45 - The Real Presence of the Body and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Blessed Eucharist, proved from Scripture. In Eight Lectures delivered in the English College, Rome. Second edition, 12mo.
Page 48 - Supplement containing all the Masses peculiar to the Holy Order of St. Benedict, the Society of Jesus, and for Ireland, with the approbation of the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, and all the Bishops of England ; being the most complete edition ever yet offered to the Catholic Public, comprising nearly 1,000 pages, handsomely printed from new types, I6mo.
Page 33 - I must confess, that I feel very strongly on this point, that the usual practice of enforcing the separation of wives from their husbands, upon their conversion to Christianity, is quite unwarrantable, and opposed to the plain teaching of our Lord.
Page 15 - How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear Charmer away!
Page 49 - Greets, and Orientals, illustrated from Paintings, Sculptures, and Inscriptions found in the Roman Catacombs, or belonging to the earliest Ages of Faith. By D. ROCK, DD Second Edition, with additions, and illustrated with Fifteen Engravings, and above Thirty Woodcuts.
Page 48 - St. Vincent's Manual, containing a Selection of Prayers and Devotional Exercises, originally prepared for the use of the Sisters of Charity in the United States. New edition, revised, enlarged, and adapted to general use. 787 pp.

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