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2221 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 573.3 (James Aitken Wylie)
… more churches than our enemies could have knocked down in ten years.” Returning by forced marches to Orleans in the hope of finding better terms, Coligny arrived …
2222 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 587.2 (James Aitken Wylie)
… Reformed Church was held at La Rochelle (1571). This synod marks the acme of Protestantism in France. To borrow a figure from classic times, the doors of the temple …
2223 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 609.1 (James Aitken Wylie)
… their churches, and then with a firm step, and singing the Psalms of David as they marched onward, they mounted the wall, and looked down with faces undismayed …
2224 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 621.5 (James Aitken Wylie)
… the Church.” Thus the sword was again hung over their heads; and can we blame them if now they formed themselves into a political organization, with a General …
2225 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 33.1 (James Aitken Wylie)
… or Church assembly, for as yet the Church of the Low Countries as an organised body did not exist; it had its beginning with a few private believers and preachers …
2226 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 57.2 (James Aitken Wylie)
… the Church of Rome exercised over the masses. Protestantism had not enlightened the authors of these outrages to the extent of convincing them of its own …
2227 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 65.3 (James Aitken Wylie)
… Protestant churches in course of erection were demolished, and their timbers taken for gallows to hang their builders. Two young gentlewomen of the Province …
2228 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 67.3 (James Aitken Wylie)
… dead bodies were in their graves; the nobles were divided or indifferent; the cities were paralysed by the triumph of the royal arms at Valenciennes; thousands …
2229 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 72.5 (James Aitken Wylie)
… their bodies received Christian burial; the remaining eleven professed the Reformed faith, and their heads stuck on poles, and their bodies fastened to …
2230 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 88.3 (James Aitken Wylie)
… torrents. Churches, monasteries, private dwellings, and public establishments were broken into and pillaged to the last penny. Altars were pulled down, the …
2231 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 102.1 (James Aitken Wylie)
… national churches. No Papist, however, was required to renounce his faith, and full liberty was given him to celebrate his worship in private. Mass, and all the …
2232 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 117.3 (James Aitken Wylie)
… great body of the Flemings to the Church of Rome, that they were resolved “to die rather than renounce their faith.” This made the patriotic project which William …
2233 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 123.4 (James Aitken Wylie)
… a body of new senators was elected and installed in office, and all the churches were closed during a week. They were then opened to the Reformed by the magistrates …
2234 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 124.2 (James Aitken Wylie)
… Reformed Church met at Dort on the 2nd of June, 1578. This body, in a petition equally distinguished for the strength of its reasonings and the liberality of …
2235 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 125.3 (James Aitken Wylie)
… the Church. Strada, bk. 10., p. 16 Of the transport of his body through France, and its presentation to Philip II. in the Escorial, Strada (bk. 10.) gives a minute but horrible …
2236 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 140.1 (James Aitken Wylie)
… of Church government, or body of ecclesiastical canons, now enacted by the States, the appointment of ministers was lodged in the hands of the magistrates …
2237 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 140.4 (James Aitken Wylie)
… the Church and the efficiency of her pastors. Every minister, in his turn, preached before his brethren; and if his sermon was thought to contain anything contrary …
2238 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 141.1 (James Aitken Wylie)
… the Church machinery; and so the canons bid the magistrates take care “that fit and godly stewards be appointed, who understand how to assist the poor according …
2239 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 152.3 (James Aitken Wylie)
… Protestant Church. It is alike famous whether we regard the numbers, or the learning, or the eloquence of its members. It met at a great crisis, and it was called …
2240 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 153.2 (James Aitken Wylie)
… Protestant Churches without division or dissent, the article of the Eucharist excepted, until Arminius arose. The decision of the Synod condemned the opinions …