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The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being…
The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being Fox's Book of martyrs, revised and corrected, with additions and great improvements. : Containing an authentic account of the lives, persecutions and sufferings of the holy martyrs; and the many dreadful persecutions against the Church of Christ in all parts of the world, by pagans, Jews, Turks, papists, and others, from earliest ages of the church to the present period. ... The whole forming at once a general Christian martyrology, and a complete history of persecutions. / By the Rev. Mr. John Fox, M.A. late of Magdalen College, Oxford. ; Now revised, corrected and improved, with many additional articles, relating to the acts and monuments of the church. By Paul Wright, D.D. ; Embellished with forty elegant copper plate engravings. ; In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being Fox's Book of marytrs, revised and corrected, with additions and great improvements. : Containing an authentic account of the lives, persecutions and sufferings of the holy martyrs; and the many dreadful persecutions against the Church of Christ in all parts of the world, by pagans, Jews, Turks, papists, and others, from earliest ages of the church to the present period. ... The whole forming at once a general Christian martyrology, and a complete history of persecutions. / By the Rev. Mr. John Fox, M.A. late of Magdalen College, Oxford. ; Now revised, corrected and improved, with many additional articles, relating to the acts and monuments of the church. By Paul Wright, D.D. ; Embellished with forty elegant copper plate engravings. ; In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].
New-York: printed by William Durell, 1794
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Volume 1 › Book 2 › Chapter 2 › The Degradation of Dr. HOOPER, Bishop of Gloucester and Worcester.
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The Degradation of Dr. HOOPER, Bishop of Gloucester and Worcester.
IN the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen. Whereas by a definitive sentence from the reverend father in Christ, Stephen, by divine permission, lord bishop of Winchester, against you John Hooper, presbyter of his jurisdiction, on account of heresy and offence notoriously committed within his diocese of Winchester, and of late justly and legally proved; it plainly appears to us, Edmund, bishop of London, that you the aforesaid John Hooper have been and still continue to be an open, obstinate, and incorrigible heretic; and it also appears by the aforesaid sentence, that you have been declared and pronounced an heretic of this sort, and have likewise incurred the sentence of the greater excommunication; and it plainly and fully appears that you are to be deposed and degraded from your order, and for these your demerits are to be delivered to the secular power, according to the tenor of the aforesaid sentence, to which we refer ourselves in this affair. We therefore, the aforesaid Edmund, bishop of London, as it concerns us and the university to do our alternate endeavours, in whose diocese you John Hooper have committed the same heresy then, and often times both before and after; for these, I say, and the aforesaid considerations, and that we may execute the aforesaid sentence in a better and more efficacious manner, have thought fit to proceed to the actual degradation of you the aforesaid John Hooper, (your crime and justice so requiring) and so we do really proceed according to the direction of the law, and the laudable custom of former times, that we may rightly and legally •eliver you to the secular power, who are unwilling to continue in the pale of the church; and that this ought to be done, we do by these presents declare and pronounce in this our sentence.
IN the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen. Whereas by a definitive sentence from the reverend father in Christ, Stephen, by divine permission, lord bishop of Winchester, against you John Hooper, presbyter of his jurisdiction, on account of heresy and offence notoriously committed within his diocese of Winchester, and of late jstly and legally proved; it plainly appears to us, Edmund, bishop of London, that you the aforesaid Jhn Hooper have been and still continue to be an open, obstinate, and incorrigible heretic; and it also appears by the aforesaid sentence, that you have been declared and pronounced an heretic of this sort, and have likewise incurred the sentence of the greater excommunication; and it plainly and fully appears that you are to be deposed and degraded from your order, and for these your demerits are to be delivered to the secular power, according to the tenor of the aforesaid sentence, to which we refer ourselves in this affair. We therefore, the aforesaid Edmund, bishop of London, as it concerns us and the university to do our alternate endeavours, in whose diocese you John Hooper have committed the same heresy then, and often times both before and after; for these, I say, and the aforesaid considerations, and that we may execute the aforesaid sentence in a better and more efficacious manner, have thought fit to proceed to the actual degradation of you the aforesaid John Hooper, (your crime and justice so requiring) and so we do really proceed according to the direction of the law, and the laudable custom of former times, that we may rightly and legally eliver you to the secular power, who are unwilling to continue in the pale of the church; and that this ought to be done, we do by these presents declare and pronounce in this our sentence.