Close Defeat of the Spanish Armada (victory of Protestantism over papacy)(1987)外语英文电子书.pdfVIP

Chapter One BEFORE WE CAN understand why Philip II of Spain and Pope Sixtus V threw the fate of all Europe — yes, and as subsequent ages have proved, the fate of North and South America also into the scale — and staked all on the issue of the success of the Invincible Armada, we must acquaint ourselves briefly with the history of the previous sixty years fierce struggle between the popes of Rome and the Kings and Protestant ministers of England. When Luther woke Europe in 1517 from the deep sleep of the dark ages, and gave the Bible back