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=Transcriber’s Notes=
Some inconsistencies in spelling, hyphenation, and punctuation have been
retained.
This file uses _underscores_ to indicate italic text and =equals signs=
to indicate bold text.
Itemized changes from the original text:
● p. ix: changed “Protestanism” to “Protestantism” (Protestantism, like
the primitive Church,)
● p. xxxiii:
○ changed “Sarbonne” to “Sorbonne” (Expelled from the Sorbonne,)
○ changed “be” to “he” (for the eucharist, he insinuated)
○ changed “Sarbonne” to “Sorbonne” (expulsion from the Sorbonne,)