Excerpt from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 of 12: Discussions Rise and Flourish - Mormonism - Alleged Universality of the Catholic Church - Its inexhaustible Fruitfulness in Good Things - The Inquisition and Persecution - Not Invincible - Its Sword used by Spain - Its Unity not Unbroken - The State of the World when Chris tianity was Established - The Vicar of Christ - A Selection from Draper's History Of the Intellectual Development Of Euro Some infamous PO es - Part II. How the Pope Speaks - Re igions Older than Catholicism and having the Same riics. And Sacraments Is Intellectual Stagnation a Demonstration of Divme Origin P - Inte gration and Disintegration - The Condition of the World 300 Years Ago - The Creed of Catholicism - The One true God with a Knowledge of whom Catholicism has filled the World -did the Catholic Church overthrow Idolatry - Mamage - Celibac - Human Passions - The Cardinal's Explanation of Jehovah's aban onment of the Children of Men for four thousand Years - Catholicism tested by Paganism - Canon Law and Convictions had Under It - Rival Popes - Importance of a Greek Inflection - The Cardinal Witnesses. 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.