"If all the divines of those times," says Father Simon the
oratorian,[073] "had possessed the same spirit as Wicelius, the
affairs of religion might have taken a different turn."
[Sidenote: CHAP. XII.]
[Sidenote: XII.3. His Project of Religious Pacification]
_Cassander_, another peacemaker, mentioned with praise by Grotius, is
the subject of a long and interesting article in _Dupin's Ecclesiastical
History_:[074]
"He was," says Dupin, "solidly learned; and thoroughly versed in
ecclesiastical antiquity and the controversies of his own times.
The flaming zeal, which he had for the re-union and peace of the
church, made him yield much to the Protestants, and led him to
advance some propositions that were too bold. But he always kept in
the communion of the Catholic church. He declared that he submitted
to its judgments, and openly condemned the authors of the schism
and their principal errors. He was a gentle, humble and moderate
man; patient under afflictions, and entirely disinterested.
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