THE
WAR OF ANTICHRIST WITH THE CHURCH
AND
CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION.
A Review of
THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF ATHEISM; ITS EXTENSION THROUGH
VOLTAIRE; ITS USE OF FREEMASONRY AND KINDRED SECRET SOCIETIES
FOR ANTICHRISTIAN WAR; THE UNION AND “ILLUMINISM” OF MASONRY BY
WEISHAUPT; ITS PROGRESS UNDER THE LEADERS OF THE FIRST FRENCH
REVOLUTION, AND UNDER NUBIUS, PALMERSTON, AND MAZZINI; THE
CONTROL OF ITS HIDDEN “INNER CIRCLE” OVER ALL REVOLUTIONARY
ORGANIZATIONS; ITS INFLUENCE OVER BRITISH FREEMASONRY; ITS
ATTEMPTS UPON IRELAND; OATHS, SIGNS, AND PASSWORDS OF THE
THREE DEGREES, ETC., ETC. THE SPOLIATION OF THE PROPAGANDA.
LECTURES
DELIVERED IN EDINBURGH IN OCTOBER, 1884,
BY
MONSIGNOR GEORGE F. DILLON, D.D.,
Missionary Apostolic, Sydney.
“_Instruct the people as to the artifices used by societies of
this kind in seducing men and enticing them into their ranks,
and as to the depravity of their opinions and the wickedness of
their acts._”—ENCYCLICAL HUMANUM GENUS OF LEO XIII.
DUBLIN:
M. H. GILL & SON, UPPER SACKVILLE-STREET.
LONDON AND NEW YORK: BURNS AND OATES.
1885.
Nihil Obstat.
W. FORTUNE, D.D.,
_Censor Theologus Deputatus_.
_Die 3 Mensis Maii, 1885._
Imprimatur.
GULIELMUS J. CANON. WALSH,
_Vic. Cap. Dublin_.
_Die 4 Mensis Maii, 1885._
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