Savonarola, Erasmus, and Other Essays |
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... Holy See Schism among the Protestants . Policy of the Papacy Counter - revolution in favour of Catholicism Its Effect on ecclesiastical Architecture Jesuit Churches in Southern Germany The Pope Head of the Catholic Confederacy Schemes ...
... Holy See Schism among the Protestants . Policy of the Papacy Counter - revolution in favour of Catholicism Its Effect on ecclesiastical Architecture Jesuit Churches in Southern Germany The Pope Head of the Catholic Confederacy Schemes ...
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... holy , single - minded Christian preacher ? heaven- commissioned prophet ? wonder - working saint ? martyr , only wanting the canonization which was his due ? Was he the turbulent , priestly demagogue , who desecrated his holy office by ...
... holy , single - minded Christian preacher ? heaven- commissioned prophet ? wonder - working saint ? martyr , only wanting the canonization which was his due ? Was he the turbulent , priestly demagogue , who desecrated his holy office by ...
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... Holy Scriptures . But it was not his heart alone which found its rest and consolation in the simple truths and peaceful promises of the Gospel . It was the bold and startling imagery , the living figures , the terrible denunciatory ...
... Holy Scriptures . But it was not his heart alone which found its rest and consolation in the simple truths and peaceful promises of the Gospel . It was the bold and startling imagery , the living figures , the terrible denunciatory ...
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... holy aim , and in the ex- clusive and absorbing pursuit of that aim sometimes to pass over the imperceptible boundary of prudence and reason : if conscious of the undoubted mission of all good men , and especially of all in holy orders ...
... holy aim , and in the ex- clusive and absorbing pursuit of that aim sometimes to pass over the imperceptible boundary of prudence and reason : if conscious of the undoubted mission of all good men , and especially of all in holy orders ...
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... holy Savonarola cast his eyes abroad upon that Church , in which he hoped to find the spirit , the sanctity of the Lord and his apostles . The successor of Sixtus IV . was Innocent VIII . ( Cibo ) . The poetical pasquinades of the day ...
... holy Savonarola cast his eyes abroad upon that Church , in which he hoped to find the spirit , the sanctity of the Lord and his apostles . The successor of Sixtus IV . was Innocent VIII . ( Cibo ) . The poetical pasquinades of the day ...
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Page 120 - And they, who to be sure of Paradise, Dying, put on the weeds of Dominic, Or in Franciscan think to pass disguised.
Page 355 - Vergine bella, che di sol vestita, coronata di stelle, al sommo Sole piacesti sģ che 'n te sua luce ascose, amor mi spinge a dir di te parole; ma non so 'ncominciar senza tu' aita e di colui ch'amando in te si pose.
Page 116 - Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age, And drove those holy Vandals off the stage. But see! each Muse, in Leo's golden days, Starts from her trance, and trims her withered bays; Rome's ancient genius, o'er its ruins spread, Shakes off the dust, and rears his reverend head.
Page 357 - Thus, there was a wonder in Heaven; a throne was seen far above all created powers, mediatorial, intercessory, a title archetypal, a crown bright as the morning star, a glory issuing from the eternal throne, robes pure as the heavens, and a sceptre over all.
Page 448 - Thence to the gates cast round thine eye, and see What conflux issuing forth, or entering in, Praetors, proconsuls to their provinces Hasting, or on return, in robes of state ; Lictors and rods, the ensigns of their power, Legions and cohorts, turms of horse and wings ; Or embassies from regions far remote, In various habits, on the Appian road...
Page 452 - ... di faciant, mea ne terra locet ossa frequenti, qua facit assiduo tramite vulgus iter ! post mortem tumuli sic infamantur amantum. me tegat arborea devia terra coma, aut humer ignotae cumulis vallatus harenae : non iuvat in media nomen habere via.
Page 399 - It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary, the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles.
Page 20 - It is not for you to know the times or the seasons which the Father has put in his own power.
Page 31 - O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived; thou art stronger than I, and thou hast prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all the day; every one mocks me. For whenever I speak, I cry out, I shout, "Violence and destruction!
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