...who surpassed many kings in power as well as in political insight and serious religious convictions. He was not the founder of any particular church or...in opposition to the great historical churches and Islam contained the germs of a distinct religion—the principle of liberty of conscience and the repudiation...

...which he felt himself particularly in sympathy — that of the Independents. Yet he was the first among the mighty men of the world to set up one special religious principle, and to enforce it as far as in him lay ; a principle which, in opposition to the great historical churches and to Islam,...

...the Old Catholic scholar, Professor Dollingcr, in an appraisal of Cromwell: "He was the first among the mighty men of the world to set up one special...principle, and to enforce it so far as in him lay: . . . the principle of liberty of conscience and the repudiation of religious coercion. It must be...

...the Old Catholic scholar, Professor Döllinger, in an appraisal of Cromwell: He was the first among the mighty men of the world to set up one special...principle, and to enforce it so far as in him lay: . . . the principle of liberty of conscience and the repudiation of religious coercion. It must be...