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... obtaining almost unlimited control over the temporal and spiritual affairs of Europe . Kings and emperors knelt at ... obtained at once , or that it was never called in question . The popes advanced to their lofty station by successive ...
... obtaining almost unlimited control over the temporal and spiritual affairs of Europe . Kings and emperors knelt at ... obtained at once , or that it was never called in question . The popes advanced to their lofty station by successive ...
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... obtained salvation must endure a temporal punishment for their transgressions , either by performing here certain penances , inflicted by the church , or by suffering the pains of purga- tory in another world . From this latter retribu ...
... obtained salvation must endure a temporal punishment for their transgressions , either by performing here certain penances , inflicted by the church , or by suffering the pains of purga- tory in another world . From this latter retribu ...
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... the Elector of Saxony to obtain his assistance in securing the person of the heretic . Frederic was a man of much caution , and not prepared as yet to support the reformer openly ; but he was 20 SKETCH OF THE REFORMATION .
... the Elector of Saxony to obtain his assistance in securing the person of the heretic . Frederic was a man of much caution , and not prepared as yet to support the reformer openly ; but he was 20 SKETCH OF THE REFORMATION .
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... assembly , every sovereign prince and state of the Germanic body had a right to be present , to deliberate and to vote . The decrees or Recesses of the Diet , were Having obtained assurances of his safety from the Emperor , LUTHER . 21.
... assembly , every sovereign prince and state of the Germanic body had a right to be present , to deliberate and to vote . The decrees or Recesses of the Diet , were Having obtained assurances of his safety from the Emperor , LUTHER . 21.
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... obtained an hereditary title to the great offices of State , acquired the exclusive privilege of nominating the Emperor , and they were dignified with the appellation of Electors . " The Elector of Saxony was one of the seven princes ...
... obtained an hereditary title to the great offices of State , acquired the exclusive privilege of nominating the Emperor , and they were dignified with the appellation of Electors . " The Elector of Saxony was one of the seven princes ...
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Page 232 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 181 - I find his Grace my very good Lord indeed, and I believe he doth as singularly favour me as any subject within this realm ; howbeit, son Roper, I may tell thee, I have no cause to be proud thereof ; for if my head would win him a castle in France (for then there was war between us) it should not fail to go.
Page 175 - When this answer was brought, the king said in a great passion, " Yea, is he yet so lusty ? Well, let the pope send him a hat when he will, Mother of God, he shall wear it on his shoulders then ; for I will leave him never a head to set it on.
Page 166 - Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, He would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Page 29 - Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona ; for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Page 220 - Seeing some about him, he seemed troubled that they were so near, and had heard him ; but with a pleasant countenance, he said he had been praying to God. And soon after, the pangs of death coming upon him, he said to Sir Henry Sidney, who was holding him in his arms, ' I am faint ; Lord have mercy on me, and receive my spirit ;' and so he breathed out his innocent soul.
Page 177 - ... it would be both great grief and some shame also to the eldest to see her younger sister preferred before her in marriage, he then, of a certain pity, framed his fancy toward her, and soon after married her...
Page 181 - When he perceived so much in his talk to delight, that he could not once in a month get leave to go home to his wife and children (whose company he most desired) and to be absent from the Court two days together, but that he should be thither sent for again, he much misliking this restraint of liberty, began thereupon somewhat to dissemble his nature, and so by little and little from his former mirth to disuse himself, that he was of them from thenceforth no more so ordinarily sent for.
Page 187 - Pluck up thy spirits, man, and be not afraid to do thine office. My neck is very short. Take heed therefore thou strike not awry, for saving of thine honesty.
Page 20 - Martin," was the reply he made, " is a man of very fine genius, and these squabbles are the mere effusions of monastic envy." But his Holiness soon found it necessary to abandon his wit and tone of indifference. The matter was found to be serious. Not only the venders of indulgences cried out against the man who had interrupted their traffic, but even the Emperor, Maximilian I.