...or its place in Luther’s progressive assault upon the total position of the Romans. In An Open Letter to the Christian Nobility 1 Luther demolished... ...t on this theme of the sacraments. He expects that after this “Prelude” the Romans will gird themselves for battle and attack him in force, but he i... ...s later. The first came from the pen of Augustinus Alveld, that “celebrated Romanist of Leipzig,” against whom Luther had fulminated in The Papacy at... ... sanctam sedem [The Recantation of the Augustinian Martin Luther before the Holy See]. Its date is November 22, 1519, at Cremona. It begins and ends... ...w means of grace or new promises of mercy, and everywhere he bases upon the Holy Scriptures his general conception of a sacrament and his understand... ... A Discussion of Confession, 8 A Treatise on the New Testament that is the Holy Mass 9 and A Treatise Concerning the Blessed Sacrament 10 are tran... ...hat German kings, since Charles the Great in 800 A.D., had been called Roman Emperors after receiving papal coronation. Perhaps, though, he is referr... ...s well as through the sacrament of ordination, they have become such mighty emperors and princes. But now it is a fortunate thing that they despise t...

...ins! If any are to be called heretics and schismatics, it is not the Bohemians or the Greeks,47 for they take their stand upon the Gospels. It is you Romans who are the heretics and godless schismatics, for you presume upon your figments alone against the clear Scriptures of God. Wash yourself of that, men!”...

... a book, written in the Spanish tongue, which clearly sets forth, and demonstrates from Holy Scripture, the erroneous-ness of the opinion, almost uni... ...f the great God our Saviour, whose servants you are, I do command you, in that High and Holy name at which every knee shall bow, that you take leisu... ...avocations, lay aside your several speculations, and diligently apply yourselves to the Holy Scriptures and to the throne of the Heavenly Majesty, th... ... of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost, under that seal including Protestants, Roman Catholics, Greek church, Armenians, &c. and all the se... ...s of John’s gospel referred to above, and in connexion with the eleventh chapter of the Romans; it appeared to me that the church of the Gentiles was... ... work of one of his most gifted servants. Now let this book be read as a voice from the Roman Catholic Church, and let the Palingenesia and Basilicu... ...me. Coming of Messiah Vol. 1 Part II. -277- The church of Christ endured from the emperors the most terrible persecutions, almost without inte... ... If we ask, what seven heads in one emperor may mean? They answer, that they mean seven emperors, who, either jointly with Dioclesian, or after his d... ...earth shall worship him. We remark, secondly, that if the seven heads signify the seven emperors who persecuted the church conjointly with Dioclesian...

...y little, auburn haired cousin, Helen. She will do just as well as any other woman.” ‘Not a very romantic acceptance, Uncle, which is hardly surpris... ...d. Gavin is not exactly the ardent suitor. He is merely doing his duty by marrying me. Not a very romantic proposal.’ Rosita seemed suddenly anxious... ...married again. Gavin was the son of this second marriage. Helen, herself, had firmly quelled that romantic dream of her adolescence and plunged hers... ...ce is forbidden by the British.’ From Allahabad, another sacred city at the confluence of the two holy rivers, the Ganges and the Jumna, the party l... ... I shall remove my shoes before entering, which I believe is the prerequisite for visiting Muslim holy places; so fetch the key please, Isabel,’ sai... ...ad.’ ‘So, I will return to England soon?’ asked Helen, fascinated by the depth of meaning in the holy man’s words. ‘No, not soon, but it will happe... ... the name of Kashmir with his dying breath. The beautiful Lake Dal, the summer retreat of Moghul Emperors in the past and now of the British, was s...

...e protagonists that populate this work of fiction. In a way, therefore, this is a roman-a-clef. Still, names and circumstances were altered to p... ...nting at the door. He really meant it. I spend five decades of my life avoiding the Holy Land and then, within a week, I am visiting it twice. “S... ...s played host to King David and to Jesus, to King Solomon and to countless wannabe Roman emperors. It is one of the cradles of civilization and you ... ...yed host to King David and to Jesus, to King Solomon and to countless wannabe Roman emperors. It is one of the cradles of civilization and you can f... ... answer, Jew-dog!” – he barked shrilly. “My great-great grandfather was the wild, romantic artist type. He had a fling with a German servant-girl ...

