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… declares. Shall this power, whose record for a thousand years is written in the blood of the saints, be now acknowledged as a part of the church of Christ?

… the people to transgress the laws of the church, thus endangering the peace and good order of society. If the authority of the church were to be set aside …

… of a trial. But this proposition Robert Harmon refused to accept. Soon the family was notified to be present at a meeting to be held in the church vestry. Of this …

… . The work of proclaiming the gospel message among the Gentiles was now to be prosecuted with vigor; and as a result the church was to be strengthened by a great …

… go to Wittenberg. The scholar of the church was not to be endangered by the poison of heresy. So said the friars.

… . “The church in the wilderness,” and not the proud hierarchy enthroned in the world's great capital, was the true church of Christ, the guardian of the treasures …

… to the support of the clergy, and the magistrates being authorized to suppress heresy. Thus the secular power was in the hands of the church. It was not long …

… and heresies were imperiling the church. Some who professed Christ claimed that His love released them from obedience to the law of God. On the other hand …

The chief objects to be accomplished by the council were to heal the schism in the church and to root out heresy. Hence the two antipopes were summoned to appear …

… the invocation of saints and the adoration of the Virgin Mary. From this sprang also the heresy of eternal torment for the finally impenitent, which was early …