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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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2. Before this Council of Nice, in the year of our Lord 180. we read of Polycrates B. of Ephesus, who dissenting from Pope Victor about a certain controversy of Easter day, allegeth for himself how his progenitors before him 7. together, one after another, succeeded in that seat, and he now the 8. after them was placed in the same: using this his descent of his parents, not only as a defence of his cause, but also a glory to himself, &c.
2. Before this Councell of Nice, in the yeare of our Lord 180. we reade of Polycrates B. of Ephesus, who dissenting from Pope Uictor about a certaine controuersie of Easter day, alledgeth for himselfe how his progenitoures before him 7. together, one after another, succeeded in that seate, and he now the 8. after them was placed in the same: vsing this his discent of his parents, not only as a defence of his cause, but also a glory to himselfe, &c.
3. Pope Syricius about the year of our Lord 390. wrote to the priests of Spain about the same matter of putting their wives from them, if his Epistle be not counterfeit. These Spanish priests had then with them a Bishop of Terragon. Who answering to Syricius in this behalf, alleged the testimonies of S. Paul, that Priests might lawfully retain their wives, &c.1 To this Syricius replied again (if his writing be not forged) most arrogantly and no less ignorantly, reproving the Priests that were married, and for the defence of his cause, alleged this sentence of S. Paule: Si secundum carnem vixeritis, moriemini. That is: If ye shall live after the flesh, ye shall die, &c. Whereby may appear not only how they in Spain then had wives,2 but also how blind these men were in the Scriptures, which showed themselves such adversaries against Priests Marriage.
3. Pope Syricius about the yeare of our Lord 390. wrote to the priests of Spaine about the same matter of putting their wiues from them, if his Epistle be not counterfeyte. These Spanish priestes had then with them a Byshop of Terragon. Who aunswering to Syricius in this behalfe, alledged the testimonies of S. Paule, that Priestes might lawfully retaine their wiues, &c.