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A07146	The reliques of Rome contayning all such matters of religion, as haue in times past bene brought into the Church by the Pope and his adherentes: faithfully gathered out of the moste faithful writers of chronicles and histories, and nowe newly both diligently corrected & greatly augmented, to the singuler profit of the readers, by Thomas Becon. 1563.	Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.	1563 (1563)	STC 1755; ESTC S101368	243,805	590

If any mā do infringe break transgresse contemne and condemne this our ordinance euerlasting damnation hang ouer his head and the holy and chiefe apostles of God Peter and Paule be his enemies and immortal foes both in this world and in the world to come yea perish mought he in the lowest part of hell and so be damned for euer and euer withe the deuill and all the wicked Furthermore this Emperoure as the Romanists fayne when he hadde made this donation to the Churche of Rome plucked of the imperial crown made of moste fine golde garnished w t all kind of precious stones pearles and iewels from his own heade and set it vpon pope Siluesters pate for the reuerence y t he bare to s. Peter caused y e Romish bishop to be set vpon a costlye richely appareled palfrey to be solemnely caried aboute thorow the citie of Rome in the presence of al y e citizēs y e Emperour himself running on foote like a lacky by the Popes side holding his horses bridle in his hāde as a most vile page These thinges done y e Emperour Constantine departed from the West parts of the world which he had now giuē ouer to Pope Siluester and to his successors for euer to be s. Peters patrimony with all the priuileges emoluments commodities profites of the same and wēt himselfe into y e East partes euen vnto the citie Bizantium which being in great ruine he repared and amplified beautifying it with many noble and sumptuous buildings called it Constantinople according to his name He caried also with him almost al the noble men of the Romanes and the whole order of y e Senatours with their wiues children bicause the pope and his complices as it maye appere shuld haue elboughroume inough as few to trouble his holines as might be In the yere c. 315. Bartolomaeus Picerius de monte arduo Ioānes Laziardus Edic Constant Policronicon c. But how vayne false forged lying and counterfayte this bragging of the papistes is concerning the donation of the emperoure Constantine to the Sea of Rome and the supremacye of that Romishe bishop aboue all other bishops yea aboue Emperors Kings Princes c. diuers faythful learned expert writers do aboundantly testify Nicolaus de causa Laurentius Valla Antoninus Archiep. Florent Volateranus Hieronimus Paulus Cathalanus Albertus Crantzius Huldrichus Huttenus c. But this is the properti of the papists alwaies to father theyr lies theyr idle inuentions theyre drowsye dreames theyr croked constitutions theyr diuelish decrees c. Upon such as liued manye yeares before and vpon suche as were mē in theyr dayes of great learning and vertue that by this meanes theyr trifeling traditions might seme to be of the greter autority in the eies of the simple and vnlearned people so althoughe plaine erroures yet at y e last thorow the colour of antiquity be receiued for moste manifest verities vndoubted truthes Notwithstāding this must we nedes cōfesse which thīg the histories doe also testify that after y e church of Rome was endowed with temporal possessiōs it was euer after more studiouse of y e world thā of god of secular businesse thā of spiritual excercises of outward pomp pride ▪ thā of inward deuotiō christen holines of making their owne traditions and degrees than of setting forth gods holy commaundements lawes of enriching themselues than of edifyinge the flock of Christ so that not without a cause it is written y t what time the Church receaued temporal possessions y e olde enemy cried with a loude voice in y e ayer This daye is poison shed forth into the Church of Christ. Therfore saint Ierome in vitas patrum saith Sithens that holye Church encreased in possessiōs it hath decreased in vertues according to this cōmon saying Religio peperit diuitias Filia deuorauit matrē y t is to say Religion brought forth richesse the daughter hath deuoured the Mother Polichron Moreouer the Papistes fayne that the aforesaid Siluester being Byshop of Rome the councell of Nice gaue thys priuilege to the Byshop of Rome that he should be aboue all other Byshops as y e emperour is aboue al other kings and that he should be called Pope that is to say the chiefe father or the father of fathers But this is so false that nothing can be more contrary to y e truth For in the councel of Nice which was celebrate by the commaundemente of Constantine the Emperour in y e yeare of oure Lorde .iii. C.xxiiii where also wer present and gathered together .iii. C. xviii Bishops and holy fathers it was determined that the Byshops of Alexandria Antiochia and vniuersally all other primates should haue al the gouernance preheminence of al y e countryes that were nere vnto them as y e byshop of Rome had in Italy c. We will say they y t the old custome and manner shal continue in Egipte Libie and Pentapali which is that y e Bishop of Alexandria shal haue gouernaunce and rule ouer all these for tha● there is a lyke custome for y e Byshop of Rome In like manner we wil that at Antioche other prouinces euery one shal haue their due honour Moreouer when Faustinus Legate to the byshop of Rome alleaged in y e sixte councell Cartaginense that the bishop of Rome ought to haue the ordering of al great matters in al places by his supreme authoritie he alleaged no scripture for him for at that tyme no scripture was thought to make for it but he alleaged vntruely the fyrst general councell Nicene in whiche Arrius the heretyke was condemned to make for that purpose Which after y e boke was brought forth no suche article found in it but the contrary yet the councel at that tyme sent to Constantinople Alexandria and Antioche where y e Patriarchall Sees were to haue the true copy of y e Councell Nicene which was sent vnto them also frō Rome whether thei sent also for that purpose And after they found no suche article in it but in the fyrst chapter therof the contrary that al causes ecclesiastical shuld eyther be determined within y e diocesse or els if any wer greued thē to appeale to the Councell prouinciall and there the matter to take full end so that for no such causes men shoulde goe out of there prouince y e whole councell Cartaginense wrote to Celestine at y e tyme being Byshop of Rome that since the councell Nicene had no such article in it as was vntruely alleaged by Faustinus but the contrary they desired hym to abstayne after to make any more such demaunde denouncing vnto him that they woulde not suffer any cause great or smal to be brought by appeale out of their countrey therupon made a lawe that no man shuld appeale out of the countrey of Aphricke vpō paine to be denounced accursed Wherewith the

Byshop of Rome euer after helde him content made no more businesse with them seing he had nought to say to the contrarye In the syxte article of the said coūcel it was also determined that in the Orient or Easte partes the Byshop of Antioche should be chiefe in Egipt the Bishop of Alexandria about Rome the Bishop of Rome and likewyse in other countreyes the Metropolitanes shoulde haue theire preeminence so that the byshop of Rome neuer had medling in those countries And in the nexte article following the byshop of Hierusalem which citie before had bene destroyed and almost desolate is restored to his olde prerogatiue to be chiefe in Palestine and in y e countrey of Iewrye which Church of Hierusalem if places should be regarded shuld be the chiefe For there was accomplished y e mystery of our redemption and Christ himselfe the eternall worde Sonne of God there preached in his own person and after his ascencion all the Apostles and Disciples c. Furthermore in y e councel Constantinople it was ordayned that byshops should not be troubled out from theyr diocesse nor one shuld meddle with an others iurisdiction but the bishops of Alexandria shuld haue the gouernance of the orientall parties the honoure of primacie reserued to the church of Antioche as it was ordayned in the Nicene councell And euen so that the byshops of Asia shoulde ouersee Asia and order all thinges pertayning to Asia Likewise that y e bishop of Pont shuld gouerne the diocesse of Pont. And the byshops of Thracia their diocesse so y t thys councell also denyeth Prelacie or Supremacie to Rome to the bishop thereof reseruyng euery diocesse to his own bishop Likewise in the Councell Mileuitane it was prouided that all causes concerning one prouince shulde be determined in the same Of these councells aforesayd it manifestlye appeareth that the byshop of Rome hath no such preheminence authority supremacie iurisdiction ouer al other bishops and ouer their prouinces and diocesse as he vniustly chalengeth and wickedly vsurpeth but that his power is only in Italy al other bishops being in al other pointes of like authoritie with him euery one hauing the same authoritie and power in hys owne diocesse that the Byshoppe of Rome hath in Italye Sainte Ciprian calleth the Byshop of Rome in his Epystles whiche he wrote vnto hym Brother to declare that they were of lyke authoritie and Fellow ministers in the laboure of the Gospell He maintaineth also with S. Austen that there is none which is Bishop of other bishops and that it is a great tyranny to desire to be Lorde ouer other bishops S. Gregory writeth expressely that he which would be bishop of al other bishops shal not haue the place of Christ in earth but of Lucifer shalbe very Antichrist himself He saith moreouer that to bee