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Excerpt from History of the Christian Church, Vol. 3: The Modern Church, Part First
Colet died before his adherence to his liberal princi ples had fairly been put to the test by the stirring crisis Of the Reformation. More was less fortunate, and made a record finally which stands in sharp contrast with the sentiments expressed at an earlier date. In his Utopia he plainly intimated that he was Opposed to persecution for the sake Of religion, to the encouraging of vagabond friars, to the veneration of images, and to the worship Of saints; that he considered confession to a priest un necessary, and celibacy on the part of priests nothing essential or desirable. But in his later years, fearing, perhaps, that the Reformation would lead to fanaticism, he turned apologist for the corrupt Church, and acted the part Of an energetic persecutor of the Protestants. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
