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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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Pope Julius the first also commanded, that the people should receive the mysteries of Christs body and blood according to Christs institution, both the bread and the cup, one several from the other, as the Apostle saith: let a man examine himself and so eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. In the year of our Lord .338. de consecrat. dist. 2. cap. Cum omne.
Pope Iulius the first also commaunded, that the people should receaue the mysteries of Christes body and bloude accordyng to Christs institution, both the breade and the cup, one seuerall from the other, as the Apostle sayth: let a man examine himselfe and so eate of that breade, and drinke of that cup. In the yeare of our Lord .338. de consecrat. dist. 2. cap. Cum omne.
In a certain council holden at Basil, it was concluded, that according to christs institution the lay people also should receive the Sacrament in both kinds. And this decree was not only established by the authority of the emperor Sigismund, and the consent of the other noble and learned men, which were there present, but it was also confirmed, approved, and allowed by Pope Eugenius the fourth. In the year. &c 1430. Lib. Concil. Chron.
In a certain councell holden at Basile, it was concluded, that according to christes institution the lay people also should receaue the Sacrament in both kindes. And this decree was not onely established by the authoritie of the emperour Sigismund, and the cōsent of the other noble and learned men, whiche were there present, but it was also confirmed, approued, and allowed by Pope Eugenius the fourth. In the yeare. &c 1430. Lib. Concil. Chron.
Not only in the primitive church, but also in the time of S. Cyprian. s. Hierome. S. Ambrose. S. Austen. S, John Chrisost. &c. and many hundred years after, the lay people received the Sacrament of Christs body and blood under both kinds, as they likewise had the Sacramental bread given them in their hands and not put in their mouths, as the Papists use in these our days. Are not these the words of saint Ambrose unto the Emperor Theodosius, when he would have received the Sacrament, coming blustering and blowing from shedding innocent blood? O Emperor, saith he, how shalt thou with