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Acts and monuments of matters most special and memorable, happening in the Church. [vol.…Actes and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happenyng in the Church. [vol.…
Acts and monuments of matters most special and memorable, happening in the Church. [vol. 1] with an universal history of the same, wherein is set forth at large the whole race and course of the Church, from the primitive age to these latter times of ours, with the bloody times, horrible troubles, and great persecutions against the true martyrs of Christ, sought and wrought as well by heathen emperors, as now lately practised by Romish prelates, especially in this realm of England and Scotland. Newly revised and recognised, partly also augmented, and now the fourth time again published and recommended to the studious reader, by the author (through the help of Christ our Lord) John Fox, which desireth thee good reader to help him with thy prayer.Actes and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happenyng in the Church. [vol. 1] with an vniuersall history of the same, wherein is set forth at large the whole race and course of the Church, from the primitiue age to these latter tymes of ours, with the bloudy times, horrible troubles, and great persecutions agaynst the true martyrs of Christ, sought and wrought as well by heathen emperours, as nowe lately practised by Romish prelates, especially in this realme of England and Scotland. Newly reuised and recognised, partly also augmented, and now the fourth time agayne published and recommended to the studious reader, by the author (through the helpe of Christ our Lord) Iohn Foxe, which desireth thee good reader to helpe him with thy prayer.
London: printed by John Daye, 1583London: printed by Iohn Daye, 1583
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Unto this Lucius also is referred in the decrees of Gratian this constitution,1 that no minister whatsoever, after his ordination, should at any time reenter to the chamber of his own wife, in pain of loosing his Ministry in the Church, &c. Eusebius in his vij. book, making mention of the death of Lucius, and not of his Martyrdom, saith that he sate but eight months. But Damasus in his Martyrology holdeth that he sat three years, & was beheaded the second year of Valerian and Galienus Emperors. And so doth also Marianus Scotus, and Nauclerus, with other that follow Damasus, affirm the same.
Unto this Lucius also is referred in the decrees of Gratian this constitution,1 that no minister whatsoeuer, after his ordination, should at any time reenter to the chamber of his owne wife, in paine of loosing his Ministery in the Church, &c. Eusebius in his vij. booke, making mention of the death of Lucius, and not of his Martyrdome, saith that he sate but eight moneths. But Damasus in his Martyrologe holdeth that hee sat thre yeares, & was beheaded the second yeare of Valerian and Galienus Emperours. And so doth also Marianus Scotus, and Nauclerus, with other that folow Damasus, affirme the same.
- 1Dist. 81. Ministri. Ministers restrained from their own wives. Eusebius and Damasius vary in time. Lucius Bishop of Rome, martyr. Stephanus Bishop of Rome, martyr.Dist. 81. Ministri. Ministers restrayned from their own wiues. Eusebius and Damasius vary in time. Lucius Byshop of Rome, martyr. Stephanus Byshop of Rome, martyr.
After him came Stephanus next Bishop of Rome following Lucius: whom Damasus, Platina, and Sabellicus, affirm to have sit vij. years fine months, & to die a martyr. Contrary Eusebius and Volateranus holding with him, give him but two years, which part cometh most near to the truth, I leave to the readers judgement, of his two Epistles decretal, and of his ordinances out of the same collected, I need not much to tarry, for two respects, either for that concerning these decretal Epistles suspiciously entitled to the names of the fathers of the primitive church,