Identifier: historyofromanis00dowl (find matches)
Title: The history of Romanism: from the earliest corruptions of Christianity to the present time : with full chronological table, analytical and alphabetical indexes and glossary. Illustrated by numerous accurate and highly finished engravings of its ceremonies, superstitions, persecutions, and historical incidents
Year: 1845 (1840s)
Authors: Dowling, John, 1807-1878
Subjects: Catholic Church
Publisher: New York : E. Walker
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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state becoming the sanctity of the sacerdotal office, andpropagated a thousand lies of miracles and visions to its honor.Among other popish contrivances, hollow crosses or images wereconstructed sufficiently large to conceal a monk, which, whenappealed to by Dunstan, miraculously spoke in a human voice, anddeclared in the hearing of the gaping and astonished multitudes, thehorrible guilt of those who claimed to be priests, and yet chose alsoto be husbands and fathers. § 54.—In the year 969, a commission was granted by king Edgar,who appears to have been an obedient tool of Dunstan, to the threeprelates, to expel the married canons out of all the cathedrals andlarger monasteries, promising to assist them in the execution of itwith all his power. On this occasion he made a flaming speech, inwhich he painted the manners of the married clergy in the mostodious colors, calling upon them to exert all their power in conjunc-tion with him, to exterminate those abominable wretches who kept
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chap, v.) POPERY IN ITS GLORY—WORLD-MIDNIGHT—800-1073. 235 Strange penance for a libertine king. Death of St. Dunstuii. wives. In the conclusion of his speech he thus addressed Dunstan : Iknow, O holy father Dunstan ! that you have not encouraged thosecriminal practices of the clergy. You have reasoned, entreated,threatened. From words it is now time to come to blows. All thepower of the crown is at your command. Your brethren, the ven-erable Ethelwald, and the most reverend Oswald, will assist you.To you three I commit the execution of this important work. Strikeboldly; drive those irregular livers out of the church of Christ, andintroduce others who will live according to rule. And yet thisfurious champion for chastity had, some time before the deliveryof this harangue, ravished a nun, a young lady of noble birth, andgreat beauty, at which his holy father confessor was so much offend-ed, that he enjoined him, by way of penance, not to wear his crownfor seven years; to build a nu

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