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 334 no attack on the Council, although it was an attack on Ultramontanism."

But Lord Acton proceeded to defend the Council in the Times newspaper from Mr Gladstone's inferences.

And, as an illustration of this infinite subtlety in eluding authority, he quoted the example of Archbishop Fénelon, who "while earning admiration for his humility under censure [by the Pope] had retained his former views unchanged." Fénelon wrote:—

Three weeks later Fénelon wrote to a friend:—

It was no more than natural, after such public letters, that Lord Acton should be called in question by the authorities of his Communion. It was asserted in the Roman Church that he did not believe the Vatican Decrees. Manning wrote to enquire what construction