... and being "in love" as something more spectacular than bottle rockets and Roman candles lit from the bridges over the Chao Phraya River in the Loi kr... ... to that of twirling and dizzy children while fantasies stepped forward as emperors of the spinning domain. At times when they were more conscious of ... ...and turn with universal movement. He was the oddity. This Nawin, the romancer of whores, was all for show. Deep inside was not impetuousness bu... ...n. They get it out of their system for a few hours but a woman percolates romantically throughout the day. She loses all sense of reason. She does e... ...balloon peddlers, sandwich salesmen with a box strapped onto their chests, holy jasmine makers, goldfish in the bag mountebanks, car window newspaper ... ...understand it at all. I know that there are 7000 American soldiers in the holy land of Saudi Arabia to protect that area from Iraq's aggression and-"... ...a man celebrated for his adulterous debauchery. She could have been their holy martyr as the object of sympathy and the icon of women's suffering but...

...sts, or Couriers XXIII. Of Bad Meanes emploied to a Good End XXIV. Of the Roman Greatnesse XXV. How a Man should not Counterfeit to be Sicke XXVI. Of... ...er in the ninth Chapter of his third booke by letters testimoniall of the Romane Senate and Citty beare record: How rightly it is his, and his belove... ...flew out. She faints: at last, with long pause thus she said. Besides the Romane Ladie, that died for joy to see her sonne returne alive from the bat... ...uld be despised of us, but not neglected of ours.' And religiously said a holy man; Curatio funeris, cond itio sepulturae, pompa exequiarum, magis s... ...riends he had there, he unkindly revolted, and became a turne-cote on the Emperors side, to his intolerable losse and destraction, notwithstanding al... ...eir names and shapes: And that of Leo the Emperor, who fore-spake all the Emperors and Patriarkes of Greece. This have I seene with mine owne eyes, ... ...ment, and in fine, bends all her travell to make us live well, and as the holy Scripture, saith, 'at our ease.' All the opinions of the world conclu... ...st her, my endevour to avoid it. I could live with the only assistance of holy and merry-hearted men. The sight of others anguishes doth sensibly dr... ..., as it is likely, courtiers, and such as in his time were favored of the Emperors, who hated his franknesse, his fatherly humors, and distaste he b...

...ights. Copyright © 1995 and 2006 by Donald Broadribb. Typeset in Times New Roman and Futura, using the program Mellel, with an Apple iMac. ACKNOWLEDG... ... Christian Belief Before The Nicaean Council The Centrality Of Beliefs The Holy Rituals Exclusive Allegiance The Social Bases Of Religious Divergence ... ...many readers will remember that within the general Christian tradition the Roman Catholic Church, until very recently, retained some vestiges of food ... ...ng many influences from Indian Buddhism, Persian Zoroastrianism, and Greco-Roman philosophy. They gained prominence during the first centuries AD and ... ...d the master: “It is some time since I came to you to be instructed in the holy path of the Buddha, but you have never given me even an inkling of it.... ...uniform, official religion of the Roman Empire had long been a goal of the emperors. Emperor Constantine had cast his lot in with the Christian moveme... ...p the doctrine of God by including God’s spirit, now officially termed the Holy Spirit, as a third “person” of God, making a neat Trinity. In popular ...

... anything else. Science has invented the constant of the speed of light as a holy Tabernacle, as some kind of sacred religious icon. The only reas... ...h collided and split and became two beating hearts. This is also the reason Romance exists. The beating heart of the 3-dimensional Universe comes ... ...e audacity of it. The fact that they were the underdog at the beginning; was romantic to say the least. What if the North American Indians tried to... ...the public square and slaughtered them before the eyes of the entire crowd of Roman vanquished citizens… And after that: they walked around, casuall... ... Life. A living creature is not important: an abstract line made concrete is holy and sacred and fought over and preserved and perpetuated religiou... ...ecause they consider it too risky and dangerous to let them fail. All in the holy name-cause of stability. Why? Because upsetting any authority w... ...s, outlaws, robbers, and thieves. The biggest chieftains, kings, queens, and emperors; with the biggest armies, the greatest navies; who killed the... ...p their deified idols-of-choice on TV for hours on end. And like the Chinese Emperors… none of these deified idols know they are being worshipped un... ...ntrigue of all the courts, from Babylon, to the Roman Caesars, to the Chinese Emperors, to Machiavelli, to the Parliamentary system, to the modern Wa...

... closer to the commercially driven British Empire than to the militarily propelled Roman one. Actually, the author thinks aloud, isn't America's re... ...nd religion - the mainstays of the American value system - were also the pivots of Roman society. Their work ethic was "Protestant" and their condu... ...uired wealth rather than one's arbitrary birth determined one's place in life. The Roman takeover of Italy is reminiscent of the expansion of the U... ...south-eastern and central Europe into his burgeoning feudal empire. Local kings and emperors were left to govern as administrators, vassals to the O... ...Lately, it took to invading or threatening to invade Muslim territories, occupying holy places, and massacring tens of thousands of innocents in th...

