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IAft( pomp' kblfihllyaliahtr'i capaf won v nclmltfrc and fetidat tiagbt tt r7, 'onff iniiid In rriM tmt spteji conrusioii.wjicn wc"M In fancy's Mt , thqmcmofnWesoclicgdftlirf&reit schli .' tho.nlslorkttl itw"oi wfilch'ia dec 1 dycd'itU;ttirpTbdeind aWmiift pictures df th6 grossest writri&tfsclosit-!r writri&tfsclosit-!r si B .1. 8rifn' 5C?li,i wltieh 'xis'i stood tnatrcmarkablo pViinnvli.' irhf. ti.. v ory ,Xn:i Iti Ahori, in France Benedlfit XII r.;n Spain; dispritciti pSscssion Tortlic toalfcd lioty see, is rival cluimnnt cxcpmiiiitiilcatiii& 'tlie oil (' W'O, toclodliig all his foIiowVrii'BO tl lff ail the; tonntries of Christendom ' ihjelrWmibJcct"-W ftb'o barf ;bf-' k. church, cither bV" the: 6oq tiopc or" t ' other- 'f -v.S- 1 As vr ir 'nio'eb'urth had indced;'bcconlc' o ' Bradedthat;OUtofaH tlie principal'., n kadlng roerabcri of thcrcccli;siast"R-aI pi fesslon, bnt';few conid read, and ma had neither heard of, orrcad thi Bib and kriew' the spook merely' by hears! Instead ofditiifea'ccdrdlny trf'the prfu plci of their diinq .Master whoni they pi fessed to.represeiii hdro,'ori eirth, and devoting thcir'timd to tlie pursuit of tl 0,0sM.n,) ot'iw , useful, studies, th passed ll'W gabbling drinking; swebri ! and In tho perpetration' or tho most i Tolting.crinicspycfl, according to tho - ti t timony of tlio pope.Adriatt:Vl.,bis1op ,e Angsbur, jUliristoplier of Stadibit ni Hugo, bishop of.jUoiistancc, nuiincri wcrri almost.- like houses of, ili-funie, ni . even the, dbughtcrjnd wives of rcspei able citizens wcrcf hot sufo from, tho u rniy npncf il.es of Vdepruvcd fcfei-gy . i In addition Ko'tlds, 'every conucif at Schemewas 'employed j6ve.ttort ;inon from'tho benighted people of: that np liettcr of Jiuluigciifo wcrn sold for t jicrpetralion of the heaviest, criinc. I eluding pillage of churches, perjitf adultery, tnnrderj nnd to suit iho coar dnd depmved flute of pubtie feeling, tl f proiidsj of iiKlntgence rdnld even bo ci tamed jirior to the'coiuniijsion of it tirim t? And to cup the chum of these s!vmi;i procecdinjs, hc (fale of iiidfilgcneic w for ihq pake df n'greiUM prollt; tut'otit-the tut'otit-the highest bfdifer or gf uetnl ngen't; in wf thcjc again, iijipointtd sub-agcnts, ivirou iof touc; nviiikd themelrcs of the wo ,ajof tlbd t6fill their colTerii with money. . . It'was a vcry-eommou thtiig to hear nioiili br any other cccloiiiiistic'" roar1 o wall ftitehtwrinn volte; hi (tpublfestrec ( !'$l,000 nrf wanted to rlicve n po ' shiner . from "tho fiirtlicr agmifes " the-purgatory; come, y&fuithftil dhesni help; the'poor m.m Imik already been f ten years lii.the pit of fire and briDislOii $1,000 more, mid the holy futhci; will i ' lerfere in his behalf,' and wrest hint q o of tho funga of tho devil," At last, Sfgismmid; the newly elect) emperor of the so-called Komau cmpfr e and a matt of brilliant intellect, direct) his attention to Iho great scliiMn mit tl settudaldna procecdingsconnected with tl same To remove the dilHcuitics existii . in tho church was almost as dLTicult tnsk as the cleaning of tho Augrah stab by Hercules; but Sigismunrf, determini to refunn the clergy, succeeded at In in the year 1414, in convening the eel brntcd council of Constance on the B y denseo (Lake), in Switaerland. Tl . iasscrably was one of tlio most iiumcro and brilliant ever mentioned m the a nls of history, llcsidcs tho popo the were presciit the patriarchs of Constat! nople, Grado and. Antioch, twetty-tv ta cardinals, twenty archbishops, ninety-tw bishops, two thousand of the lower clcrg about two thousand live hundred prince nobles, counts and knights, with Uk retinue, forming altogether the viut t scmblyof morethan 100,000 persons. John XXIII., being the principal pcti in that remarkable drama, u few r'cmarl touching his former career will bo intc esthig to the readef. When about tl a'gc of 20, John had bcen engaged in tl lucrative i but iinzurdoos business of a rate In thM.cdi,terran,ean. His life t comrhg, however, ciidnngercd by his sa