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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 Bishops.The Reliques of Rome. › Of Byshops.
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Pope Sixtus the first made a decree,1 that if any Bishopric were void, no man should presume to be bishop thereof, except he were first admitted unto it by the popes letters. In the year, &c. 129. Chron. Angl. Lib. Concil.
Pope Sixtus the fyrst made a decree,1 that if any Byshopryke wer voyde, no man shuld presume to be bishop therof, except he were fyrste admitted vnto it by the popes letters. In the yere, &c. 129. Chron. Angl. Lib. Concil.
- 1Bishops admitted to their bishoprics. of the pope.Bishoppes admitted to their bishoprykes. of ye pope.
Pope Anacletus made a decree, that a bishop should be consecrated of no less than of three bishops,1 yea & those of the same province. For saith he an example of ordering bishops was showed unto the Christians in James the lesser bishop of Jerusalem, which was ordained & appointed Bishop of these three, Peter, James and John. ⟨image 50⟩But if the Metropolitan shall be consecrated, then must all the bishops of the province be present at his consecration.2 In the year of our Lord, 101. Dist. 66 Cap. Archiepiscopus. Joan. Laziard. Jacob. Phil. Lib. Concil.
Pope Anacletus made a decree, that a byshop shoulde be consecrated of no lesse than of three byshops,1