The American Review Volume 6; V. 9; A Whig Journal of Politics, Literature, Art, and Science book

The American Review Volume 6; V. 9; A Whig Journal of Politics, Literature, Art, and Science by George Hooker Colton

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Author: George Hooker Colton
Number of Pages: 392 pages
Published Date: 01 May 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781232166924
File size: 39 Mb
File Name: The.American.Review.Volume.6;.V..9;.A.Whig.Journal.of.Politics,.Literature,.Art,.and.Science.pdf
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1847 Excerpt: ...princes could not be made to apprehend danger to the Chuich from so feeble a people, his Holiness failed in hi bloody purpose. In the year 1370 numbers of the Vaudois emigrated from the valleys of Pragela, to a district which they purchased in Calabria. The little tract which they cultivated was, to the region about, as Goshen to the rest of Egypt. The conveniences of life abounded; the arts flourished; learning was encouraged. The brethren of the Calabrian Christians came flocking across the Alps, from the fierce persecutions which raged in Piedmont. Thus strengthened in numbers, the Vaudois maintained, with almost vestal constancy, amid the darkness which surrounded them, the light of learning and religion, till, afler the great Reformation, it was put out in blood. It was in that district of the Vaudois that the light of letters first dawned upon Europe. From their teachers Petrarch acquired, directly, and Boccacio indirectly, their knowledge of Greek. For years the neighbors of that enlightened people were as heedless of literary pursuits, as the stone inhabitants of the city where the young man in the Arabian tale labored at his studies. But at last the love of letters began gradually to diffuse itself throughout Italy. The learned languages were extensively studied. A literary curiosity was excited, which was soon naturally directed towards the Holy Scriptures. We have mentioned the advantage which Luther drew from the error of the Romish Church, in neglecting the common people. The natural results of the same blind policy were now rapidly developed in Italy. The Scriptures had been a sealed book to the Italians. A few chapters used in the Church service, a few formulas mechanically repealed, constituted nearly all that was known of Bologna. His own p...

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