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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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Item, whether he believe, that a Christian man, over and besides the contrition of hart, being licensed of a convenient priest, is bound to confess himself only to a priest and not to any lay man, be he never so devout or good, upon the necessity of salvation. 21. Item, whether he believe, that in the cases before put, a priest may absolve a sinner confessing himself, and being contrite, from all sins and enjoin him penance for the same. 22. Item, whether he believeth, that an evil Priest, with due manner and form, and with the intention of doing, doth verily consecrate, doth verily absolve, doth verily baptise and doth verily dispose all other sacraments even as the Church doth. 23. Item, whether he believe that Saint Peter was the Vicar of Christ, having power to bind and to lose upon the earth. 24. Item, whether he believe that the Pope being canonically elect, which for the time shall be, by that name expressly be the successor of Peter or not, having supreme authority in the Church of God. 25. Item, whether he believe that the authority of jurisdiction of the Pope, an archbishop or a Bishop in binding & loosing, be more then the authority of a simple priest or not although he have charge of souls. 26. Item, whether he believe, that the pope may upon a just and good cause, give indulgences and remission of sins to all Christian men, being verily contrite and confessed, especially to those that go on pilgrimage to holy places and good deeds. 27, Item,1 whether he believe, that by such grant the pilgrims that visit those Churches, and give them any thing may obtain remission of sins or not. 28. Item, whether he believe that all Bishops may grant unto their subjects according as the holy Canons do limit, such indulgences or not. 29. Item, whether he believe and affirm, that it is lawful for faithful Christians to worship Images and the relics of saints or not. 30. Item,2 whether, he believe that those religions, which the Church hath allowed, were lawfully and reasonably brought in of the holy fathers or not. ⟨p. 652⟩31. Item, whether he believeth that the pope or any other Prelate for the time being, or their vicars may excommunicate their subject Ecclesiastical or secular for disobedience or contumacy, so that such a one is to be holden and taken for excommunicate or not. 32.