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Appendix General Notes, Page fifty titles. In a passage which forms a part
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of the Roman canon Law, Pope Innocent the third declares that the Roman pontiff
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is the vice gerrant upon earth, not of a mere man, but of
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very God, and in a gloss on the passage, it is explained that
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this is because he is the vice gerrant of Christ, who is very God
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and very man. See De cretel Domini Grigory Pape the ninth liber I de
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translation Episcoporum, Title seven, chapter three, Corpus Juris Canonici, edition,
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Paris, sixteen twelve, Tom two de cretle, column two O five.
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For the title Lord God the Pope, see a gloss on the Extravagantes of
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Pope John the twenty second title fourteen, chapter four Decloromus. In an Antwerp
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edition of the Extravagantes dated fifteen eighty four, the words dominum, deum nostrum
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papam Our, Lord God the Pope occur in column one fifty three in a
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Paris edition dated sixteen twelve. They occur in column one forty in several editions
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published since sixteen twelve. The word deum God has been omitted, page fifty
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two. Image worship. The worship of images was one of those corruptions of
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Christianity which crept into the church stealthily and almost without notice or observation. This
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corruption did not, like other heresies, develop itself at once, for in
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that case it would have met with decided censure and rebuke. But making its
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commencement under a fair disguise, so gradually was one practice after another introduced in
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connection with it, that the Church had become deeply steeped in practical idolatry,
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not only without any efficient opposition, but almost without any decided remonstrance. And
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when at length an endeavour was made to root it out, the evil was
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found too deeply fixed to admit of removal. It must be traced to the
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idolatrous tendency of the human heart and its propensity to serve the creature more than
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the creator. Images and pictures were first introduced into churches not to be worshiped,
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but either in the place of books, to give instruction to those who
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could not read, or to excite devotion in the minds of others. How
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far they ever answered such a purpose is doubtful, But even granting that this
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was the case for a time, it soon ceased to be so, and
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it was found that pictures and images brought into churches darkened rather than enlightened,
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the minds of the ignorant, degraded rather than exalted the devotion of the worshiper,
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so that, however they might have been intended to direct men's minds to
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God, they ended in turning them from Him to the worship of creative things.
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J meant him. The Seventh General Council, The Second of Nicea Introduction,
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pages three through six for a record of the proceedings and decisions of the
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Second Council of Nice eighty seven eighty seven, Called to establish the Worship of
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Images. C. Baronius, Ecclesiastical Annals, Volume nine, pages three hundred
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ninety one through four hundred seven, sixteen twelve, Antwerp edition. J.
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Menthem The Seventh General Council, The Second of Nicea ed. Stillingfleet, Defense
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of the Discourse concerning the Idolatry practiced in the Church of Rome, London,
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sixteen eighty six. A Select Library of Nicene and post Nicene Fathers, Second
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Series, Volume fourteen, pages five hundred twenty one through five hundred eighty seven,
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New York, nineteen hundred. C. J. Heffel. History of
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the Councils of the Church from the original Documents, Book eighteen, Chapter one,
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section three thirty two, three thirty three, Chapter two, Section three
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forty five through three fifty two. T. And T. Clark Edition eighteen
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ninety six, Volume five, pages two hundred sixty to three hundred four,
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three hundred forty two to three hundred seventy two, page fifty three. Edict
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of Constantine. The law issued by Constantine on the seventh of March eighty three,
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twenty one, regarding a day of rest, reads, thus, let
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all judges, and all city people, and all tradesmen rest upon the venerable
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day of the sun. But let those dwelling in the country freely and with
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full liberty, attend to the culture of their fields. Since it frequently happens
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that no other day is so fit for the sowing of grain or the planting
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of vines. Hence the favorable time should not be allowed to pass, lest
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the provisions of Heaven be lost. A. H. Lewis History of the
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Sabbath and the Sunday, pages one twenty three and one twenty four, Second
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edition, revised nineteen o three. The original in the Codex of Justinian Libre
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three, Title twelve, Leg three is quoted by doctor J. A.