i, guinary'cxploits, he resplvcd on a saliita change, by repairing to lt$me, professh rcpfcntauee .and taking Ihq, orders pf monk. John, possessing lhnch natur cunning nnd shrewdness, acted uuy pa to perfection, providing his own iiitercs it were promoted by it. Thus he,!sum suddenly great sanctimoniousness, nnd li "peculiar taste nnd tnlcnt for manamvrin wlre-nulirug anil doing evil, Under the gui of religion, Fiilting the spirit or that og hp rose from rank to rank, till he tookul papal mitre, having, as is asserted by go ' authority, poisoned his predecessor, ', whoso death-bed he shed crocodile tear That pious, worthy man being at lu . iu possession of tho holy clmir, resume ' then from dear old propensities, his trafli ing operations by the sale of l)Uhv mitres, consecrated jialm-twigs, aud a v riety of oilier articles, and being a grei ; J admirer of the fair sex, lie had many " i beautiful maiden ut his court, wheru we: o assembled (he gifted auilihe gay from a f iparts of Europe, while he wus the mo; r I dissipated among tba licentious tbron ethat fluttered in the blaze of the pouti ilical palace." si Of the tbrto Topes, John XXIII nifrom Rome, was ahino present, liopin itOrmly by his dep ply laid Intrigac,aud wil the assistance of his friends, to influent the cWiic'd to depose his two,, opponent ahdbohlmscif'ebnfirniid. Buf'ti,Vh 0 father; who wita 'ti Vcjrrectibcau'.ideal o Wily IiypdctHc;ws'g'canghtiu hlitown shr Ig. .WMV'nas tho2couhclt, notwiihstaitd 5 the bppostilOn of 'the Iwliarisi'de'tcrmii Johh XXlII.;Vhh t'hVtruc -,Tr!t w' f rvf' elc M'f'r wftic;eelict'a.i m to nbmlt toUWrcsolullon of theWuu ui". of the aogiiH dsscmblyj'ho, publicly: r, Em' 'l!.41c,0!'!e,,t.totil)diwie:; Thtj.rcsignnt ' tifstI,?roP? W 'ynJlwrbr'Sigismi 6 ,V 8,1 tlent with joyfthb cmpt-i Pope he'thtiriked him'Tn the'na-mo It ' cd thriftfonrorld' fdr'tho example tir'i cr denial ihnsset.hVi.lln. s ' we Brit thlj reniarkaytcrscenajrffflii Tt ?" ".nPPP'tctl liftrivtztf Johurun'd tud friend; the prik.o-Frederic,' of Anitl the having autlclirttc'd tluiti-saff.liaS dlrct ch every thing; pfcifared fbf; a ddr. or titer nrrangcmeiiVuro grand toVnamt pat which; came off tin thd 20ti'JIarcliL 14 - Whilo,l!mKnighlj''shca'thed in joust no harness troowd'. to-fthe listed'plainVW no the Iordsf ladiefr andWamstltfthf cliiva and beauty "oMho country, mounted -- ffaify-tfapafisonedsleidand palfroyt l"d lady ''fnii"i binding sointlrnei) thtfhonij fP' her ch'6'seti''kuight"r)ya..clmin,6F:silv 'W riiid ihus tho "brilliifnt' iiagenntry' r't !'Ft along tlieWnriWy ing' lists with the'soiii J of chtrionV.trnmtietsahd other:biiistfel tho Poiw.' difgnised "-.us f,n' pbsf llloMj 1 fQ" nccomjJanlcd; by" the dukoand it'num' w of Id. parttsaH''fled(tof-!SclrtlThans J oliit. sti il 'homing'- lb comtibt socccssfii W tlio1 decision 6fthe" council," The l' UK and lilrfollq'wer 'Wcrehbwcvcr,-a re mistaken Slgiminfid and 1 tho council mnloed"AlW in their resolution. 'Tim5 ' 9 gltivcs Werti'anothe'tnatlzed, "outlawed, i !"1 their prdiier.ty confiscatcd. "f- ' As for the Ibp6 himself, lie wa.iseii nnd'tnkca back'to tho mtinll tpwu 'of I ct tolfezcll, rienr Constance, where tho j 1W lowing sentence nvris pronbimced , hun:'1' ' J!e '-Tlnit ns ho had publicly hnd crimlua -ev nTailcd'liinistlf of the privileges niid-'e niid-'e tn'fcs'of the llomnn church, and as hp Ii .',e moreover brought dowrt scandal tin Christianity by" his immorality, he v f$ thtTiccfort li deposed from the pupal thai '"e-f JrJhn XXIII,, after being imprison o ; at the ensile of Heidelberg for five yen "i ' waft then set at fibcrty, and died tt itftorwnrds iis cardiuul-blslmp of Krasct I0' OregoryXII., uwold mairof 88 jes '9tofv'go, resigned volunlutity in' the sa yfcft't:-tnlB'cf&ted"tWbi'BUbab9fi r ifta. Benedict XIII., "was deposed by i ird cnnucll ttftcr gre-it relhctuittc! v Thus, the tualrt olijcct;of thd coin a yrtb riccortiplishcd, th fatal schlsUi'whi ".J dnritigii -ptrlo'dof 'lO yenfs, had frnit dotiutrics, arid reduced thousands of fa i0T. lies tfVleggary, was ernuhatcd. 61 , . |