All, however, that is essential to the history of the Reformation is told in these thirteen volumes. Enzinas at Louvain—The Spanish New Testament—Enzinas at Antwerp—Printing begun—Controversies over the title—Completion of the work—Pedro de Soto, confessor to Charles V.—his.
AND ANNE OF CLEVES
Single impartiality—A procession of martyrs, three evangelists, three papists—Preparations for the queen's divorce—A shameful comedy—the king's hypocrisy—Call of the clergy—Marriage declared void—Divorce granted by Anne of Cleves. The King Offended—The Conspiracy of the Catholic Leaders—The King's Distrust—The Prosecution Ordered—The Indictment—The Unsuspecting Queen—Indictment in Hand—Her Anxiety—Her Interview with the King—Her Declaration—.
THE SPANISH MARTYRS
THE AWAKENING IN SPAIN
Those who boasted of being the great exterminators of the truth became its propagators. Valerio became one of the apostles of the doctrines of Luther and the other reformers.
REFORMATION AND INQUISITION
There was no more reference to them in the discourses of the Spaniards than if they had not existed. Gradually the books of the Roman service were put aside and made room for the Gospel.
SPAIN OUT OF SPAIN
But in the annals of the Reformation his name is less conspicuous than that of his brethren. San Romano then set out for Louvain, knowing that he should find the friends of the Gospel there.
THE NEW TESTAMENT IN SPANISH PRESENTED TO CHARLES THE FIFTH BY ENZINAS
Enzinas: 'The New Testament, your Imperial Majesty, which I have faithfully translated, containing the Gospel history and the letters of the apostles. The emperor imagines that he is the author of the New Testament and that the gospel can contain anything. I will not omit anything useful or necessary for the advancement of God's glory.' Accordingly he began.
Then one comes to the election of an apostle by the assembly of the disciples: - 'This. The promise of Christ," said he, "subdues my sorrows, and I am wonderfully encouraged by the reading of the Psalms. It was a strange sight, this evangelical chaplain preaching in the chapel of the most persecuting court in Christendom.
FANATICISM AND BROTHERLY LOVE
JUAN DIAZ
He became familiar with one of his countrymen, Peter Malvenda, a man older than himself, and a doctor of the Sorbonne, who was afterwards much employed by. Having a deep sense of the value of the Holy Scriptures, he was anxious to read them in. Introducing himself to one of his friends, he told him with the greatest simplicity that he had come to Ratisbon with Bucer for the purpose of defending the doctrines of the Reformation.
We should; - he said, "either bring it back, or get it out of the way." Did he mean he would be imprisoned or killed. He reminded him of the shame that would be reflected, the name of his family, the dangers to which he was exposed, the prison, the exile, the scaffold, and the stake with which he had been threatened. The still weak dawn light barely penetrated the room; Juan went to the window and started reading.
SPANIARDS IN SPAIN
His opposition to heretics, his olive complexion and the sombre costume of his order earned him the surname of the black monk. Domingo spoke with joy on one occasion about the complete justification of the sinner through the grace of Christ. At the front of the manuscript he put a notice to the reader, in which he said,.
The offering of the mass, the monks said, obtains ex opere operato the forgiveness of sins. Some of the archers of the Imperial Guard carefully collected the ashes of the disciple of the gospel. The proverbial current in the first centuries has been verified again, — the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.
QUEEN JOANNA
But the queen ordered the burning of hundreds of her subjects for less opposition than the princess's. The clerical group was happy to see these concerns of the queen and sought to increase them. Joanna seemed meekly to bear her father's robbery of the crown; but it was different with my husband.
Ferdinand,” he said, “has spread a false report about the madness of his daughter and others. Philip had died in Burgos and his body was to be taken to Granada to be buried in the Tomb of the Kings. At Christmas 1521, matins were sung in the chapel set up at the end of the corridor.
THE THREE PARTIES WHICH DIVIDED ENGLAND
It was claimed that a spell was cast on .the king to prevent him from having a male child; and behold, he now had an heir in spite of the spell. Pole was at this time in Padua, where he studied, and where he resided with the permission of the king. He had to persuade the king of France and the emperor to enter into the views of the Roman court, to inflame the Catholics of England, and, if he would be.
Poland had more hope in the Emperor than in Francis I.; but he was soon undeceived. But this prelate likewise was not received, and he was only allowed to speak to one of the. He endeavored to convince him of the perfect innocence of Poland and of his mission.
