lanova, St. Cajetan, St. Peter of Alcantara, St. Camillus of Lellis, St. Josepfi Calasanctius, St; Joseph of Cupertino, St. Francis Borgia, St. Pius V., St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, St. Aloysius Gonzaga, St. Stanislas Kostka, and by many other men eminent for the sanctity of their lives; and among the female sex were especially distinguished St. Teresa, St. Rose of Lima, St. Angela of Brescia, St. Mary Magdalen of Pazzi, St. Jane Frances de Chantal, St. Catherine of Ricci, etc. In the eighteenth century there shone among others, as one of the brightest ornaments of the Catholic Church, St. Alphonsus Maria Liguori, Bishop of St. Agatha, near Naples (d. 1787), who established the Congregation of the Redemptorists for the instruction of the people. All these Saints did great deeds and wrought innumerable miracles by their mighty intercession with God; and thus they irrefragably proved that the true spirit of Christianity, the spirit of charity, of humility, and self-denial, had not departed from the Church, as the blind adversaries of our faith unfortunately often assert.
47. [1]Awful events, which make nature shudder, remain as yet to be related. We would fain pass them over in silence, if they were not most instructive for us.
- ↑ What became, in process of time, of the doctrine of Luther? What was the final result of its alterations and changes? What did the Sectarianism lead to? What did the Free-thinkers contrive to do? What principal means did they make use of? Why were their books well received by the people? Whom did the infidels first attack? What became of the ecclesiastical property, the monks and nuns, and the religious houses? What edict was issued against the priests? What did the infidels do to destroy the very name of Christianity? With what particular infamy did they brand themselves in their madness? Why did prosperity and public safety disappear? What became then of France? How many people are said to have been slaughtered during the Reign of Terror? Under what pretence were all these horrible crimes committed? What did the impious wretches finally do in the utmost necessity? By whom, when, and why was the Catholic Religion restored in France? Did Napoleon act as a faithful son of the Church? How did he treat Pius VII? Did God ever withdraw His hand from the Church? What became of Napoleon, and what of the Pope? In what year did Pius VII return to Rome?
