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title: 'Popery: The Foe of the Church, and of the Republic'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Joseph Smith Van Dyke'
date: 1871-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Roman Catholic History'
- 'Church-State Relations'
- 'Apologetical Method'
scriptures:
- 'Daniel 2'
- 'Revelation 13'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/van-dyke-1871-popery-the-foe-of-the-church-and-of-the-republic
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# Popery: The Foe of the Church, and of the Republic

An 1871 Protestant polemic claiming Roman Catholicism (the Papacy) is apostate and a political despotism hostile to Christianity and civil liberty. Reviews history, dogmas, miracles and persecution.

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