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Hessey in his Bampton Lectures on Sunday Lecture three, paragraph one, and by
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doctor Philip Schaff in his History of the Christian Church, Volume three, section
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seventy five, paragraph five, note one. See also Mosheim Ecclesiastical History,
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sent four, Part two, Chapter four, Section five, Chambers Encyclopedia,
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Article Sabbath. Encyclopedia Britannica, ninth edition, Article Sunday. Peter Haylen History
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of the Sabbath, Part two, Chapter three, second edition, revised,
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London, sixteen thirty six, pages sixty six, sixty seven, page fifty
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four. Prophetic dates c note for page three, twenty nine, page fifty
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six forged writings. Among the documents that at the present time are generally admitted
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to be forgeries, the donation of Constantine and the pseudo Isidorean decretals are of
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primary importance in citing facts concerning the question when and by whom was Constantine's donation
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forged. Monsieur Goslain, director of the Seminary of Saint Sulpice, Paris,
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says, though this document is unquestionably spurious. It would be difficult to determine
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with precision the date of its fabrication. Monsieur de Marca Moratory and other learned
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critics are of the opinion that it was composed in the eighth century, before
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the reign of Charlemagne. Moratory moreover thinks it probable that it may have induced
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that monarch and papin to be so generous to the Holy See. Gosslain the
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power of the Pope during the Middle Ages, Volume one, page three twenty
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one, translated by the Reverend Matthew Kelly, Saint Patrick's College, Mayneth,
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Baltimore, J. Murphy and Company, eighteen fifty three. On the date
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of the Pseudo is Abelian decretles see Mosheim Ecclesiastical History, Book three cent nine,
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Part two, Chapter two, Section eight. As Doctor Murdoch the translator
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points out in a footnote, the learned Catholic historian Monsieur Labee Fleuri, in
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his Ecclesiastical History Dissertation four, section one, says of these decretles that they
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crept to light near the close of the eighth century. Fleury, writing near
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the close of the seventeenth century, says further that these false decretals were looked
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upon as authentic for the space of eight hundred years, and it was with
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much difficulty that they were given up in the last century. It is true
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that at present there are hardly any, though meanly instructed in these matters,
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who do not acknowledge that these decretils are false. Florie Ecclesiastical History Book forty
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four, paragraph fifty four, g Adams Translation, London, seventeen thirty two,
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Volume five, page one ninety six. See also Gibbon Decline and Fall
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of the Roman Empire, Chapter forty nine, paragraph sixteen, page fifty seven.
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Dictates of Hildebrand Gregory the seventh c. Baronius Ecclesiastical Annals and ten seventy
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six Antwerp edition sixteen oh eight, Volume eleven, page four seventy nine.
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A copy of the dictates in the original may also be found in Giesler Ecclesiastical
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History, Period three, section forty seven, Note four, Edition eighteen thirty
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six, translated by F. Cunningham. An English translation is given in Mosheim
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Ecclesiastical History Book three cent eleven, Part two, Chapter two, section nine,
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note eight. Solme's edition translated by Murdoch, Page fifty nine. Purgatory
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doctor Joseph Fau de Bruno thus defines purgatory. Purgatory is the state of suffering
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after this life, in which those souls are for a time detained, who
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depart the life after their deadly sins have been remitted as to the stain and
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guilt, and as to the everlasting pain that was due to them, but
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who have, on account of those sins, still some debt of temporal punishment
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to pay, as also those souls which leave this world guilty only of venial
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sins. Catholic Belief, Page one, ninety six, edition eighteen eighty four.
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In primature Archbishop of New York. See also K. R. Hagenbach
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Compendium of the History of Doctrines, Volume one, pages two three four to
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two thirty seven, four hundred five, four hundred eight, Volume two,
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pages one hundred, thirty five to one hundred fifty, three hundred eight,
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three hundred nine TNT Clark Edition, Charles Elliott, Delineation of Roman Catholicism,
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Book two, Chapter twelve, Catholic Encyclopedia, Article Purgatory, page fifty nine.
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Indulgences. For a detailed history of the doctrine of indulgences, see the
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Catholic Encyclopedia article Indulgences contributed by W. H. Kent O, S C.
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Of Bayswater, London, Carl Ullman Reformers Before the Reformation, Volume one,
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Book two, Part one, Chapter two. M. Creighton History of
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the Papacy, Volume five, pages fifty six through sixty four seventy one.
