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 156
... societies of that sort . On which account I judged it the more necessary to inquire , by torture , from two females , who were said to be deaconesses , what is the real truth . But nothing could I collect , except a depraved and ex ...
... societies of that sort . On which account I judged it the more necessary to inquire , by torture , from two females , who were said to be deaconesses , what is the real truth . But nothing could I collect , except a depraved and ex ...
Page 197
... society ; but in the east , multitudes gave themselves up to the wildest phrenzy - living more like savage animals than rational men . The increase of the monks in succeeding centuries , their aus- terities , superstitions and frauds ...
... society ; but in the east , multitudes gave themselves up to the wildest phrenzy - living more like savage animals than rational men . The increase of the monks in succeeding centuries , their aus- terities , superstitions and frauds ...
Page 198
... society , especially in educating youth . This discipline was exceedingly popular , and the Benedictine order soon swallowed up all others . It was patronised by the Roman pontiffs , and was endowed with immense riches by the opulent ...
... society , especially in educating youth . This discipline was exceedingly popular , and the Benedictine order soon swallowed up all others . It was patronised by the Roman pontiffs , and was endowed with immense riches by the opulent ...
Page 199
... societies , viz : the Dominicans , and Fran- ciscans , the Carmelites , or followers of the prophet Elijah , and the hermits of St. Augustine . The head of the first was Domi- nic , a Spaniard , austere , violent , overbearing ...
... societies , viz : the Dominicans , and Fran- ciscans , the Carmelites , or followers of the prophet Elijah , and the hermits of St. Augustine . The head of the first was Domi- nic , a Spaniard , austere , violent , overbearing ...
Page 239
... society , who read and thought , they were puffed up with a sense of their own excellence , by the Aristotelian philosophy , which was then prevalent in the schools , and which would write foolishness upon the doctrine of salvation by a ...
... society , who read and thought , they were puffed up with a sense of their own excellence , by the Aristotelian philosophy , which was then prevalent in the schools , and which would write foolishness upon the doctrine of salvation by a ...
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