rescia, Pierre de Bruys, and dle Ages, and down to our hter of the Church," has potence philosophe in simple, Side by si he Humanists. ed The Renaissance, found From its very beginning e Humanists, who were ery of Greek and Latin ore the rights of Reason antism, but who shunned, revolution; on the other obably, was Erasmus of alled "the Prince of the "After having warmly the Reformation, and drew back, perhaps being them, we fin were men of 1 But to them learning is no present life is only mention Lefèvre d'Eto antiquity. 66 mere human le of Divine know from afar to me comparison. came out, Lefèv the great Reform *H. I rousse. he abbé de Saint-Cyran, Pascal, e seventeenth century, would not f Calvin had not lived and worked Reason, by which man surpasses And this would mark him as a ce: " "St. Paul does not condemn nce, acquired by usage and exthat all this has no virtue to om." And again: "The liberal gifts of God, but they have their etrate into the heavenly realm of ambermaids, and not mistresses." 'rench Reformation was French to the the few men who, at the dawn of the to the deep meaning of the Gospel, the Holy Spirit through the Scriptures oric movement more national than the it from the inmost part of our national ve that all, or nearly all, of the moral ry had its roots in the Reformation of inguished writer of the present day, th century, would not n had not lived and worked on, by which man surpasses s would mark him as a St. Paul does not condemn quired by usage and exthis has no virtue to And again: "The liberal God, but they have their to the heavenly realm of aids, and not mistresses." formation was French to the men who, at the dawn of the eep meaning of the Gospel. Spirit through the Scriptures ment more national than the inmost part of our national , or nearly all, of the moral roots in the Reformation of writer of the present day, basis, and -an auth the inward heroic men strength, a they had be of the Gospe being in mat greater had wise than by However, w greatest Ratio the Spanish pl stake in Genev dogma of Chr mistake his er education. Rom is bound to puni refuses to recant. we must acknowl would to-day app the early Reformed The evil fire, ho Servetus. Another which occurred during that period ne of Predestination . . . Genercentury in France was an era of or since has religion occupied such ht and literature. It was the era Zoue, François de Sales, Vincent de preachers of the Gallican Church; with Saint-Cyran, the Arnaud and ing over them all, Pascal; of n and Fénelon. Nor can we pass he name of the great philosopher of Descartes (1596-1650). Descartes e aimed at establishing the truths of truth, by pure logical reasoning, iom: "I think, therefore I am," lically deducted from that selfrated Discours de la Méthode inphilosophy, and by the emphasis d the way for the more radical entury. say, it was persecuted by all those e Jansenists, although these were at Sienna in 1525, died at Zurich in a, 1539, died in Poland, 1604. y in France was an era of e has religion occupied such literature. It was the era ançois de Sales, Vincent de s of the Gallican Church: nt-Cyran, the Arnaud and -r them all, Pascal; of énelon. Nor can we pass of the great philosopher of s(1596-1650). Descartes at establishing the truths by pure logical reasoning, I think, therefore I am, educted from that self-cours de la Méthode inhy, and by the emphasis ay for the more radical s persecuted by all those sts, although these were in 1525, died at Zurich in in Poland, 1604. wars of great numbe Higher Crit through a Ron a Critical Histo by Pierre Bayl he published hi in the same spi himself, "is to g son of a Protest Original Documer compose the Book first time the fam Genesis based on |