This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1828 Excerpt: ...and haughtily replied; "I will never consent for service to be performed in the Slavonian tongue. It is the will of God that his Word should be hidden, lest it should be despised if read by every one; and if, in condescension to the weakness of the people, the contrary has been permitted, it is a fault which ought to ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1828 Excerpt: ...and haughtily replied; "I will never consent for service to be performed in the Slavonian tongue. It is the will of God that his Word should be hidden, lest it should be despised if read by every one; and if, in condescension to the weakness of the people, the contrary has been permitted, it is a fault which ought to be corrected. The demand of your subjects is imprudent. I shall oppose it with the authority of St. Peter; and you ought, for the glory of God, to resist it with all your power.', -f Waterland on the Athanasian Creed, pp. 112--117. t Basnage, Hist, de 1' Eglise, torn. 2, p. 1575. 172 ROMISH INDEx, OR LIST CENT. Next to the declension of the Latin tongue, this refusal was one of the first steps towards the disuse of the Sacred Scriptures in the vernacular languages, amongst the members of the church of Rome. Another occurrence which hastened that unhappy event, was the establishment of the Inquisition, under Pope Innocent III. and the subsequent council of Thoulouse in 1229, which published the following canon: "We also forbid the laity to possess any of the books of the Old or New Testament; except, that for purposes of devotion they are permitted to have the Psalter, or Breviary, or Hours of the Blessed Virgin, that is, in Latin. But we strictly forbid them having any of these books translated into the Vulgar Tongue." The council of Trent completed the nefarious business. In the 25th session of that celebrated council, a decree passed on December 4th, 1563, by which the making of the Index, or list of prohibited books, was referred to the Pope; and in the 4th rule of that Index, by Pius IV. dated March 24th 1564: "All persons are forbidden the use of the Scriptures in the Vulgar Tongue, without a particular licence; and whoe...
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