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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. 2, part 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. 2, part 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 though our adversaries seem to allege out of the old Doctors certain speeches and phrases, which they wrest and wring to their purposes: wherein they say: that the bread is called, is believed, & is the body of Christ that of bread is made the body of Christ: that the bread is changed, 1altered, or converted to the body of Christ, or is made to be his body, that the creatures be converted into the substance of the body and blood of Christ: that the bread and wine do pass into the divine substance, with such other like sentences: and bear themselves brag upon the same as thought this doctrine of transubstantiation stood upon the consent of the whole universal Church,2 of all ages and times of nations and people, and that the judgement of the Church was never other then this: and yet if the old Doctors sayings be well weighed, and the discourse of times by this history well examined, it will be found that this prodigious opinion of transubstantiation hath no such ground of consent and antiquity as they imagine: nor yet that any heresy or treason was made of denying of transubstantiation before the time of Innocentius the 5. or at the furthest of Lanfrancus, as is aforesaid: about the which time Satan the old Dragon was prophesied by the Apocalypse to be let lose, to seduce the world.
And though our aduersaryes seeme to alledge out of the olde Doctours certayne speeches and phrases, which they wrast and wring to theyr purposes: wherin they say: that the bread is called, is beleued, & is the body of Christ that of bread is made the body of Christ: that the bread is chaunged, 1altered, or conuerted to the body of Christ, or is made to be his body, that the creatures be conuerted into the substance of the body and bloud of Christ: that the bread and wine doe passe into the diuine substaunce, with such other like sentences: and beare themselues bragge vpon the same as thought thys doctrine of transubstantiation stood vpon ye consent of the whole vniuersall Church,2 of all ages and times of nations and people, and that the iudgement of the Church was neuer other then this: and yet if the olde Doctors sayings be well weyed, and the discourse of times by this historye well examined, it will be found that this prodigious opinion of transubstantiation hath no such ground of consent and antiquity as they imagine: nor yet that any heresy or treason was made of denying of transubstantiatiō before ye time of Innocentius the 5. or at the furthest of Lanfrancus, as is aforesayd: about the which time Sathan the old Dragon was prophesied by the Apocalips to be let lose, to seduce the world.