called the vniuersall bishop or head of all other bishops is contrary to the ordinaunce of y e gospel contrary to the decrees of the Canons yea saith hee it is a newe name and a name of blasphemie whereby y e honour of all priests is greatly diminished and abased He addeth moreouer that the name of the vniuersall bishop for y e gouernour of blessed Peter Prince of the Apostles was offred to the bishop of Rome at the counsel Chalcedonense yet notw tstāding none of all his predecessors woulde euer take vnto thē that name of singularitie neither wold thei cōsent to vse it lest while such priuate prerogatiue should be giuē to one mā all other priests should be defrauded of their due honor c. Greg. li. 4. epi. 76.78 And the aforesaid S. Gregorye willing to shew how greatly he abhorred the name of the vniuersall Byshop or Supreme head of the whole Church of Christ dispersed throughout y e world in all his letters Epistles called himself the seruaunt of Gods seruauntes which stile and māner of writing his successours do also at thys present vse but most falsely and vniustly being in dede in pride Lucifer in ambitiō Alexander in tyranny Nero and in al kind of wickednesse Antiochus Of these things aforesaid it is plain and euident y t thys supremacye vniuersall power whiche the Byshop of Rome chalengeth ouer all other Byshops is both forged fained and hath no ground in the worde of God nor in the auncient councels but with much labour corruption was at the last obtayned of that tyraunt Phocas y e Emperour through the suttletie of Pope Boniface the thyrd as we haue to fore heard not only to the great dishonour of Christ the alone head of his church but also to the vnworthy abasemente of the Ecclesiasticall ministerye as I may speake nothing of the losse of many thousand soules whiche being perswaded that the Popes authoritie is no lesse than he and hys trumpetters blow and boste haue put the affiaunce of theyr saluation in his pardons and ceremonyes But let vs beholde moe of theyr decrees whereby they haue stablyshed their tirannical power Pope Innocent the fyrst made a law that the Sea of Rome shuld be of greater authoritie than y e Sea of any other byshop throughout the world and that it shuld be lawfull for the sea of Rome to iudge of al other Seas but that one and alone Sea of Rome to be subiecte to the iudgement of none other In the yeare of our Lord. 408. Caus. 9. Quaest. 3. Nemo iudicabit Pantaleon Pope Iulius the fyrst in like manner made a decree y t if any man did suspecte his iudge he should appeale vnto y e sea of Rome as a place to iudge al mē but to be iudged of none In y e yere c. 338. Chron. Ioan. Tit. 2.9.6 cap. placuit Pope Stephan the fyrst decreed that whatsoeuer statutes y e church of Rome maketh they ought of al men necessarily to be obserued In the yere c. 361. Gratianus Dist. 19. Enimuero Pope Nicolas the fyrst decreed that the Popes lawes and letters shuld bee of equall authoritie w t the holy Scriptures In the yere of our Lord. 871. Anselmus Rid ▪ That same decree is also attributed but falsely to Pope Anacletus which liued c. 101. Chron. germ Pope Calicte the seconde made a decree that it is not lawfull for any man to dissent frō the church of Rome For sayth he as the Sonne came to do y e will of the father so must Christen men do the will of their mother whiche is the church of Rome In the yeare c. 1120. Dist. 12. Non decet Pope Marcellus ordayned that from that time forward a generall councell shuld be of no authoritie except the bishop of Rome do affyrme and allowe the same In the yere of our Lord. 304. Lib ▪ Concil Polyd. Vergil Dist. 17 Synodū This decree also is ascribed to pope Iulius the fyrst Ioan ▪ Laziardus Pope Clement ordained that no man should be frendly vnto

c. 590. S. Huldrichus in epist ad Nicol. Papam Pope Constantine the seconde whom the seditious tirannicall and superstitious papistes did afterwarde violentlye depose cruellye thruste into a monasterye as into a prison and moste vnmercifully put out hys eyes gaue libertye not only to secular priestes for to marrye but also to Monkes Friers and Nunnes that they by this meanes auoyding whooredome myghte the more quietlye geue theyr mynde to the studye of Godlynesse In the yeare of our Lorde 769. Chroni Ioan. Laziardus Cestrensis Pope Gregorye the thyrde being Bishop of Rome the Emperoure Constantine perceauyng the greate abhomination and to muche vncleannesse of lyfe that reygned among the monkes Nunnes thorow y e vowe of their vnchast chastitye set the Monkes and Nonnes at libertye commaundyng them rather to marrye according to Gods ordinaunce than so filthily and wickedly to lyue made of their monasteryes houses necessarye for the cōmon weale In the yeare c 741. Chro. Sebast. Franck. Christ. Massaeus Pope Pius the seconde tofore called Aeneas Siluius was wont to saye that there are many causes why maryage should be taken away frō the priestes