In this influential treatise, theologian Henry Edward Manning argues that the Vatican decrees of 1870 do not require Catholics to break their allegiance to their country. Manning provides a careful analysis of the decrees and their context, and offers a compelling defense of the compatibility of Catholicism and patriotism.

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