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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 Fasting.The Reliques of Rome. › Of Fasting.
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1Guilihelmus Durandus saith, that after the mind of S. Gregory de consecrat. dist. •. Lent is counted to begin on the first Sunday in Lent, and to end easter even: which time saith he, containeth xlii. days: of the which take away the six Sundays, & so there remain ⟨p. 168⟩only, 36. days. Therefore that the number of forty days, which Christ fasted, might be perfected, the aforesaid Pope Gregory added and put to Lent four days of the week that go before, that is to say, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saterdaye. De consecra. dist. 5. Quadragesima. Durand. in Rat. di off.
1Guilihelmus Durandus sayth, that after the mind of S. Gregory de consecrat. dist. •. Lent is counted to begynne on the firste Sondaye in Lent, and to ende easter euen: whiche tyme sayth he, containeth xlii. dayes: of the which take away the sixe Sondayes, & so there remayne ⟨p. 168⟩onelye, 36. dayes. Therefore that the number of forty dayes, whiche Christe fasted, might be perfited, the aforesayd Pope Gregory added and put to Lent foure dayes of the weeke that go before, that is to saye, Wednesday, Thursdaye, Frydaye and Saterdaye. De consecra. dist. 5. Quadragesima. Durand. in Rat. di off.
- 1Of Lent. Note.
Telesphorus (as other affirm: which I think to be more true) appointed first of all, Lent to be fasted before Easter. And he moreover added an other week to it, which is commonly called Quinquagesima. This week he commanded the priests to fast more than the laity: because they, which ought to be holier than the rest, should in this ordinary fast show more abstinence than other. In the year of our Lord. 139. Lib. Concil. Euseb. Sabell. Polid. D. Barnes.