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It is, therefore, by a particular decree of Divine Providence that, at the fall of the Roman Empire and its partition into separate kingdoms,
the Roman Pontiff, whom Christ made the head and center of his entire Church, acquired civil power.
- Pius IX, Apostolic Letter Cum Catholica Ecclesia, March 26, 1860.
The purpose of the separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the turmoil that has soaked the soil of Europe in blood for centuries.
- James Madison
on the Constitution
The Constitution
The major world empires
Congress of Vienna - The Final Declaration of March 1815.
Deposition and Bannings - Papal depositions of heads of state.
Some Letters of Pope Innocent III - General summons to the Crusades
US - Vatican relations
Books:
Those who know what Rome has once been, are best able to appreciate what she is.
- Hallam, quoted in Ecclesiastical Empire
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