By Kenneth M. Setton
The second one of four vols. which hint the heritage of the later Crusades & papal kin with the Levant from the accession of blameless III (in 1198) to the reign of Pius V & the conflict of Lepanto (1566-71). Contents: Venice & the Latin Failure to Halt the Ottoman improve in Greece; Martin V & Eugenius IV, Constance & Ferrara-Florence, competition to Murad II; The campaign of Varna & Its Aftermath; The Siege & Fall of Constantinople (1453) & Perils & difficulties after the autumn; Calixtus III & the Siege of Belgrade, Mehmed II & Albania; Pius II, the Congress of Mantua & the Turkish Conquest of the Morea; Pius II, the campaign, & the Venetian struggle opposed to the Turks; Paul II, Venice, & the autumn of Negroponte; Sixtus IV & the Turkish profession of Otranto; Piere'd Aubusson & the 1st Siege of Rhodes; Sixtus IV & the restoration of Otranto; blameless VII, Jem Sultan, & the campaign; blameless VIII & Alexander VI, Charles VIII & Ferrante I; Alexander VI & Charles VIII, the French day trip into Italy; The French in Naples, the League of Venice, & Papal difficulties; & The Diplomatic Revolution: France & Spain, the Papacy & Venice.
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Indd 39 1/16/14 11:08 AM = AMERICAN CHRISTIANITY = The Methodists, however, long constituted a competitive menace to other congregations. When the Baptists opened their downtown church in 1872, it looked just like the Methodists’, except that its spire was somewhat taller. The Baptists’ attempt to compete left them, too, heavily indebted. 11 All of America’s big denominations except one (the Congregationalists) competed throughout the nation, a sign that their theological differences were broadly significant.
This left them free to quarrel about scripture itself. In the early twentieth century, following much debate, the denomination fractured. The issue was the logical one: whether any religious practice was forbidden if it was not specifically permitted by the New Testament or whether any religious practice was permitted if it was not specifically forbidden by the New Testament. ” It is one of the most important churches in America, and its members are some of the wealthiest and best educated. Its doctrine allows local churches to become “liberal” or “conservative” about virtually any matter one could name.
To raise money for their first building, completed in 1840, Jackson’s Episcopalians followed the example of most other congregations and sold pews in the prospective structure. You could buy a pew for as little as $55 or as much as $155, but the average was $84. Pews could also be rented for as little as $13 a year. 10 Unless it attracted and kept a broadly representative population, it would go under. Complicating the situation was the fact that members and even officials of Jackson’s churches kept wandering from one denomination to another.
