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The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being…
The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being Fox's Book of martyrs, revised and corrected, with additions and great improvements. : Containing an authentic account of the lives, persecutions and sufferings of the holy martyrs; and the many dreadful persecutions against the Church of Christ in all parts of the world, by pagans, Jews, Turks, papists, and others, from earliest ages of the church to the present period. ... The whole forming at once a general Christian martyrology, and a complete history of persecutions. / By the Rev. Mr. John Fox, M.A. late of Magdalen College, Oxford. ; Now revised, corrected and improved, with many additional articles, relating to the acts and monuments of the church. By Paul Wright, D.D. ; Embellished with forty elegant copper plate engravings. ; In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being Fox's Book of marytrs, revised and corrected, with additions and great improvements. : Containing an authentic account of the lives, persecutions and sufferings of the holy martyrs; and the many dreadful persecutions against the Church of Christ in all parts of the world, by pagans, Jews, Turks, papists, and others, from earliest ages of the church to the present period. ... The whole forming at once a general Christian martyrology, and a complete history of persecutions. / By the Rev. Mr. John Fox, M.A. late of Magdalen College, Oxford. ; Now revised, corrected and improved, with many additional articles, relating to the acts and monuments of the church. By Paul Wright, D.D. ; Embellished with forty elegant copper plate engravings. ; In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].
New-York: printed by William Durell, 1794
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Volume 1 › Chapter 3 › An Account of the Persecutions of the Albigenses.
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IT is now necessary to take some notice of the earl of Toulouse, who by means of letters of recommendation from the king of France, after many difficulties, was reconciled to the Pope: at least the Pope pretended to give him remission for the death of friar Peter, and to absolve him from all other crimes he had committed.
IT is now necessary to take some notice of the earl of Thoulouse, who by means of letters of recommendation from the king of France, after many difficulties, was reconciled to the Pope: at least the Pope pretended to give him remission for the death of friar Peter, and to absolve him from all other crimes he had committed.
THE legate, however, by the connivance of the Pope, did all he could to ruin the earl of Toulouse. Some altercations having passed between them, the legate excommunicated the earl; and the Roman catholic bishop of Toulouse, upon this encouragement, thought proper to send this imprudent message to the earl, "That as he was an excommunicated person, he commanded him to depart the city; for an ecclesiastic could not say mass with propriety, while a person of such a description was so near him."
THE legate, however, by the connivance of the Pope, did all he could to ruin the earl of Thoulouse. Some altercations having passed between them, the legate excommunicated the earl; and the Roman catholic bishop of Thoulouse, upon this encouragement, thought proper to send this imprudent message to the earl, "That as he was an excommunicated person, he commanded him to depart the city; for an ecclesiastic could not say mass with propriety, while a person of such a description was so near him."
THE earl was greatly exasperated at the bishop's insolence, and sent him an order immediately to depart from the place on pain of death. This order was all the prelate wanted, and was what he wished for, as it would give him some shadow of a reason to complain of that nobleman.