The Life of John CalvinHarper & Brothers, 1855 - 458 páginas |
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... seems to have been at first his only object . Step by step he was led to further reforms ; but at the outset of his career , he appears to have formed no clear and definite notion of the extent to which he should push them ; and in one ...
... seems to have been at first his only object . Step by step he was led to further reforms ; but at the outset of his career , he appears to have formed no clear and definite notion of the extent to which he should push them ; and in one ...
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... seems occa- sionally to have preached . These preferments , the last of which Calvin obtained through the Abbot of St. Eloi , a mem- ber of the Mommor family , afford strong proof of the lax dis- cipline at that time prevailing in the ...
... seems occa- sionally to have preached . These preferments , the last of which Calvin obtained through the Abbot of St. Eloi , a mem- ber of the Mommor family , afford strong proof of the lax dis- cipline at that time prevailing in the ...
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... seems also to have been confirmed in his inclination toward Protestantism , which now began to show itself openly . Calvin represents himself in his earlier years as a pertinacious and devoted bigot to the superstitions of Popery , and ...
... seems also to have been confirmed in his inclination toward Protestantism , which now began to show itself openly . Calvin represents himself in his earlier years as a pertinacious and devoted bigot to the superstitions of Popery , and ...
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... seems probable that , in a man of his stu- dious and reflective habits , so marked a transition must have been some time preparing . Be this as it may , Calvin_now began openly to preach the Reformed doctrines , not only at Bourges but ...
... seems probable that , in a man of his stu- dious and reflective habits , so marked a transition must have been some time preparing . Be this as it may , Calvin_now began openly to preach the Reformed doctrines , not only at Bourges but ...
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... seems not im- probable that religion might have experienced a different fate in France . The influence of the sovereign in determining the creed of his subjects is a fact that must have struck most readers of the history of those times ...
... seems not im- probable that religion might have experienced a different fate in France . The influence of the sovereign in determining the creed of his subjects is a fact that must have struck most readers of the history of those times ...
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Página 308 - Therefore watch, and remember that by the space of three years, I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.
Página 221 - Nay, but O man, who art thou that repliest against God ? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus...
Página 226 - Which of you convinceth me of sin ? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? He that is of God heareth God's words : ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
Página 295 - shall now contend that it is unjust to put heretics and blasphemers to death, will knowingly and willingly incur their very guilt.
Página 57 - It was a piteous thing," she says, "to see this holy company in such a plight, so overcome with fatigue and grief that several swooned by the way. It was rainy weather, and all were obliged to walk through muddy roads, except four poor invalids who were in a carriage. There were six poor old women who had taken their vows more than sixteen years before. Two of these, who were past sixty-six, and had never seen( anything of the world, fainted away repeatedly. They could not bear the wind ; and when...
Página 438 - This feeling particularly betrayed itself where Calvin's literary reputation, or his authority as a teacher, was concerned ; for these were the instruments of his power and influence. He loved Castellio till their views began to clash, and then he pursued him with the most unrelenting malignity. Though acquainted with the views of Socinus and the other Italian Antitrinitarians, he tolerated those heretics so long as they flattered him ; but when he discovered that this flattery was a mere cloak and...
Página 134 - To those who imagine that Calvin did nothing but good, I could produce our registers, covered with records of illegitimate children, which were exposed in all parts of the town and country ; hideous trials for obscenity ; wills, in which fathers and mothers accuse their children not only of errors but of crimes ; agreements before notaries between young women...
Página 259 - He offers to come hither if I will allow him ; but I am unwilling to give any pledge ; for if he does come, and my authority be of any avail, I will never suffer him to depart alive...
Página 118 - For wherever we find the word of God purely preached and heard, and the sacraments administered according to the institution of Christ; there, it is not to be doubted, is a Church of God...
Página 243 - Calice, he utterly denieth that ever he taught or said that the very body and blood of Christ was not presently in the sacrament of the altar, and confesseth the same to be there really; but he saith, that the controversy between him and the prior was, by cause he confuted the opinion of the transubstantiation, and therein I think he taught but the truth.