Author: Hergenröther, Joseph [1824-1890]
Title: Anti-Janus : eine historisch-theologische Kritik der Schrift "Der Papst und das Concil" von Janus
Description: Freiburg im Breisgau, Herder, 1870. boards. 23x15cm, 188 pp. Rubbed. Spine label. Some chips & tears to spine. Good. ¶ A rebuttal to the work "Der Papst und das Concil" issued by German theologian Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger [1799-1890], noted for his rejection of papal infallibility. ["...Early in 1869 the Letters of Janus ...began to appear. They were written by Döllinger in conjunction with Huber and Friedrich. In these the tendency of the Syllabus towards obscurantism and papal despotism, and its incompatibility with modern thought, were attacked; and the evidence against papal infallibility, resting, as the Letters asserted, on the False Decretals, was marshalled for the Vatican Council (1869–1870). During the council, which convened on December 8, 1869, the world was informed of proceedings in the Letters of Quirinus, written by Döllinger and Huber. Some of these letters appeared in the German newspapers, and an English translation was published by Charles Rivington. Augustin Theiner, the librarian at the Vatican, then in disgrace with the pope for his outspoken Liberalism, kept his German friends well informed of the course of the discussions. The proceedings of the Council were frequently stormy, and the opponents of the dogma of infallibility complained that they were interrupted, and that endeavours were made to put them down by clamour. The dogma was at length carried by an overwhelming majority, and the dissentient bishops, who – with the exception of two – had left the council before the final division, one by one submitted..." - wikipedia].

Keywords: Catholic Theology, Gallicanism, Primacy of Popes, Papal Infallibility, Vatican Council, Church History, Catholicism, ,