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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 Absolution.The Reliques of Rome. › Of Absolution.
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Of Absolution.
1Pope Gelasius the first ordained that if a man were unjustly excommunicate & accursed, he should not regard it, nor yet go about to seek absolution from the sentence or censure, which was unjustly laid upon him. In the year, &c. 494. Caus. 11. Quaest. 3. Cap. Cui est.
1POpe Gelasius the fyrst ordayned yt if a man were vniustlye excō municate & accursed, he shoulde not regard it, nor yet go aboute to seke absolution from ye sentence or censure, which was vniustlye layde vpon hym. In the yeare, &c. 494. Caus. 11. Quaest. 3. Cap. Cui est.
- 1A reasonable order.
1Pope Gregory the first affirmeth, that the priest can absolve no man, except God hath absolved him first: alleging the history of Lazarus, whom the Lord raised up unto life, before he commanded his Disciples to loosen him,2 and to set him at liberty. In the year of our Lord. 590. Ibidem. Cap. Tunc vera est absolutio.