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... called to the pastorate Forms of Procedure , by which Creditors can claim their Rights ; of the Lutheran Church at Alkmaar , and three years after to what Heirs are liable to the Creditors of a Person deceased . that of Haarlem . Here ...
... called to the pastorate Forms of Procedure , by which Creditors can claim their Rights ; of the Lutheran Church at Alkmaar , and three years after to what Heirs are liable to the Creditors of a Person deceased . that of Haarlem . Here ...
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... called , that the story is told of his being invited to a banquet at the Vatican , when the vessel , by means of which the pope intended to poison the cardinal , was , by the negligence of a servant or the contrivance of Adrian , who ...
... called , that the story is told of his being invited to a banquet at the Vatican , when the vessel , by means of which the pope intended to poison the cardinal , was , by the negligence of a servant or the contrivance of Adrian , who ...
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... called himself " Magister Eisleben , " or " Magister Islebius . " At the university of Wittenberg , where he studied theology and philosophy , he was the pupil and friend of Luther , whose opinions he enthu- siastically embraced , and ...
... called himself " Magister Eisleben , " or " Magister Islebius . " At the university of Wittenberg , where he studied theology and philosophy , he was the pupil and friend of Luther , whose opinions he enthu- siastically embraced , and ...
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... called Brownists but afterwards Independents [ ROBERT BROWN , E. C. vol . i . col . 952 ] . With many of his fellow separatists Ainsworth fled from persecution at home to Holland , where he joined a Brownist congregation , of which ...
... called Brownists but afterwards Independents [ ROBERT BROWN , E. C. vol . i . col . 952 ] . With many of his fellow separatists Ainsworth fled from persecution at home to Holland , where he joined a Brownist congregation , of which ...
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... called by the people , grew into a town , the name being gradually softened down into Malmesbury . In 687 Aldhelm was invited to Rome by Pope Sergius I .; stayed there some time , and obtained from the pope the exemp- tion of his ...
... called by the people , grew into a town , the name being gradually softened down into Malmesbury . In 687 Aldhelm was invited to Rome by Pope Sergius I .; stayed there some time , and obtained from the pope the exemp- tion of his ...
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