Life of Pius X (2nd ed.)

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DjVu p. 66 mentions the Holy Cross and the *Summa Theologica* :> The difficulties between Church and State in Italy had culminated seven years before in the nomination of Crispi, a man wholly hostile to the Church [and a friend of Garibaldi, another Freemason], as Prime Minister. On the eve of the elections in 1890 his friend Semmi, like himself a Freemason and Grand Master of the Italian lodges, had spoken strongly on the necessity of destroying the Great Enemy [i.e., the Catholic Church]. "We have applied the knife to the centre of superstition," he wrote in a wonderful combination of mixed metaphors, "and the very presence of ***** at the head of Government is a guarantee that the Vatican will fall beneath the blows of our vivifying hammer. Let us work with all our strength to scatter its stones, that we may build with them a temple to an emancipated nation. The enemy is the Pope; we must wage a relentless war against him. The Papacy, although but a phantom presiding over ruins, yet reflects a certain glory, waving as it does in face of, and in defiance of the world, **the Cross and the** Summa Theologica. A miserable crowd still prostrates itself to adore. It must be war to the knife." > —[ *The Life of Pius X*](https://archive.org/stream/lifeofpiusx00forbuoft#page/46/mode/2up) by F. A. Forbes, imprimatur 1918, [pp. 45-46](https://archive.org/stream/lifeofpiusx00forbuoft#page/46/mode/2up) (my emphasis)DjVu p. 39: "Most of the evil in the world comes from a want of the knowledge of God and of His truth." —Pope St. Pius X