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The whole works of W. Tyndall, John Frith, and Doct. Barnes, three worthy martyrs,…The vvhole workes of W. Tyndall, Iohn Frith, and Doct. Barnes, three worthy martyrs,…
The whole works of W. Tyndall, John Frith, and Doct. Barnes, three worthy martyrs, and principal teachers of this Church of England collected and compiled in one tome together, being before scattered, [and] now in print here exhibited to the Church. To the praise of God, and profit of all good Christian readers.The vvhole workes of W. Tyndall, Iohn Frith, and Doct. Barnes, three worthy martyrs, and principall teachers of this Churche of England collected and compiled in one tome togither, beyng before scattered, [and] now in print here exhibited to the Church. To the prayse of God, and profite of all good Christian readers.
London: printed by John Daye, 1573London: printed by Iohn Daye, 1573
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
After him cometh Innocentius the second, the which (not regarding 1Gods ordinance) joineth priests that marrieth, and priests that keepeth whores, all under one damnation.
After hym commeth Innocentius the second, the which (not regarding 1Gods ordinaunce) ioyneth priestes that maryeth, and priestes that kéepeth whores, all vnder one damnation.
- 1Dist. 28. ca. Docerni[…].Dist. 28. ca. Docerni〈…〉.
But all these yet could not bring this matter to pass as they would. For in many places (for all this) all priests had wives: till the time of Gregory the seventh, which was called 1Hildebrand, a man of evil living, as the chronicles testifieth, and also a great nygromancer, and very familiar with the devil. And as chronicles saith, a man that had poisoned 4. or 5. popes before, that he might come the sooner to it. This man (I say) in the year of our Lord. 1074. 2began to attempt this matter very sharply in Germany, where priests were then quietly suffered to have wives. This man sent his commandment unto Otto bishop of Constantinople, commanding to forbid priests that had not yet married, for to marry. And those that had married, to be separated from their wives. But bishop Otto perceiving this thing 3for to be devilish, would not exercise his commandment. Wherefore Pope Gregory cursed him, and assoiled all men from his obedience, and cited him unto Rome, where he had gathered a council, in the which he had made a decree, that no Priest should afterward marry. And they that had married before, should forsake their wives. Moreover, it was there decreed, that no man should receive holy orders afterward, except he first swear to live sole.