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Luther: A Blessing To The English, W. Dallmann
Luther: A Blessing To The English, W. Dallmann
Concordia Theological Monthly
From a small number at the time of William the Conqueror the monasteries had grown to about 1,200 at the Reformation, when they owned from one half to two thirds of the land.
As early as 1410 Parliament demanded their ending; Henry V suppressed over a hundred of them. Popes permitted bishops to suppress some and with the proceeds to build colleges. Henry VII used the monasteries of Mottisford and Luffield to build the chantry and hospital of Windsor.
Luther: A Blessing To The English, W. Dallmann
Luther: A Blessing To The English, W. Dallmann
Concordia Theological Monthly
On the Fourth Sunday in Advent, December 24, 1525, Hugh Latimer preached in the Augustinian chapel, and so Prior Barnes preached in St. Edward's Church and used Luther's sermon on Philippians 4:4.
He denounced the observance of holy days, the temporal possessions and the secular jurisdiction of the Church, the extravagance of Wolsey. The only apostle followed by the bishops was Judas; the only prophet Balaam. Holy orders, church hallowings, and pardons were sold "as openly as a cow and an ass." Paul taught no bishop should be bishop of more than one city. He did not pray to Our …
Luther: A Blessing To The English, W. Dallmann
Luther: A Blessing To The English, W. Dallmann
Concordia Theological Monthly
In 1529 Latimer at Cambridge in his two famous Sermons on the Card urged the universal reading of the Bible. He was opposed by prior John Buckenham in a sermon on Christmas Dice.
On April 3 the Catholics were threatened with Luther and bis followers.