Popery And The Popish Question - Softcover

George Croly

Softcover

ISBN 10: 037163542X ISBN 13: 9780371635421

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

Popery And The Popish Question by George Croly. This 1825 polemical treatise argues that Popery poses a fundamental threat to civil liberty and the Protestant constitution, situating the Catholic question as a central political crisis of the era. Croly dedicates the work to the Earl of Liverpool and proceeds to dissect Papal authority, Catholic doctrine as taught by councils such as Trent, and the power attributed to the Pope, the Mass and transubstantiation, indulgences, purgatory, and the veneration of saints and images. The volume surveys the alleged aims of Catholic Emancipation advocates like Daniel O’Connell, presenting the Catholic clergy as a political force within Ireland and Britain. It includes sections on 'The Doctrines of Popery,' 'The Opinions of modern Papists,' and a 'Sketch of the Catholic Question,' offering a sustained argument that Catholic power would threaten the empire’s governance and the established Protestant church. Written in a combative historical tone, the work defends Protestant ascendancy against what Croly portrays as Rome’s foreign influence.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 037163542X
• ISBN 13: 9780371635421
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 164