A Complete Manual Of Canon Law Volume 2 PDF Download

Excerpt from A Complete Manual of Canon Law, Vol. 2 On the 20th day of June 1894 the most blessed Bishop of old Rome, Leo XIII., addressed an encyclical letter to the rulers and nations of the world, in which, "drawn," as he informs them, "to follow the example of our Redeemer and Master Jesus Christ, Who, when about to return to heaven, implored of God, His Father, in earnest prayer, that His disciples and followers should be of one mind and of one heart," and breathing the Spirit of his divine Master, he most earnestly invited them to unity. He then laid it down that the true union between Christians "consists in [1] a unity of faith, and [2] a unity of government," adding further [3] that this union can no otherwise be brought about than by acknowledging "the primacy of the Roman pontiff," and appealed to the oldest traditions to verify this statement. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.