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The chief and principal articles of the Christen faith to hold against the Pope,…The chiefe and pryncypall articles of the Christen faythe to holde againste the Pope,…
The chief and principal articles of the Christen faith to hold against the Pope, and all papists, and the gates of hell, with other three very profitable and necessary books the names or titles, whereof are contain in the leaf next following. Made by Doctor Marten Luther. To the reader. In this book shall you find Christian reader the right probation of the right old catholic Church, and of the new false Church, whereby either of them is to be known. Read and judge.The chiefe and pryncypall articles of the Christen faythe to holde againste the Pope, and al papistes, and the gates of hell, with other thre very profitable and necessary bokes the names or tyttels, whereof are conteyne in the leafe next followynge. Made by Doctor Marten Luther. To the reader. In thys boke shal you fynde Christian reader the ryght probation of the righte olde catholyke Churche, and of the newe false Churche, whereby eyther of them is to be knowen. Reade and iudge.
printed by S. Mierdman for Gwalter Lynne, 1548
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And that the same man is very God, as an everlasting inseparable person become of God and man, so that Mary the blessed virgin is a very right mother, not only of the man Christ, 1as the Nestorians teach, but of the son of God, as saint Lucas saith2 That holy one, which shall be borne in thy shall be called the Son of God. That is my Lord, and the Lord of all men, Jesus Christ, the only right natural son of God, & Mary, very God and man.
And that thesame man is verye God, as an euerlastynge inseparable person become of God and man, so that Mary the blessed virgyn is a very right mother, not onely of the man Christe, 1as the Nestorians teache, but of the sonne of God, as saynt Lucas sayth2 That holy one, whiche shall be borne in thy shalbe called the Sonne of God. That is my Lorde, and the Lorde of all men, Iesus Christe, the onely ryght natural sonne of God, & Mary, very God and man.
- 1Nestorianes.
- 2Luc. i
1Also I believe, that the same son of God and Mary, our Lord Jesus Christ suffered for us wretched sinners, was crucified, dead and buried. Whereby he did deliver us from sin, death, and everlasting wrath of God, through his innocent blood, and that he rose again the third ⟨image 42⟩day from death, and ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father almighty, a Lord above all Lords, King over all Kings, and above all creatures in heaven, earth, and under the earth, over death and life, over sin, and righteousness.