Excerpt from Sacerdotalism in the Nineteenth Century: A Critical History As will appear from a glance at the subject-matter of the volume, we have understood the essence of sacerdo talism. To lie in a profound emphasis on priestly authority and on sacramental efficacy. The name is indicative of the system which exalts the Office of the priestly hier archy and the virtue of the rites supposed to depend for their valid administration upon that hierarchy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.