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1817 LIBRARIES abolition agreement Allgaeu Alsace April army Arnold of Brescia attacked Baltringen battle became Black Forest Bohemia bourgeois bourgeoisie burned castles CHIGAN Christian church clergy communist compelled council defeat demands doctrine Dózsa Elector elements empire Engels England entire estates everywhere favour feudal Florian Geyer force formed France Franconia Franz von Sickingen Gaildorf Germany Gospel groups György Dózsa hand Hegau heresy Hutten imperial industry insurgents insurrection joined knights land Lansquenets leaders Leipheim Lollards lords lower nobility Luther marched mass masters mediæval ment MICHIGAN middle-class modern monasteries movement Muehlhausen opposition organisation party patricians Peasant War peasantry plebeians political Poor Konrad pope preached priests princes proletariat Prussia reform region religious revolution revolutionary Saxony sect serfdom Sickingen Sixteenth Century social struggle Suabian Suabian Union Tabor Taborites taxes Thomas Muenzer Thuringia tion troops Truchsess Twelve Articles Ulrich Union Shoe Upper uprising villages Waldenses workers Wuerttemberg Wuerzburg
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Page 135 - The worst thing that can befall a leader of an extreme party is to be compelled to take over a government in an epoch when the movement is not yet ripe for the domination of the class which he represents and for the realisation of the measures which that domination would imply.
Page 163 - Conclusion. — In the twelfth place it is our conclusion and final resolution, that if any one or more of the articles here set forth should not be in agreement with the word of God, as we think they are, such article we will willingly recede from, when it is proved really to be against the word of God by a clear explanation of the Scripture. Or if articles should now be conceded to us that are hereafter discovered to be unjust, from that hour they shall be dead and null and without force. Likewise,...
Page 64 - ... (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds : ) 26 For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath, shall be given: and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him. 27 But those mine enemies which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
Page 67 - But thus shall you deal with them: you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and hew down their A-she'rim, and burn their graven images with fire.
Page 158 - First, it is our humble petition and desire, as also our will and resolution, that in the future we should have power and authority so that each community should choose and appoint a pastor, and that we should have the right to depose him should he conduct himself improperly. The pastor thus chosen should teach us the Gospel pure and simple, without any addition, doctrine or ordinance of man. For to teach us continually the true faith will lead us to pray God that through his grace this faith may...
Page 162 - We are not judged according to the offence, but sometimes with great ill will, and sometimes much too leniently. In our opinion we should be judged according to the old written law so that the case shall be decided according to its merits, and not with partiality.
Page 28 - ... have their place among the most eminent thinkers of all times, and whose genius anticipated innumerable things the correctness of which is now being scientifically proved by us — so the practical workers...
Page 161 - It is our opinion in regard to a wood which has fallen into the hands of a lord whether spiritual or temporal, that unless it was duly purchased it should revert again to the community. It should, moreover, be free to every member of the community to help himself to such firewood as he needs in his home. Also, if a man requires wood for carpenter's purposes he should have it free, but with the knowledge of a person appointed by the community for that purpose. Should, however, no such forest be at...
Page 159 - ... required. We will that for the future our church provost, whomsoever the community may appoint, shall gather and receive this tithe. From this he shall give to the pastor, elected by the whole community, a decent and sufficient maintenance for him and his [im und den seynen], as shall seem right to the whole community (or, with the knowledge of the community).
Page 159 - God plainly provides that in giving according to right to God and distributing to his people the services of a pastor are required. We will that for the future our church provost, whomsoever the community may appoint, shall gather and receive this tithe. From this he shall give to the pastor, elected by the whole...