The work upholds the doctrine of resistance, but affirms that resistance must come from properly constituted authorities and objects to anything which savours of anabaptism or other extreme views.
The spread of toleration, which always savours minorities, broke down between 1845 and 1873 the Lutheran exclusiveness of Norway, Denmark and Sweden; but as yet the Catholics form a disappearing fraction of the population.
Probity is stamped on his features; his conversation savours of true piety and profound learning.
The doctrine of latency is mystical and savours of Plato's reminiscence (anamnesis).