The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-03-29
LIFE OF CARDINAL sWoLsEY.

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LEE OF CARDINAL WOLSEY.
Ih 1,al W0lsey, Legate and Reformer
BBy Ethelred v IL Taunton. So net. New.
man ma! Catholic priest. He is the author OF
i istory of Jesuits in England, IL ana, thisS
ne ght li ffssnts Wol1y
@permeated with an evident desire for the
plain truth. Taunton's estimate Of the car
a On is greatly at variance with that Of
resents Wolsey as saying: =. II -. y
Had but served my God with half the
2 served my king, He would not in mine.
Have left me naked to mine enemies."4
me author claims that Shakespeare
about I'! Cardinal <Wolsey in the time Of
Elizabeth. isq 4, so *
II the several propositions Of this latest
Work on the prmate are to be accepted
hGMeyef Wolsey,s truest eminence IS
GUS, loyal and III the end self-sacrifcing.
He is represented as ambitious, chiefly for
ms church,s sake The splendor Of his
glory Of 4 his =, Office. His intimacy with
Henry; If due to- a love Of power, was due
also to love for thesy dyancement' and
his Master. Finally, even in the negotia-
| lions over what the writer calls 1.-THE d.
T1r ne, Hen n!; ambassador fell because
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gates determination to preserve intact the
| power of Rome a'S- - = =, -
One thing is, however, certain. That is
attested by the historic Christ Church Col.
lege at Oxford. ~" RI - n. = !.
| The author commends Wolsevtfor his sup
prssssi t Of Luther,s writings in England
ana Tor LIS deathbed advice to Henry:
l. .! request his grace, in Gods name, that
he have vigilant eye to depress the new
Pernicious sect Of Lutherans, that it do not
,iy,f0 III
negligence, in such sort Sas that he shall
| be fair at length to put harness upon his
| back to subdue them.' l:''s. !. s.
Regarding the liberality of mindgSOf the
| cardinal, Mr.. Taunton says: a@%t5@5t
Though stern toward false teaching, and
clearly alive to- the danger, the great
through ignorance, had become infected
Not one Of the many brought before the
Legatine Court on the charge Of heresy
or the part Of Wolsey is all the more cred
liable when we recall the hideous cruelties
which prostituted the name Of religion in
h ader Henry and in the reign
beautiful picture is included in this
last chapter, "The Cardinals Greatness"
Is p%6e OF i bs hanf
during that memorable last journey, ''un-
til constrained for WEAKNESS to sit down
IN chair, the number of children was
SUCH That done "he said his evensong
and then went to supper and rested him
self there all that night. The next morn
!ng, before setting out he laid hands on
ne rode on IN the crisp air of a Yorkshire
morning, ne found grouped around stone
cross which stood on a little green near
Eerrybridge, a group Of nearly two hun
dred children waiting for the archbishop
to confirm them. AT once he aighted from
ms mule ne and administered the sacrament
This comprehensive volume on the life
OF so prominent cleric will prove of great
interest, inter st. Father Taunton does not treat
great Cardinals life, but he treats these
in interesting detail. The book is illus
trated with twenty-one good engravinss of
famous rha""ffers and catnedraIs. -.
.s...z.. AGUINALDO. ILL.,. Il .-.-< -.
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causes and incidents leading up to the Fill
pfn4 9na rey9lt agaSt Spain The oppression
lechery are described by one having FIRST
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+ha Agnina!do Luna and Pana the ablest Of
euIoglstlc terms by the author, as are the
political leaders in the revolt against Spain.
IN t nat Unsuitable because of
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IS gpe Of the
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States }he Fading az on mE
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and p staEe hatte American
At1guinaldo dissented, ana here commenced
the1r arrangement, which finally .culmin-
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