... was a child. Watching a Grecian or Hawaiian sunset. Watching Aida in the Roman stadium in Verona. And there were so many times with Arline, just ho... ... who has united with the Brahman through years of correct meditation. The holy Jew, the holy Christian, and the holy Moslem have felt deeply the spi... ...Quite commonly other non-provable ideas enter without the blessing of the holy scriptures. For Catholics, the virgin birth of Jesus, the trinity of ... ...re a monotheist. If you believe in many gods, like the ancient Greeks and Romans, you are a polytheist. ―A second type of one god belief is ... ...re from the 3rd century AD. ―Since the theists believe that their holy scriptures are the inspired word of God, those scriptures are correct... ...fferent from us. Remember that the Hindu approach, the ancient Greeks and Romans, and many other groups have believed in multiple theistic gods. So p... ...l of religious acceptance. But on looking closely we see no mantel. These emperors really have no clothes! ―In your country could a person w...

...Dinulescu–Câmpina, St. Bucea, Nr.4, Bl. 38, Ap.31, CAMPINA, Jud. PRAHOVA, ROMANIA. The comments, together with the answer from the author, will be i... ...of fear, but through the sense of duty>. (During the summer of 1998, the Romanian broadcasing company presented a particularly violent phenomenon, ... ...s of a scientific community. The Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology of Romania, when explicitly so requested, confirmed the veracity of the news,... ...period of time lapse of 23 hours and 20 minutes. - The second book of the Emperors in the Old Testament 20,11 reads:<... and He brought the shadow t... ...sis claims to be a scientific one, modeled from an actual fact, and whose holy connotation consists in the divine nature inspiration of Moses, to cro... ...pothesis seems more plausible, assuming, paradoxically, a more pronounced holy connotation. Even if we put aside the tremendous mental force of the ... ...d fire chariots lowered from heaven, the descent of the saints and of the Holy Spirit, walking over waters, <the Ascension>, etc. not to count that ...

... walls of ancient buildings that he could see into and imagine long deceased emperors in coronation ceremonies or reading their mandates became irrele... ...When he had the ineluctable sympathy for another person, it deflated all the romance. He didn't mind that so much. To embark on a deep friendship wi... ...se; but all partners of the past seemed to him to have wanted only to cast a romantic aura around him as if scared to see the real person inside, and ... ...its own cell divisions. Secondly, this cynicism that a woman, spellbound in romance, robbed a man of his sperm to produce a baby by which to devote h... ...individuals in between engagements. Visions came unto him and he almost felt holy writing out aspects of Gabriele's life within the fog of his smoke. ... ...aybe a bovine God standing there in its pasture cognizant of nothing, wholly holy in the innocence of stupidity and lack of aggressive tendencies--gre... ... become wholly stiff before her. Yes, she thought then scoffingly, he was a holy stiff. Now, kitchen-bound, he was no doubt using logic to create a ...

...HE CÆSARS THE CÆSARS THE CÆSARS THE CÆSARS THE CÆSARS THE CONDITION of the Roman Emperors has never yet been fully appreciated; nor has it been suffic... ...ARS THE CÆSARS THE CÆSARS THE CÆSARS THE CÆSARS THE CONDITION of the Roman Emperors has never yet been fully appreciated; nor has it been sufficiently... ...s not been repeated; neither has Cæsar. Ubi Cæsar, ibi Roma—was a maxim of Roman jurisprudence. And the same maxim may be translated into a wider mean... ...4 The Cæsars ished and expired together. The illimitable attributes of the Roman prince, boundless and comprehensive as the univer- sal air,—like that... ... may be asserted, that after the Roman Cæsars all modern kings, kesars, or emperors, are mere phantoms of royalty. The Cæsar of Western Rome—he only o... ...es— denominated Universal Empires, or Monarchies. These are noticed in the Holy Scriptures; and it is upon their war- rant that men have supposed no f... ...CHAPTER III CHAPTER III CHAPTER III CHAPTER III CHAPTER III THE THREE NEXT EMPERORS, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero, were the last princes who had any c... .... George IV ., we have understood, was generally escorted from Balkeith to Holyrood at a rate of twenty-two miles an hour. And of his father, the trul...

...Excerpt: The condition of the Roman Emperors has never yet been fully appreciated; nor has it been sufficiently perceived in what respects it was absolutely unique. There was but one Rome: no other city, as we are satisfied by the collation of many facts,...

