Bishop Berkeley On the Roman Catholic Controversy a Letter to Sir John James
Bishop Berkeley On the Roman Catholic Controversy a Letter to Sir John James
Berkeley, George, 1685-1753
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As for the Roman Saints and Martyrs, please to read their legends, or even the canonizations of the last centur}% since Rome hath been enlightened and something reformed by our Reformation, for those of St. Pietro d'Alcantara and St. Magdalena de Pazzi. I believe you never read of any thing like them and their marvellous wonders, which neverthe- less were admitted for authentic by Pope and Cardi- nals. I myself saw and conversed with a woman at Genoa, a reputed Saint, whose head I met, three ye...ars after ^, encircled with rays, to be sold among other pictures in the great Square of Leghorn. This same Saint appeared to me very manifestly a vile lying hypocrite, though much extolled and admired. I never saw any character of a Popish Martyr that came up to that of Jerome of Prague, one of the first Reformers ; for which I refer you to * Berkeley returned, in 1714, from the tour, in which he met with the adventure related in the former note ; but, soon after- wards, went upon another tour, in company with Mr.
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