AFTER the foregoing sheets were printed off, I was favoured by the very worthy descendants of the pious and learned Archbishop SHARP, with the present of a small but curious work lately published, which belongs to the ecclesiastical history of the xviiith century. It contains an account of the measures that were taken, and of the correspondence that was carried on, in the year 1711, 1712, and 1713, for the introduction of the liturgy of the church of England into the kingdom of Prussia, and the electorate of Hanover. To this historical account are annexed several letters and original papers that are very interesting, more especially a plan of ecclesiastical discipline and public worship, drawn up by the learned Dr. JABLONSKY, and some other papers of the same author, concerning the nature of episcopacy, and the manner of rendering it compatible with the interests of the sovereign, and the religious liberty of the people.
This publication, which is chiefly designed for the use of the Protestants in Prussia, is drawn from MS. memoirs of the life of Archbishop SHARP, who was principally concerned in the transactions and correspondence above-mentioned. These memoirs were composed from the Archbishop's journal by his son, the learned Dr. THOMAS SHARP, Archdeacon of Northumberland, and the historical account drawn from them, of the project for introducing episcopacy into Prussia, is published in a French translation, done by the Rev. Mr. MuYSSON, minister of the French chapel, at St. James's, &c.
The following note refers to Vol. II. p. 444, l. 23.
Dr. MOSHEIM does not pretend to determine whether these reports relative to the barbarity of the Jews were true or false; but it seems more than probable, that they were insidiously forged out of hatred against that unfortunate people. This will appear still more evidently to have been the case when we consider that in the xiiith century, the Popes GREGORY IX. and INNOCENT IV. published declarations, which were designed to destroy the effect of several calumnies that had been invented and dispersed to the disadvantage of the Jews; and in the xivth century we find the Roman pontiffs BENEDICT XII. and CLEMENT VI. giving the same proofs of their equity towards an injured people. We find in history circular letters of the dukes of Milan and Venice, and imperial edicts of FREDERIC III. and CHARLES V. to the same purpose; and all these circumstances render it highly credible, that the reports mentioned by Dr. MOSHEIM are not founded on sufficient evidence.
ARANO, Petrus de, surnamed the Recon- ciler, ii. 345; his great character and ill treatment, ibid. and ́h. Abassines, Ethiopians, converted to Chris- tianity in iv cent. i. 262. See Abyssini- ans, ii. 65, iii. 191.
Abbas, the Great, King of Persia,lays waste Armenia in xvii cent. iii. 562; his ge- nerosity to the Armenians, and great character, ibid.
Abbot, archbishop of Canterbury, his leni- ty towards the Puritans, and character, iv. 92, 93 and f; zeal for the doctrinal tenets of Calvin, 93; and sub. not. f. Abelard, Peter, defends the monks in xii cent. ii. 276; his character, 282 and e; commentaries, 289; founder of the Scholastics, properly so called, 292; charged with errors by St. Bernard, for which he is condemned as an heretic, 295 and t; attacks all the heresies in his time, 298.
Abelites, their tenets, i. 185.
Abgarus, the story of him and Christ, if true, i. 57 and n.
Abraxas, used by Basilides, what, i. 179. Abul Farai, an eminent Syrian writer in xiii cent. ii. 336; his works, ibid. and a; expositions of the Scriptures, 406. Abyssinia, Romish mission in xvii cent. iii. 477 how ruined, 478 and t; entirely banished by Basilides, son of Seltam Segued, 480 and u; several attempts for admission unsuccessful, ibid, and w; 481 and x; Lutheran missions unsuc- cessful, 560.
Abyssinians, the doctrine of the Monophy-
sites when embraced by them, consider- ed, ii. 65; their state in xvi cent. iii. 191.
Acacius, Bishop of Constantinople, oppo- ses the Papal power, i. 388; is excom- municated and deposed by Pope Felix,
Academics, their impious notions, i. 39. Academies, two public in the Empire, and their founders, i. 136 and h.
European, many founded in xiii cent. ii. 338; their state, ibid. course of discipline observed by them, 339. founded by the Lutherans and Calvinists in xvi cent. iii. 216.
one at Jena by the Dukes of Saxe Weimar, iii. 243.
- at Geneva, by Calvin, iii. 275. of Sciences at Paris, by Lewis
XIV. iii. 482 and h.
Acephali, an account of, i. 389; their sub- divisions into three other sects, ibid. soon extinguished by Baradæus, ibid. Acominatus, Nicetas, his polemic works, ii. 398.
Acropolita, a Greek historian of xiii cent. ii. 336, 398.
Adalbert, of Gaul, his character, i. 525; forges a letter from Christ to mankind. ibid. condemned at the instigation of Boniface Winfrid, ibid. and i.
Bishop of Prague, his vain at- tempts to convert the Prussians in x cent. ii. 120; suffers death for his pious zeal, ibid. his death revenged by Boles- laus, King of Poland, who compels some of the Prussians to embrace Christiani- ty, ibid.
Adamites, their tenets, i. 185.
-Bohemian, in xv cent, an ac- count of, ii. 564, 568, and i. Adams, Thomas, a Quaker, his remarkable behaviour to Oliver Cromwell, iv. 148, sub not. kk.
Adiaphoristic, history of. See Controver- sy adiaphoristic, iii. 239. Ado, an historian in ix cent. ii. 14. Adrian, Emperor, a brief character of, i. 123; puts many Jews to the sword, 129; persecution of the Christians under him, 131.
I. Pope, in viii cent, confers upon Charlemagne and his successors the right of election to the see of Rome, i. 504 and k; enters into an alliance with the Empress Irene, 520.
IV. Breakspear, Pope, orders Fre- deric I. Emperor, to perform the office of equery to him, but his order is re- jected with contempt, ii. 264; an open rupture is expected, but prevented by the death of the Pope, 265 and 0.
VI. Pope, his good character, iii. 47; proposes to reform the abuses in the church, but prevented by death, 48. Elia Capitolina, a city raised on the ruins of Jerusalem in ii cent. i. 129. Emiliani, Jerome, founder of the clerks of St. Maieul, or the fathers of Somas- quo, in xvi cent. iii. 150.
on, different meanings of this word among the Gnostics, i. 80, m. Ærian controversy, and leader's principal tenets, i. 297; his design to restore the primitive simplicity of Christianity, ibid. reflections upon such an attempt, ibid. and g.
Africa, English and Dutch Colonies there in xvi cent. iii. 410; missions, 412; success through the Capuchins, ibid. in- accuracy here, 413 k; why they were alone employed, ibid.
Africans, the nature of their conversion in
XV cent. examined, ii. 508. Agapetus, his works and character, i. 416, 423.
Agnoela, an account of this sect in vi
cent. i. 437; their decline, ibid. Agobard, Archbishop of Lyons, his cha- racter, ii. 14, 30; censured for foment- ing a rebellion, ibid. a vehement oppo- ser of image worship, ibid r: writes against the Jews, 43.
Agricola, John, founder of the Antinomi- ans in xvi cent. iii. 236; is opposed by Luther and recants, ibid. propagates his doctrine after Luther's death, ibid. his principles examined, ibid.
Albert the Great, his character, ii. 343; and learning, 400; system of divinity, 406. Albigenses, Paulicians, so called in xi cent.
and whence, ii. 221 and q ; a term ap- plied by the Latins to all heretics, 305. Albizi, Bartholomew, his book of St. Fran- cis's conformities with Christ, ii. 471 and k.
Alciat, banished Geneva, iii 359 and i; inclines to the Arian system, 360, sub not. m, in fine.
