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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 have I resolved the first untruth of that Popish demonstration above rehearsed, Pag. 14. wherein they think to prove that as Peter, although he was not called universal Apostle, yet was the head of the whole Church: so the Pope might and hath had after him the charge of the whole Church, although he was not called universal Bishop in the old time. &c.
And thus haue I resolued the first vntrueth of that Popish demonstration aboue rehearsed, Pag. 14. wherein they thinke to proue that as Peter, although hee was not called vniuersall Apostle, yet was the head of the whole Churche: so the Pope might and hath had after him the charge of the whole Church, although he was not called vniuersall Bishop in the olde tyme. &c.
Now followeth the second untruth to be touched in the ⟨p. 21⟩same argument, which is, that because Peter was the head of the church:1 so therefore the Pope must also be the head of the church, and was, albeit he was not called universal bishop a long time. But this we do deny, yea the matter denieth it self, by their own position, for being granted by them, that the title of universal bishop was not received at Rome, but refused to the time of Gregory: then m•st it necessarily be granted, that the Bishops of Rome before S Gregory, had not the charge of the whole church, neither could be admitted by that reason to be heads of the church. For so much as there can be no head, but which is universal to the whole body, neither can any have charge of the whole, but he must needs be universal to all and singular parts of that, whereof he hath the charge. As in sciences, whosoever hath knowledge & cunning in all the seven liberal sciences, & all the parts thereof pertaining to liberal knowledge, is said to be an universal learned man: so in office, to whomsoever the public charge of all Churches doth appertain, how is he not to be called bishop universal?