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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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1In the book collected of general councils among the decretal epistles, there is a long tractation about the judgement and condemnation of Marcellinus: whereof the Masters & Patrons of popery, in these our days, take great hold to prove the supremacy of the pope to be above all general councils, and that he ought not to be subject to the condemnation of any person or persons, for that there is written: Nemo unquam judicavit Pontificem, nec Praesul sacerdotem suum, 2quoniam prima sedes non judicabitur a quoquā. &c. Although this sentence of Miltiades seemeth apparently to be patched in, rather by some Heldibrandus, then by Miltiades: both for that it hangeth with little order of sense, upon that which goeth before: & again because that prima sedes here mentioned, was not yet ordained nor attributed to the sea of Rome before the council of Nice, where the order and placing of bishops was first established. But to let this sentence pass, yet notwithstanding the circumstance & proceeding of this judgement, if it be rightly weighed, maketh very little to the purpose of these men. Neither is it true that the bishops of this council of Sinuesse, did not condemn Marcellinus: for the words of the council be plaine. Subscripserunt igitur in eius damnationem & damnaverunt eum extra civitatem. That is: They subscribed therefore to his condemnation, and condemned him to be expelled out of the city. Moreover by the said council were brought in, the 42. witnesses against Marcellinus. In the said council the verdict of the same witnesses was demanded and also received. Furthermore, Quirinus there, one of the Bishops openly protested, that he would not depart the council, before the malice of the bishops were revealed: what doth all this declare, but that the bishop of Rome was called there,3 and did appear before the judgement seat of the Council, and there stood subject to their sentence & authority, by the which he was expelled out of the City? As for the words of the council, whereupon our Papists stand so much. Non enim nostro, sed tuo ipsius judicio condemnaberis, &c. Item: Tuo ore judica causam tuā. &c.
1In the booke collected of general councels among the decretal epistles, there is a long tractation about ye iudgement and condemnation of Marcellinus: wherof the Maysters & Patrones of popery, in these our daies, take great hold to proue the supremacy of the pope to be aboue al generall councels, and that he ought not to be subiect to the condemnation of any person or persons, for that there is written: Nemo vnquam iudicauit Pontificem, nec Praesul sacerdotem suum,