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  • But, dear Father Viret, you ought to inform yourself of the meaning of the word, to cite.

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • Viret cries out that it is not true; that several writers have said that there had been a Moses, that even Josephus had spoken at length upon him, and that the Abbé Bazin is a wretch who would destroy the seven sacraments.

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • Idem, Viret æternùm contexens fontem igneum fraxinus.

    A briefe commentarie of Island, by Arngrimus Ionas 2003

  • Perhaps the first reference to deists which employs that term is found in Pierre Viret's Instruction Chres - tienne (1564), reliably reprinted in Bayle's Dictionnaire entry, Viret.

    DEISM ROGER L. EMERSON 1968

  • Viret thought these “atheists” greatly abused the liberty which the Reformation had given them to criti - cize idolatry and superstition.

    DEISM ROGER L. EMERSON 1968

  • The best efforts of Beza and Viret were put forth in their behalf.

    The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) Henry Martyn Baird

  • Viret, especially, the chief orator of the Calvinists, wanted to have

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

  • A letter which Calvin wrote at this time to his friend Viret shows where the real tension lay.

    Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries Rufus Matthew Jones 1905

  • And he writes to Viret that it were better to perish once for all than "_in illa carnificina iterum torqueri_."

    The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 John [Editor] Rudd 1885

  • Viret continued temporarily associated with him at Geneva; but he was soon left to bear the main burden of ecclesiastical rule himself, as his permanent colleagues enjoyed comparatively little esteem.

    Luther and Other Leaders of the Reformation 1823-1886 1883

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