Preface

THE
WkYi OF ANTICHRIST WITH THE CHURCH
AND
CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION.
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THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF ATHEISM ; ITS EXTENSION THROUGH VOLTAIRE ; ITS USE OF
FREEMASONRY AND KINDRED SECRET SOCIETIES FOR ANTICHRISTIAN WAR ;
THE UNION AND " ILLUMINISM " OF MASONRY BY WEISHAUPT ; ITS PROGRESS UNDER THE LEADERS
OF THE FIRST FRENCH REVOLUTION, AND UNDER NUBIUS, PALMERSTON, AND MAZZINI ;
THE CONTROL OF ITS HIDDEN " INNER CIRCLE " OVER ALL REVOLUTIONARY ORGANIZATIONS ;
ITS INFLUENCE OVER BRITISH FREEMASONRY ; ITS ATTEMPTS UPON IRELAND ;
OATHS, SIGNS, AND PASSWORDS OF THE THREE DEGREES, ETC., ETC.
THE SPOLIATION OF THE PROPAGANDA.
LECTUEES
DELIVERED IN EDINBURGH IN OCTOBER, 1884,
BY
MONSIGNOR GEORGE F. DILLON, D.D.,
IJtissionarr Slpostoltt, SrDnrg.
*' Instruct the people as to the artifices used bij societies of this kind in seducing men and enticing them into their ranks, and as to the depravity of their opinions and the wickedness of their acts."— Encyclical Humanum Genus of Leo XIII.
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