Excerpt from The Gallican Church and the Revolution: A Sequel to the History of the Church of France From the Concordat of Bologna to the Revolution According to the traditional theology of Rome, the Pope is (under Christ) the sole source and dispenser of ecclesiastical jurisdiction. This principle lay at the root of the Concordat then existing (that of Bologna) between France and Rome. But with the legislators of the Revolution it was a primary object to subvert and ex tinguish that tradition, which in their eyes was the most dangerous of mediaeval usurpations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.