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Page 136
But scarcely had a year passed from Colet ' s death than the whole heavens were
overcast by it , and Christendom was suddenly involved , by the madness of her
rulers , in all the terrors of a religious convulsion , which threatened to shake ...
But scarcely had a year passed from Colet ' s death than the whole heavens were
overcast by it , and Christendom was suddenly involved , by the madness of her
rulers , in all the terrors of a religious convulsion , which threatened to shake ...
Page 172
The most pregnant sentence in the whole letter above quoted is the last one ,
wherein he states openly that he does not deem it for his own best interests to
antagonize the German princes who were Luther ' s friends . Here we see one of
the ...
The most pregnant sentence in the whole letter above quoted is the last one ,
wherein he states openly that he does not deem it for his own best interests to
antagonize the German princes who were Luther ' s friends . Here we see one of
the ...
Page 193
All that we can say for certain is that it was a strange silence at a moment when
the whole world was talking both favorably and adversely of Luther , and to a
lesser degree of Erasmus , and we are inclined to the opinion that Lord Mountjoy
' s ...
All that we can say for certain is that it was a strange silence at a moment when
the whole world was talking both favorably and adversely of Luther , and to a
lesser degree of Erasmus , and we are inclined to the opinion that Lord Mountjoy
' s ...
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Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 5 |
QUARREL With LEE | 17 |
CONTROVERSY With STUNCIA | 47 |
Copyright | |
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