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Alvon Ranca History of the Reformation in Germany. Book two, Chapter one,
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paragraph one, thirty one, one thirty two, one thirty nine through one
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forty two, one fifty three through one fifty five. Second London edition,
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eighteen forty five, translated by S. Austin. Volume one, pages three
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thirty one, three thirty five through three thirty seven, three forty three through
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three forty six. Charles Elliot, Delineation of Roman Catholicism. Book two,
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Chapter thirteen. H. C. Lee. A History of Oracular Confession and
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Indulgence. G. P. Fisher The Reformation, Chapter four, paragraph seven
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on the practical outworkings of the doctrine of indulgences during the period of the Reformation.
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See a paper by doctor H. C. Lee entitled Indulgences in Spain
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published in Papers of the American Society of Church History. Volume one, pages
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one twenty nine through one seventy one. Of the value of this historical sidelight,
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Doctor Lee says in his opening paragraph, unvexed by the controversy which raged
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between Luther and Doctor Eck and Sylvester Priirius, Spain continued tranquility to follow in
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the old and beaten path, and furnishes us with the incontestable official documents which
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enable us to examine the matter in the pure light of history, page fifty
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nine. The Mass on the doctrine of the Mass see Cardinal Wiseman's work The
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Real Presence of the Body and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Blessed
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Youthist. Also Catholic Encyclopedia, Article Eucharist contributed by J. Pohl, St.
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D. Breslau. Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent, Session
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thirteen, chapters one through eight, London Edition, eighteen fifty one, translated
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by T. A. Buckley, Pages seventy through seventy nine. K.
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R. Hagenbach Compendium of the History of Doctrines, Volume one, pages two
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fourteen to two twenty three, three ninety three through three ninety eight and Volume
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two, pages eighty eight through one fourteen. J. Calvin Institutes, Book
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four, chapter seventeen and eighteen. R. Hooker, Ecclesiastical Polity, Book
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five, chapter sixty seven. Charles Elliot Delineation of Roman Catholicism, Book two,
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chapters four and five, page sixty five. While Densian versions of the
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Bible on early wall Dacian translations of portions of the Bible into the language of
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the common people see Townley Illustrations of Biblical Literature, Volume one, chapter ten,
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paragraphs one through thirteen. E. Pettival The Bible in France, Chapter
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two, paragraph three, four, eight ten, thirteen twenty one, Paris
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edition eighteen sixty four. G. H. Putnam, The Censorship of the
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Church of Rome, Volume two, chapter two, page seventy seven, Edict
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against the Walden seas. A considerable portion of the text of the papal bull
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issued by Innocent the Eighth in fourteen eighty seven against the Waldencis, the original
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of which is in the library of the University of Cambridge, is given in
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an English translation in Dowling's History of Romanism, Book six, chapter five,
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section sixty two, edition eighteen seventy one, page eighty four. Indulgences c.
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Note for page fifty nine, page eighty five Wickliffe. For the original
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text of the papal bulls issued against Wickliffe with an English translation, see J.
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Fox Acts and Monuments, Volume three, pages four through thirteen, Pratt
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Townshend Edition, London, eighteen seventy. See also J. Lewis Life of
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Wickliffe, pages forty nine through fifty one, three O five to three fourteen
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edition eighteen twenty. Leckler John Wickliffe and his English precursors. Chapter five,
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section two, pages one sixty two through one sixty four, London edition,
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eighteen eighty four, translated by laurmer Amander. General History of the Christian Church,
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Period six, section two, Part one, paragraph eight, page eighty
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six. Infallibility on the doctrine of infallibility see Catholic Encyclopedia article Infallibility contributed by
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P. J. Turner, std. George Salmon, The Infallibility of the
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Church, Charles Elliot, Delineation of Roman Catholicism, Book one, Chapter four,
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Cardinal Gibbons, The Faith of Our Father's Chapter seven, forty nine,
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edition eighteen ninety seven, Page one O three indulgences ce note for page fifty
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nine, page one O four. Council of Constance on the calling of the
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Council of Constance by Pope John the twenty three at the instance of the Emperor
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Sigismund C. Moshem. Ecclesiastical History, Book three, fifteen, Part two,
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Chapter two, Section three. J. Dowling History of Romanism, Book
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six, Chapter two, paragraph thirteen. A. Bauer History of the Popes,
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Volume seven, pages one forty one through one forty three, London edition,
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seventeen sixty six. Neander History of the Christian Religion and Church, Period
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six, Section one, eighteen fifty four, five volume edition, translated by
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Tory, Volume five, pages ninety four through one oh one, Page one
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twenty eight indulgences. See note for page fifty nine, page two thirty four.
