Among my numerous acquaintance in the Spanish clergy I have never met with any one possessed of bold talents who has not, sooner or later, changed from the most sincere piety to a state of unbelief. Letters from Spain - Seite 108von Joseph Blanco White - 1825 - 432 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1821 - 662 Seiten
...the church by ambition, and least of all among the few that would never bind themselves with the law of celibacy, had they not previously freed their minds...alike in all. I shall, however, conclude my narrative bv faithfully relating the origin and progress of the total change that toot place in my mind within... | |
| 1822 - 690 Seiten
...the church by ambition, and least of all among the few that would never bind themselves with the law of celibacy, had they not previously freed their minds...but the general outline would prove alike in all. 1 shall, however, conclude my narrative by faithfully relating the origin and progress of the total... | |
| Spirit - 1840 - 406 Seiten
...despised.' " " Among my numerous acquaintance in the Spanish clergy," says another modern writer, " I have never met with any one possessed of bold talents,...from the most sincere piety to a state of unbelief." I- should not use the phrase as he does about " the most sincere piety," for I should deny that it... | |
| Sketch - 1843 - 312 Seiten
...faith were de" Among my numerous acquaintance in the Spanish clergy," says another modern writer, " I have never met with any one possessed of bold talents,...from the most sincere piety to a state of unbelief." The writer of the present volume would not UBC the phrase as he does about " the most sincere piety,"... | |
| 1845 - 636 Seiten
...but he is much more definite and explicit upon the other subject. In Doblado's Letters 4 he says, " Among my numerous acquaintance in the Spanish clergy...later, changed from the most sincere piety to a state (if unbelief." Such a circumstance suggests very serious questions with regard to the actual system... | |
| Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1846 - 562 Seiten
...acquaintance in the Spanish clergy, I have never met with any one possessed of bold talents, who had not, sooner or later, changed from the most sincere piety to a state of unbelief."*— Doblado's Letters, p. 126. The mere juxta-position of these passages will show how very much at random... | |
| John Henry Newman (card.) - 1851 - 400 Seiten
...categorical, instead of an indirect allusion. The question then simply is, what his suspicions are worth. " Among my numerous acquaintance in the Spanish clergy,...from the most sincere piety to a state of unbelief." Doblado's Letters, v. I observe, 1. He had experience only of one diocese. 2. He evidently does not... | |
| Saint John Henry Newman - 1851 - 426 Seiten
...categorical, instead of an indirect allusion. The question then simply is, what his suspicions are worth. " Among my numerous acquaintance in the Spanish clergy,...from the most sincere piety to a state of unbelief." Doblado's Letters, v. I observe, 1. He had experience only of one diocese. 2. He evidently does not... | |
| Edward William Grinfield - 1853 - 624 Seiten
...extends to a large portion of the priesthood. " Amongst my numerous acquaintances," says Blanco White, " in the Spanish Clergy, I have never met with any one...from the most sincere piety, to a state of unbelief." * — The unfortunate author became himself a living witness to this sweeping assertion. The moral... | |
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