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" As the sun and the moon are placed in the firmament," (such is the language of Innocent,) " the greater as the light of the day, and the lesser of the night ; thus are there two powers in the church ; the pontifical, which, as having the charge of souls,... "
The Crusades - Page 154
1799 - 192 pages
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View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages, Volume 2

Henry Hallam - 1818 - 670 pages
...an inherent attriKCCI.ES. bute of the papacy. " As the sun and the moon are placed in the POWER. . , firmament," (such is the language of Innocent,) "...of the day, and the lesser of the night ; thus are there two powers in the church ; the pontifical, which, as having the charge of souls, is the greater,...
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View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages, Volume 2

Henry Hallam - Europe - 1822 - 530 pages
...been received, at least among churchmen, as an inherent attribute of the papacy. " As the sun and the moon are placed in the firmament," (such is the language...of the day, and the lesser of the night; thus are there two powers in the church ; the pontifical, which, as having the charge of souls, is the greater;...
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A History of the Church, from the Earliest Ages to the Reformation

George Waddington - Church history - 1831 - 794 pages
...lie was determined to act like a sovereign.' ' As the sun and the moon are placed in the firmament, the greater as the light of the day and the lesser of the night, so are there two powers in the church, the pontifical, which, as having the charge of souls, is the...
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Ecclesiastical history, a course of lectures, Volume 2

William Jones - 1838 - 708 pages
...attribute of the papacy. " As the sun and the moon are placed in the firmament," says the pontiff, " the greater as the light of the day, and the lesser of the night ; thus are there two powers in the church — the pontifical, which, as having the charge of souls, is the greater...
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The History of Romanism: from the Earliest Corruptions of Christianity to ...

John Dowling - Papacy - 1845 - 698 pages
...attribute of the papacy. " As the sun and the moon are placed in*the firmament," says the pontiff, "the greater as the light of the day, and the lesser of the night ; thus are there two powers in the church — the pontifical, which, as having the charge of souls, is the greater...
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View of the state of Europe during the Middle ages. 2 vols. [with ..., Volume 1

Henry Hallam - 1846 - 610 pages
...received, at least, tcnS™" among churchmen, as an inherent attribute of the papacy. " As the sun and the moon are placed in the firmament," (such is the language...of the day, and the lesser of the night ; thus are there two powers in the church ; the pontifical, which, as having the charge of souls, is the greater...
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The Union magazine, Volume 1

1846 - 708 pages
...command " — who boldly and openly asserted that " as the sun and moon are placed in the firmament, the greater as the light of the day, and the lesser of the night, so are these two powers in the church, the pontifical, which, as having the charge of souls is the...
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The Christian advocate and Scotch baptist repository, Volume 2

1850 - 806 pages
...from his well-known .lofty illustration, that. " As the sun and the moon are placed in the firmament, the greater as the light of the day, and the lesser of the night, so are there two powers in the church the pontifical, which, as having the charge of souls is the greater...
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The United Presbyterian Magazine, Volume 5

1851 - 636 pages
...Papacy. As the sun and the moon are placed in the firmament (such is the language of Innocent himself), the greater as the light of the day, and the lesser of the night, thus are there two powers in the church — the pontifical, which, as having the charge of souls is the greater,...
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The Lives of the Popes from A.D. 100 to A.D. 1853

Papacy - 1853 - 566 pages
...See." On another occasion he asserted, that " as the sun and the moon are placed in the firmament, the greater as the light of the day and the lesser of the night, so are there two powers in the Church, the pontifical, which, as having the charge of souk, K the greater;...
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