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PREFACE
The Letter which is here translated is but one expression of a movement which aims at vindicating the claims of the Roman Church to be the authoritative teacher of faith and morals to the Western world. The conviction which inspires this movement is that Rome, if she will but be true to her mission, inherits the duty and the power of proclaiming to the modern world all the truth which it needs to subdue the riotous energy of its life into obedience to the Divine purposes. The leaders of the movement believe that Rome has been the permanent witness to that Catholic temper in religion which
