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Protestantism and Catholicity compared in their effects on the civilization of Europe

Balmes, Jaime Luciano · Public domain text

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Author
Jaime Luciano Balmes (1810–1848)
Language
English
Subjects
Protestantism, Catholic Church › Apologetic works, Catholic Church › Doctrines › Catholic authors, Europe › Civilization, Christian civilization
Length
363,828 words · about 25 h 29 min
Sections
147 reader sections · Table of contents

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Contents (147)
  1. Opening under 1 min
  2. Author'S Preface about 18 min
  3. II. THE CAUSES OF PROTESTANTISM under 1 min
  4. III. EXTRAORDINARY PHENOMENON IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH under 1 min
  5. IV. PROTESTANTISM AND THE HUMAN MIND under 1 min
  6. V. INSTINCT OF FAITH IN THE SCIENCES under 1 min
  7. VI. DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS WANTS OF NATIONS--MATHEMATICS--MORAL SCIENCES under 1 min
  8. VII. INDIFFERENCE AND FANATICISM under 1 min
  9. VIII. FANATICISM--ITS DEFINITION--FANATICISM IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH under 1 min
  10. IX. INCREDULITY AND RELIGIOUS INDIFFERENCE IN EUROPE THE FRUITS OF PROTESTANTISM under 1 min
  11. X. CAUSES OF THE CONTINUED EXISTENCE OF PROTESTANTISM under 1 min
  12. XI. THE POSITIVE DOCTRINES OF PROTESTANTISM ARE REPUGNANT TO THE INSTINCT OF CIVILIZATION under 1 min
  13. XII. EFFECTS WHICH THE INTRODUCTION OF PROTESTANTISM INTO SPAIN WOULD HAVE PRODUCED about 1 min
  14. XVII. MEANS USED BY THE CHURCH TO ENFRANCHISE SLAVES under 1 min
  15. XVIII. CONTINUATION OF THE SAME SUBJECT under 1 min
  16. XIX. DOCTRINES OF ST. AUGUSTIN AND ST. THOMAS OF AQUIN ON THE SUBJECT OF SLAVERY--RECAPITULATION under 1 min
  17. XX. CONTRAST BETWEEN THE TWO KINDS OF CIVILIZATION under 1 min
  18. XXI. OF THE INDIVIDUAL--OF THE FEELING OF INDIVIDUALITY OUT OF CHRISTIANITY under 1 min
  19. XXII. HOW THE INDIVIDUAL BECAME ABSORBED BY THE ANCIENT SOCIETY under 1 min
  20. XXIII. OF THE PROGRESS OF INDIVIDUALITY UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CATHOLICITY under 1 min
  21. XXIV. OF THE FAMILY--MONOGAMY--MARRIAGE-TIE INDISSOLUBLE under 1 min
  22. XXV. THE PASSION OF LOVE under 1 min
  23. XXVI. OF VIRGINITY IN ITS SOCIAL ASPECT under 1 min
  24. XXVII. OF CHIVALRY, AND THE MANNERS OF THE BARBARIANS IN THEIR INFLUENCE ON THE CONDITION OF WOMAN under 1 min
  25. XXVIII. OF THE PUBLIC CONSCIENCE IN GENERAL under 1 min
  26. XXIX. OF THE PRINCIPLE OF THE PUBLIC CONSCIENCE ACCORDING TO MONTESQUIEU--HONOR--VIRTUE under 1 min
  27. XXX. ON THE DIFFERENT INFLUENCE OF PROTESTANTISM AND CATHOLICITY ON THE PUBLIC CONSCIENCE about 1 min
  28. XXXI. OF GENTLENESS OF MANNERS IN GENERAL under 1 min
  29. XXXII. OF THE AMELIORATION OF MANNERS BY THE ACTION OF THE CHURCH under 1 min
  30. XXXIII. OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC BENEFICENCE IN EUROPE under 1 min
  31. XXXIV. OF TOLERANCE IN MATTERS OF RELIGION under 1 min
  32. XXXV. OF THE RIGHT OF COERCION IN GENERAL under 1 min
  33. XXXVI. OF THE INQUISITION IN SPAIN under 1 min
  34. XXXVII. SECOND PERIOD OF THE INQUISITION IN SPAIN under 1 min
  35. XXXVIII. RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS IN THEMSELVES under 1 min
  36. XXXIX. RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS IN HISTORY--THE EARLY SOLITARIES under 1 min
  37. XL. RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS IN THE EAST under 1 min
  38. XLI. RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS IN THE HISTORY OF THE WEST under 1 min
  39. XLII. OF RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE MIDDLE AGES IN THE WEST--THE MILITARY ORDERS under 1 min
