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Page 78
... persecute , in order to help himself . And yet , what a blunder persecution is ! It failed signally at Ephesus , as it has failed everywhere ; for we read that the result of the conflict was the establishment of a Church , the largest ...
... persecute , in order to help himself . And yet , what a blunder persecution is ! It failed signally at Ephesus , as it has failed everywhere ; for we read that the result of the conflict was the establishment of a Church , the largest ...
Page 134
... persecution . Pagan per- secution was the earliest instance of the use of that weapon , when man murdered man , in order to mend his conscience or to save his soul . The next use of this weapon was papal persecution , when the priest ...
... persecution . Pagan per- secution was the earliest instance of the use of that weapon , when man murdered man , in order to mend his conscience or to save his soul . The next use of this weapon was papal persecution , when the priest ...
Page 266
... persecution , still cleaves to its ancient persecuting principles , and is prepared to gather the fagots , and to bolt the prison- doors , and to celebrate the auto - da - fés , as soon as opportunity and power put it within her reach ...
... persecution , still cleaves to its ancient persecuting principles , and is prepared to gather the fagots , and to bolt the prison- doors , and to celebrate the auto - da - fés , as soon as opportunity and power put it within her reach ...
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