A01115:419
An abridgement of the book of acts and monuments of the ChurchAn abridgement of the booke of acts and monumentes of the Church
An abridgement of the book of acts and monuments of the Church: written by that Reverend Father, Master John Fox: and now abridged by Timothy Bright, Doctor of Physic, for such as either through want of leisure, or ability have not the use of so necessary an historyAn abridgement of the booke of acts and monumentes of the Church: written by that Reuerend Father, Maister Iohn Fox: and now abridged by Timothe Bright, Doctour of Phisicke, for such as either through want of leysure, or abilitie haue not the vse of so necessary an history
London: printed by I. Windet, 1589
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Item, that no Christian magistrate should have any power over any prelate: alleging that a prelate is called God.1 Also that all Church service should be in Latin, except the Polonians and Sclavonians;2 to whom he permitted the use of their own tongue.
Item, that no Christian magistrate should haue any power ouer any prelate: alledging that a prelate is called God.1 Also that all Church seruice should be in Latine, except the Polonians and Sclauonians;2 to whom he permitted the vse of their owne tounge.
- 1A prelate called God.A prelat called God.
- 2Polonians & Sclavonians exempt from Latin service.Polonians & Sclauonians exempt from Latine seruice.
Sequences in the Mass, were by him first allowed. By this Pope priests began first to be debarred marriage:1 whereof Huldrich Bishop of Auspourgh sendeth a letter to the Pope, reclaiming and confuting his proceedings in the matter, gravely and learnedly: showing the decree to be an impious tyranny, contrary to the laws of God, and Nature. The epistle seemeth rather to belong to the time of Nicholas the second, or third.
Sequences in the Masse, were by him first allowed. By this Pope priestes began first to be debarred marriage: