AN EXPOSITION OF THE

ROMAN CATHOLIC SYSTEM,

FOR THE

USE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE;

EMBRACING A FULL ACCOUNT OF

ITS ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT AT ROME AND FROM ROME, ITS DISTINCTIVE
FEATURES IN THEORY AND PRACTICE, ITS CHARACTERISTIC TENDENCIES
AND AIMS, ITS STATISTICAL AND MORAL POSITION, AND ITS SPECIAL
RELATIONS TO AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS AND LIBERTIES;

THE WHOLE DRAWN FROM

OFFICIAL AND AUTHENTIC SOURCES,

AND ENRICHED WITH

NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS,

DOCUMENTARY, HISTORICAL, DESCRIPTIVE, ANECDOTICAL, AND PICTORIAL: TO-
GETHER WITH A FULL AND COMPLETE INDEX.

By Rev. SAMUEL W. BARNUM,
Editor of the Comprehensive Dictionary of the Bible.

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871,

By SAMUEL W. BARNUM,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

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