...of his protection and favour. They were also encouraged and patronized by the succeeding pontiffs, when experience had demonstrated their public and...church, their number grew to such an enormous and unwieldly multitude, and swarmed so prodigiously m all the European provinces, that they became a burden,...

...of his protection and favour. They were also encouraged and patronized by the succeeding pontiffs, when experience had demonstrated their public and...church, their number grew to such an enormous and unwieldly multitude, and swarmed so prodigiously in all the European provinces, that they became a...

...marks of his protection and favor. They were also encouraged and patronized by the succeeding pontiffs, when experience had demonstrated their public and...in all the European provinces, that they became a burden, not only to the people but to the church itself. This inconvenience, however, was remedied...

...hands of Innocent III were extended to them likewise by his successors in the pontifical chair, as experience had demonstrated their public and extensive...usefulness. But when it became generally known that they had j such a peculiar place in the esteem and protection of the rulers of the Church, their number grew...

...to be admitted into the Mendicant order. . ¡ which they looked upon as a eure and infallible method had demonstrated their public and extensive usefulness....¡ But when it became generally known that they had of rendering Heaven propitious. such a peculiar place in the esteem and protection of the rulers of...

...hands of Innocent III were extended to them likewise by his successors in the pontifical chair, as experience had demonstrated their public and extensive...rulers of the Church, their number grew to such an ?normous and unwieldy multitude, and swarmed so prodigiously in all the European provinces, that they...