Alcuin, preceptor to Charlemagne, his character, i. 507 and w; expositions, 512; treatise on virtue, 515 and p; lives of the saints, ibid Aldhelm, an English prelate, an account of, i. 456 and u; his moral treatises, 460. Alet, Bishop of, refuses to subscribe the declaration against the Jansenists in xvii cent. and the consequence, iii. 532. Alexander, of Lycopolis, if a Christian, i. 402 and 0.
III. Pope, confers on the car- dinals the sole right of electing to the pontificate, ii. 152, 270: augments the College of electing Cardinals, ii. 155, 156 orders schools to be erected in monasteries and cathedrals, 249; his contested election, 265; obnoxious to the Emperor Frederick I. Barbarossa, whom he solemnly deposes, ibid. is obliged to fly and to leave his competi- tor, Paschal III. in the Papal chair, 266, his success against Frederick, and inso- lence towards him examined, ibid. and r: dispute with Henry II. King of Eng- land, 267, confirms the privileges of the church, and extends the authority of the Popes, 270; deprives the Bishops of the power of canonization, and con- fines it to the Roman Pontiff, 271 and a; confers the title of King upon Al- phonsus, Duke of Portugal, ibid, and y; his death, and the troubles of his suc- cessor, Lucius III. ibid. his successors
Natalis, writes against the Po- pish claims, in xvii cent. iii. 486. Alexandria, Patriarch of, his jurisdiction in the earliest times of Christianity, i. 275; embassy sent by one to the Pope, in xvi cent. a Jesuitical scheme, iii. 183 and I, m; the extent of his authority in this cent. 181, 182 and 0.
Alfred, his taste for letters, ii. 13; his works, ibid. w; the most eminent learn- ed men under him, ibid. x. Allatius, Leo, his works for uniting the Greek and Romish churches, iii. 555 and d; disingenuity censured, ibid. and
Alliaco, Petrus de, labours to reform the schoolmen in xv cent. ii. 557. Almeric, an account of, ii. 342, the follow- ers of this philosopher, guilty of enor- mous errors and vices. ibid. 1.
Alphonsus, X. King of Leon, an eminent patron of Letters in xiii cent. ii. 337; the fame he acquired by his astronomi- cal tables, 338 and c.
VI. King of Naples, a zealous promoter of Letters in xv cent. ii. 511. Altenburg, conference held at, to heal the Lutheran divisions, unsuccessful, iii. 249.
Alva, Duke of, his cruelty checked by the prudent and brave conduct of a Prince of Orange, gave rise to the pow erful Republic of the United provinces, iii. 98.
Almamunis, Caliph of Babylon, an emi- nent patron of letters among the Ara- bians in ix cent. ii. 11.
Amalric, the absurd and impious doctrine taught by him, ii. 434, 435, and b, c; his chief disciple, who, ibid. if he adopt- ed Joachim's predictions, 436. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, his character, i. 279 and i; three books on the duty of ministers, 288; opposes the princi- ples of Jovinian, 298.
of Camalduli, his works, ii. 548. America, when first visited by the Euro- peans, ii. 508; its inhabitants convert- ed to Christianity, ibid. divided by Pope Alexander VI. between the Por-
tuguese and Spaniards, ibid. mission- aries sent, ibid.
English and Dutch colonies there in xvi cent. iii. 410; Romish mis- sions, 412; method used by the Jesuits for its conversion, with their views, and Labat's candid declaration, 413 and o; Protestant missions, ibid. the ambition of the Jesuits in Paraguay, 414 sub fin.o. Ames, William, explains morality, and an account of, iii. 313 and p, q; treats it as a separate science, iv. 75. Ammonius Saccas, founder of the new Pla- tonics in ii cent. i. 139; attempts a coa- lition of all philosophical sects and re- ligion with his own system of religion, 140; his religious notions, if Pagan or Christian, considered, 139, m; the prin- ciples of his philosophy, with its chief articles, 140; his moral discipline, 142; delivers his injunctions in the language of Scripture, ibid. pretends to the pow- er of purging the Sensorium, ibid. his notions of God and of Christ, 143 and n; the many pernicious effects of his phi- losophy to Christianity, and hence the foundation of the monks and Mystics, ibid. the rapid progress of his sect, 205; his Harmony of the Gospels, 219. Amour,Guillaume.doctor of the Sorbonne, a strenuous opposer of the Dominicans, and whence, ii. 375; is banished, and the cause, 376; his works and great character ib, and d.
