Passing the Flame
Knox was soon imprisoned on a galley ship… Continue reading Passing the Flame
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Richard C. Trench Loved Words
“No man can be without his god. If he have not the true God to bless and sustain him, he will have some false god to delude and to betray him… Continue reading Richard C. Trench Loved Words
Sacked Again
In 1523 Giulio de’ Medici became Pope Clement VII. Martin Luther was causing problems at the time, but portents soon appeared of greater distresses to come. On April 8, 1527, as Clement blessed a crowd of 10,000, a fanatic in … Continue reading Sacked Again
“The Prudent” Could Not Defeat God’s Will
Phillip II (Philip the Prudent) was born to Emperor Charles V and Isabella of Portugal on 21 May 1527. He was Duke of Milan from 1540, King of Naples and Sicily from 1554 until his death in 1598, From 1555 he was Lord of the Seventeen Provinces of the Netherlands, … Continue reading “The Prudent” Could Not Defeat God’s Will
“The Smile of the Reformation”
Pierre Viret was born to a devout middle-class Roman Catholic family in Orbe, a small town now in Switzerland. Viret studied as a scholar in his hometown school and then attended the University of Paris, where he was converted to the Reformed faith. He returned to … Continue reading “The Smile of the Reformation”
The Edict of Nantes
“Paris is well worth a Mass,” Continue reading The Edict of Nantes
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