Author: William Ewart Gladstone
Title: Vaticanism: An Answer to Replies and Reproofs
Description: London, John Murray , 1875. First edition. Disbound. The uncommon first edition of this charming and controversial pamphlet of its time by William Ewart Gladstone. William Ewart Gladstone was a British statesman and Liberal politician, who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1868 to 1894. Gladstone had anti-Catholic ideals, in particular he opposed the bishops and pope. In 1874, he published a pamphlet titled The Vatican Decrees in their Bearing on Civil Allegiance, expressing his outrage towards the First Vatican Council's dogmatising of the Papal Infallibility in 1870. This pamphlet sold five hundred thousand copies by the end of the year. This sparked controversy and much criticism, to which Gladstone replied with this fascinating pamphlet, defending his ideas. In Vaticanism, he described the Catholic Church as "nothing but one giddy height of despotism, and one dead level of religious subservience."This is the first edition of 1875, disbound. Disbound. Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear. Most of the original wraps are preserved. Internally, firmly bound. With a faint odd minor spot to the title page, affecting only he first few leaves; Otherwise, the pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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