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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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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.
The first part is of the high Article of the Godly Majesty, as
The fyrste parte is of the hygh Article of the Godly Maiestye, as
i That Father, Son, and holy ghost in one godly essence and nature, three sundry Persons, is one only God, which created heaven and earth.
i THat Father, Sonne, and holy goost in one godly essence and nature, three sondry Persones, is one onely God, whiche created heauen and earth.
ij That the father of none, the Son of the father is borne, the holy ghost, from the father and the son proceeding.
ij That the father of none, the Sonne of the father is borne, the holy goost, from the father and the sonne procedynge.
iij That not the father, nor the Holy Ghost, but the Son is become man.
iij That not the father, nor the Holye Ghoost, but the Sonne is become man.