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The relics of Rome containing all such matters of religion, as have in times…The reliques of Rome contayning all such matters of religion, as haue in times…
The relics of Rome containing all such matters of religion, as have in times past been brought into the Church by the Pope and his adherents: faithfully gathered out of the most faithful writers of chronicles and histories, and now newly both diligently corrected & greatly augmented, to the singular profit of the readers, by Thomas Becon. 1563.The reliques of Rome contayning all such matters of religion, as haue in times past bene brought into the Church by the Pope and his adherentes: faithfully gathered out of the moste faithful writers of chronicles and histories, and nowe newly both diligently corrected & greatly augmented, to the singuler profit of the readers, by Thomas Becon. 1563.
London: printed by John Day, 1563London: printed by Iohn Day, 1563
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The Relics of Rome. › Of excommunication.The Reliques of Rome. › Of excommunication.
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Pope Calixt the first decreed, that all such as either hinder, let, or trouble ⟨p. 220⟩those persons that go to Rome on pilgrimage to visit the holy Apostles Peter and Paul,1 or ells any other where to seek and visit the Oratories of other Saints: either spoil or take away any of their things, that they carry with them, shall be excommunicate, and so remain till they have made full and perfect satisfaction. In the year of our Lord. 217. Caus. 24. Quaest. 3. Cap. Si quis Romipetas.
Pope Calixt the fyrst decreed, that all suche as either hinder, let, or trouble ⟨p. 220⟩those persons yt go to Rome on pilgrimage to visite the holy Apostles Peter and Paule,1 or ells any other where to seeke and visite ye Oratoryes of other Saintes: eyther spoyle or take away any of their thinges, yt they carye with them, shalbe excōmunicate, and so remayne til they haue made ful and perfecte satisfaction. In the yeare of oure Lorde. 217. Caus. 24. Quaest. 3. Cap. Si quis Romipetas.
- 1Hinderers of pilgrimages or spoilers of pilgrims accursed.Hinderers of pilgrimages or spoylers of pilgrimes accursed.
Pope Gregory the first made a decree, that whosoever striketh Bishop or priest or spoileth or setteth on fire churches:1 the same shall be excommunicate: his goods confiscate, and he himself enclosed in a monastery and there do penance all the days of his life. For, sayeth he, such a person hath committed most grievous sacrilege. In the year of our Lord. 590. Lib. Concil. Caus. 24. Qu. 3. Cap. Quisquis.