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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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About the same time,1 An. M. Li. the bishop of Fluence began to teach and to preach of Antichrist then to be borne & to be manifest, as Sabellicus restifieth: whereupon Paschalis assembling a council, put to silence the said bishop, and condemned his books. In this council at Trecas: priests that were married, were condemned for Nicolaitanes. Item, according to the decree of Hildebrand, all such of what degree or estate soever they were (being lay men) that gave any ecclesiastical dignities, were condemned of Simony. Furthermore, the statute of priests tithes, there he renewed: counting the selling away thereof as a sin against the holy ghost. Concerning the excommunication and other troubles,2 that Hildebrand wrought against Henricus the 4. Emperor: it is declared sufficiently before. This excommunication, Paschalis the Pope renewed a fresh, against the said Henry. And not only that, but also convening the Princes of Germany into a general assemble: set up his own son against him: causing the bishop of Mentz, of Colen, and of worms, to deprive him of his Imperial crown, and to place his son Henricus the fifth, in his fathers kingdom, and so they did. Coming to the place at Hilgeshem,3 first they required his Diadem, his purple, his ring, and other ornaments pertaining to the crown, from him. The Emperor demandeth the cause, being there excommunicate and void of friends. They pretending again (I cannot tell what) for selling of Bishoprics, Abases, and other ecclesiastical dignities for money: also alleging the popes pleasure, and of other princes. Then required he first of the Bishop of Mentz (and likewise of the other two whom he had preferred to their bishoprics before) asking them in order, if he had received of them any penny for his promoting them to their dignities. This when they could not deny to be so: well saith he, & do you require me again with this? With divers other words of exhortation, admonishing them to remember their oath & allegiance to their Prince.4 But the perjured Prelates, neither reverencing his majesty, nor moved with his benefits, nor regarding their fidelity, ceased not for this, but first plucked from him (sitting in throne) his crown unperiall: then disuestured him, taking from him his purple & his sceptre. The good Emperor, being left desolate and in confusion, sayeth to them: