This encyclical was followed by a letter to the French cardinals in May and by other manifestations of his wishes.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright
The premier at the same time admitted that "the settlement was not acceptable to certain dignitaries of the church to which he belonged"; but subsequently the Pope published an encyclical advising acceptance of the concessions made to the Manitoba Catholics, while claiming at the same time that these concessions were inadequate, and expressing the hope that full satisfaction would be obtained ere long from the Manitoba government.
"Canada under British Rule 1760-1900"
John G. Bourinot
Similarly as to the encyclical and Syllabus of Errors of 1864, which forecast the present conflict concerning Modernism.
"Edward Caldwell Moore Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant"
Edward Moore