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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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AT the council the legate, in the pope's name, paid many compliments to earl Simon, and declared, that he should be prince of all the countries that might in future be taken from the Albigenses; at the same time, by order of the pontiff, he styled him, The active and dextrous soldier of Jesus Christ, and the invincible defender of the Catholic faith. But just as the earl was going to return thanks for these great honours, and fine encomiums, a messenger brought word, that the people, having heard earl Simon was in the council, had taken up arms, and were coming thither to destroy him as a common disturber.
AT the council the legate, in the pope's name, paid many compliments to earl Simon, and declared, that he should be prince of all the countries that might in future be taken from the Albigenses; at the same time, by order of the pontiff, he stiled him, The active and dextrous soldier of Jesus Christ, and the invincible defender of the Catholic faith. But just as the earl was going to return thanks for these great honours, and fine encomiums, a messenger brought word, that the people, having heard earl Simon was in the council, had taken up arms, and were coming thither to destroy him as a common disturber.
THIS threw the whole council into great confusion; and earl Simon, though a minute before styled an Invincible Defender of the Faith, was glad to jump out of a window, and steal away from the city by the most private passages.
THIS threw the whole council into great confusion; and earl Simon, though a minute before stiled an Invincible Defender of the Faith, was glad to jump out of a window, and steal away from the city by the most private passages.
THE affair becoming serious, according to the opinions of the papists, the Pope himself soon after called a council, to be held at Lateran, in which great powers were granted to Roman catholic inquisitors, and many Albigenses were immediately put to death. This council of Lateran likewise confirmed to earl Simon all the honours intended him by the council of Montpellier, and empowered him to raise another army against the Albigenses.