Download or read book The Priesthoods and Apostasies of Pierce Connelly written by Denis G. Paz and published by Edwin Mellen Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of Pierce Connelly (1804-1883), whose life illustrated various 19th-century themes of what the author calls Anglo-American religious warfare, most notably the role played by several apostate priests, but primarily Connelly, in Victorian spiritual warfare.