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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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6. Sixthly may be added here also the words of Petrus Cluniacensis, who writing to Bernard, affirmeth that the Scots in his time did celebrate their Easter,6 not after the Roman manner, but after the Greeks. &c. And as the said Britons were not under the Roman order in the time of this Abbot of Cluniake: so neither were they nor would be, under the Roman legate, in the time of Gregory: nor would admit any primacy of the bishop of Rome, to be above them.
6. Sixtly may be added here also the words of Petrus Cluniacensis, who wryting to Bernard, affirmeth that ye Scots in his time did celebrate their Easter,6 not after ye Romane maner, but after the Greekes. &c. And as the said Britains were not vnder the Romane order in the time of this Abbot of Cluniake: so neither were they nor woulde be, vnder the Romane legate, in the time of Gregory: nor would admit any primacy of the bishop of Rome, to be aboue thē.
- 6Ex Pet. Cluniacensi. ad Bernardum.
7. For the seventh argument, moreover I may make my probation by the plain words of Eleutherius, by whose Epistle written to king Lucius, 7we may understand, that Lucius had received the faith of Christ in his land, before the king sent to Eleutherius for the Roman laws: for so the express words of the letter do manifestly purport, as hereafter followeth to be seen. By all which conjectures, it may stand probably to be thought, that the Britons, were taught first by the Grecians of the East Church, rather then by the Romans.
7. For the seuenth argument, moreouer I may make my probation by the plaine woordes of Eleutherius, by whose Epistle wrytten to king Lucius,