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An apology, or answer in defence of the Church of England concerning the state…An apologie, or aunswer in defence of the Church of England concerninge the state…
An apology, or answer in defence of the Church of England concerning the state of religion used in the same. Newly set forth in Latin, and now translated into English.An apologie, or aunswer in defence of the Church of England concerninge the state of religion vsed in the same. Newly set forth in Latin, and nowe translated into Englishe.
Londini: printed by Reginald Wolf, 1562
The Apology of the Church of England.The Apologie of the Churche of Englande.
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.
1We believe therefore that there is one divine nature & power, which we do call GOD, & the same is distincted into three equal persons, the Father, the Son, & the holy Ghost, all of one power, of one majesty, of one eternity, of one divinity, of one substance. And all be it those three persons be so distincted, that neither the father is the son, neither the son is the holy ghost or the father, yet that there is but one God, and the same only to have created heaven and earth and all things that are contained within the compass of heaven.
1WEe beleue therfore that ther is one diuine nature & power, which we do cal GOD, & the same is distincted into thre equa persōs, the Father, the Sonne, & the holy Ghoste, al of one power, of one maiesty, of one eternitie, of one diuinitie, of one substance. And all be yt those three persons bee so distincted, that nother the father is the sonne, nother the sonne is the holy ghoste or the father, yet that there is but one God, and the same onely to haue created heauen and earthe and all things that are contained within the compasse of heauen.
- 1The doctrine commonly received in the Church of England. Of God.The doctrine cōmonly receaued in the Churche of Englande. Of God.
1We do believe that Jesus Christ the only son of the eternal father, according as it was decreed long sithens before all beginnings, when the fullness of time was come, toke flesh and the whole nature of man of that same blessed and pure Virgin, to the intent to declare unto men the secret and hid will of his father, which was hidden from all ages and generations, and to the entente that in the body and nature of man he might accomplish the mystery of our redemption, nailing our Sins and that same Handwriting which was written against us, unto the Cross.