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Jesuitism. For a statement concerning the origin, the principles, and the
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purposes of the Society of Jesus, as outlined by members of this order,
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see a work entitled concerning Jesuits, edited by the Reverend John Gerrard s J
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and published in London nineteen o two by the Catholic Truth Society. In this
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work it is said that the mainspring of the whole organization of the society is
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a spirit of entire obedience. Let each one write, Saint Ignatius persuade himself
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that those who live under obedience ought to allow themselves to be moved and directed
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by Divine providence through their sas superiors, just as though they were a dead
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body, which allows itself to be carried anywhere and to be treated in any
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manner whatever, or as an old man's staff, which serves him who holds
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it in his hand, in whatsoever way he will. This absolute submission is
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ennobled by its motive, and should be continues the founder prompt, joyous and
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persevering. The obedient religious accomplishes joyfully that which his superiors have confided to him
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for the general good, assured that thereby he corresponds truly with the divine will.
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The comtesse Aire de Coisson in concerning Jesuits, page six. See also
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L. E. Du pint A Compendious History of the Church, sent sixteen,
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Chapter thirty three, London edition, seventeen thirteen, Volume four, pages
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one thirty two through one thirty five. Mosheim Ecclesiastical History, sent sixteen,
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Section three, Part one, Chapter one, paragraph ten, including notes five
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and six. Encyclopedia Britannica, ninth edition, article Jesuits C. Paroisien.
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The Principles of the Jesuits Developed in a collection of extracts from their own authors,
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London, eighteen sixty An earlier edition appeared in eighteen thirty nine. W.
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C. Cartwright The Jesuits Their Constitution and Teaching, London, eighteen seventy
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six. E. L. Taunton, The History of the Jesuits in England
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fifteen eighty through seventeen seventy three, London, nineteen o one, page two
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thirty five. The Inquisition c. Catholic Encyclopedia Article Inquisition contributed by J.
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Blutzer, S. J. Munich, H. C. Lee. History
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of the Inquisition in the Middle Ages, Limbourg History of the Inquisition, Volume
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one, Book one, chapter twenty five, twenty seven through thirty one,
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London edition, seventeen thirty one, translated by S. Chandler, Volume one,
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pages one thirty one through one forty two, one forty four through one
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sixty one. Alvon Ranca History of the Popes, Book two, Chapter six,
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page two sixty five. Causes of the French Revolution on the far reaching
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consequences of the rejection of the Bible and of Bible religion by the people of
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France. See H. Von Sybyl, History of the French Revolution, Book
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five, Chapter one, paragraphs three through seven. HT. Buckle, History
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of Civilization in England, Chapters eight and twelve, New York Edition, eighteen
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ninety five, Volume one, pages three sixty four through three, sixty six,
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three sixty nine through three, seventy one, four, thirty seven,
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five fifty five, forty five, forty one. Blackwood's Magazine, Volume thirty
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four, Number two, fifteen November eighteen thirty three, Page seven thirty nine.
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J. G Lorimer and Hi. The Historical Sketch of the Protestant Church
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in France, Chapter eight, paragraphs six and seven, Page two sixty six.
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Prophetic dates see note for page three twenty nine, page two sixty seven.
