The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V.: With a View of the Progress of Society in Europe, from the Subversion of the Roman Empire, to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century ...Cadell & Davies, 1809 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Adrian Adrian of Utrecht ambition appeared Aragon arms army attack authority battle of Pavia Bellay bold BOOK Bourbon cardinal Castile Castilians Charles Chievres church cities clergy command conduct Cortes court of Rome crown crown of Aragon danger death declared defence diet dignity doctrines dominions duke ecclesiastical elector elector of Saxony emperor endeavoured enemy Europe favour Ferdinand Flemish Francis French king Germany grant grievances Guic Henry Hist hitherto honour Imperial Indulgences Isabella Italy Joanna Junta king of France kingdom kingdom of Naples less liberty Luther Mart master Maximilian ment Milan Milanese ministers monarch Naples Navarre negociation nobles nuncio obliged occasion opinions Padilla papal person Pescara Philip pope possessed prince Reformation regent rendered Rome Sandov Saxony schemes Seckend sion soon sovereign Spain Spaniards Spanish spirit subjects success thousand tion Toledo treaty troops valour vigour Wolsey Ximenes zeal
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 105 - ... then from all thy sins, transgressions and excesses, how enormous soever they may be, even from such as are reserved for the cognizance of the Holy See; and as far as the...
Seite 161 - Luther did not hesitate one moment about yielding obedience; and set out for Worms, attended by the herald who had brought the emperor's letter and safe-conduct.
Seite 108 - Bible, which lay neglected in the library of his monastery, he abandoned all other pursuits, and devoted himself to the study of it, with such eagerness and assiduity as astonished the monks, who were little accustomed to derive their theological notions from that source.
Seite 108 - ... life. The death of a companion killed by lightning at his side in a violent thunder-storm, made such an impression on his mind, as co-operated with his natural temper in inducing him to retire into a convent of Augustinian friars, where, without suffering the entreaties of his parents to divert him from what he thought his duty to God, he assumed the habit of that order.
Seite 106 - The terms in which the retailers of indulgences described then: benefits, and the necessity of purchasing them, were so extravagant, that they appear almost incredible. If any man, said they, purchase letters of indulgence, his soul may rest secure with respect to its salvation. The souls confined in purgatory, for whose redemption indulgences are purchased, as soon as the money tinkles in the chest, instantly escape from that place of torment, and ascend into heaven.
Seite 104 - Peter, and to his successors the popes, who may open it at pleasure, and, by transferring a portion of this superabundant merit to any particular person for a sum of money, may convey to him either the pardon of his own sins, or a release for any one in whose happiness he is interested, from the pains of purgatory.
Seite 104 - According to the doctrine of the Romish church, all the good works of the saints, over and above those which were necessary towards their own justification, are deposited, together with the infinite merits of Jesus Christ, in one inexhaustible treasury. The keys af this were committed to St.
Seite 128 - The manner in which he justified this action was still more offensive than the action itself. Having collected from the canon law some of the most extravagant propositions with regard to the plenitude and omnipotence of the papal power, as well as the subordination of all secular jurisdiction to the authority of the holy see, he published these with a commentary ; pointing out the impiety of such tenets, and their evident tendency to subvert all civil government d.
Seite 105 - ... on their account ; and I restore you to the holy sacraments of the church, to the unity of the faithful, and to that innocence and purity which you possessed at baptism; so that, when you die, the gates of punishment shall be shut, and the gates of the paradise of delight shall be opened; and if you shall not die at present, this grace shall remain in full force when you are at the point of death. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Seite 123 - Leo than a theological controversy, which he did not understand, and of which he could not foresee the consequences, he was so extremely solicitous not to irritate a prince of such considerable influence in the electoral college as Frederic, that he discovered a great unwillingness to pronounce the sentence of excommunication against Luther, which his adversaries continually demanded with the most clamorous importunity.