...and Nobility: 23 But let Desert in pure Election shine; 24 And Romanes, fight for Freedome in your Choice. 25 Enter Marcus Andronicu... ...9 A speciall Party, haue by Common voyce 30 In Election for the Romane Emperie, 31 Chosen Andronicus, Sur- named Pious, 32 Fo... ...y go vp into the Senat house. 76 Enter a Captaine. 77 Cap. Romanes make way: the good Andronicus, 78 Patron of Vertue, Romes be... ...8 And heere I sweare by all the Romaine Gods, 359 Sith Priest and Holy- water are so neere, 360 And Tapers burne so bright, and euery th... ... 796 Or is it Dian habited like her, 797 Who hath abandoned her holy Groues, 798 To see the generall Hunting in this Forrest? 799 ... ...thy dumb action, will I be as perfect 1493 As begging Hermits in their holy prayers. 1494 Thou shalt not sighe nor hold thy stumps to heauen, ... ...e gods haue giuen vs ouer. 1728 Flourish. 1729 Dem. Why do the Emperors trumpets flourish thus? 1730 Chi. Belike for ioy the Emper...

... not Dishonour to approach Th? Imperiall Seate to Vertue: consecrate To Justice, Continence, and Nobility: But let Desert in pure Election shine; And Romanes, fight for Freedome in your Choice. Enter Marcus Andronicus aloft with the Crowne. Princes, that strive by Factions, and by Friends, Ambitiously for Rule and Empery: Know, that the people of Rome for whom we stand A s...

...8 Was call’d Sicillius, who did ioyne his Honor 39 Against the Romanes, with Cassibulan, - 1 - The Tragedie of Cymbeline Shakespeare: Fi... ...omething feare my Fathers wrath, but nothing 103 (Alwayes reseru’d my holy duty) what 104 His rage can do on me. You must be gone, 105 ... ... which he is, new o’re: And he is one 784 The truest manner’d: such a holy Witch, 785 That he enchants Societies into him: 786 Halfe al... ...businesse. 805 Imo. Pray what is’t? 806 Iach. Some dozen Romanes of vs, and your Lord 807 (The best Feather of our wing) haue m... ...he Queene, and vs, we shall haue neede 1028 T’ employ you towards this Romane. 1029 Come our Queene. Exeunt. 1030 Clot. If she be vp,... ...structs you how t’ adore the Heauens; and bowes you 1558 To a mornings holy office. The Gates of Monarches 1559 Are Arch’d so high, that Giant... ...Roman Senators, and Tribunes. 2198 1.Sen. This is the tenor of the Emperors Writ; 2199 That since the common men are now in Action 2200 ... ...alt be so well master’d, but be sure 2716 No lesse belou’d. The Romane Emperors Letters - 61 - The Tragedie of Cymbeline Shakespeare: First Folio...

...d His measure duly. What?s his name, and Birth? I cannot delue him to the roote: His Father Was call?d Sicillius, who did joyne his Honor Against the Romanes, with Cassibulan ......

..., as it were, of a gigantic vessel. We dream of Paris from the days of the Romans to those of the Franks, from the Normans to the Burgundians, the Mid... ...sed his final rejection by the family, who held dissipation of property in holy horror, and who now discovered that in six years Godefroid had spent o... ...ity of life, he dreamed awake, he saw with his eyes the fantastic world of romances he had read in his idle hours. Any Parisian leaving, as he did, th... ...t the matter. “How old is she?” he began to ask himself; and a vision of a romance in the rue Chanoinesse came to him. “She certainly has an air of no... ...sciously he read the following heading:— Chapter XII. The Royal Way of the Holy Cross He took up the book; a sentence of that noble chapter caught his... ...wilt, never canst thou find a nobler, surer path than the royal way of the holy cross. “Dispose and order all things according to thy desires and thin... ...cusable in the eyes of the law; but in the eyes of the most magnanimous of emperors, will not her mis- fortunes, the infamous betrayal of her husband,...

...pare with it in the capital of ideas. We feel ourselves on the quarter-deck, as it were, of a gigantic vessel. We dream of Paris from the days of the Romans to those of the Franks, from the Normans to the Burgundians, the Middle-Ages, the Valois, Henri IV., Louis XIV., Napoleon, and Louis-Philippe. Vestiges are before us of all those sovereignties, in monuments that recall...

... equal opportunity University. Contents CHAPTER I ANCIENT ENGLAND AND THE ROMANS......................................................... 7 CHAPTER I... ...s History of England by Charles Dickens CHAPTER I ANCIENT ENGLAND AND THE ROMANS IF YOU LOOK AT A M AP of the World, you will see, in the left ha... ... cient Britons, fifty five years before the birth of Our Saviour, when the Romans, under their A Child’s Histroy of England 12 great General, Julius ... ...vals, dur ing two hundred years, and through a long suc cession of Roman Emperors and chiefs; during all which length of time, the Britons rose agai... ...consider that they had taken a very solemn oath, in swearing this upon the holy bracelets that they wore, and which were al ways buried with them whe... ...think not. I observe that it induced the ignorant people to consider him a holy man, and that it made him very powerful. Which was exactly what he alw... ...m one. Ethelred the Unready was glad enough, I dare say, to be rid of this holy saint; but, left to him self, he was a poor weak king, and his reign ...