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Efforts to suppress and destroy the Bible. Referring to the long continued efforts
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in France to suppress the Bible, particularly versions in the language of the common
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people, Gossin says the Decree of Toulouse twelve twenty nine, which established the
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Tribunal of the Inquisition against all the readers of the Bible in the vulgar tongue,
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was an edict of fire, bloodshed and devastation. In its third fourth
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fifth and sixth chapters. It ordained the entire destruction of the houses, the
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humblest places of concealment, and even the subterranean retreats of men convicted of possessing
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the scriptures, that they should be pursued to the forests and caves of the
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earth, and that even those who harboured them should be severely punished. As
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a result, the Bible was everywhere prohibited. It vanished as it were underground
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it descended into the tomb. These decrees were followed for five hundred years by
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innumerable punishments in which the blood of the saints flowed like water al Gassan The
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Canon of the Holy Scriptures, Part two, Book two, Chapter seven,
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Section five, prop. Five sixty one, and Chapter thirteen, Section two,
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Prop. Six forty one, Paragraph two, on the special efforts made
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to destroy Bibles during the Reign of Terror, late in seventeen ninety three,
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doctor Lorimer says, wherever a Bible could be found, it might be said
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to be persecuted to death, so much so that several respectable commentators interpret the
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slaying of the two witnesses in the eleventh chapter of the Apocalypse of the General
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Suppression nay destruction of the Old and New Testaments in France at this period.
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J. G. Lorimer An historical sketch of the Protestant Church in France Chapter
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eight, paragraph four and five. See also G. P. Fisher The
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Reformation Chapter five, fifteen, paragraphs sixteen. E. Pettaval The Bible in
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France Chapter two, paragraph three, eight through ten, thirteen and twenty one,
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Paris edition eighteen sixty four. G. H. Putnam, The Censorship
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of the Church of Rome, Volume one, Chapter four, nineteen O six
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edition, pages ninety seven, ninety nine, one oh one and one O
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two. Volume two, Chapter two, pages fifteen through nineteen. S.
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Smiles, The Huguenots, their settlements, churches and industries, et cetera.
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Chapter one, paragraphs thirty, two thirty four, Chapter two, paragraph six,
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Chapter three, paragraph fourteen, Chapter eighteen, paragraph five, with note
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S. Smiles. The Huguenots in France after the Revocation Chapter two, paragraph
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eight, Chapter ten, paragraph thirty, Chapter twelve, paragraphs two through four.
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J. A. Wiley History of Protestant is his Wath Book, twenty
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two, Chapter six, paragraph three, page two seventy six. The Reign
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of Terror, on the responsibility of misguided leaders in both church and state,
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and particularly in the church. For the scenes of the French Revolution, see
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W. M. Sloane, The French Revolution and Religious Reform, preface and
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chapter two, paragraphs one, two, ten through fourteen, nineteen o one
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edition, pages seven through nine, nineteen twenty twenty six through thirty one.
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Forty P. Chaff In Papers of the American Society of Church History, Volume
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one, pages thirty eight, forty four. S. Smiles The Hugenots after
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the Revocation, Chapter eighteen, paragraphs four, six, nine, ten,
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twelve through sixteen twenty seven. J. G. Lorimer and Historical Sketch of
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the Protestant Church of France, Chapter eight, paragraphs six and seven. A.
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Galton Church and State in France, thirteen hundred through nineteen o seven,
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Chapter three, Section two, London edition, nineteen o seven. Sir J.
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Stephen, Lectures on the History of France, Lecture sixteen, paragraph sixty,
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page two eighty. The Masses and the Privileged Classes on social conditions prevailing
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in France prior to the period of the Revolution. See H. Von holst
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Lowell Lectures on the French Revolution, Lecture one. Also Tame Ancient Regime and
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A Young Travels in France, Page two eighty three retribution. For further details
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concerning the retributive character of the French Revolution, see Thomas H. Gill The
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Papal Drama Book ten E de Pressensei. The Church and the French Revolution,
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Book three, chapter one, page two eighty four. The Atroce of the
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Reign of Terror See ma A. Thiers History of the French Revolution, Volume
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three, pages forty two through forty four, sixty two through seventy four,
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one oh six, New York edition, eighteen ninety translated by F. Schobril.
