The Character of Pope Gregoryextracted fromThe Variations of PoperybySamuel Edgar, D.D. (1855 ed., pp. 111-12) Gregory the Seventh, who obtained the papacy in 1073, was another pontifical patron of iniquity. He was elected on the day of his predecessor’s funeral, by the populace and soldiery, through force and bribery, without the concurrence of the emperor…