A19564:391
Catechismus, that is to say, a short instruction into Christian religion for the singular…Catechismus, that is to say, a shorte instruction into Christian religion for the synguler…
Catechismus, that is to say, a short instruction into Christian religion for the singular commodity and profit of children[n] and young people. Set forth by the most reverend father in God Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury, primate of all England and MetropolitanCatechismus, that is to say, a shorte instruction into Christian religion for the synguler commoditie and profyte of childre[n] and yong people. Set forth by the mooste reuerende father in God Thomas Archbyshop of Canterbury, primate of all England and Metropolitane
printed for Gwalter Lynne, 1548
Title page typeset from the transcription.
¶A sermon of the authority of the Keys.¶A sermon of the authoritie of the Kayes.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The words of Christ be these.
The wordes of Christ be these.
¶Our Lord Jesus breathed on his Apostles / & said.1 Receive the holy ghost / whose since ye forgive / they are forgiven unto them. And whose since you reserve / they are reserved.
¶Our Lorde Iesus brethed on his Apostles / & sayd.1 Receaue the holye gost / whose synnes ye forgyue / they are forgyuen vnto them. And whose synnes you reserue / they are reserued.
- 1John. xx: •Iohn. xx: •
Now good children, you shall employ your selves, not only to rehearse these words without book, but also to understand, what our Lord Jesus Christ meant by them, that when you shall be asked any question herein, you may make a direct answer, and that also in time to come you may be able to instruct your children in the same. ⟨p. ccxxix⟩For what greater shame can there be, either in the sight of God or of man, then to profess thy self to be a Christen man, & yet to be ignorant in what place of scripture and by what words, Christ commanded faith, and forgiveness of since, to be preached. Seeing that a Christen man ought to believe nothing, as an article of his faith, except he be assured, that either it is gods commandment, or his word. Now good children, that you may the better understand these words, of our saviour Christ you shall know, that our Lord Jesus Christ when he began to preach, he dead call and chose his twelve Apostles and afterward besides those twelve,