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F. A. Migner History of the French Revolution, Chapter nine,
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paragraph one, Vaughn edition, eighteen ninety four. A. Allison History of
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Europe, seventeen eighty nine through eighteen fifteen, Volume one, chapter fourteen,
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New York edition, eighteen seventy two. Volume one, pages two ninety three
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through three, twelve, page two eighty seven. The circulation of the Scriptures
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In eighteen o four, according to mister William Canton of the British and Foreign
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Bible Society, all the Bibles extant in the world, in manuscript or in
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print, counting every version in every land, were computed at not many more
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than four millions. The various languages in which the Thus those four millions were
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written, including such bygone speech as the Meso Gothic of Ulphilas and the Anglo
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Saxon of Bede, are set down as numbering about fifty What is the Bible
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Society, Page twenty three, Revised edition, nineteen o four. A hundred
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years later, at the close of its first centenary, the British and Foreign
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Bible Society was able to report a total distribution of Bibles testaments or portions thereof
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by that society alone to the number of one hundred eighty six million, six
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hundred eighty thousand, one hundred one, a total that in nineteen ten had
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grown to upwards of two hundred twenty million copies in nearly four hundred distinct tongues.
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To these totals must be added the millions of copies of the scriptures or
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portions thereof in many languages, distributed by other Bible Societies and by various commercial
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agencies. The American Bible Society, the greatest of the daughters of the British
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Parent Society, during the first nineth ty four years of its work, reported
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a total distribution of eighty seven million, two hundred ninety six thousand, one
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hundred eighty two copies see Bible Society Record, June nineteen ten. According to
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conservative estimates, about six million copies of the Bible are printed annually by commercial
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houses, which, added to the combined output of the Bible societies, gives
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a total yearly circulation of more than fifteen million copies. The scriptures, in
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whole or in part, have been printed in more than five hundred distinct tongues,
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and the work of translation into new languages and dialects is still carried forward
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with unflagging zeal page two eighty eight. Foreign Missions. Doctor G. P.
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Fisher, in a chapter on Christian missions in his History of the Christian
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Church, outlines the beginnings of the missionary movement, which in the later years
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of the eighteenth century ushered in a brilliant era of missionary activity, an era
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which in the history of missions, is only less remarkable than the first of
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the Christian ages. In seventeen ninety two, the Baptist Society was founded,
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with Kerry as one of its first missionaries. Kerry sailed for India, and
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there, with the help of other members of the same society, founded the
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Mission of Serampoort. In seventeen ninety five, the London Missionary Society was founded.
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In seventeen ninety nine there was formed the organization which in eighteen twelve became
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the Church Missionary Society. Soon afterward, the Wesleyan Missionary Society was founded.
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While the missionary activity was growing up in Great Britain, the Christians of America
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were becoming animated with a like zeal. In eighteen twelve they founded the American
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Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, and in eighteen fourteen the American Baptist Missionary
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Union at an Iram Judson, one of the first missionaries to go out from
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America, sailed for Calcutta in eighteen twelve and reached Burma in July eighteen thirteen.
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In eighteen thirty seven, the Presbyterian Board was formed. Sea Fisher History
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of the Christian Church Period nine, Chapter seven, paragraphs three through twenty five.
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Doctor A. T. Pearson, in an article published in the Missionary
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Review of the World for January nineteen ten, declares a half century ago,
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China and Manchuria, Japan and Korea, Turkey and Arabia, and even the
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vast continent of Africa were sleeping hermit nations locked in the cell of long seclusion
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and exclusion. Central Asia was comparatively unexplored, as was Central Africa. In
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many lands, Satan's long occupation was undisputed and his empire unmolested. Papal countries
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were as intolerant as pagan Italy, and Spain imprisoned a man for daring to
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sell a bible or preach the Gospel. France was practically infidel, and Germany
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permeated with rationalism, and over a large part of the mission field the doors
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were shut and locked by a more or less rigid exclusion and caste system.
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Now the changes on every side are so remarkable and so radical, that to
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one who should suddenly come out of this middle period of the last century,
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the world would be unrecognizable. He who holds the keys of the two leaved
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gates has been unlocking them, opening up all lands to the messenger of the
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Cross. Even in the Eternal City, where a half century ago a visitor
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had to leave his Bible outside the walls, there are Protestant chapels by the
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score, and a free circulation of the scriptures. Page three, twenty seven
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Prophetic dates CEE note for page three twenty nine, Page three twenty nine.
