Rome and the Popes
Publisher: Benziger Brothers
Published: 1868
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: Translator's Preface 5; title: Preface of the Author 7; title: PART THE FIRST.; title: I. — Introductory; title: II. — The City at the Time of St. Peter's first Visit 26; title: III. — St. Peter's Arrival in Rome 29; title: IV. — The Apostle's Preaching 33; title: V. — The early Christians of Rome 36; title: VI. — The Chair of St. Peter 40; title: VII. — The Persecution under Nero— St. Peter's Martyrdom 43; title: VIII. — Peter the Visible Head of the Visible Church 48; title: IX. — The true Church of Christ is Roman and Catholic 52; title: X. — St. Peter in subterranean Rome 56; title: XI. — The Christian Regeneration of the City, — the Paradox of History 61; title: XII. — The Vatican 66; title: XIII. — The Bronze Statue of St. Peter 70; title: XIV. — The City of the Caesars become the City of the Popes 74; title: XV. — Rome the Centre of the Christian World 80; title: XVI. — The Patrimony of St. Peter 84; title: XVII. — The Successor of St. Peter become Protector of the City against the Byzantine Emperor and the Subalpine Barbarians 89; title: XVIII. — Development of the Pope's Political Position into Sovereignty 94; title: XIX. — Rome as the Capital of the States of the Church 102; title: XX. — The Papal States in a new Phase 109; title: XXI. — The Papal States in their Relation to Italy 114; title: XXII. — The Saracens in Italy 118; title: PART SECOND.; title: I. — Rome without Peter 127; title: II. — Secularized Rome of the ninth Century 132; title: III. — Rpme under the tyrannical Dynasties of the tenth Century 133; title: IV. — Nomination of the Popes by the German Kaiser. 143; title: V. — Italian Nationality 148; title: VI. — The Vatican and the Capitol 156; title: VII. — The Popes at Avignon 102; title: VIII. — The Ghost of ancient Paganism in the Ruins of Rome 166; title: IX. — Rome a Republic 173; title: X. — The City without the Pope 179; title: XI. — The Roman Republic at the close of the XVIII. Century 184; title: XII. — Rome, Capital of the Tiber-department 188; title: XIII. — The Republic of Assassination 197; title: XIV. — The Two Hundred And Fifty-Eighth Peter and his Rome 204