Christendom's Divisions. Part II. Greeks and Latins. By Edmund. S.
Ffoulkes. (Lougnians.)—The second part of Mr. Ffoulkes's work promises to be a full and connected history of the dissensions of the Greeks and Latins, and their overteres for peace down to the Reforma- tion. It begins with the schism, sketches the sack of Constantinople by the Latins, with the curious points of resemblance it presented to the French Revolution and the worship of the Goddess of Reason in Notre Dame, and gives an account of the Councils held at the Lateran for the fourth time, at Lyons for the second, as well as those of Basle and Florence. Mr. Ffoulkes writes ably, temperately, and liberally and we do not think any of these qualities will be forgiven him by the- strictest sect of his religion. He dares to differ from the Dublin Review, and ho talks of indulgences as unconscious parodies of the Mohamme- dan heaven. After this we can hold out no hopes to Mr. Ffoulkes of his escaping excommunication.
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