This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 Excerpt: ...a fact which has roused the jealousy of the humbler but infinitely more numerous Gregorians. These accused their Catholic fellows of having joined in a conspiracy against Sultan Mahmud. The intrigue was so far successful that it brought about a commercial crisis of a most disastrous kind, and caused the imprisonment of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 Excerpt: ...a fact which has roused the jealousy of the humbler but infinitely more numerous Gregorians. These accused their Catholic fellows of having joined in a conspiracy against Sultan Mahmud. The intrigue was so far successful that it brought about a commercial crisis of a most disastrous kind, and caused the imprisonment of no less than eight Armenian bankers. It also led to deplorable scenes in the streets, and to the massacre of a large number of absolutely innocent persons. Thanks, however, to Count Guilleminot, the Sultan was made aware of the real nature of the information given him by the Gregorian plotters, and decided to punish the authors of the calumny with the utmost severity. On the 28th February, 1829, a decree was issued, separating the Roman Catholic from the Gregorian Armenians, and rendering the former independent. They were permitted to elect their own Patriarch, who has precisely the same authority over them as the Gregorian Patriarch has over his own flock. I will merely allude to the Cardinal Hasoun incident, which, some thirty years ago, occupied the attention of Europe, and very nearly created a schism in the Armenian Roman Catholic Church, but which, at the present time, is well-nigh entirely forgotten. Absolute peace now reigns between the two divisions of Armenian society. The Roman Catholic Armenians at present in Turkey count about 100,000 souls, the majority of whom reside in Constantinople. They are, as a rule, richer and better educated than the Gregorians, and embrace European fashions and methods much more easily. It has been reported that they have not suffered much during recent events. This is an error. They have not, it is true, shown the revolutionary tendencies manifested by their schismatic brethren, and, owing possibly to...
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