The history of Romanism: from the earliest corruptions of Christianity to the present time : with full chronological table, analytical and alphabetical indexes and glossaryIllustrated by numerous accurate and highly finished engravings of its ceremonies, superstitions, persecutions, and historical incidents . The Pope a» a Warrior. Pope Julius in The Pope as a God—adored on (lie hi^h altar of St. Peters chap, v.] POPERY ON A TOTTERING THRONE—A. D. 1303-1545. 433 Pope Julius a wurrior. 200,000 men slain in battle through his means. His quarrel with Lewis XII. § 07.—Pope Julius was a ma
The history of Romanism: from the earliest corruptions of Christianity to the present time : with full chronological table, analytical and alphabetical indexes and glossaryIllustrated by numerous accurate and highly finished engravings of its ceremonies, superstitions, persecutions, and historical incidents . The Pope a» a Warrior. Pope Julius in The Pope as a God—adored on (lie hi^h altar of St. Peters chap, v.] POPERY ON A TOTTERING THRONE—A. D. 1303-1545. 433 Pope Julius a wurrior. 200,000 men slain in battle through his means. His quarrel with Lewis XII. § 07.—Pope Julius was a man of blood. His assumption of thatname was itself an expression of his admiration of the ancient con-queror, Julius Caesar, and a mode of avowing his preference of themilitary to the sacerdotal character. Almost the whole ten yearsof his pontificate (1503-1513) were spent in the field of battle,amidst scenes of carnage and slaughter. The evident object of hisambition was to reduce the whole of the peninsula of Italy underthe sovereignty of the self-styled successors of St. Peter. He suc-ceeded in compelling the Venetians to yield up several cities to theHoly Sec, and had he not been cut short by death in his victoriouscareer, it is supposed by many that the object of his ambition mighthave been realized. It is related of him that he was so
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