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Criticism of Montalembert's Speeches

When
March 1864
Where
Mechelen, Belgium (speeches); letter location unspecified
Part of
Pius IX issues the Syllabus of Errors, 8 December 1864

Cardinal Giacomo Antonelli criticized Count Charles Montalembert's Mechelen speeches by letter, received at the end of March 1864.

In August 1863, Count Charles Montalembert, a proponent of Liberal Catholicism, gave a series of speeches in Mechelen, Belgium, presenting his view of the future of modern society and the Church. At the end of March 1864, he received a letter from Cardinal Giacomo Antonelli, Secretary of State, that criticized the Mechelen speeches. The passages do not state where the letter was sent from or received.

Sources

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