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... Church and the Em- pire . It was fostered and invigorated by their disputes . In the twelfth cen- tury it attained its full vigour , and , after a long and doubtful conflict , triumphed over the abilities and courage of the Swabian ...
... Church and the Em- pire . It was fostered and invigorated by their disputes . In the twelfth cen- tury it attained its full vigour , and , after a long and doubtful conflict , triumphed over the abilities and courage of the Swabian ...
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... Church , abused with all the rancour of simulated virtue , by the tools of a base government , and the priests of a baser superstition . The name of the man whose genius had illuminated all the dark places of policy , and to whose ...
... Church , abused with all the rancour of simulated virtue , by the tools of a base government , and the priests of a baser superstition . The name of the man whose genius had illuminated all the dark places of policy , and to whose ...
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... Church would , as a necessary consequence , have thought himself jus- tified in deposing or assassinating Elizabeth . It is not sufficient to say that the convert must have acknowledged the authority of the Pope , and that the Pope had ...
... Church would , as a necessary consequence , have thought himself jus- tified in deposing or assassinating Elizabeth . It is not sufficient to say that the convert must have acknowledged the authority of the Pope , and that the Pope had ...
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... Church were guilty of religious persecution mean only that the founders of the Church were not influenced by any religious motive , we perfectly agree with them . Neither the penal code of Elizabeth , nor the more hateful system by ...
... Church were guilty of religious persecution mean only that the founders of the Church were not influenced by any religious motive , we perfectly agree with them . Neither the penal code of Elizabeth , nor the more hateful system by ...
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... Church . The scheme was merely to transfer the full cup of sorceries from the Babylonian enchantress to other hands , spilling as little as possible by the way . The Catholic doctrines and rites were to be retained in the Church of ...
... Church . The scheme was merely to transfer the full cup of sorceries from the Babylonian enchantress to other hands , spilling as little as possible by the way . The Catholic doctrines and rites were to be retained in the Church of ...
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