anti-ecclesiastical

He is not like “Martin Marprelate”, the pseudonymous author of anti-ecclesiastical polemics.

Shakespeare Controversies 2010

Fortunately, not all of "Good Man Jesus" is consumed with this strident anti-ecclesiastical argument.

'The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ,' reviewed by Ron Charles 2010

Obscenity of the sexual sort now no longer means anything at all, much less some variation of an anti-ecclesiastical rationalism self-consciously skeptical of social mores.

How to Do the History of Pornography: Romantic Sexuality and its Field of Vision 2006

Obviously something quite different from mere accurate reporting went to the presentation of Boswell's Langton, Beauclerk, Wilkes, and the rest. was deeply anti-ecclesiastical.

Surprised by Joy Lewis, C. S. 1955

The reproaches made to the bishops about the year 1544 prove, that the stage had already long ago boldly ventured upon the territory of religion, in order to imbue the masses with anti-ecclesiastical tendencies.

Shakspere and Montaigne Jacob Feis

Lucca (a very special hierarchical big-wig, and the greatest ecclesiastical authority in those parts, being, by reason of some ancient and peculiar privileges, a greater man than even the archbishop of Florence), in the course of an argument with the grand duke, the object of which was to induce the latter to modify in some respects some of those anti-ecclesiastical measures by which the elder

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875 Various

This showed itself not merely in the anti-papal reformation of Luther, but also in the anti-feudal rising of the peasants and in a variety of anti-ecclesiastical movements within the reformation areas themselves.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various

One of the most notable of these radical anti-ecclesiastical movements was that of the Zwickau prophets, (Marcus Stübner, Nikolaus Storch and Thomas Münzer): the most vigorous and notorious that of the Münster Anabaptists.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various

Despite some attempts to disseminate anti-ecclesiastical writings in the country, the Reformation won no success, thanks to the zeal displayed by the ecclesiastical and public authorities in counter-acting its efforts.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

By this revolutionary assault Luther forfeited the support of many serious persons indisposed to break with the Church but on the other hand won over all the anti-ecclesiastical elements, including numerous monks and nuns who left the monasteries to break their vows, and many priests who espoused his cause with the intention of marrying.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913