. 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, persections, and historical incidents . ndered somemorable the history of the reign of that weak and contemptiblesovereign. The occasion of it was as follows. After the death ofHubert, archbishop of Canterbury in 1205, a contest arose betweentwo individuals who each claimed to have been elected to that dig-nity by the monks.
. 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, persections, and historical incidents . ndered somemorable the history of the reign of that weak and contemptiblesovereign. The occasion of it was as follows. After the death ofHubert, archbishop of Canterbury in 1205, a contest arose betweentwo individuals who each claimed to have been elected to that dig-nity by the monks. The bishops who had not been consulted ineither, firmed a third party, and dispatched their agents to Rometo protest against both elections. Pope Innocent, to whom nothingcould be more grateful than these clashing claims and appeals, de-cided against both elections, declared the See of Canterbury vacant,and resolved, like one of his predecessors, six centuries before (seeabove, page 135), to raise a creature of his own to the dignity ofprimate of England. To give this assumption at least a semblance of regularity,however slight, the Pope sent for some monks of Canterbury, four-teen in number, who happened at that time to be in Rome as agentsfor the bishop of Norwich, one of the rejected competitors, and.
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