The Variations of PoperyR. B. Seeley, 1838 - 551 pages |
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Page 196 - And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
Page 187 - See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
Page 277 - ... this is the faith of the blessed Peter and of the apostles, this is the faith of the fathers, this is the faith of the orthodox, So be it, amen, amen, anathema to all heretics, anathema, anathema...
Page 173 - ... series of the exarchs, who had reigned with a subordinate power since the time of Justinian and the ruin of the Gothic kingdom. Rome was summoned to acknowledge the victorious Lombard as her lawful sovereign ; the annual tribute of a piece of gold was fixed as the ransom of each citizen, and the sword of destruction was unsheathed to exact the penalty of her disobedience. The Romans hesitated ; they entreated ; they complained ; and the threatening Barbarians were checked by arms and negotiations,...
Page 186 - ... so by such violence and fear as might affect the most courageous of men he was forced to accept an agreement which is not only shameful and demeaning but also illegal and unjust, thereby lessening unduly and impairing his royal rights and dignity. But because the Lord has said to us by the prophet Jeremiah, 'I have set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to destroy, to build and to plant...
Page 192 - Fourth, the indignation of Almighty God and the blessed apostles Peter and Paul.
Page 200 - Without violating the sanctity of his promise, without alarming the fears of the Pagans, the artful monarch advanced, by slow and cautious steps, to undermine the irregular and decayed fabric of polytheism.
Page 354 - And he said, Be it far from me, O Lord, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives?
Page 17 - The worship concluded with a braying-match between the clergy and laity in honour of the ass. The officiating priest turned to the people, and in a fine treble voice and with great devotion, brayed three times like an ass, whose fair representative he was ; while the people, imitating his example in thanking God, brayed three times in concert.
Page 235 - ... hopeful proposition, means the Roman pontiff, whom the canon law characterizes as the interpreter of an oath. Dens, in his theology, the modern standard of Catholicism in Ireland, authorizes this maxim.* The dispensation of a vow, says this criterion of truth, ' is its relaxation by a lawful superior in the place of God, from a just cause. The superior, as the vicar of God in the place of God, remits to a man the debt of a plighted promise. God's acceptance, by this dispensation, ceases : for...