  40. XLIII. CONTINUATION OF THE SAME SUBJECT--EUROPE IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY under 1 min
  41. XLIV. RELIGIOUS ORDERS FOR THE REDEMPTION OF CAPTIVES under 1 min
  42. XLV. UNIVERSAL ADVANCE OF CIVILIZATION IMPEDED BY PROTESTANTISM under 1 min
  43. XLVI. THE JESUITS under 1 min
  44. XLVII. THE FUTURE OF RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS--THEIR PRESENT NECESSITY under 1 min
  45. XLVIII. RELIGION AND LIBERTY under 1 min
  46. XLIX. THE ORIGIN OF SOCIETY, ACCORDING TO CATHOLIC THEOLOGIANS under 1 min
  47. L. OF DIVINE LAW, ACCORDING TO CATHOLIC DOCTORS under 1 min
  48. LI. THE TRANSMISSION OF POWER, ACCORDING TO CATHOLIC DOCTORS under 1 min
  49. LII. ON THE FREEDOM OF LANGUAGE UNDER THE SPANISH MONARCHY under 1 min
  50. LIII. OF THE FACULTIES OF THE CIVIL POWER under 1 min
  51. LIV. ON RESISTANCE TO THE CIVIL POWER under 1 min
  52. LV. ON RESISTANCE TO DE FACTO GOVERNMENTS under 1 min
  53. LVI. HOW IT IS ALLOWED TO RESIST THE CIVIL POWER about 1 min
  54. LVII. ON POLITICAL SOCIETY IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY under 1 min
  55. LVIII. ON MONARCHY IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY under 1 min
  56. LIX. ON ARISTOCRACY IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY under 1 min
  57. LX. ON DEMOCRACY IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY under 1 min
  58. LXI. VALUE OF DIFFERENT POLITICAL FORMS--CHARACTER OF MONARCHY IN EUROPE under 1 min
  59. LXII. HOW MONARCHY WAS STRENGTHENED IN EUROPE under 1 min
  60. LXIII. TWO SORTS OF DEMOCRACY under 1 min
  61. LXIV. CONTEST BETWEEN THE THREE SOCIAL ELEMENTS under 1 min
  62. LXV. POLITICAL DOCTRINES BEFORE THE APPEARANCE OF PROTESTANTISM under 1 min
  63. LXVI. OF POLITICAL DOCTRINES IN SPAIN under 1 min
  64. LXVII. POLITICAL LIBERTY AND RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE under 1 min
  65. LXVIII. UNITY IN FAITH RECONCILED WITH POLITICAL LIBERTY under 1 min
  66. LXIX. INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CATHOLICITY under 1 min
  67. LXX. HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT under 1 min
  68. LXXI. RELIGION AND THE HUMAN INTELLECT IN EUROPE under 1 min
  69. LXXII. PROGRESS OF THE HUMAN MIND FROM THE ELEVENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT TIME under 1 min
  70. LXXIII. SUMMARY OF THE WORK--DECLARATION OF THE AUTHOR under 1 min
  71. Appendix about 4 min
  72. I. NAME AND NATURE OF PROTESTANTISM about 8 min
  73. II. CAUSES OF PROTESTANTISM about 30 min
  74. III. EXTRAORDINARY PHENOMENON IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH about 12 min
  75. IV. PROTESTANTISM AND THE MIND about 10 min
  76. V. INSTINCT OF FAITH IN THE SCIENCES about 12 min
  77. Chapter VI about 10 min
  78. VII. INDIFFERENCE AND FANATICISM about 11 min
  79. Chapter VIII about 9 min
  80. Chapter IX about 13 min
  81. X. CAUSES OF THE CONTINUANCE OF PROTESTANTISM about 9 min
  82. Chapter XI about 7 min
  83. Chapter XII about 25 min
  84. Chapter XIII about 16 min
  85. Chapter XIV about 18 min
  86. Chapter XV about 12 min
  87. Chapter XVI about 22 min
  88. XVII. MEANS EMPLOYED BY THE CHURCH TO ENFRANCHISE SLAVES about 14 min
  89. XVIII. CONTINUATION OF THE SAME SUBJECT about 14 min
  90. Chapter XIX about 12 min
  91. XX. CONTRAST BETWEEN TWO ORDERS OF CIVILIZATION about 8 min
  92. Chapter XXI about 25 min
  93. XXII. HOW THE INDIVIDUAL WAS ABSORBED BY ANCIENT SOCIETY about 14 min
  94. Chapter XXIII about 13 min
  95. Chapter XXIV about 13 min
  96. XXV. OF THE PASSION OF LOVE about 19 min
  97. XXVI. VIRGINITY IN ITS SOCIAL ASPECT about 11 min
  98. Chapter XXVII about 22 min
  99. XXVIII. OF THE PUBLIC CONSCIENCE IN GENERAL about 10 min
  100. Chapter XXIX about 14 min
  101. Chapter XXX about 19 min
  102. XXXI. ON GENTLENESS OF MANNERS IN GENERAL about 9 min
  103. XXXII. THE IMPROVEMENT OF MANNERS BY THE ACTION OF THE CHURCH about 26 min
  104. XXXIII. ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC BENEFICENCE IN EUROPE about 17 min
  105. XXXIV. ON TOLERATION IN RELIGIOUS MATTERS about 19 min
  106. XXXV. ON THE RIGHT OF COERCION IN GENERAL about 21 min
  107. XXXVI. ON THE INQUISITION IN SPAIN about 21 min
  108. XXXVII. SECOND EPOCH OF THE INQUISITION IN SPAIN about 27 min
  109. XXXVIII. RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS IN THEMSELVES about 30 min
  110. XXXIX. OF RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS IN HISTORY.--THE FIRST SOLITARIES about 16 min
  111. XL. ON RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS IN THE EAST about 9 min
  112. XLI. OF RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS IN THE HISTORY OF THE WEST about 12 min
  113. Chapter XLII about 6 min
  114. Chapter XLIII about 36 min
  115. XLIV. THE RELIGIOUS ORDERS FOR THE REDEMPTION OF CAPTIVES about 11 min
  116. Chapter XLV about 22 min
  117. XLVI. THE JESUITS about 19 min
  118. Chapter XLVII about 21 min
  119. XLVIII. RELIGION AND LIBERTY about 20 min
  120. XLIX. THE ORIGIN OF SOCIETY, ACCORDING TO CATHOLIC DIVINES about 30 min
  121. L. ON THE RIGHT DIVINE, ACCORDING TO THE CATHOLIC DOCTORS about 22 min
  122. LI. TRANSMISSION OF POWER, ACCORDING TO THE CATHOLIC DOCTORS about 16 min
  123. LII. FREEDOM OF SPEECH UNDER THE SPANISH MONARCHY about 17 min
  124. LIII. ON THE FACULTIES OF THE CIVIL POWER about 21 min
  125. LIV. ON RESISTANCE TO THE CIVIL POWER about 17 min
  126. LV. ON RESISTANCE TO DE FACTO GOVERNMENTS about 16 min
  127. LVI. HOW THE CIVIL POWER MAY BE LAWFULLY RESISTED about 20 min
  128. LVII. POLITICAL SOCIETY IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY about 8 min
  129. LVIII. MONARCHY IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY about 7 min
  130. LIX. THE ARISTOCRACY OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY about 5 min
  131. LX. ON DEMOCRACY about 17 min
  132. Chapter LXI about 15 min
  133. LXII. THE DEVELOPMENT OF MONARCHY IN EUROPE about 7 min
  134. LXIII. TWO KINDS OF DEMOCRACY about 15 min
  135. LXIV. STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE THREE SOCIAL ELEMENTS about 12 min
  136. LXV. POLITICAL DOCTRINES BEFORE THE APPEARANCE OF PROTESTANTISM about 8 min
  137. LXVI. POLITICAL DOCTRINES IN SPAIN about 15 min
  138. LXVII. POLITICAL LIBERTY AND RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE about 17 min
  139. LXVIII. UNITY IN FAITH NOT ADVERSE TO POLITICAL LIBERTY about 11 min
  140. Chapter LXIX about 19 min
  141. LXX. HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT about 17 min
  142. LXXI. RELIGION AND THE HUMAN MIND IN EUROPE about 22 min
  143. Chapter LXXII about 18 min
  144. LXXIII. SUMMARY.--DECLARATION OF THE AUTHOR about 2 h 38 min
  145. Appendix about 1 h 18 min
  146. I. CHAP. 8 about 1 h
  147. Appendix about 48 min

The opening of Author'S Preface

Among the many and important evils which have been the necessary result of the profound revolutions of modern times, there appears a good extremely valuable to science, and which will probably have a beneficial influence on the human race,--I mean the love of studies having for their object man and society. The shocks have been so rude, that the earth has, as it were, opened under our feet; and the human mind, which, full of pride and haughtiness, but lately advanced on a triumphal car amid acclamations and cries of victory, has been alarmed and stopped in its career. Absorbed by an important thought, overcome by a profound reflection, it has asked itself, "What am I? whence do I come? what is my destination?"

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