A07146:1179
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 Clement the first made a law, that if the priests and other of the Clergy,1 yea and all Princes and Rulers, whether they be of high or low degree with all the common people, do refuse to obey the bishops: all such should not only loose their good name but also be banished out of the kingdom of God, & put out of the company of the faithful, yea and utterly estranged from all doings with the holy church of God. In the year, &c. 92. Caus. 11. Qu. 3. Cap. Si aeutem vobis Episcopis.
Pope Clement the fyrst made a law, yt if the priestes and other of the Clergye,1 yea and all Princes and Rulers, whether they be of hye or lowe degree with al ye cōmon people, doe refuse to obey the byshops: al such shuld not only loose their good name but also bee banyshed out of the kingdome of God, & put out of the company of the faythful, yea and vtterly estraunged from al doings with the holy churche of God. In the yeare, &c. 92. Caus. 11. Qu. 3. Cap. Si aeutem vobis Episcopis.
- 1Disobedient to bishops, accursed.Disobediēt to bishops, accursed.
Pope Gregory the seventh decreed, that ⟨p. 221⟩although his predecessors the popes according to the rigour of the ecclesiastical censure did forbid generally all men to keep company,1 to pray, to eat, drink, bye, sell, &c, with such as be excommunicate and accursed: yet from henceforth it shall be lawful for wives to keep company, to eat and drink, &c, with their husbands: children with their parents: servants and hand maids with their masters and mistresses, &c, although they be excommunicate. He also exempteth them by the Apostolic authority from the bond of excommunication, which ignorantly communicate with them that are excommunicate. In the year of our lord. 1073. Caus. 11. Quaest. 3. Cap. Quoniam multos.