Friday, July 11, 2008

Popery Drunk with The Blood of The Saints

POPERY DRUNK WITH THE BLOOD OF THE SAINTS

PERSECUTIONS OF POPERY TO THE REVOCATION OF THE EDICT OF NANTES, A. D. 1685.

BY JOHN DOWLING

[The following is from The History of Romanism by John Dowling, New York: 1853]

Way of Life Literature electronic edition, July 2000

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The Burning of Protestants by Catholic Authorities

CHAPTER I. -- PERSECUTION PROVED FROM DECREES OF GENERAL COUNCILS AND WRITINGS OF CELEBRATED DIVINES TO BE AN ESSENTIAL DOCTRINE OF POPERY

CHAPTER II. -- SUFFERINGS OF THE ENGLISH PROTESTANTS UNDER BLOODY QUEEN MARY.—THE BURNING OF LATIMER, RIDLEY, CRANMER, &C.

CHAPTER III. -- THE INQUISITION.—SEIZURE OF THE VICTIMS.—MODES OF TORTURE, AND CELEBRATION OF THE AUTO DA FE.

CHAPTER IV. -- INHUMAN PERSECUTIONS OF THE WALDENSES

CHAPTER V. -- PERSECUTIONS IN FRANCE.—MASSACRE OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW, AND REVOCATION OF THE EDICT OF NANTES.

Source: www.wayoflife.org/articles/dowling00.htm