"Bellarmine" Quotes from Famous Books
... [3] Bellarmine, an honored author of the Roman Church, one competent to judge concerning the state of things at that time, and not over-forward to confess it, says: "For some years before the Lutheran and Calvinistic heresies ... — Luther and the Reformation: - The Life-Springs of Our Liberties • Joseph A. Seiss
... They are walking libraries with the ancient fathers at their finger-ends; they have studied Aquinas and Duns Scotus, and have shown their technical knowledge in controversies with the great Jesuits, Suarez and Bellarmine. They speak frankly, if not ostentatiously, as men of learning, and their sermons are overweighted with quotations, showing familiarity with the classics, and with the whole range of theological literature. Obviously the ... — English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century • Leslie Stephen |