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

CHAPTER LXVIII.

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UNITY IN FAITH RECONCILED WITH POLITICAL LIBERTY.

It is false that unity of faith is opposed to political liberty--Impiety is allied with liberty or despotism, according to circumstances--Modern revolutions--Difference between the revolution of the United States and that of France--Pernicious effects of the French revolution--Liberty impossible without morality--Remarkable passage from St. Augustin on forms of government, 388