Amsdorf, denies the necessity of good works, iii. 241; is opposed by George Major, and the event, ibid. Amsterdam, clergy and magistrates of, op- pose the toleration of the Mennonites, in xvi cent. iii. 347.
Amulo, his works against the Jews in ix cent. ii. 43.
Amyraut, Moses, account of his works, iv. 76; form of his doctrine and recon- ciliatory endeavours, 83; meets with opposition, yet gains ground, 84, 85; proceedings of the Swiss church against him, 125.
Anabaptists,their euthusiastic and seditious principles in xvi cent. and punishments they undergo, iii. 78, 79, and n, o; their residence fixed at Munster, ib. Anabaptists, Mennonites, their history, iii. 320; origin obscure, and reason of their names, ib.and e; insincerity in declaring their opinions concerning rebaptism, ibid. and 321, sub not. e; account of themselves and adversaries, 322 and ƒ; most probable account of their origin, ibid. maxim whence their peculiarities, ibid. different ways of thinking among them about it, 323; their drooping spi- rits revived on Luther's,&c.appearance, ibid.satisfied with Luther's plan of refor- mation, with an account of their first motions, 324 and i; progress of this sect,
326; distinguished by the enormity of their crimes, ibid. points of doctrine maintained bythe most rational of them, who are not equally chargeable with fu- ry and brutal extravagance, 326, 327; severe punishments inflicted on them, ibid. and n; indiscriminate severity, with a discourse thereon, 328.
of Munster, their seditious madness and ringleaders, iii. 329; their commotions in Holland, particularly Amsterdam, 330 and r; measures taken to extirpate them, 331; plot against the magistrates defeated, ib. sub not. r; how comforted by Menno, ibid. questions about their origin, how resolvable, 834 and u; erigin of the sects that have started up among them, 335; warm con- test, and divided into two sects, 336; how denominated, ibid. and x; new dissensions among them, and divided into three sects, 337; the source of their doctrine, ibid. confession of one of their sect, ibid y; whether sincere in their public confessions, 338; their religion reduced into a system, ibid. their lead- ing principle, 339; their religion differs little from the reformed church, with their creed, confessions, and peculiar tenets, ibid. the fundamental principle on which their doctrine is founded, 340, and how deviated from it, ibid. and a; their peculiar tenets, in which they all agree, 341; system of morality, 342; primitive austerity greatly diminished, 343 and b; singular opinions of some sects, ibid. and c, d; state of learning and philosophy among them, 345, which are rejected by all, except the Water- landians, ibid. remit some of their an- cient rigour, ibid. their division into a multitude of sects, and the causes, 346; their first solid settlement in the United Provinces, and by what means, 347; English, called Baptists, with an account of their other different denominations, 348; opinions of the general and par- ticular Anabaptists in England, ibid. and 1; account of a singular sect called Davidists, 350; tolerated under Crom- well, and account of, iv. 106 and x: their history in xvii cent. 162; various fortunes of them during this cent. ibid. and e; union restored among them,and how, 163; different sects, and how de- nominated with their several characters and notions, ibid. and g, h; external form of their church, 164; three orders of Ministers among them, and their re- spective functions, ibid. account of the Uckewallists, a sect of the rigid Ana- baptists, and tenets, ibid. Waterlandians, 166; Galenists and Apostoolians, 167. Anachorites, a monastic order in iv cent. i. 292; their remarkable aversion to so- ciety, ibid.
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