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Prophetic dates. The historical and chronological facts connected with the prophetic periods of Daniel
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eight and nine, including many evidences pointing unmistakably to the year four fifty seven
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BC as the proper time from which to begin reckoning. These periods have been
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clearly outlined by many students of prophecy. See Stanley Leed's Old Testament Prophecy Lectures
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ten and eleven. Warburton Lectures for eighteen seventy six through eighteen eighty W.
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Good Fulfilled Prophecy Sermon ten including no Day Warburton Lectures for eighteen fifty four through
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eighteen fifty eight. A tom Chronology of Prophecy, pages twenty six through one
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hundred six, London edition, eighteen forty eight. Sir Isaac Newton Observations upon
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the Prophecies of Daniel on the Apocalypse of Saint John, Chapter ten, London
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edition, seventeen thirty three, pages one twenty eight through one forty three.
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Euriah Smith thoughts on Daniel in the Revelation, Part one, chapters eight to
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nine. On the date of the Crucifixion, see William Hale's Analysis of chronology
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Volume one, pages ninety four through one hundred one, Volume three, pages
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one sixty four through two fifty eight. Second London edition, eighteen thirty,
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page three thirty five. Fall of the Ottoman Empire. For further details as
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to the predicted fall of the Ottoman Empire during the month of August eighteen forty,
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see J. Lych. The Probability of the Second Coming of Christ about
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eighty eighteen forty three, published in June eighteen thirty eight. J. Lych.
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An Address to the Clergy, published in the spring of eighteen forty.
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A second edition with historical data in support of the accuracy of former calculations of
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the prophetic period extending to the fall of the Ottoman Empire was published in eighteen
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forty one. The Advent Shield and Review, Volume one, eighteen forty four,
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Number one, Article two, pages fifty six, fifty seven, fifty
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nine through sixty one. J in Loughborough, The Great Advent Movement, pages
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one twenty nine through one thirty two. Nineteen o five edition. J.
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Lych. Article and Signs of the Times and Expositor of Prophecy August one,
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eighteen forty See also article in Signs of the Times and Expositor of Prophecy,
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February one, eighteen forty one, page three forty withholding the Bible from the
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people. On the attitude of the Roman Catholic Church towards the circulation of the
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Holy Scriptures in vernacular versions among the laity. See Catholic Encyclopedia article Bible.
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Also G. P. Fischer, The Reformation, Chapter fifteen, paragraph sixteen,
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eighteen seventy three edition, pages five thirty through five thirty two. J.
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Cardinal Gibbons, The Faith of Our Fathers Chapter eight, forty ninth edition,
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eighteen ninety seven, pages ninety eight through one seventeen. J. Dowling,
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History of Romanism, Book seven, Chapter two, section fourteen and Book
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nine, Chapter three, sections twenty four through twenty seven, eighteen seventy one
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edition, pages four ninety one through four ninety six, six twenty one through
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six twenty five. F. Bungener History of the Council of Trent, pages
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one o one through one ten, second Edinburgh edition, eighteen fifty three,
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translated by D. D. Scott. G. H. Putnam. Books
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and Their Makers during the Middle Ages, Volume one, Part two, Chapter
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two, paragraphs forty nine, fifty four through fifty six, Page three seventy
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three. Ascension robes. The story that the Adventists made robes with which to
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ascend to meet the Lord in the air was invented by those who wished to
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reproach the cause. It was circulated so industriously that many believed it, but
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careful inquiry proved its falsity. For many years, a large reward has been
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offered for proof that one such instance ever occurred, but the proof has not
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been produced. None who loved the appearing of the Savior were so ignorant of
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the teachings of the scriptures as to suppose that robes which they could make would
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be necessary for that occasion. The only robe which the Saints will need to
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meet the Lord is the righteousness of Christ. See Revelation nineteen eight, page
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three, seventy four. The Chronology of Prophecy. Doctor George Bush, professor
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of Hebrew and Oriental Literature in the New York City University, in a letter
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addressed to mister Miller and published in The advent Harold and Signs of the Times
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Reporter, Boston, March six and thirteen, eighteen forty four, made some
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important admissions relative to his calculation of the prophetic times mister Bush wrote, neither
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is it to be objected as I conceive to yourself or your friends, that
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you have devoted much time and attention to the study of the chronology of Prophecy,
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and have labored much to determine the commencing and closing dates of its great
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periods. If these periods are actually given by the Holy Ghost in the prophetic
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books, it was doubtless with the design that they should be studied and probably
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in the end fully understood. And no man is to be charged with presumptuous
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folly who reverently makes the attempt to do this. In taking a day as
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the prophetical term for a year, I believe you are sustained by the soundest
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exegesis, as well as fortified by the high names of Mead, Sir Isaac
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Newton, Kirby, Scott, Keith, and a host of others who have
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long since come to substantially your conclusions on this head. They all do agree
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that the leading periods mentioned by Daniel and John do actually expire about this age
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of the world, and it would be a strange logic that would convict you
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of heresy for holding an effect the same views which stand forth So prominently in
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the notices of these eminent divines. Your results in this field of inquiry do
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not strike me as so far out of the way as to affect any of
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the great interests of truth and duty. Your error, as I apprehend,
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lies in another direction than your chronology. You have entirely mistaken the nature of
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the events which are to occur when those periods have expired. This is the
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head and front of your expository, offending page three ninety nine prophetic dates.
