Select Historical Documents of the Middle AgesErnest Flagg Henderson |
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Page 395 - I say to thee that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Page 135 - John, by the grace of God, king of England, lord of Ireland, duke of Normandy and Aquitaine...
Page 436 - See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
Page 279 - I SAID, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue : I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. 2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good ; and my sorrow was stirred.
Page 437 - in the beginnings," but "in the beginning" God created the heavens and the earth. Indeed we declare, announce, and define that it is altogether necessary to salvation for every human creature to be subject to the Roman pontiff.
Page 323 - I believe in God the Father Almighty. And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, who was born of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary...
Page 261 - Trier, and four lay princes, the King of Bohemia, the Count Palatine of the Rhine, the Duke of Saxony, and the Margrave of Brandenburg.
Page 146 - L our other barons of England ; unless it ought to be otherwise according to the charters which we hold from William, his father, the former king of the Scots.
Page 431 - ... kingdom of England, and all other prerogatives of my crown. I will hereafter hold them as the pope's vassal. I will be faithful to God, to the church of Rome, to the pope my master, and his successors legitimately elected. I promise to pay him a tribute of a thousand marks yearly ; to wit, seven hundred for the kingdom of England, and three hundred for the kingdom of Ireland.
Page 297 - Concerning the daily manual labor. Idleness is the enemy of the soul. And therefore, at fixed times, the brothers ought to be occupied in manual labour ; and again, at fixed times, in sacred reading.