Sentences with phrase «against the pope»

An instance of Richelieu's nice distinction between the secular and ecclesiastical is that, at the same time he was gathering armies to wage war against the pope, he wrote the pope humbly asking for a dispensation from reading his daily office because of the pressing duties of military command.
This hugely successful play which triggered a tidal wave of controversy now appears to have been a part of a slander campaign originating in the Soviet block against a pope who was a determined enemy of communism in the West.
Luther spoke in 1537 of justification as the «first and chief article,» which can not be «given up or compromised,» for on it «rests all that we teach and practice against the pope, the devil, and the world.»
Carroll's treatment of Pius XII is particularly atrocious: Every discredited allegation against the pope ¯ from his alleged silence to his supposed failure to intervene against the Nazi roundup of Rome's Jews ¯ is repeated without qualification.
Bill Donohue is saying he agrees with the pope but he is really sowing seeds of discord and going against the pope.
A Vatican official said he believed the leak was an act of «sabotage against the pope».
Shame that CNN focused on the comments by Rush rather than the many sane pundits who have come out against the pope.
the CC did outrageous things to those who did not conform or spoke out against the pope, wars have been waged in many an gods name... the bible its self is very violent book..
spoke of doing «battle in the heavenlies» against the pope and his priests so that God would «arise and scatter [Guatemala's] enemies and establish her upon the rock that is Jesus Christ.»
Against them popes and kings launched local crusades, just as they had against the distant Saracen occupiers of the Holy Lands.
I voice my opinion on Catholic websites all of the time and people get mad at me for speaking out against the pope's actions on this matter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z