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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 WALDENSES, in FRANCE.
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NOTWITHSTANDING these persecutions, the reformed religion seemed to flourish; and the Waldenses, in various parts, became more numerous than ever. Hence the pope accused them of heresy, and the monks with immorality; the […] asserting that they had fallen into many errors, and the latter that they committed many bad practices. These slanders they, however, refuted in a modest publication, which at once defended the purity of their doctrines, and the piety of their lives.
NOTWITHSTANDING these persecutions, the reformed religion seemed to flourish; and the Waldenses, in various parts, became more numerous than ever. Hence the pope accused them of heresy, and the monks with immorality; the 〈…〉 asserting that they had fallen into many errors, and the latter that they committed many bad practices. These slanders they, however, refuted in a modest publication, which at once defended the purity of their doctrines, and the piety of their lives.
THE pope, incensed at their increase, used all manner of arts for their extirpation; such as excommunications, anathemas, canons, constitutions, decrees, &c. by which they were rendered incapable of holding places of trust, honour, or pro••t▪ their lands were seized, their goods confiscated, and they were not permitted to be buried in consecrat•• ground.
SOME of the Waldenses having taken refuge i• Spain, Aldephonsus, king of Aragon, at the instigation of the pope, published an edict, strictly ordering all Roman catholics to persecute th•• wherever they could be found; and decreeing th all who gave them the least assistance should be deemed traitors, and punished accordingly.