Excerpt from The Papal Encyclicals in Their Historical Context Introduction: The Significance of Papal Pronouncements, Gustave Weigel, S. J. 1. What Is an Encyclical? 2 St. Peter and the Early Church 3 St. Leo to St. Gregory 4. The Church and the Holy Roman Empire 5. The Beginning of National States 6 The Church and the Reformation 7 Benedict XIV (1740-1758) 8 Clement XIII (1758-1769) 9. Clement XIV (1769-1774) 10. Pius VI (1775-1799) 11. Pius VII (1800-1823) 12. Leo XII (1823-1829) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.