Rome and the Popes

CONTENTS Translator's Preface 5 Preface of the Author 7 PART THE FIRST. I. — Introductory II. — The City at the Time of St. Peter's first Visit 26 III. — St. Peter's Arrival in Rome 29 IV. — The Apostle's Preaching 33 V. — The early Christians of Rome 36 VI. — The Chair of St. Peter 40 VII. — The Persecution under Nero— St. Peter's Martyrdom 43 VIII. — Peter the Visible Head of the Visible Church 48 IX. — The true Church of Christ is Roman and Catholic 52 X. — St. Peter in subterranean Rome 56 XI. — The Christian Regeneration of the City, — the Paradox of History 61 XII. — The Vatican 66 XIII. — The Bronze Statue of St. Peter 70 XIV. — The City of the Caesars become the City of the Popes 74 XV. — Rome the Centre of the Christian World 80 XVI. — The Patrimony of St. Peter 84 XVII. — The Successor of St. Peter become Protector of the City against the Byzantine Emperor and the Subalpine Barbarians 89 XVIII. — Development of the Pope's Political Position into Sovereignty 94 XIX. — Rome as the Capital of the States of the Church 102 XX. — The Papal States in a new Phase 109 XXI. — The Papal States in their Relation to Italy 114 XXII. — The Saracens in Italy 118 PART SECOND. I. — Rome without Peter 127 II. — Secularized Rome of the ninth Century 132 III. — Rpme under the tyrannical Dynasties of the tenth Century 133 IV. — Nomination of the Popes by the German Kaiser. 143 V. — Italian Nationality 148 VI. — The Vatican and the Capitol 156 VII. — The Popes at Avignon 102 VIII. — The Ghost of ancient Paganism in the Ruins of Rome 166 IX. — Rome a Republic 173 X. — The City without the Pope 179 XI. — The Roman Republic at the close of the XVIII. Century 184 XII. — Rome, Capital of the Tiber-department 188 XIII. — The Republic of Assassination 197 XIV. — The Two Hundred And Fifty-Eighth Peter and his Rome 204 Digitized by Google.
Translation of his Der heilige Petrus im Rom und Rom chne Petrus