The Passing And the Permanent in Religion a Plain Treatment of the Great Essent
The Passing And the Permanent in Religion a Plain Treatment of the Great Essent
Minot J Minot Judson Savage
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" An ample justification of persecution ! This came rapidly to be the general tone of utter- ance. On this basis of eternal wrath, that the Church held the keys and ability to open or shut heaven to whomsoever it pleased, and it generally pleased to open heaven only to those who were submissive to its own dictates of authority, you can imagine what power the Church wielded throughout the Middle Ages. The man who was forbidden the sacrament believed that he was shut forever out of heaven, and im...prisoned forever in hell. What power, then, did the Pope wield, when a king of England, or no matter where he might be, showed any signs of revolting against his authority ? He could issue a bull, forbidding the Church to administer the sacraments to the common people ; and the people in their fright would rise and overturn the throne if the king did not submit to the papal dictation. This was the power that for hundreds of years was wielded by the Pope. Hells 253 In the old classic days, suppose Jupiter had come down from Olympus, chosen some man, and given him the thunderbolt to hurl at any one he pleased, how the whole earth would have cowered at his feet !
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