The Romish Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception Traced from its
,Source. By Dr. Edward Pronss. Translated by George Gladstone. (Edinburgh, T. and T. Clark.)—At a time when the Pope and those who surround him are attempting to force another dogma on an unwilling Church, this complete account of the rise and development of the theory of Mariolatry is appropriately published. Dr. Preuss shows that the first modest beginning of the dogma was opposed by St. Bernard, and during the centuries which have witnessed its development its enemies have been both numerous and influential. Even when the present Pope resolved to proclaim the Immaculate Conception, several of the Bishops urged him to refrain, and the Archbishop of Paris went so far as to deny that the Church bad the right to make an article of faith of the new doctrine. Yet, in spite of arguments and remonstrances, the dogma has been proclaimed, and Ultramontano fanatics are justified in their indulgence in what their moderate brethren consider bad dreams. Some future Prows may have to trace the elevation of an infallible Pope to the temporal throne, and may have to show how the weakest Pontiff de- clared that he could not err, and the worst government proclaimed itself indispensable. Miracles have not ceased in the Romish Church.
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