. Paganism, popery, and Christianity : or, The blessing of an open Bible, as shown in the history of Christianity, from the time of our Saviour to the present day. ssem-ble a general council, and that Trent should be theplace of its meeting, if the diet had no objection tothat city. Ferdinand, and the princes who adheredto the cause of the pope, gave their consent to thisproposal; but it was vehemently objected to by theProtestants, both because the council was summonedby the authority of the pope only, and also becausethe place was within the jurisdiction of the pope ;whereas they desired a f
. Paganism, popery, and Christianity : or, The blessing of an open Bible, as shown in the history of Christianity, from the time of our Saviour to the present day. ssem-ble a general council, and that Trent should be theplace of its meeting, if the diet had no objection tothat city. Ferdinand, and the princes who adheredto the cause of the pope, gave their consent to thisproposal; but it was vehemently objected to by theProtestants, both because the council was summonedby the authority of the pope only, and also becausethe place was within the jurisdiction of the pope ;whereas they desired a free council, which should notbe biassed by the dictates nor awed by the proximityof the pontiff. But this protestation produced noeffect. Paul III. persisted in his purpose, and issuedout his circular letters for the convocation of thecouncil, with the approbation of the emperor. Injustice to this pontiff, however, it must be observed,that he showed himself not to be averse to every re-formation. He appointed four cardinals, and threeother persons eminent for their learning, to draw upa plan for the reformation of the church in general, THE REFORMATION. 191. MARTIN iCTUER. and of the churcli of Rome in particular. The reformation proposed in this pkn was, indeed, extremelj^superficial and partial; yet it contained some particu-lars which could scarcely have been expected fromthose who composed it. All this time the emperor had been labouring topersuade the Protestants to consent to the meetingof the council of Trent; but, when he found themfixed in their opposition to this measure, he began tolisten to the sanguinary measures of the pope, andresolved to terminate the dispute by force of elector of Saxony, and landgrave of Hesse, whowere the chief supporters of the Protestant cause,upon this took proper measures to prevent their beingsurprised and overwhelmed by a superior force j but, 192 THE REFORMATION. before tlie horrors of war commenced, the great re-former Luther
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