Description: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. 1867. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER II. THE FESTIVAL OF THE CONCEPTION. jN the borders of Dauphiny, where the Saone pours her muddy waters into the pure green Rhone, liesLyons, the second city of France. In the year 1139 it was neither so large nor so rich as now, and was not even under French rule; but it was always an important place in Arelat, and was renowned in ecclesiastical history. On its episcopal throne the martyr Pothonius and St. Irenseus had sat, and subsequently also, Agobard, the great opponent of picture-worship in the time of the Carlovingians. Its canons were the dlite of the Burgundian nobility, and its archbishops claimed a higher rank than those of Sens and Rouen. In May of the year of which we speak, the Archbishop Peter died at a distance from his home.1 The Chapter of St. Stephen and St. John the Baptist, the proudest in the kingdom, did not particularly hurry itself with the new election. Besides, most of its constituents were quite content with the opportunity of exchanging for a.time the 1 Poullin de Lumina, Histoire de Feglise de Lyon, Lyon 1770, 4to, B. 209. V monarchical form of church government for the aristocratic; so it employed a great part of the vacancy in order to let a new festival after its own heart, step quietly into life.1 The birth of the holy Virgin had been celebrated with great zeal in the Lyonnais ever since the days of Louis the Good. The increasing ardour of Mariolatry in which, at that time, one church vied with another, had suggested to a noble canon the idea of consecrating as a festival the anniversary of the conception of the Virgin (i). For was not the conception the indispensable forerunner of her birth? And if the day of her birth was annually celebrated, why not also the anniversary of her conception? (2). Besides, was it no...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Romish Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception, Traced from Its Source. To get started finding The Romish Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception, Traced from Its Source, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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The Romish Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception, Traced from Its Source
Description: 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. 1867. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER II. THE FESTIVAL OF THE CONCEPTION. jN the borders of Dauphiny, where the Saone pours her muddy waters into the pure green Rhone, liesLyons, the second city of France. In the year 1139 it was neither so large nor so rich as now, and was not even under French rule; but it was always an important place in Arelat, and was renowned in ecclesiastical history. On its episcopal throne the martyr Pothonius and St. Irenseus had sat, and subsequently also, Agobard, the great opponent of picture-worship in the time of the Carlovingians. Its canons were the dlite of the Burgundian nobility, and its archbishops claimed a higher rank than those of Sens and Rouen. In May of the year of which we speak, the Archbishop Peter died at a distance from his home.1 The Chapter of St. Stephen and St. John the Baptist, the proudest in the kingdom, did not particularly hurry itself with the new election. Besides, most of its constituents were quite content with the opportunity of exchanging for a.time the 1 Poullin de Lumina, Histoire de Feglise de Lyon, Lyon 1770, 4to, B. 209. V monarchical form of church government for the aristocratic; so it employed a great part of the vacancy in order to let a new festival after its own heart, step quietly into life.1 The birth of the holy Virgin had been celebrated with great zeal in the Lyonnais ever since the days of Louis the Good. The increasing ardour of Mariolatry in which, at that time, one church vied with another, had suggested to a noble canon the idea of consecrating as a festival the anniversary of the conception of the Virgin (i). For was not the conception the indispensable forerunner of her birth? And if the day of her birth was annually celebrated, why not also the anniversary of her conception? (2). Besides, was it no...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Romish Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception, Traced from Its Source. To get started finding The Romish Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception, Traced from Its Source, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.