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... whole reign . He encouraged in- quiry after the suspected and inflicted every punishment . He cen- sured the enthusiasm of the martyrs , yet not himself free from the charge of superstition , though adorned by many virtues 202-211 The ...
... whole reign . He encouraged in- quiry after the suspected and inflicted every punishment . He cen- sured the enthusiasm of the martyrs , yet not himself free from the charge of superstition , though adorned by many virtues 202-211 The ...
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... whole , unfavourable to the progress of religion CHAPTER V. - On the Heresies of the First Three Centuries . The original meaning of the word heresy is choice ; it passed from philosophy into religion ; and various senses , no longer ...
... whole , unfavourable to the progress of religion CHAPTER V. - On the Heresies of the First Three Centuries . The original meaning of the word heresy is choice ; it passed from philosophy into religion ; and various senses , no longer ...
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... whole hierarchy to look to Rome only as its head • • 236 286 The objects and some of the contents of the False Decretals 1082 Henry advanced to Rome , and after two repulses , in two successive years , obtained possession of the city ...
... whole hierarchy to look to Rome only as its head • • 236 286 The objects and some of the contents of the False Decretals 1082 Henry advanced to Rome , and after two repulses , in two successive years , obtained possession of the city ...
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... whole , probable that the conclave , uninfluenced , would have chosen an Italian • A Neapolitan , the archbishop of Bari , was at last elected , and took the name of Urban VI . A man of exalted reputation and severe temper ; he began ...
... whole , probable that the conclave , uninfluenced , would have chosen an Italian • A Neapolitan , the archbishop of Bari , was at last elected , and took the name of Urban VI . A man of exalted reputation and severe temper ; he began ...
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... whole was greatly favourable to religious excellence ; ( 2 ) the lower orders of the Clergy , where the great mass of the piety of the Church doubtless resided , are necessarily condemned to obscurity , while the more ambitious and less ...
... whole was greatly favourable to religious excellence ; ( 2 ) the lower orders of the Clergy , where the great mass of the piety of the Church doubtless resided , are necessarily condemned to obscurity , while the more ambitious and less ...
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Page 260 - And I saw an Angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, and cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
Page 298 - I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Page 507 - And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
Page 567 - And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as a heathen man and a publican.
Page 436 - See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
Page 31 - From these facts, it is evident, that, first, about the end of the second, and the beginning of the third century...
Page 152 - ... for the bodies of the holy Apostles, Peter and Paul, are so resplendent with miracles and terrific prodigies in their own Churches, that no one can approach them without great awe, even for the purpose of adoring them. When my predecessor, of happy memory, wished to change some silver ornament which was placed over the most holy body of St. Peter, though at the distance of almost fifteen feet, a warning of no small terror appeared to him. Even I myself wished to make some alteration near the...
Page 163 - Whether the divine law did not permit a valiant and warlike people to dethrone a pusillanimous and indolent monarch, who was incapable of discharging any of the functions of royalty, and to substitute in his place one more worthy to rule, and who had already rendered most important services to the state?
Page 13 - ... at length these men, though really criminal, and deserving exemplary punishment, began to be commiserated as people who were destroyed, not out of regard to the public welfare, but only to gratify the cruelty of one man" ("Annals,
Page 10 - ... every rank, of both sexes likewise, are accused, and will be accused. Nor has the contagion of this superstition seized cities only, but the lesser towns also, and the open country.