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LECTURE II
The Papal Usurpation.
Outline of the Church's fortunes between Theodore and William the Conqueror. Growth of Papal Power. Canute and Rome. Dunstan. The Conqueror asks the Pope's help. William and Peter's pence. Lanfranc. Anselm and Rufus. Henry I. and Anselm. Thomas à Becket. His quarrel with the King. King John and the Pope. Stephen Langton. The Interdict. Opposition to the Pope's claims. Secret Society. Deputation to the Pope. England's sufferings. Work of Grosseteste. Simon de Montfort. Edward I. and Parliament. John XXII. and his demands. John Wycliffe.
Last week I traced the history of the first seven centuries of Christianity in our land. We saw how the Church was planted in England, and we watched it grow to what it was through many struggles and disappointments.
It is impossible in a few short lectures even to touch upon the chief outlines of all the events which have agitated the Church of England. To-night I shall have to pass over a good many years following the events related in the last Lecture. I will dwell more especially upon our struggles to resist the autocratic and domineering conduct of the Popes from the time of William the Conqueror's rule in England,
