Historical Religious EventsD.F. Robinson, 1828 - 148 pages |
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... prisoners are kept a long time till they themselves turn their own accusers , and declare the cause of their imprisonment , for which they are neither told their crime nor confronted with witnesses . As soon as they are imprisoned ...
... prisoners are kept a long time till they themselves turn their own accusers , and declare the cause of their imprisonment , for which they are neither told their crime nor confronted with witnesses . As soon as they are imprisoned ...
Page 68
... prisoners in the Inquisition are convicted of heresy , either by their own voluntary or extorted confession , or on ... prisoner is attended with a familiar of the Inquisition ; and those to THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY . ASTOR , LENOX ...
... prisoners in the Inquisition are convicted of heresy , either by their own voluntary or extorted confession , or on ... prisoner is attended with a familiar of the Inquisition ; and those to THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY . ASTOR , LENOX ...
Page 69
... prisoners , comes a troop of familiars on horseback ; and after them the Inquisitors , and other officers of the court on mules : last of all , the Inquisitor General on a white horse led by two men . A scaffold is erected large enough ...
... prisoners , comes a troop of familiars on horseback ; and after them the Inquisitors , and other officers of the court on mules : last of all , the Inquisitor General on a white horse led by two men . A scaffold is erected large enough ...
Page 70
... prisoners to be burnt , with a quantity of dry furze about them . The stakes of the professed , that is , such as persist in their heresy , are about four yards high , having a small board towards the top for the prisoner to be seated ...
... prisoners to be burnt , with a quantity of dry furze about them . The stakes of the professed , that is , such as persist in their heresy , are about four yards high , having a small board towards the top for the prisoner to be seated ...
Page 86
... prisoner in Constanti- nople , was sent by the Grand Vizer to the Dar- danelli . The Jews here flocked in great num- bers to the castle where he was confined , and treated him with great respect . They decked their synagogues with S. S. ...
... prisoner in Constanti- nople , was sent by the Grand Vizer to the Dar- danelli . The Jews here flocked in great num- bers to the castle where he was confined , and treated him with great respect . They decked their synagogues with S. S. ...
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Page 85 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Page 28 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our Fathers worshipped stocks and stones...
Page 28 - When all our fathers worshipp'd stocks and stones, Forget not : in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese that roll'd Mother with infant down the rocks.
Page 38 - I can be convinced by clear reasoning, or by proofs taken from the Holy Scriptures, I neither can nor will recant, because it is neither safe nor advisable to do any thing which is against my conscience. Here I stand ; I cannot do otherwise ; so help me God ! Amen!
Page 97 - The idol is a block of wood, having a frightful visage painted black, with a distended mouth of a bloody colour. His arms are of gold, and he is dressed in gorgeous apparel. The other two idols are of a white and yellow colour. — Five elephants preceded the three towers, bearing towering flags, dressed in crimson caparisons, and having bells hanging to their caparisons, which sounded musically as they moved.
Page 39 - ... orders of regulars, the members of his society should take a fourth vow of obedience to the pope, binding themselves to go whithersoever he should command for the service of religion, and without requiring any thing from the holy see for their support.