"The pope being informed of the great increase……" — John Foxe
"The pope being informed of the great increase of Protestantism, in the year 1542 sent inquisitors to Venice to make an inquiry into the matter, and apprehend such as they might deem obnoxious persons."
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12 Quotes by John Foxe
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A defence in the Inquisition is of little use to the prisoner, for a suspicion only is deemed sufficient cause…
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With his continual doctrine [Bishop Hooper] adjoined due and discreet correction, not so much severe to any as to them…
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A Protestant has seldom any mercy shown him, and a Jew, who turns Christian, is far from being secure.
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But, though persecuting malice raged, yet the Gospel shone with resplendent brightness; and, firm as an impregnable rock, withstood the…
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The first persecution of the Church took place in the year 67, under Nero, the sixth emperor of Rome.
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A prisoner in the Inquisition is never allowed to see the face of his accuser, or of the witnesses against…
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The Gospel having spread itself into Persia, the pagan priests, who worshipped the sun, were greatly alarmed, and dreaded the…
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When the Christians, upon these occasions, received martyrdom, they were ornamented, and crowned with garlands of flowers; for which they,…
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Princes, kings, and other rulers of the world have used all their strength and cunning against the Church, yet it…
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Each of the seventeen tribunals during a long period burned annually, on an average, ten miserable beings!
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Which prophecy of Christ we see wonderfully to be verified, insomuch that the whole course of the Church to this…
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He who can be, and therefore is, another's, and he who participates in reason enough to apprehend, but not to…
— Aristotle
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On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the…
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I do not know much about Mohammed or Mohammedanism. I do not take the Koran to bed with me every…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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In the matter of fellowship God looks not at how much we apprehend of His will but rather at what…
— Watchman Nee
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It is a travesty, in my mind, for the state and local governments on the one hand to expect the…
— Alan K. Simpson
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To expect ... the same service from raw and undisciplined recruits, as from veteran soldiers, is to expect what never…
— George Washington
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The job of a teacher is to excite in the young a boundless sense of curiosity about life, so that…
— John Garrett
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We know the good, we apprehend it clearly; but we can't bring it to achievement.
— Euripides
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When a religion is good, I conceive it will support itself; and when it does not support itself, and God…
— Benjamin Franklin
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We are enabled to apprehend at all what is sublime and noble only by the perpetual instilling and drenching of…
— Henry David Thoreau
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Would there not be the greatest reason to apprehend, that error in the first sentence would be the parent of…
— Alexander Hamilton
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You can only apprehend the Infinite by a faculty that is superior to reason.
— Plotinus
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