Project Gutenberg 2017-04-22 Public domain in the USA. 242 Arthur, William 1819 1901 Neatby, William Blair Neatby, W. Blair (William Blair) Blair Neatby, William The Pope, the Kings and the People A History of the Movement to Make the Pope Governor of the World by a Universal Reconstruction of Society from the Issue of the Syllabus to the Close of the Vatican Council E-text prepared by Marcia Brooks, Steven Giacomelli, Graeme Mackreth, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "The Pope, the Kings and the People" by William Arthur is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This work chronicles the movement to elevate the Pope to a position of universal governance over society, beginning with the issuance of the Syllabus of Errors and concluding with the close of the Vatican Council. The book likely explores the intersection of religious authority and political power, revealing the ambitions of the Papacy and the cultural and political ramifications of this movement during a significant period in European history. At the start of the narrative, a pivotal meeting convened by Pope Pius IX is highlighted, where he expresses a desire for a General Council to address contemporary societal issues. The Pope believes the remedy lies in reaffirming the Church's authority, which he sees as a response to modern challenges to ecclesiastical power, including calls for religious equality and the independence of civil law from Church doctrine. This meeting sets the stage for a series of significant proclamations—including the Encyclical "Quanta Cura" and the Syllabus of Errors—that form the foundation for the Papal Council's later decisions and the Church's response to political upheaval. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 55.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Pius IX, Pope, 1792-1878 Popes -- Infallibility Popes -- Temporal power Vatican Council (1st : 1869-1870 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano) Catholic Church -- History -- 19th century Papacy -- History -- 1799-1870 BX Text Browsing: History - Religious Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal Category: History - European Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Religious Category: Politics 2059334 2025-06-21T15:48:21.379845 text/html 2056779 2024-10-23T02:00:35 text/html 799314 2025-06-21T15:48:51.855654 application/epub+zip 830876 2025-06-21T15:48:26.876754 application/epub+zip 830876 2025-06-21T15:48:24.032750 application/epub+zip 1383799 2025-06-21T15:49:08.400532 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1241790 2025-06-21T15:48:47.922643 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1207845 2022-09-24T21:18:57.580812 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1819661 2025-06-21T15:48:17.851840 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1799650 2024-10-23T02:00:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18200 2025-06-21T15:49:08.586545 application/rdf+xml 13936 2025-06-21T15:48:24.287808 image/jpeg 2081 2025-06-21T15:48:24.163767 image/jpeg 750041 2025-06-21T15:48:21.539814 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia