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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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1Pope Theodorus made a law, that if any man chanced to marry, after that he hath vowed chastity, he should not ⟨p. 38⟩be divorced from his wife, but that his marriage should stand in full strength, and virtue, notwithstanding the former vow. In the year of our Lord. 902. Disti. 27. capit. Si vir votum. Bergom.
1Pope Theodorus made a lawe, that if any man chaunced to marry, after that he hath vowed chastitie, he should not ⟨p. 38⟩be diuorced from his wife, but that his mariage should stand in full strength, and vertue, notwythstandyng the former vow. In the yeare of our Lord. 902. Disti. 27. capit. Si vir votum. Bergom.
- 1The vow of chastity dissolveth not marriageThe vowe of chastitie dissolueth not mariage
There was an Abbot at Reading, whom men for his perfect living called abbot saint.1 This man being in danger of a certain disease, by the reason he had no wife, sent unto the Pope, desiring him to dispense with him for his vow. And the Pope dispensed with him and gave him licence to marry a wife, but under a condition, that it should be secretly done, and not in facie ecclesie. D. Barnes. in Libro. De coniugio sacerdotum.
There was an Abbote at Redyng, whō mē for his perfect liuīg called abbot saint.1 This mā beīg in daūger of a certain disease, by the reason he had no wife, sent vnto the Pope, desiring him to dispense wyth hym for his vowe. And the Pope dispensed with him and gaue hym licence to marry a wife, but vnder a condition, that it should be secretly done, and not in facie ecclesie. D. Barnes. in Libro. De coniugio sacerdotum.