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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 November 2024
In 1886 the recognised leader of the Catholic laity in Italy, Giuseppe Toniolo, Professor of Political Economy at the University of Pisa, wrote as follows:
‘True civilisation, which should not be confused with mere material progress, flowed out of the wounded side of the dying Christ when he inaugurated on Mount Calvary a new era of self-denial and charity. Only an imperfect preparation for civilisation existed in the world before the Cross. Outside the shadow of the Cross can only be found either the complete negation, or the gradual decomposition of civilisation. In union with the Cross the history of the advance of civilisation is synonymous with that of the progress of Catholicity.’
1 I Discorsi di Giambattista Paganuzzi. Publiched by Romolo Ghirlanda (Milan, 1926).
2 Toniolo: Il Concetto Cristiano della Democrazia. Published by Vita e Pensiero (Milan). The C.T.S. have recently issued a pamphlet on Giuseppe Toniolo. (Price 2d.).