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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 ye believe that for the disobedience and contumacy of persons excommunicate, increasing: the prelates or their vicars in spiritual things have power to aggravate and to reagravate, to put upon men the interdict and to call for the secular arm: and that the same secular arm or power ought to be obedient to the censures, by their inferiors called for. 33. Item, whether he believe that the pope and other prelates or else their vicars, have power in spiritual things to excommunicate priests and lay men that are stubborn and disobedient, from their office, benefice or entrance into the church, and from the administration of the sacraments of the Church, also to suspend them. 34. Item, whether he believe, that it is lawful for ecclesiastical persons without committing sin, to have any possessions & temporal goods: and whether he believe, that it is not lawful for lay men to take away the same from them by their authority:1 but rather that such takers away & encroachers upon ecclesiastical goods, are to be punished as committers of sacrilege, yea although such Ecclesiastical persons live naughtily that have such goods. 35.2Item, whether any such taking away or encroaching upon any priest rashly or violently made, although the priest be an evil liver, be sacrilege or not. 36. Item, whether he believe that it is lawful for lay men of whether sex soever: that is men and women, to preach the word of God or not. 37.3Item, whether he believe that it is lawful to all priests freely to preach the word of God wheresoever, whensoever, and to whom soever it shall please them, although they be not sent at all. 38. Item, whether he believe that all mortal sins, and especial such as be manifest and public, are to be corrected and to be extirpate or not. Furthermore, we will command, and decree, that if any by secrete information by you or any other to be received, shall be found either infamed or suspected of any kind of the pestiferous sect, heresy & doctrine of the most pestilence men I. Wycliffe, I.
Item, whether ye beleue that for the disobediēce and contumacie of persons excommunicate, increasing: the prelates or their vicares in spirituall thinges haue power to agrauate and to reagrauate, to put vpon men the interdict and to call for the secular arme: and that the same secular arme or power ought to be obedient to the censures, by their inferiors called for. 33. Item, whether he beleue that the pope and other prelates or els their vicares, haue power in spirituall things to excommunicate priestes and lay men that are stubberne and disobedient, from theyr office, benefice or entrance into the church, and from the administration of the sacraments of the Church, also to suspend them. 34. Item, whether he beleue, that it is lawfull for ecclesiasticall persons without committing sinne, to haue anye possessions & temporall goodes: and whether he beleeue, yt it is not lawfull for lay men to take away the same from thē by their authoritie: