and most important of the documents hero collected is that
pub- lished some weeks before the meeting of the Council, and entitled "Considerations for the Bishops of the Council respecting the Question of Papal Infallibility." The second is a criticism on the address delivered by certain members of the Council to the Pope, begging him to declare his own infallibility. A third reviews a change made in the order of business- by the Cardinal Legate. Then follows the correspondence between the Archbishop of Munich and Bollinger, ending in the great theologian's excom- munication. Various letters are added showing the efforts which were made to induce Dallinger to draw back from his position, and the constancy with which he maintained it. We need not say that this volume, containing, it should be noted, the " authorised " translation of the originals, is most interesting.
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