I imagined it would be a bit more outrageous than it is. It's full of serious diet talk and lots of European-style recipes (meat dishes prepared with I imagined it would be a bit more outrageous than it is. It's full of serious diet talk and lots of European-style recipes (meat dishes prepared with all manner of fruit). Still, it's worth the price of admission to have a look at the weird still lifes of food with white figural sculpture. ...more
I read the firsts 6 chapters, and that taught me enough about the topic. The challenge is that there are a ton of players, all bishops and cardinals aI read the firsts 6 chapters, and that taught me enough about the topic. The challenge is that there are a ton of players, all bishops and cardinals and such, and it's hard to track it all. Hasler really did his homework in the Vatican archive, and kudos to him. This book is complete, that's for sure. But for a more casual reader (like me) it's way too much detail. The gist of the story is that Pius IX decided he wanted the pope to be infallible in all decisions. This had never been before, and most Biblical scholars felt there was no precedent for this in canon or scripture. Essentially it was a huge power grab by Pius, and since he held the purse strings of all those bishops, he got them all to go along with it.
Most of us, if we grew up Catholic, are familiar with Vatican II. But did you ever wonder what happened at Vatican I? This book will tell you, and more.
If you do track down this book, the chapter on Pius himself is definitely worth the read. And at the end, Hasler wrote an open letter to Paul VI about infallibility that is also interesting. ...more
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