Crux Ansata: An Indictment of the Roman Catholic Church

by H.G. Wells

Besides writing science fiction like The War of the Worlds and The Invisible Man, Wells was deeply interested in history and current events. This book was written during World War II, after he had resigned as Minister of Allied Propaganda. While in this position he became privy to information that shocked him concerning the Roman Catholic Church. Much of what he found is in this book. After it was released a loud protest came from the Roman Catholic press accusing Wells, a respected writer, of spreading half-truths, innuendoes, and logical fallacies. He responded by saying that the church routinely engages in a complex, modern boycott of liberal thought that requires us to fight this intolerance with our own intolerance of the Roman Catholic system. For the most part, this book has been swept under the rug of history because Wells offers credibility to an opposing view.

Genres: Religion, Politics, History

168 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1943

About the author

Herbert George Wells was born to a working class family in Kent, England. Young Wells received a spotty education, interrupted by several illnesses and family difficulties, and became a draper's apprentice as a teenager. The headmaster of Midhurst Grammar School, where he had spent a year, arranged for him to return as an "usher," or student teacher. Wells earned a government scholarship in 1884, to study biology under Thomas Henry Huxley at the Normal School of Science. Wells earned his bachelor of science and doctor of science degrees at the University of London. After marrying his cousin, Isabel, Wells began to supplement his teaching salary with short stories and freelance articles, then books, including The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), and The War of the Worlds (1898).

Wells created a mild scandal when he divorced his cousin to marry one of his best students, Amy Catherine Robbins. Although his second marriage was lasting and produced two sons, Wells was an unabashed advocate of free (as opposed to "indiscriminate") love. He continued to openly have extra-marital liaisons, most famously with Margaret Sanger, and a ten-year relationship with the author Rebecca West, who had one of his two out-of-wedlock children. A one-time member of the Fabian Society, Wells sought active change. His 100 books included many novels, as well as nonfiction, such as A Modern Utopia (1905), The Outline of History (1920), A Short History of the World (1922), The Shape of Things to Come (1933), and The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind (1932). One of his booklets was Crux Ansata, An Indictment of the Roman Catholic Church. Although Wells toyed briefly with the idea of a "divine will" in his book, God the Invisible King (1917), it was a temporary aberration. Wells used his international fame to promote his favorite causes, including the prevention of war, and was received by government officials around the world. He is best-remembered as an early writer of science fiction and futurism.

He was also an outspoken socialist. Wells and Jules Verne are each sometimes referred to as "The Fathers of Science Fiction". D. 1946.

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Reviews

[David Withun · Rating 1 out of 5]

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[ExtremeBibliophile · Rating 5 out of 5]

H.G. Wells was one of the founders of the modern genre of science fiction, and after an extremely prolific period of writing in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when he produced among other works, "War of the Worlds", "The Island of Doctor Moreau," "The Time Machine" and "The Invisible Man", he turned his colossal talents to writing non-fiction books and essays on politics, philosophy, arts, and-curiously, for he was a devout atheist-religion. This short volume was written in the midst of World War II and unsurprisingly, was banned for a time by the Catholic Church. Wells' anti-church vitriol and condemnation against Pope Pius XI for failing to stop the Holocaust comes through nearly every paragraph. Wells apparently went to his grave unrepentant for having written this screed, so anyone with a bias against the church in general is liable to find a kindred spirit. I would even recommend it to a believer, simply because it gives a glimpse into the mind of a true literary giant.

[Pastor Greg · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another HIDDEN jewel. I reject H.G. Wells political and religious views. But I agree with much he has to say about the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) which operates as a political machine under the guise of the Vatican State. The RCC likes to present itself as a disinterested party only concerned about her religious mission and only involved in politics so far as is necessary for that religious purpose.

HOGWASH.

This is just once voice testify to the truth that the RCC is a political institution with a religious foundation. But that religious foundation is used as a source of power (in sheer numbers and financial strength) used to promote the overall political purpose of the Vatican which is WORLD DOMINATION. And anyone ignoring or rejecting that reality is a blank fool.

I highly encourage you read this. And then this book should be followed up by a reading of, "A Woman Rides the Beast," by Dave Hunt.

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[Tommy · Rating 1 out of 5]

Claims the Catholic church is the primary threat to an emerging "scientific equalitarian order in the world". Like so many "free thinkers" Wells never got much beyond his Protestant prejudice to come up with much original.

[Paul Barnes · Rating 5 out of 5]

[Penguin Books] (1943). SB. 96 Pages. Purchased from Zardoz Books.

Wells, in his 77th year, turns his attention to the Roman Catholic Church and finds it to be ‘substantially wanting’.

It’s hard to imagine a cogent defence against this catalogue of charges, ranging from mass murder, Nazi complicity, nonsense touting and industrial deceit to ‘confusion’ regarding the relative motion of celestial bodies.

[Anne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wells wrote his indictment of the Roman Catholic Church during WWII after serving as Minister of Propoganda. He starts his story of disgust in the early decades of the Christian Era. Mass murders, wars, theft, punitive taxation of the public, hatred and numerous attempts to stifle the rise of Protestantism, collusion with Royalty to keep the public underfoot. Pope Pius XII’s fiddling with Nazism was the last straw. A detailed history lesson that continues today.

[Jakob Larsen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wells was not a happy camper at the time he wrote this.
Understandable, given the history of the church, their entire existence being one prolonged fiasco, if they honestly set out to praise their Lord 😅
And then add Nazis bombing his neighbourhood on top.
I'd have a certain tone to anything I wrote, under those circumstances...
Wells stays on target though, and does so beautifully. Sarcasm is included. Both in the text, and very much between the lines 😇
While his non-fiction isn't as famous as his sci-fi classics, it's definitely worth immersing yourself in it.

[Richard · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is really a fun book, kind of like a response to Robinson’s “ Proofs of a Conspiracy”. Everyone should read this book. And stay on Wells’ good side.

[Jeff Foster · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing book and facts. This book should be read by everyone in America. Who is writing the sequel?