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Ploughmans Complaint, the

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

a remarkable anonymous work, published in England in the year 1352, which severely condemned the practices of popery, especially auricular confession, the celibacy and selfishness of the priests, the rapacity of the friars, the covetousness and negligence of the popes, etc. It was one among many means which opened the eyes of the people to the iniquity of the system, and prepared the way for the glorious Reformation.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Ploughmans Complaint, the'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​p/ploughmans-complaint-the.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.