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... Prince Henry and the peers of the realm passed another stat- ute against Lollards : offenders then became enemies of the state . In 1409 , Archbishop Arundel issued new condemnations against Wyclif's doctrines and forbade the ...
... Prince Henry and the peers of the realm passed another stat- ute against Lollards : offenders then became enemies of the state . In 1409 , Archbishop Arundel issued new condemnations against Wyclif's doctrines and forbade the ...
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... Prince Hymphry " declared that according to ancient custom " no legate of the Apostolic See ought to come into the kingdom 18Sir John Oldcastle , Baron Cobham , originally inspired Falstaff in Shakespeare's Henry IV , Parts I and II ...
... Prince Hymphry " declared that according to ancient custom " no legate of the Apostolic See ought to come into the kingdom 18Sir John Oldcastle , Baron Cobham , originally inspired Falstaff in Shakespeare's Henry IV , Parts I and II ...
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... princes , greatly re- duced the number of his followers . 25 When Henry Tudor , Earl of Richmond , crossed the Channel and landed a force at Milford Haven in August 1485 , he found a ready fol- lowing among those who wished to be free ...
... princes , greatly re- duced the number of his followers . 25 When Henry Tudor , Earl of Richmond , crossed the Channel and landed a force at Milford Haven in August 1485 , he found a ready fol- lowing among those who wished to be free ...
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... princes in Europe , Henry VIII was no less accomplished in the New Learning . Indeed , the Oxford Reformers recognized in the new king a kindred spirit able to promote reform throughout the realm . By 1512 that reformation may be said ...
... princes in Europe , Henry VIII was no less accomplished in the New Learning . Indeed , the Oxford Reformers recognized in the new king a kindred spirit able to promote reform throughout the realm . By 1512 that reformation may be said ...
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... Princess Mary survived . When it became apparent that Henry would probably not produce a male heir by Catherine , the English king broke from her . If a papal dis- pensation could make the originally noncanonical marriage legal , Henry ...
... Princess Mary survived . When it became apparent that Henry would probably not produce a male heir by Catherine , the English king broke from her . If a papal dis- pensation could make the originally noncanonical marriage legal , Henry ...
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Page 48 - For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shall have praise of the same: For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Page 48 - Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power ? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same : for he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid ; for he beareth not the sword in vain : for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
Page 22 - Well, well, Master Kingston," quoth he, "I see the matter against me how it is framed; but if I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Page 58 - IT is a thing plainly repugnant to the Word of God, and the custom of the Primitive Church, to have publick Prayer in the Church, or to minister the Sacraments in a tongue not understanded of the people.
Page 122 - I count religion but a childish toy And hold there is no sin but ignorance.
Page 130 - ... dominions, and hiding their most detestable and devilish purposes under a false pretext of religion and conscience, do secretly wander and shift from place to place within this realm, to corrupt and seduce her majesty's subjects, and to stir them to sedition and rebellion...
Page 122 - I am of those that hate me most. Though some speak openly against my books, Yet will they read me and thereby attain To Peter's chair, and, when they cast me off, Are poisoned by my climbing followers.
Page 130 - ... and most dangerous Conspiracies and Attempts, as are daily devised and practised against our most gracious Sovereign Lady the Queen's Majesty and the happy Estate of this common Weal, by sundry wicked and seditious Persons, who terming themselves Catholicks, and being indeed Spies and Intelligencers, not only for her Majesty's foreign Enemies, but also for rebellious and traiterous Subjects born within her Highness...