Excerpt from On the Use of the Bible: The Letter of Fenelon to the Bishop of Arras
The Letter of Fenelon was occasioned by the following circumstances: - The fanaticism, and zeal, of the early advocates of the Reformation had profusely circulated their translations of the Bible among the public, - forcing these into the hands of the Catholics; and persuading them, that the sacred volume is, not only the sole record of Christian faith, but that it is, more over, the privilege of every Christian to interpret it, according to the dictates of his own private judgment. It was owing to these, and to such like artful assurances, that multitudes in the Low Countries, seduced from their old religion, became Protestants. The consequence was, that soon, confusion, and disorder began to prevail, where all, until now, had been unity, and peace. Alarmed, therefore, at these evils, and fearing lest these provinces should, in imitation of Holland, throw off the yoke, both of Catholicity, and of submission to the civil power, - the Church, as well as the State, interposed, - the former, in order to preserve, if possible, the integrity of faith; the latter, to check the growth of insubordination.
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