...Contents CHAPTER I ANCIENT ENGLAND AND THE ROMANS......................................................... 7 CHAPTER II ANCIENT ENGLAND UNDER THE EARLY SAXONS .................................. 18 CHAPTER III ENGLAND UNDER THE GOOD SAXON, ALFRED..........................

...tion To Don Michele Angelo Cajetani, Prince of Teano. It is neither to the Roman Prince, nor to the representa- tive of the illustrious house of Cajet... ...uthor of some strange tales indeed, who left us the splendid collection of romances whence Shakespeare derived many of his plots and even com- plete c... ...at of a perfect lover dy- ing for his mistress. In the same way, these two romances form a pair, like twins of opposite sexes. This is a literary vaga... ...the side he sees is the only true and right one. Thus it is written in the Holy Book, “God will deliver the world over to divisions.” I must con- fess... ...ieked Crevel, positively bound- ing with excitement. “Good Heavens! by the Holy Piper! By all the joys in Paradise!—The rascal!—I beg your pardon, Cou... ...o pro- claim the many merits of the lady of the house. Scandal is the true Holy Alliance in Paris. T ake that as an axiom. Inter- ests invariably fall... ... the mayors of the largest towns in the Empire and the Emperor’s prefects, Emperors themselves on a minute scale, would come out to meet the Imperial ...

...Excerpt: It is neither to the Roman Prince, nor to the representative of the illustrious house of Cajetani, which has given more than one Pope to the Christian Church, that I dedicate this short portion of a long history; it is to the learned commentator ...

...lden goblet of Aachen, and drank, elbow upward, the green-eyed wine of old romance, there lived, a bow-shot from the bones of the Eleven Thousand Virg... ...ed, a bow-shot from the bones of the Eleven Thousand Virgins and the Three Holy Kings, a pros- perous Rhinelander, by name Gottlieb Groschen, or, as i... ...ne; basalt-quarries about Linz; mineral-springs in Nassau, a legacy of the Romans to the genius and enterprise of the first of German traders. He coul... ...bject of mine, Gottlieb!’ and he was easy with the proudest princes of the Holy German Realm. For Gottlieb was a money-lender and an honest man in one... ... dragon, shamming sleep, has destroyed more vir- gins than all the heathen emperors,’ says old Hans Aepfelmann of Duesseldorf. Margarita’s foot was ta... ... ‘He must see for himself, and be satisfied,’ continued Aunt Lisbeth; ‘and Holy Thomas to warn him for an example! Poor Kraut!’ ‘Poor Kraut!’ echoed M...

...Excerpt: In those lusty ages when the Kaisers lifted high the golden goblet of Aachen, and drank, elbow upward, the green-eyed wine of old romance, there lived, a bow-shot from the bones of the Eleven Thousand Virgins and the Three Holy Kings, a prosperous Rhinelander, by name Gottlieb Groschen, or, as it was sometimes ennobled, Gottlieb von Groschen; than whom ...

...t from mouth and nose, have remained even till our own times to show how a Roman soldier did his duty. In like manner the last of the old Spanish infa... ...f those very native corps who were advancing to massacre him. This was the Roman sentry’s firmness, more voluntary and more glorious. Nor 10 A Book o... ... lady with the lamp’, whose health and strength were freely devoted to the holy work of softening the after sufferings that render war so hideous; who... ...devotion of one man has been the saving of an army. Such, according to old Roman story, was the feat of Horatius Cocles. It was in the year B.C. 507, ... ... to rest, And for the wife who nurses His baby at her breast? And for the holy maidens Who feed the eternal flame, To save them from false Sextus, ... ...rs, yet, after the time of Hiram, Solomon’s ally at Tyre, it is plain from Holy Scripture that their crimes were great. The first dispute between Rome... ...e arena, from the arena, or sand, with which it was strewn. When the Roman Emperors grew very vain and luxurious, 84 A Book of Golden Deeds they used... ... an end, and no more martyrs fed the beasts in the Coliseum. The Christian emperors endeavored to prevent any more shows where cruelty and death forme... ...thought weak and sentimental to object to looking on at a death scene; the Emperors were generally absent at Constantinople, and no one could get elec...