The Syllabus of Errors, December 8, 1864--Character of the Propositions condemned--Disabilities of the State--Powers of the Church 43 CHAPTER VI The Secret Memoranda of the Cardinals, February 1865 57 CHAPTER VII A Secret Commission to prepare for a Council, March 1865--First Summons--Points determined--Reasons why Princes are not consulted--Plan for the Future Council 62 CHAPTER VIII Memoranda of Thirty-six chosen Bishops, consulted under Bond of Strictest Secrecy, April to August, 1865--Doctrine of Church and State--Antagonism of History and the Embryo Dogma--Nuncios admitted to the Secret--And Oriental Bishops 65 CHAPTER IX Interruption of Preparations for Fourteen Months, through the consequences of Sadowa--The French evacuate Rome--Alleged Double Dealing of Napoleon III--The _Civiltá_ on St. Bartholomew's--Change of Plan--Instead of a Council a Great Display--Serious Complaints of Liberal Catholics 70 CHAPTER X Reprimand of Darboy, Archbishop of Paris, for disputing the Ordinary and Immediate Jurisdiction of the Pope in his Diocese--Sent in 1864 Published in 1869 76 CHAPTER XI Great Gathering in Rome, June 1867--Impressions and Anticipations--Improvements in the City--Louis Veuillot on the Great Future 83 CHAPTER XII The Political Lesson of the Gathering, namely, All are called upon to recognize in the Papal States the Model State of the World--Survey of those States 87 CHAPTER XIII Solemn Confirmation of the Syllabus by the Pope before the assembled Hierarchy, and their Acquiescence, June 17, 1867 110 BOOK II FROM THE FIRST PUBLIC INTIMATION OF A COUNCIL TO THE EVE OF THE OPENING, JUNE 1867 TO DECEMBER 1869 CHAPTER I First Public Intimation of the intention to hold a Council, June 26 to July 1, 1867--Consistory--Acquiescence in the Syllabus of the assembled Bishops--The Canonized Inquisitor--Questions and Returns preparatory to Greater Centralization--Manning on the Ceremonies--O'Connell on the Doctrines of the Papists--The Doctrine of Direct and Indirect Power 113 CHAPTER II Six Secret Commissions preparing--Interrupted by Garibaldi--A Code for the Relations of the Church and Civil Society--Special Sitting with Pope and Antonelli to decide on the Case of Princes--Tales of the Crusaders--English Martyrs--Children on the Altar--Autumn of 1867 to June 1868 131 CHAPTER III