Russia against Rome

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 8, 1875

Russia against Rome.

The Paris correspondent of the London Times says:—

“The Russian government has forbidden the observance of the papal jubilee. This step has been taken on the ground that such unauthorized church revivals are instituted with the object of exciting adoration for the pope and the priests, and are consequently in the highest degree pernicious to the interests of the State. Moreover, such festivals, which are only instigated by the fiercest superstition, are also very demoralizing for the people, by causing them to neglect their work and inducing excess and debauchery.”