| James Gordon - 1803 - 510 sider
...councils, were no longer the ''. supreme and infallible judges of the world ; " and each Christian was taught to acknowledge " no law but the scriptures,...confessions : they " asserted the right of the magistrate to put " heretics to death. The pious or personal " animosity of Calvin proscribed in Servetus the " guilt... | |
| James Gordon - 1803 - 512 sider
...and councils, were no longer the " supreme and infallible judges of the world; " and each Christian was taught to acknowledge " no law but the scriptures,...ambitious of succeeding the tyrants whom " they had dethioned. They imposed with " equal rigour their creeds and confessions : they " asserted the right... | |
| James Bentley Gordon - 1803 - 512 sider
...and councils, were no longer the "supreme and infallible judges of the world; *' and each Christian was taught to acknowledge " no law but the scriptures, no interpreter but " his own'conscience. This freedom, however, *' was the consequence rather than the design of " the reformation.... | |
| Johann Georg Lochman - 1818 - 178 sider
...fathers and councils were no longer the supreme and infallible judges of the world, and each christian was taught to acknowledge no law but the scriptures, no interpreter but his own conscience." Cyclopedia. Villers, a modern author, on the spirit and influence of the reformation, says, " The zeal,... | |
| Charles Butler - 1821 - 636 sider
...certain to ensue. " The reformers," says Mr, Gibbon *, " were ambitious of succeeding the ty" rants, whom they had dethroned. They imposed, " with equal...they asserted the right of the magistrate to punish " with death." Another able writer t has observed, " thatthe freeexercise of private judgment, wasmost... | |
| Charles Butler - 1822 - 538 sider
...Mr. Gibbon J, " were ambitious of succeeding the " tyrants, whom they had dethroned. Theyimposed, " with equal rigour, their creeds and confessions; "...they asserted the right of the magistrate to punish * AD 1414.—See ante, cxs 6. •. f 1 Hale, PC 395. On the subject of these law§, see Neale's Hist.... | |
| Charles Butler - 1822 - 544 sider
...Mr. Gibbon :£, " were ambitious of succeeding the " tyrants, whom they had dethroned. Theyimposed, " with equal rigour, their creeds and confessions ;...they asserted the right of the magistrate to punish * A.'D. 1414. — See ante, cx 8.6. ti Hale, PC 395. On the subject of these laws, *ee Neale'sHist.... | |
| Charles Butler - 1822 - 546 sider
...Mr. Gibbon J, " were ambitious of succeeding the " tyrants, whom they had dethroned. Theyimposed, " with equal rigour, their creeds and confessions ; " they asserted the right of the magistrate topunish * AD 1414. — See ante, cxs 6. ti Hale, PC 395. On the subject of thege laws, see Neale's... | |
| James H. Braund - 1870 - 542 sider
...fathers, and councils, were no longer the supreme and infallible judges of the world ; and each Christian was taught to acknowledge no law but the Scriptures,...creeds and confessions ; they asserted the right of the magistrates to punish heretics with death. The pious or personal animosity of Calvin proscribed in... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1875 - 632 sider
...fathers, and councils, were no longer the supreme and infallible judges of the world ; and each. Christian was taught to acknowledge no law but the Scriptures,...but his own conscience. This freedom, however, was ihe consequence, rather than the design, of the Reformation. The patriot reformers were ambitious of... | |
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