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... bishop must take any part in a capital charge . From this exceptional position of the clergy they speedily acquired the position of official intercessors for 1 Nieupoort , De Ritibus Ro- manorum , p . 169 . 2 See a very unequivocal pas ...
... bishop must take any part in a capital charge . From this exceptional position of the clergy they speedily acquired the position of official intercessors for 1 Nieupoort , De Ritibus Ro- manorum , p . 169 . 2 See a very unequivocal pas ...
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... bishop , under any circumstances , to countenance bloodshed . It was on this ground that St. Augustine , while ... bishops , who had caused some Priscillianists to be executed . I have elsewhere noticed the odious hypocrisy of the later ...
... bishop , under any circumstances , to countenance bloodshed . It was on this ground that St. Augustine , while ... bishops , who had caused some Priscillianists to be executed . I have elsewhere noticed the odious hypocrisy of the later ...
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... bishop of Prague at the end of the tenth century , was especially famous for his opposition to the slave trade . In Sweden , the abolition of slavery in the thirteenth century was avow- edly accomplished in obedience to Christian ...
... bishop of Prague at the end of the tenth century , was especially famous for his opposition to the slave trade . In Sweden , the abolition of slavery in the thirteenth century was avow- edly accomplished in obedience to Christian ...
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... bishops to emancipate vol . i . p . 241 . 2 Moehler , p . 181 . 3'Non v'era anticamente signor secolare , vescovo , abbate , capitolo di canonici e monistero che non avesse al suo servigio molti servi . Molto frequentemente solevano i ...
... bishops to emancipate vol . i . p . 241 . 2 Moehler , p . 181 . 3'Non v'era anticamente signor secolare , vescovo , abbate , capitolo di canonici e monistero che non avesse al suo servigio molti servi . Molto frequentemente solevano i ...
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... Bishop of Amida , undeterred by the bitter hostility of the Persians to Christi- anity , and declaring that God had no need of plates or dishes , ' sold all the rich church ornaments of his diocese , rescued the unbelieving prisoners ...
... Bishop of Amida , undeterred by the bitter hostility of the Persians to Christi- anity , and declaring that God had no need of plates or dishes , ' sold all the rich church ornaments of his diocese , rescued the unbelieving prisoners ...
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