Reverend William McGarvey papers, circa 1900 (MC 5)
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Papal Infallibility
A hundred and fifty years ago, the First Vatican Council gave formal definition to the dogma of Papal Infallibility. While the idea of Papal Infallibility had a long history of support within the Catholic Church, such as from St. Francis de Sales in the 1500s, declaring it an official dogma
Eleanor C. Donnelly papers. 1873-1905 (MC 48)
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Vistarama
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