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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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And thus much by the way, to satisfy the foresaid objection: whereby we may have now a more ready passage into the order and course of the History.1 Being therefore granted unto them, which they so earnestly stick upon, that the Christian faith and Religion of this Realm was brought from Rome, first by Eleutherius, then afterward by Austen: thus writeth the Chronicles of that matter.
And thus much by the way, to satisfie the foresayd obiection: whereby we may haue now a more ready passage into the order and course of the Hystorie.1 Beyng therefore graunted vnto them, whych they so earnestly sticke vpon, that the Christian faith and Religion of this Realme was brought from Rome, first by Eleutherius, then afterwarde by Austen: thus wryteth the Chronicles of that matter.
- 1Eleutherius Bishop of Rome.Eleutherius Byshop of Rome.
About the time and year of the Lord. 180. king Lucius son of Coilus, 1which builded Colchester, king of the Britons, who then were the inhabitants & possessors of this land (which now we Englishmen call England) hearing of the miracles & wonders done by the Christians at that time in divers places (as Monumetensis writeth) directed his letters to Eleutherius Bishop of Rome, to receive of him the Christian faith. Although about the computation of the year and time: great difference there is in authors, when this should be. Nauclerus saith it was An. 156. but that cannot be, forsomuch as Eleutherius was not yet Bishop by the space of 20. years after that. Henricus de Erfordia sayth,2 it was An. 169. in the 19. year of Verus Emperor, but that agreeth not with approved histories: which all consent, that Verus reigned not 19. years, and if he had, yet that year cometh not to the year of our Lord. 169. but to the year. 181. Some other say, that Eleutherius was made Bishop, in the 6. year of Commodus, which was the year of our Lord. 186. but that seemeth to go to far, but let the authors agree as they can. Let us return to Eleutherius the good Bishop, who hearing the request of this king, & glad to see the godly towardness of his well disposed mind: sendeth him certain teachers & preachers,