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Buonaparte ' s Religious Projects . From Walsh ' s American Review , No . x . A work of a very remarkable character , and probably destined
as the herald of important innovations in religion , appeared in Paris , in the commencement of the last spring . It is entitled "An Historical Essay upon the
Temporal Power of the Popes , upon the Abuse which they have made of their Spiritual . Ministry , upon the Wars which they have declared against Sovereigns , and
particularly , against those wko have enjoyed a Preponderance in Ital y * It consists of twelve bulky chapters , and embraces a full review of the origin of the
papal power , and of the progress and exercise of that power dawn to the present time . The obvious purport of every page , is to vilify the apostolic see , and the most indefatigable industry , as well as
a yery profound erudition , have been employed in ransacking the obscure and remote archives of history , for every instance of usurpation , or private depravity , that can serve to excite an abhorrence for the dominion and
character of the whole line of Popes . The work was very industriousl y and rapidly circulated throughout France ; and , at first , atinoxmced as a trdnslation from a Spanish volume , published nine years ago .
lhe following notice is takerj j >« this deception , in a very ela ~ Wate and manifestly official review of the work , which occupies J > ° re than tliirty pages in the Mercur e tie France . " Certainly
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the French translator is an experienced and veteran writer;—a style so animated , elegant and free , is not that of a man compelled to pursue the thoughts of another . —
It must also be admitted that this Spanish author possessed a mind singularly enlightened for a country in which the Inquisition existed . Our readers will decide
upon this point , when they have before them that full analysis of the work , which is required from us by the extraordinary merit of the execution , the vast importance of the subject , and the nature of the present crisis / 9
And again , in alluding to this affectation of concealment , the official proneurs proceed in the following strain , * \ Vili the author continue to shelter himself
under his Spanish cloak ? Are worts of this high order usually written by those who have studied at Salamanca or Alcala ? Shall we not soon be permitted
publicly to recognise in our author , one of the most enlightened , as well as modest men , that has ever appeared in our legislative assemblies ;—one of the most comprehensive minds that adorns the
Institute of France , one of the most accomplished writers , of whom our literature can boast at this time ?" We know not who this modest
man is , but he certainly merits the eulogium as far as it goes , which his coy reviewers pronounce upon him . The French government has made a * most judicious selection in the author of this historical essay , as one of the ablest instruments in the empire *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1811, page 327, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2417/page/7/
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