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2761 History of Protestantism (contents), p. 2 (James Aitken Wylie)

… Parliament 119 Chapter 13: Wicliffe Before Convocation in Person, and Before the Roman Curia by Letter 122 Chapter 14: Wicliffe’s Last Days 124 Chapter 15 …

2762 History of Protestantism, vol. 1, p. 119 (James Aitken Wylie)

Chapter 12: Wicliffe’s Appeal to Parliament

2763 History of Protestantism, vol. 1

Parliament meets—Wicliffe appears, and demands a Sweeping Reform—His Propositions touching the Monastic Orders—The Church’sTemporalities—Transubstantiation—His growing Boldness—His Views find an echo in Parliament—The Persecuting Edict Repealed

2764 History of Protestantism, vol. 1

Picture: High Street of Oxford (time of Wicliffe)

2765 History of Protestantism, vol. 1

Picture: Wicliffe before the Convocation at Oxford

2766 History of Protestantism, vol. 1, p. 119.1 (James Aitken Wylie)

The Parliament met on the 19th November, 1382. Wicliffe could now prosecute his appeal to the king against the sentence of the university court, condemning …

2767 History of Protestantism, vol. 1, p. 119.2 (James Aitken Wylie)

The complaint presented by Wicliffe touched on four heads, and on each it demanded a very sweeping measure of reform. The first grievance to be abated or abolished …

2768 History of Protestantism, vol. 1, p. 119.3 (James Aitken Wylie)

The second part of the complaint had reference to the temporalities of the Church. The corruption and inefficiency of the clergy, Wicliffe traced largely …

2769 History of Protestantism, vol. 1, p. 119.4 (James Aitken Wylie)

The last part of the paper went deeper. It touched on doctrine, and on that doctrine which occupies a central place in the Romish system - transubstantiation …

2771 History of Protestantism, vol. 1, p. 412.1 (James Aitken Wylie)

… ., Epist. 119., Ad Januarium. Sulp. Severus, Vit. Martini, cap. 11; apud Ruchat, 1:17.

2775 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 119.1 (James Aitken Wylie)

There is one submission that pains us more than all the others. It is that of Melancthon. Melancthon and the Wittemberg divines, laying down the general principle …

2776 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 119.2 (James Aitken Wylie)

But amid so many prostrate one man stood nobly erect. John Frederick of Saxony, despite the suffering and ignominy that weighed upon him, refused to accept …

2777 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 119.3 (James Aitken Wylie)

Believing Roman Catholicism to be the basis of his power, and that should Germany fall in two on the question of religion, his Empire would depart, Charles …

2778 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 119.4 (James Aitken Wylie)

It was at this moment, when his glory was in its noon, that the whole aspect of affairs around the emperor suddenly changed. As if some malign star had begun to rule, not a friend or ally had he who did not now turn against him.

2779 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 119.5 (James Aitken Wylie)

It was at Rome that the first signs of the gathering storm appeared. The accession of power which his conquests in Germany had brought the emperor alarmed …

2780 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 119.6 (James Aitken Wylie)

Paul III., therefore, recalled the numerous contingent he had sent to the imperial army to aid in chastising the heretics. The next step of the Pope was to order …