Admirable Portrait of a Clerical Champion and Church Reform
A lengthy tribute extols a scholar’s devotion to the Church, praising his perseverance through obscure challenges, his luminous writings, and his defense of clerical rights. It lauds his eloquence before queen and court, his rise through church offices, and the hopeful future under a shared governance of civil and ecclesiastical powers at Christ Church, Oxford.
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Uftfu
Lervers
Mary
Church of England
House of Commons
Convocation
News Snippet on Papal Audience and Royal Marriage Talk
From the Hague Courant and other papers a note reports Cardinal Aquayiva’s audience with the Pope, where he informed him of the proposed marriage conclusion. The dispatches mention two mails from Holland and one from France arriving since, with formalities noted in the exchange.
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Holland
France
Hague
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Atterbury
Christ Church, Oxon
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