A GENERAL knowledge of what is termed "Profane History," or the
record of the principal facts and events of all the nations and
peoples who have lived and flourished from the Creation to the
present time, is deemed a necessary portion of a thorough
education, and every effort is used to store our minds with this
important and interesting information. While there are numerous and
excellent works of profane history published, a reliable and
authentic history of the Catholic Church has been an acknowledged
want, particularly at the present time, when the Ecumenical Council
of the Vatican, now in session, is awakening an interest in all the
nations of the world, Catholic and Protestant, in regard to the
Future of that Church, which, from her very foundation, was the
means of the wonderful spread of the Gospel among all nations. In
our own country, Catholic Missionaries have been the zealous and
successful pioneers, not only in civilizing the Aborigines, but in
discovering and developing the sources of our greatest treasures,
and consequently of diffusing civilization and refinement wherever
their salutary and enlightening influence has been exerted. In
order to supply this want, the present work has been compiled and
translated from the ablest and most reliable authors. Every
important event connected with the History of the Church, her
trials and her progress; her victories over persecutions, heresies,
and even scandals, are briefly and impartially stated. As some are
frequently deterred from reading books of this nature, by their
length, and not less by the high prices they command, this volume
has been prepared with the view of placing it within the reach of
all, and in such language, as will prove interesting to the most
casual and hasty reader. It is confidently hoped, that this work
will inspire all with a new love and reverence for our Holy Mother,
the Church; while the touching examples of the martyrs' constancy
in persecution and torments, and the edifying lives of the saints
who have adorned every century, will animate and encourage the
practice of piety and virtue.
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