50: on Justin Martyr. That the early apologists did not convince the rulers, but strengthened the Christians
166: The rule in the East that married men could not become bishops "has had the great disadvantage of blocking promotion in the Eastern church"
170: [on martyrs & saints]: "There arose thus a popular Christianity of the second rank, as Harnack has well called it"
172: This Christianity of the second rank ... undoubtedly made the way for heathenism to Christianity easier for thousands, but it largely heathenized the Church itself"
180: Augustine on the Trinity: "We say three "persons" not in order to express it, but in order not to be silent"
324: The Inquisition in Spain was a national institution in clerical garb and denounced by the popes
‑‑: Ximinez' was the first new Greek NT, but Erasmus rushed his into print to forestall it
329: Erasmus was not an impeccable Latinist. His knowledge of Greek was superficial. [ff. The history of the Reformers and the connections with princes is not pleasant reading]
383: Frederick I of Scandinavia bought the nobles with church property
384: In Norway and Iceland, Lutheranism was long popularly resisted
385: Gustavus Vasa also looked to confiscate long before popular acceptance
407: Henry 8 remained a Catholic, as did the majority of Englishmen
409: Somerset's attempt to limit the rapacity of the landowners led to his downfall at the hands of Warwick
516: to Wesley, Calvinism seemed paralyzing to moral effort
539: Like all compromising parties, its influence was temporary
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