… on this period, confirms the persecuting nature of the times. The Cromwellian definition of ‘malignants, delinquents and scandalous ministers’ was that they refused to accept the disestablishing and disbanding of the Episcopal Church of England and therefore were ousted. Remarks re the Triers, of whom two were Baptists, are neutral to the debate as the ungodly men mentioned referred to all parties. Nevertheless, the Triers placed party-line ministers in livings forced from their legal …
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Contra Relf
Nov 10
… on this period, confirms the persecuting nature of the times. The Cromwellian definition of ‘malignants, delinquents and scandalous ministers’ was that they refused to accept the disestablishing and disbanding of the Episcopal Church of England and therefore were ousted. Remarks re the Triers, of whom two were Baptists, are neutral to the debate as the ungodly men mentioned referred to all parties. Nevertheless, the Triers placed party-line ministers in livings forced from their legal …
… of England ministers and the fathers of what is now called ‘Calvinism’, ‘Drunkards’ and ‘Malignants’.
The downfall of the Donatists
To cut a long and dismal story short not all the Donatists agreed with Parmenian and they began to quarrel amongst themselves. Two main factions were formed, the Parmenianites and the Maximianites. They fought tooth and claw and persecuted each other. More ‘sects’ broke off both sides. Parmenian, the former man of peace, had …
… Another term for Anglicans used by the Presbyterian and Independent Parliaments was ‘malignants’. Again this term, on close examination, has nothing to do with morals but much to do with a total lack of toleration and liberty of thought. Thus even Cromwell’s daughters were pronounced ‘malignant’ because they insisted on being married according to church rites and not merely by a secular officer. When Cromwell insisted that Archbishop Usher should be buried in …
