History of English Literature: Wyclif, Chaucer, earliest drama, renaissance, tr. by W. C. RobinsonG. Belland sons, 1901 - English literature |
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... to the whole , since the contents form the groundwork of his system , he treats of the " Divine Dominion , " i . e . , of God as the Creator , Pre- server , and Ruler of the world . He then 12 PRELUDE TO REFORMATION AND RENAISSANCE .
... to the whole , since the contents form the groundwork of his system , he treats of the " Divine Dominion , " i . e . , of God as the Creator , Pre- server , and Ruler of the world . He then 12 PRELUDE TO REFORMATION AND RENAISSANCE .
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... treats in succession of the " Truth of the Holy Scriptures , " of the church and its relation to the state , of the power of the Pope , and finally of Simony , Apostasy , Blasphemy - the chief evils from which the church was then ...
... treats in succession of the " Truth of the Holy Scriptures , " of the church and its relation to the state , of the power of the Pope , and finally of Simony , Apostasy , Blasphemy - the chief evils from which the church was then ...
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... treats " of the Church . " In the second chapter of that book he wrote : " Blessed be the Lord of our Mother ( the Church ) , who in these days has given to our Virgin Pilgrim a Cath- olic head , an evangelical man , in Urban VI . , who ...
... treats " of the Church . " In the second chapter of that book he wrote : " Blessed be the Lord of our Mother ( the Church ) , who in these days has given to our Virgin Pilgrim a Cath- olic head , an evangelical man , in Urban VI . , who ...
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... treats first of God ; then of the world ; thirdly , of virtue , sin , and salvation ; fourthly , of the sac- raments , of the servants of the church , especially of the mendicant , friars , and of the end of all things . To make the ...
... treats first of God ; then of the world ; thirdly , of virtue , sin , and salvation ; fourthly , of the sac- raments , of the servants of the church , especially of the mendicant , friars , and of the end of all things . To make the ...
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... treat of dogmatic and moral questions relating to the church and church reform , worship and the sacrament of the altar , Pope and prelates , parsons and the " poor priests " -and all these discussed by turns in Latin or in English ...
... treat of dogmatic and moral questions relating to the church and church reform , worship and the sacrament of the altar , Pope and prelates , parsons and the " poor priests " -and all these discussed by turns in Latin or in English ...
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