SUPREME HEAD OF THE ENGLISH CHURCH — A MARTYR
His return was to be characterized by a strong renewal of the fight against the gospel. To this he devoted all resources of the most acute understanding and the most persevering character. First was Henry VIII. under the influence of the late queen had been somewhat softened towards the Reformation.
Sampson of Chichester and others who were devoted to the doctrines of the Middle Ages. But the king wanted to localize the attack and limit the investigation of Lambert to the subject of the sacrament. The king then turned to Cranmer and commanded him to refute the accuser's opinion.
THE SIX ARTICLES
Wyatt was instructed to tell the king that the hand of the Duchess of Milan would be given to him, with one. The owners of the sheets captured Mr. Cromwell, the first secretary of state and king of England. But none of the temporal or ordinary lords, aware that the king was fully resolved, dared to attack them.
But from this time these two powerful ministers of the king swore deadly hatred to each other. On a previous occasion he showed himself rather provoked than pleased by letters from the reformer. A bill passed withdrawing heretics from the jurisdiction of the bishops and subjecting them to the secular courts.
AND ANNE OF CLEVES,
On September 16, the Count Palatine of the Rhine and other ambassadors of the Elector of Saxony and the Duke of Cleves arrived at Windsor. But the Protestantism of the King of England showed itself not so much in matters of religion as in affairs. Representatives of the Elector of Saxony and Hesse accompanied Anna from Cleves to England.
This pun would have been offensive anywhere; it was doubly offensive in the pulpit in the presence of the bishop himself. After this he turned to the Bishop of Winchester, who was present by the king's command, and earnestly and respectfully begged pardon. It must be admitted that he did use the Bible in his conflict with the Pope.
DISGRACE AND DEATH OF CROMWELL, EARL OF ESSEX
That he had set at liberty some prisoners suspected of treason; a crime indeed in the eyes of a gloomy despot, but in the judgment of
That he had granted freedom of exportation of corn, horses, and other articles of commerce; the crime of freedom, which would now not be a crime. That's what he had done, a low-born man who had given places and orders only that he was sure the king would approve of them. That he gave permission, both to the king's subjects and to foreigners, to cross the sea 'without any search'. This is intelligent.
That he given had given permission, both to the king’s subjects to foreigners, to cross the sea ‘without any search.’ This intelligent
Roman Catholics said he had aspired to the hand of the king's daughter, Mary. Taken back to the Tower, he became fully aware of the danger approaching him. How often his will was opposed to the commandments of the divine will.
But at the same time he discovered in the Gospel the grace which he had only imperfectly known; and the doctrines which the Catholic Church of the first centuries had professed became dear to him. By adhering so clearly to the doctrine of the Trinity, which was confessed in the fourth century by the councils of Nicaea and… This is one of the most beautiful prayers that have come down to us in Christian times.
DIVORCE OF ANNE OF CLEVES
These prayers of a dying man, sent to the scaffold by Henry himself, must have made an impression on the heart of the king. Verily, henceforth I shall be of the king's religion, that is to say, of none at all!' f350. Cromwell and these six men were not to be the only objects of the king's displeasure.
This intention he intimated to one of the gentlemen in whom he had full confidence; and the latter some communications to that effect, on the 3rd of July, to the Privy Council. The gentlemen accepted the proposal; and a commission consisting of the chancellor, the archbishop of. They then said: 'We humbly beseech your Majesty to permit the validity of your marriage to be examined by the summons of the clergy; we attach all the more.
CATHERINE HOWARD, A CATHOLIC QUEEN
The niece of the Duke of Norfolk, Gardiner's friend, was of course a Catholic; and the Catholic party celebrated her as both a symbol and an instrument of reaction. But the enemies of the Reformation, who now enjoyed the favor of the king, wrote down or abolished this institution and others like it, to the great injury of both religion and state. It dealt with the seven sacraments, the Mass, transubstantiation, the Salutation to the Virgin, and other doctrines required by conformity.
At the sight of this reaction, so marvelous in their eyes, the Anglican Catholics, and even the Papists, burst out with joy, and awaited with impatience the 'crown of the building.' England was, in their opinion, saved. The introduction of superstitious practices, the prospect of the penalties contained in the bloody statutes of the Six Articles, penalties which had not yet been enforced, but which were becoming so widespread, distress and alarm among the evangelicals. Grafton, who printed the Bible under the patronage of the Deputy, having met Bonner, whom Cromwell had for.