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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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Once (said he) it was counted an heresy, when a man repugned against the Gospel, or Articles of the faith. Now he that dissenteth from Thomas of Aquine, is an heretic, whatsoever doth not like them, whatsoever they understand not, that is heresy. To speak Greek, is heresy. Or to speak more finely then they do, that is with them heresy. And thus much by the way, concerning the judgement of Erasmus.
Once (sayd he) it was counted an heresie, when a man repugned agaynst the Gospell, or Articles of the fayth. Now he that dissenteth from Thomas of Aquine, is an hereticke, whatsoeuer doth not like them, whatsoeuer they vnderstand not, that is heresie. To speake Greeke, is heresie. Or to speake more finely then they do, that is with them heresie. And thus much by the way, concerning the iudgement of Erasmus.
Now to return and to entreat something orderly of the acts and conflicts of Luther with his adversaries: after the Tecelius the foresaid Fryer, with his fellow monks and Friarly fellows, had cried out with open mouth against Luther, in maintaining the popes indulgences, and that Luther again in defence of his cause, had set up propositions against the open abuses of the same, marvel it was to see how soon these propositions, were sparkled abroad in sundry and far places, and how greedily they were catched ⟨p. 849⟩up in the hands of divers, both far & near. And thus the contention of this matter increasing between them,1 Luther was compelled to write thereof more largely & fully, than other wise he thought: which was in the year of our Lord. 1517.
Now to returne and to entreate something orderly of the actes and conflictes of Luther with hys aduersaryes: after ye Tecelius the foresayd Fryer, wt his fellow monkes and Frierly fellowes, had cried out wt open mouth against Luther, in mayntayning the popes indulgences, and that Luther agayn in defence of hys cause, had set vp propositions against the open abuses of the same, maruell it was to see how soone these propositions, were sparckled abroad in sundry and farre places, and howe greedely they were catched