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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 Liberius made a law,1 that no priest should forsake his cure for any persecution or trouble, though death should ensue, according to this saying of Christ: A good shepherd giveth his life for his sheep. In the year of our Lord.2 254. Anselmus Rid.
Pope Liberius made a law,1 that no prieste should forsake his cure for anye persecution or trouble, though deathe should ensue, according to this saying of Christ: A good shepeherd geueth his life for his sheepe. In the yeare of our Lorde.2 254. Anselmus Rid.
Pope John the eight ordained that the priests, which were absent from their benefices without a dispensation from the Pope, should be compelled to return unto them, and there to be resident. In the year, &c. 887. Joan. Laziard.
Pope Iohn the eighte ordained that the priestes, which were absente from their benefices without a dispensation from the Pope, should be compelled to return vnto them, and there to be resident. In the yere, &c. 887. Ioan. Laziard.