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See note for page three twenty nine, Page four ordive A threefold message.
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Revelation fourteen six and seven foretells the proclamation of the first angel's message. Then
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the prophet continues, there followed another angel, saying Babylon has fallen is fallen,
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and the third angel followed them. The word here rendered followed means in
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constructions like that in this text to go with little and Scott render the word
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thus to follow one, go after or with him, Robinson says, to
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follow, to go with, to accompany any one. It is the same
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word that is used in Mark five twenty four Jesus went with him, and
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much people followed him and thronged him. It is also used of the Redeemed
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one hundred forty four thousand, where it is said, these are they which
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follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth Revelation fourteen four. In both these places it
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is evident that the idea intended to be conveyed is that of going together in
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company with so in Firs. Corinthians ten four, where we read of the
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children of Israel, that they drank of that spiritual rock that followed them,
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the word followed, as translated from the same Greek word, and the margin
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has it went with them. From this we learn that the idea in Revelation
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fourteen eight and nine is not simply that the second and third angels followed the
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first in point of time, but that they went with him. The three
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messages are but one threefold message. They are three only in the order of
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their rise, but having risen, they go on together and are inseparable.
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Page four forty seven. Supremacy of the Bishops of Rome. Some of the
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leading circumstances connected with the assumption of supremacy by the Bishops of Rome are outlined
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in Mosheim's Ecclesiastical History, sent two, Part two, Chapter four, sections
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nine through eleven. See also G. P. Fisher History of the Christian
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Church, Period two, chapter two, paragraphs eleven through seventeen eighteen ninety edition,
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pages fifty six through fifty eight. Geisler Ecclesiastical History, Period one,
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Division three, Chapter four, section sixty six, paragraph three, including note
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eight, New York edition, eighteen thirty six, translated by F. Cunningham.
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J. And Andrews History of the Sabbath, pages two seventy six through
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two seventy nine, Third edition, revised, page five seventy four. Edict
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of Constantine c Note for page fifty three, page five seventy eight. The
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Abyssinian Church on the Observance of the Bible, Sabbath and Abyssinia. C.
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Dan A. P. Stanley Lectures on the History of the Eastern Church Lecture
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one, paragraph fifteen, New York edition, eighteen sixty two, pages ninety
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six, ninety seven. Michael Getty's Church History of Ethiopia, pages eighty seven,
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eighty eight, three eleven three twelve. Gibbon Decline and Fall of the
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Roman Empire, Chapter forty seven, paragraphs thirty seven through thirty nine. Emanuel
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Gobett Journal of Three Years Residence in Abyssinia, pages fifty five through fifty eight,
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eighty three, ninety three, ninety seven, ninety eight, New York
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Edition, eighteen fifty A. H. Lewis a critical history of the Sabbath
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and the Sunday in the Christian Church, pages two o eight through two fifteen,
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Second Edition, revised, page five eighty one. Dictates of Hildebrand c
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Note for page fifty seven, end of appendix. End of the Great Controversy
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by Ellen G. White