devotion of the people arab sex girls photo to the Church, arab sex girls photo and had prepared the way for the
change which Gustavus contemplated. Some of the Swedish
ecclesiastics,
notably the brothers Olaf and Laurence Peterson, both students of
Wittenberg, the former a well-known preacher at Stockholm, the latter
a professor at Upsala, were strongly Lutheran in their tendencies, and
were ready to assist the king. Though in arab sex girls photo his letters to Rome and in
his arab sex girls photo public pronouncements Gustavus professed himself to be arab sex girls photo a sincere
son of the Church, anxious only to prevent at all costs the spread of
Lutheranism in arab sex girls photo his dominions, he was taking steps secretly to
encourage his Lutheran supporters and to rid himself of the bishops
and members of the religious orders from whom he feared arab sex girls photo serious
opposition. As was done elsewhere, he arranged for arab sex girls photo a public
disputation
at which Olaf Peterson undertook to defend arab sex girls photo the main
principles advocated by Luther, but the results of the controversy
were not so satisfactory for his party as he had anticipated.
Gustavus arab sex girls photo now arab sex girls photo threw off the mask of hypocrisy, arab sex girls photo and came forward boldly
as the champion of the new religion. He removed those bishops who were
most outspoken in their opposition, banished the Dominicans who stood
loyal to Rome, and tried to force the clergy to accept the change.
Anxious arab sex girls photo to enrich his treasury by confiscating the arab sex girls photo wealth of the
Church he scattered broadcast Luther's pamphlet on the confiscation of
ecclesiastical property, and arab sex girls photo engaged the professors of the University
of Upsala to use their efforts to defend and popularise the arab sex girls photo views it
arab sex girls photo contained. A commission was appointed to make an inventory of the
arab sex girls photo goods of the bishops and religious institutions and to induce the
monasteries to make a voluntary surrender of their property. By means
of arab sex girls photo threats and promises the commissioners secured compliance with the
wishes of the king in some districts, though in others, as for arab sex girls photo example
in Upsala, the arrival of the commission led to scenes of the greatest