 The ignorance of the clergy respecting religion was as gross as the dissoluteness of their morals. Even bishops were not ashamed to confess that they were unacquainted with the canon of their faith, and had never read any part of the sacred Scriptures,...  The Book of Nature - Strona 423autor: John Mason Good - 1826Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | 1812 - Liczba stron: 532
...of their families by such base alliances, for the sake of the rich dowries which they brought, f - Through the blind devotion and munificence of princes...part of the sacred scriptures, except what they met whh in their missals. ' — * Of the doctrine of Christianity, scarce any thing remained bat the name.... | |
 | 1813 - Liczba stron: 670
...their families by such base alliances, for the sake of the rich dowries which they brought.' p. 16. ' The ignorance of the clergy respecting religion was...sacred scriptures, except what they met with in their missals. Under such pastors the people perished for lack of knowledge. That book which was able to... | |
 | James Townley - 1828 - Liczba stron: 398
...influence to that kingdom, " gross darkness," the result of Popish superstition, " covered the land." " Even bishops were not ashamed to confess^ that they...Sacred Scriptures, except what they met with in their missals. Under such pastors the people perished for lack of knowledge. That book which was able to... | |
 | James Campbell (teacher of English.) - 1832 - Liczba stron: 274
...the discourses which they delivered to the people—the greater part of them never attempted it, and were not ashamed to confess that they were unacquainted...sacred Scriptures, except what they met with in their missals. The inferior clergy were, as might he expected, still worse. The number of these, who engaged... | |
 | the christians - 1836 - Liczba stron: 426
...reduce their number, abridge their privileges, or alienate their funds. The ignorance of the clergy was as gross as the dissoluteness of their morals....Even bishops were not ashamed to confess that they had never read any part of the sacred Scriptures, except what they met with in their missals. Learning... | |
 | Thomas M'Crie - 1838 - Liczba stron: 590
...St Austin, St Clair, St Scholastica, and St Catherine of Sienna, with canonesses of various clans, f The ignorance of the clergy respecting religion was...their faith, and had never read any part of the sacred Scrip• Lord Hailes's Notes on Ancient Scottish Poems, pp. 249, 250, 297, 309. We need not appeal... | |
 | Charles Henry Timperley - 1839 - Liczba stron: 1266
...influence to that kingdom, "gross darkness," the result of popish superstition, " covered the land." " Even bishops were not ashamed to confess that they...Sacred Scriptures, except what they met with in their missals. Under such pastors the people perished for lack of knowledge. That book which was able to... | |
 | Thomas M'Crie - 1839 - Liczba stron: 240
...monks, like locusts, devoured the fruits of the land, and fi.lj.ed the air with pestilential infection. The ignorance of the clergy respecting religion, was...were unacquainted with the canon of their faith; and that they had never read any part of the sacred Scriptures, except what they met with in their missals.... | |
 | Thomas M'Crie - 1840 - Liczba stron: 552
...Austin, St. Clare, St. Scholastica, and St. Catherine of Sienna, with canonesses of various clans, f The ignorance of the clergy respecting religion, was...as gross as the dissoluteness of their morals. Even hishops were not ashamed to confess that they were unacquainted with the canon of their faith, and... | |
 | Thomas M'Crie - 1846 - Liczba stron: 524
...Austin, St. Clare, St. Scholastics, and St. Catharine of Sienna, with canonesses of various clans, f The ignorance of the clergy respecting religion was...sacred scriptures, except what they met with in their missals. ф Under such pastors the people perished for lack of knowledge. That book which was able... | |
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