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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 …

… . 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 …

… the dangers to which the church was to be exposed in the last days, says that as there were false prophets who led Israel into sin, so there will be false …

… 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 …