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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 Priests.The Reliques of Rome. › Of Priestes.
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Pope Gaius made a decree, that none should be made a priest, except he were first a doorkeeper: secondly a Reader, thirdly an Exorcist or conjurer: fourthly, an Acolyte, a lighter & carrier of candles: fifthly, a Subdeacon: sixthly, a Deacon: & seventhly, a priest: and finally a bishop, if he can come unto the promotion. In the year, &c. 384. Chron. Plati. Fasc. Temp. D. Barns.
Pope Gaius made a decree, yt none should be made a priest, except he were fyrst a dorekeper: secondlye a Reader, thirdly an Exorciste or cōiurer: fourthly, an Acholite, a lighter & carier of candels: fiftly, a Subdeacon: sixtly, a Deacon: & seuenthly, a prieste: and fynallye a bishop, if he can come vnto ye promotion. In the yeare, &c. 384. Chron. Plati. Fasc. Temp. D. Barns.
Some ascribe this decree to Pope Stephen the second. Grat. Joan. La.
Some ascribe thys decree to Pope Stephen the second. Grat. Ioan. La.
1Pope Siricius ordained, ye priestishe orders should not be given altogether at one time, but at sundry times. In the year, &c. 389. Sabell. Plot. Joan. Lazia. 77. Dist. Cap. In singulis.
1Pope Siricius ordayned, ye priestishe orders should not be geuen altogether at one time, but at sundrye tymes. In the yere, &c. 389. Sabell. Plat. Ioan. Lazia. 77. Dist. Cap. In singulis.
- 1Priestishe orders.