By calling his book the true story of the Vatican Council of 1870, Cardinal Manning (1808-1892) aimed at dissipating a dark cloud of false notions. In its lucid simplicity and factuality his book remains the best concise account of what was debated and defined at Vatican I and of its importance for the Church in the modern world. As Archbishop of Westminster, Manning, one of the foremost converts from Anglicanism, was in the very center of those debates. In fact, without him papal infallibility might not have come up for debate at Vatican I.

By H.E. Manning  •  Introduction by Fr. Stanley L. Jaki

ISBN 978-0-9641150-6-4  •  xxxii + 206 pages  •  softcover