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The Pope’s Claims for the Papacy

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Aug 25, 1887

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 13, No. 33.

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The Pope’s Claims for the Papacy

The Pope says that "not alone Italy," but "all other nations" "principally owe to the Papacy the civilization they enjoy." Yes, England and the United States, for instance, with Spain and Mexico, or the north of Ireland with the south, bear unmistakable evidence in the case. On a par with this is the statement in the same letter, that justice can never be done "if the Pope is not restored to his incontestable rights in the temporal sovereignty—rights founded upon the most legitimate and sacred of titles." The right founded upon the "Donation of Constantine" above all in legitimacy and sacredness, of course.