Poisonous Honey or Pure Manna: The Eucharist and the Word in the “Beehive” of Marnix of Saint Aldegonde

With the publication of his Den Byencorf der H. Roomische Kercke (The Beehive of the Holy Roman Church) in 1569, the Netherlandic Calvinist Marnix of Saint Aldegonde launched a satirical attack onthe clergy, polity, and sacramental practice of Catholicism. Though the fame of the book and its author...

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Main Author: Beemon, F. E. (Author)
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1992
In: Church history
Year: 1992, Volume: 61, Issue: 4, Pages: 382-393
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