THE OPEN COURT, VOL. 26

A Monthly Magazine, March, 1912In the chapel of the Convent of the Assumption, a Roman atmosphere if there was any at that time in Paris, I solemnly received into the Catholic church on July 14, 1868, the woman who was to be my companion and my stay in the church of Catholic reform. In the profession of faith of Pope Pius IV which she was asked to repeat she resolutely suppressed two articles, the one stating that outside of the visible church there is no salvation, and the one which anathematizes doctrines contrary to that church. It was the faith of my mother, she said to me, it may have been incomplete, but was never false nor injurious, it is this faith which made me a Christian, and I will not condemn it. My theological subtleties were of no avail against the directnesss and energy of this Protestant more Christian indeed than the Catholic priest who served as her guide - and as the profession of faith was recited aloud and in the vernacular this double omission was observed by those present to the astonishment of all and the horror of some.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.