An Epitome of General Ecclesiastical History: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. With an Appendix, Giving a Condensed History of the Jews from the Destruction of Jerusalem to the Present Day. Illustrated with Maps and Engravings |
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Page 176
... clergy were cast into prison , and given up to the most insupportable punishments , the rulers hoping , that if the pastors renounced Christianity , the people would follow them . Vast numbers of learned and excellent men fell a prey to ...
... clergy were cast into prison , and given up to the most insupportable punishments , the rulers hoping , that if the pastors renounced Christianity , the people would follow them . Vast numbers of learned and excellent men fell a prey to ...
Page 185
... clergy the yoke of perpetual ce- libacy , but did not succeed . Something of the fear of God , and a spirit of discipline , was , therefore , existing . And how could it be otherwise ? It was a council of martyrs , Many of them had ...
... clergy the yoke of perpetual ce- libacy , but did not succeed . Something of the fear of God , and a spirit of discipline , was , therefore , existing . And how could it be otherwise ? It was a council of martyrs , Many of them had ...
Page 187
... continually the ob- ject of ridicule , calling them Galileans ; shut up their schools ; took from them their civil and religious privileges ; broke up the clergy by depriving them of their incomes , and 16 CHAP. 6. ...
... continually the ob- ject of ridicule , calling them Galileans ; shut up their schools ; took from them their civil and religious privileges ; broke up the clergy by depriving them of their incomes , and 16 CHAP. 6. ...
Page 188
... clergy by depriving them of their incomes , and burdening them with taxes and civil duties ; befriended the Jews ; reform ed the morality of Paganism to make it acceptable to the pious and used every ensnaring artifice to draw over the ...
... clergy by depriving them of their incomes , and burdening them with taxes and civil duties ; befriended the Jews ; reform ed the morality of Paganism to make it acceptable to the pious and used every ensnaring artifice to draw over the ...
Page 206
... clergy were incapable of reading the Apostle's creed . Even the bishops in general were unable to compose any thing like a sermon , and delivered to the people insipid homilies , which they had taken from the writings of Augustin and ...
... clergy were incapable of reading the Apostle's creed . Even the bishops in general were unable to compose any thing like a sermon , and delivered to the people insipid homilies , which they had taken from the writings of Augustin and ...
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