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Christianity compared with popery; a lecture

J. Eggleston - Anti-Catholicism - 1848 - 78 pages
...the fourth rule of the Congregation of the Index we have this authoritative statement:— " It is in this point referred to the judgment of the Bishops or Inquisitors, who may by the advices of the Priest or Confessor permit the reading of the Bible translated into the vulgar tongue...
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The Church of England quarterly review, Volume 23

1848 - 526 pages
...pretext above assigned — viz., that, if translations be indiscriminately allowed in the vulgar tongue, "the temerity of men will cause more evil than good to arise from it," is no just reason for depriving the people of the Word of Life : for — 1. Errors and heresies are...
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The pope's cabinet unlocked, by the author of 'Gerald'.

Gorges Lowther - 1849 - 216 pages
...assures the Christian world that, " It is manifest from experience that if the Holy Bible translated in the vulgar tongue, be indiscriminately allowed to...men will cause more evil than good to arise from it ; therefore, if any one shall have the presumption to read or possess himself of a Bible, without a...
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The Irish convert; or, Popish intolerance illustrated

William Lupton (Wesleyan minister.) - 1849 - 224 pages
...prohibitory rule, by which the Romanists are interdicted an indiscriminate reading of the Scriptures : — "Inasmuch as it is manifest from experience, that...vulgar tongue, be indiscriminately allowed to every cue, the temerity of men will cause more evil than good to arise from it, it is, on. this point, referred...
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The Works of the Right Reverend John England, First Bishop of ..., Volume 2

John England - 1849 - 520 pages
...consent of the fathers.'' In the fourth rule of the Index Librorum prohibitorum, it is thus enacted : " Inasmuch as it is manifest from experience, that if...Holy Bible, translated into the vulgar tongue, be discriminately allowed to every one, thé temerity of men will cause more evil than good to arise from...
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The Children's friend [ed.] by W.C. Wilson [and others].

William Carus Wilson - 1850 - 596 pages
...late as the year 1841 the Index of Prohibited Books, published by command of the Pope, states that " inasmuch as it is manifest, from experience, that...the judgment of the bishops or inquisitors, who may permit, &c. But if any one shall have the presumption to read or possess it without such permission,...
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The first series tracts, Volume 12

Religious tract society - 1850 - 560 pages
...design of the council was to place as many difficulties in the way as possible ; for they held, that " it is manifest from experience, that if the Holy Bible,...of men will cause more evil than good to arise from it."t It i sa l so worthy of remark, that the true spirit of Popery is not allowed to develope itself...
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The Great Question: Shall Protestant England Submit to Papal Rome? A Sermon ...

Henry Thomas Rees - 1850 - 644 pages
...it to the people in their own tongue ! Hence, in the fourth rule of the Index Expurgatorius, it is thus decreed, — " Inasmuch as it is manifest from...indiscriminately allowed to every one, the temerity of man will cause more evil than good to arise from it, — it is on this point referred to the judgment...
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The Friendly Visitor, Volume 1

William Carus Wilson - Theology - 1851 - 518 pages
...books, printed at Rome, so late as the year 1841, and published by command of the Pope. It says, that " Inasmuch as it is manifest from experience, that if...inquisitors, who may, by the advice of the priest or the confessor, permit the reading of the Bible translated into the vulgar tongue by Catholic authors,...
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Scripture Light on Popish Darkness; Notes on Portions of Holy Writ ...

Ingram Cobbin - 1851 - 122 pages
...circulation of the Bible in any form or shape, in the fourth rule of the Index of Prohibited Books, it is thus decreed: " Inasmuch as it is manifest from experience,...indiscriminately allowed to every one, the temerity of man will cause more evil than good to arise from it ; it is on this point referred to the judgment...
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