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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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Here this most Godly bishop with manifest, plain, and evident words pronounceth and declareth,1 that it is against the holy scripture & our religion, that the Image of Christ should be had in the temples of the Christians, so far is it of, that the Images of any saints ought to be placed in them, Hereof may we easily gather, that S Hierome also and all the other godly Bishops, which were both before and in his time did agree in this point with Epiphanius that the Images of Christ ⟨p. 92⟩and of the Saints are by no means to be suffered in the Churches of the Christians. For in the time of Saint Hierome, and certain years after him, we do not read that any Bishop being of a sound and perfect judgement could ever abide, that images should be placed in the temples of such as profess Christ.
Here thys most Godly byshop with manyfest, playne, and euident wordes pronounceth and declareth,1 that it is agaynst the holy scripture & our religiō, that the Image of Christ shuld be had in the temples of the Christians, so far is it of, that the Images of any saints ought to be placed in thē, Hereof maye we easely gather, that S Hierome also and all the other godly Byshoppes, whiche were both before and in hys tyme dyd agree in thys poynte with Epiphanius that the Images of Christe ⟨p. 92⟩and of the Saintes are by no meanes to bee suffered in the Churches of the Christians. For in the tyme of Saint Hierome, and certayn yeres after him, we do not reade that any Byshop beeing of a sounde and perfect iudgement coulde euer abyde, that images should be placed in the temples of such as professe Christ.
- 1It is against the word of God to have Images i• Churches.It is agaynst the worde of God to haue Ima•ges i• Churches.