| Bible - 1799 - 204 pages
...million of volumes, did not contain twenty. « SM Clwke'z Succeuion of Sacred Literature, ToL ipH7. Shortly afterwards, Charles the Fifth increased it...education children were made to read it; that in their Bermons the ministers of the church regularly explained it to their flocks; that the sacred text of... | |
| Early English newspapers - 1814 - 786 pages
...prosperously towards it. For Fenelon is quoted with applause, when he says, it " is incontestable, that in the first ages of the Church, the laity read the Holy Scriplures. It is clear as daylight, that all people read the Bible and Liturgy in their native languages... | |
| Charles Butler - Church history - 1816 - 228 pages
...Arras, (Oeuvres Spirituels de Fenelon, 8 vo. Tom. 4. p. 241.) "I think," says the illustrious prelate, "that much trouble has been taken in our times very...church, the laity read the holy scriptures. It is clear as daylight, that all people read the Bible and Liturgy in their native languages : that, as... | |
| Charles Butler - Philology - 1817 - 420 pages
...Andrews, Orangestreet, Red-Lion-square, has recently appeared. " I think," says the illustrious prelate, " that much trouble has been taken in our times very unnecessarily, to prove what is incontestable, that, in the first ages of the church the laity read the holy scriptures. It is clear... | |
| Henry Soames - Great Britain - 1826 - 558 pages
...passage from a letter of Fenelon to the bishop of Arras. " I think," says the illustrious prelate, " that much trouble has been taken, in our times, very...unnecessarily, to prove what is incontestible, that all people read die Bible and Liturgy in their native languages ; that, as a part of good education,... | |
| Harriet Martineau - Christianity - 1833 - 186 pages
...from Fenelon to the Bishop of Arras. (CEuvres Spirituels de Fenelon, 8vo. torn. 4, p. 241.) 'I think that much trouble has been taken in our times very unnecessarily, to prove what is incontestible, than in the first ages of the Church the laity read the Holy Scriptures. It is clear as daylight, that... | |
| Harriet Martineau - 1833 - 586 pages
...from Fenelon to the Bishop of Arras. (CEuvres Spirilueh de Fenelon, 8vo. tom. 4, p. 241.) 'I think that much trouble has been taken in our times very unnecessarily, to prove what is incontestible, than in the first ages of the Church the laity read the Holy Scriptures. It is clear as daylight, that... | |
| Harriet Martineau - Christianity - 1833 - 182 pages
...that much trouble has been taken in our times very unnecessarily, to prove what is incontestible, than in the first ages of the Church the laity read the Holy Scriptures. It is clear as daylight, that all people read the Bible and service in their native languages; that as a... | |
| Walter Farquhar Hook - 1836 - 52 pages
...Adrian.— Phelan, ii. 55. 3 His words are worthy of note : " I think," says this illustrious prelate, " that much trouble has been taken in our times very...clear as daylight, that all people read the BIBLE AND LITURGY in their native languages: that as a part of good education, children were made to read... | |
| Walter Farquhar Hook - Sermons, English - 1846 - 300 pages
...the Council of Trent— ' His words are worthy of note: " I think," says this illustrious prelate, "that much trouble has been taken in our times very...clear as daylight, that all people read the BIBLE AND LITURGT in their native languages: that as a part of good education, children were made to read... | |
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