Excerpt from A Parallel of the Doctrine of the Pagans: With the Doctrine of the Jesuits, And That of the Constitution Unigenitus Issued by Pope Clement XI, Divided Into Several Chapters and Sections, Shewing the Contrary Sentiments of the Pagans and JesuitsThis Day the King's Council entred the Court, and M. Peter Gilbert de Voisins, the King's Advocate, speaking for the rest, said, Messieurs, WE are bound in Duty to lay before the Court a printed Piece, a Copy whereof we have got, which bears all the Characters of a most scandalous Libel.It is entitled, A Parallel of the Doctrine of the Pagans with that of the Jesuits, and of the Constitution of Pope Clement XI. which begins with these Words, Unigenitus Dei Filius: And this Title, injurious in it self, is accompanied with a Passage out of the Holy Writ, the unjustisiable Misapplication whereof, inews the highest Pitch of Animosity.The fame Spirit runs thro' the whole Work, for wherever the Author opposes the Moral of the Pagans to that of the most remiss Cafuift, and picks out of the Writings of the latter all that a pernicious Subtlety could suggest most opposite to the Purity of the Christian Moral, 'tis not so much with an Intent to confute the fame, as to injure a whole Religious Society, and especially to declaim against the Constitution Unigenitus.Transported by the Passion which blinds him, every thing that confutes beforehand his Invectives and Calumnies against that Boll, irritates him the more.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.