Calendar: 1868-1869 Page 473
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THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT 475 Give some account of the measures of Louis XIV against the profe ion of the reformed opinions Translate "La superstition de nos deranciers jusques vingt ou trente ans en fa estoit telle que presque par toutes les bonnes villes du royaume ils avoient opinion que certains esprits faisoient leur purgatoire en ce monde aprSs leur mort qu'ils alloient de nuict par la ville battans et outrageans beaucoup de personnes les trouvans par les rues Or est il ainsi que ceux qu'on appeloit Lutheriens estoient en ce temps-la regardes de jour de si pres qu'il leur falloit necessairement attendre la nuit pour s'assembler pour prier Dieu precher et communiquer aux saints Sacremens tellement qu'encores qu'ils ne feissent peur ne tort personne si est-ce que les prestres par derision les feirent succeder ces esprits qui rodoient la nuit De cela advint nom estant tout commun en la bouche du menu peuple d'appeler ceux de la Religion Huguenots au pays de Touraine et premiSrement Tours que ceux de la religion s'assemblans de nuit furent sur- nomm£s Huguenots comme s'ils eussent este la troupe de leur roi Huguet "-Theod de Beze Hist Eccles What other derivations have been proposed for the word Huguenots When did it come into use and by what other names was the reformed party in France known at different times VII 2Bctle£ita Sttcal titojcn Mention the formularies put forth for the English Church during the reign of Edward VI and their dates Give some account of the Reformatio Legum Ecclesiasiicarum What orders were made during Edward's reign as to the ornaments and furniture of churches and how were they carried out What was the state of the laws as to marriage or celibacy of the clergy from the reign of Edward to that of Elizabeth and how did the Reformation affect the social position of the clergy
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