An Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern, Volume 5T. Cadell, 1826 - Church history |
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... give a new , degree of stability to the tottering grandeur of the papacy . They were begun by Gregory XV . , who , by the advice of his confessor Narni , founded at Rome , in 1622 , the famous Congregation for the Propagation of the ...
... give a new , degree of stability to the tottering grandeur of the papacy . They were begun by Gregory XV . , who , by the advice of his confessor Narni , founded at Rome , in 1622 , the famous Congregation for the Propagation of the ...
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... give a specious color to their own proceedings . But all their stratagems were ineffectual . The court of Rome was informed of their odious frauds ; and this information was , by no means , looked upon as groundless . Many circumstances ...
... give a specious color to their own proceedings . But all their stratagems were ineffectual . The court of Rome was informed of their odious frauds ; and this information was , by no means , looked upon as groundless . Many circumstances ...
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... give themselves out for inhabit- ants of the northern regions , are said to have con- verted a prodigious number of Indians to Christianity ; and , if common report may be credited , the congre- gations which they have already founded ...
... give themselves out for inhabit- ants of the northern regions , are said to have con- verted a prodigious number of Indians to Christianity ; and , if common report may be credited , the congre- gations which they have already founded ...
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... give an account of the success of their missions . In these productions , the virtues and talents of this emperor , which seem indeed to be universally acknowleged , are described and celebrated with peculiar encomiums . CENT . XVII ...
... give an account of the success of their missions . In these productions , the virtues and talents of this emperor , which seem indeed to be universally acknowleged , are described and celebrated with peculiar encomiums . CENT . XVII ...
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... give a specious color to these facts , and use all their artifice and eloquence to justify what they cannot deny . Other articles of these com- plaints they treat as groundless , and as the fictions of calumny , invented with no other ...
... give a specious color to these facts , and use all their artifice and eloquence to justify what they cannot deny . Other articles of these com- plaints they treat as groundless , and as the fictions of calumny , invented with no other ...
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Page 53 - ... me that I took my petition as granted, and that I had the sign I demanded, whereupon also I resolved to print my book. This, how strange soever it may seem, I protest before the eternal God is true, neither am I any way superstitiously deceived herein, since I did not only clearly hear the noise, but in the serenest sky that ever I saw, being without all cloud, did to my thinking see the place from whence it came.
Page 352 - Protestant Subjects dissenting from the Church of England from the Penalties of certain Laws...
Page 53 - O thou eternal God, author of the light which now shines upon me, and giver of all inward illuminations, I do beseech thee, of thy infinite goodness, to pardon a greater request than a sinner ought to make ; I am not satisfied enough whether...
Page 49 - Some Passages of the Life and Death of John Earl of Rochester ;" which the critic ought to read for its elegance, the philosopher for its arguments, and the saint for its piety.
Page 345 - As to what appertains to soundness of judgment in matters of faith, we esteem it sufficient that a church acknowledge the scriptures to be the word of God, the perfect and only rule of faith and practice, and own either the doctrinal part of those commonly called the articles of the church of England, or the confession or catechisms, shorter or larger compiled by the assembly at Westminster, or the confession agreed on at the Savoy, to be agreeable to the said rule.
Page 433 - ... in one visible universal church, or kingdom, before the dissolution of this earthly globe. This prediction she delivered with a peculiar degree of confidence, from a notion that her Philadelphian Society was the true kingdom of Christ, in which alone the divine Spirit resided and reigned.
Page 209 - Eucharist, and the real conversion of the bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ...
Page 53 - If it be for thy glory, I beseech thee give me some sign from heaven; if not, I shall suppress it.
Page 376 - That Jesus Christ, by his death and sufferings, made an atonement for the sins of all mankind in general, and of every individual in particular ; that, however, none but those who believe in him can be partakers of their divine benefit.
Page 61 - Haye ; augmentée de beaucoup de particularités tirées d'une vie manuscrite de ce philosophe , faite par un de ses amis.