Pornocracy

pornocracy English Proper noun the Pornocracy en Roman Catholicism historical en pornocracy. en Jean-Henri Merle d’Aubigné Art. VII.—Dr Merle D’Aubigne on the Council and Infallibility. The Council and Infallibility: An Address Delivered at Geneva, 10th December 1869, by M. Merle D’Aubigne, D.D. Paris: Michel Levy, 1870. The British and Foreign Evangelical Review London James Nisbet & Co., Berners Street; Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd July 1870 XIX LXXIII 591 https://books.google.com/books?id=KQ8EAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA591 5899908 Monsters of impurity, avaricious wretches, poisoners, have occupied the papal see. A learned bishop (Maret of the General Council) expresses himself with holy indignation in reference to the frightful enormities of the tenth century. This epoch deserves to be designated under the title of the Pornocracy; that is to say, the governmentof prostitutes, for Theodora, Marozia, and other ladies of rank at that time, placed on the pontifical throne their paramours and their sons, who were no better than themselves.