but there are many mo vrgent weightye and necessary causes why it ought freely to be restored to them agayne In the yeare c. 1458. Chron. Ioan. Laziardus Plat. Pope Peter as they write whom Lewes the Emperoure made bishop of Rome before he was chosē pope made himself a gray fryer without the consent of his wyfe called Ioan y e doughter of Mathew de Corbario When thys Peter was chosen consecrated Pope hys wyfe claymed hym to bee her true and lawfull husbande and desyred of the Emperoure and of the Byshoppes that they mighte lyue together agayne as manne and wife Whyche thyng brought into question iudgemēt was geuen that she oughte to bee restored vnto him Thus the woman obtained agayne her husband although before firste a professed Frier and afterward a consecrate pope Ioan Laziard Pope Leo the ninth is not so greuoꝰ an enmy to the mariage of priests but that he graunteth that priestes haue power to haue wiues and to lead them aboute with them being moued with these wordes of Saincte Paule Haue not we power to lead a sister to wife as the other Apostles doe and the brethren of the Lord and Cephas Pope Innocent in his decretals writeth that those priests which haue wiues of their own after the maner of the coūtrey where they dwell are greuouslye to bee punished if they doe breake their Wedlocke Pope Paule the second many tymes greuously complained of y e heauy yoke of priestes constrained chastitie and was ful determined if God had spared him longer life to haue taken awaye that wicked decree of the single life of priests and to set mariage againe at liberty as certayne write More largelye of this matter thou maiest rede in my boke of Matrimony whether I send thee moste gentle reader Of this mater also in our English tongue very learnedly and truely haue written M. D. Barnes that constant glorious martyr of Christ doctor Poinet somtime bishop of Winchester M. George Ioy c. Of the vowes and that the vowe of chastitie hindreth not him from mariage which hath not the gift of continencie POpe Celestinus the thirde gaue licence to the Emperour Henry the fyft yf that name to mary take vnto wife a certayne vowesse or professed Nunne called Constantia the daughter of Rogerius king of Cecilia In the yere c. 1188. Mar. Polonius Ioan. Laziardus D. Barnes Pope Theodorus made a lawe that if any man chaunced to marry after that he hath vowed chastitie he should not be diuorced from his wife but that his mariage should stand in full strength and vertue notwythstandyng the former vow In the yeare of our Lord. 902. Disti 27. capit Si vir votum Bergom There was an Abbote at Redyng whō mē for his perfect liuīg called abbot saint This mā beīg in daūger of a certain disease by the reason he had no wife sent vnto the Pope desiring him to dispense wyth hym for his vowe And the Pope dispensed with him and gaue hym licence to marry a wife but vnder a condition that it should be secretly done and not in facie ecclesie D. Barnes in Libro De coniugio sacerdotum Sainct Cyprian beeyng demmaunded what shoulde bee done with those religious personnes that coulde not keepe theyr chastitie as they had vowed aunswered on thys maner Thou doest aske what we doe Iudge of those Uirgines whyche after they haue decreed to lyue chastlye are afterwarde founde in one bedde wyth a man Of the whyche thou sayest that one of them was a Deacon We doe with great sorowe see the great ruine and fall of many persons which commeth by the reason of suche vnlawfull and perillous companying together Wherfore if they haue dedicated them selues to Christe out of faythe to lyue purely and chastly then let them so remayne without any fable and strongly and stedfastly abyde the rewarde of Uirginitye But if they wyll not abyde or elles canne not abyde then is it better to mary than to fall into the fyre of concupiscence And let them geue vnto the brethren and systern none occasion of slaunder c. Some affirme saith S. Austen that such as marrye after they haue vowed chastitie are adulterers But I say vnto you that they synne greuously that seperate and put asunder such There are that say that for religion sake mariage ought to be dissolued and broken But we must vnderstand that although mās law hath graunted this yet the law of God hath forbidden it For he that is the selfe truthe saieth Whome God hathe coupled together let no man seperate He saith also It is not lawful for a mā to put away his wyfe except it be for fornication Who then maye speake agaynst the geuer of this lawe In euil promises breake thy faithe in a filthy vowe chaunge thy determinatiō That thou hast vncircumspectly vowed loke that thou perform not For that is a wycked vowe and promise that is accomplished with sinne If any man sweare or promise anye thing contrary to faithe and charitye which beyng kepte shoulde turne into a worse end it is rather to be chaunged than to be fulfilled Woulde God sayeth S. Bernarde that they whiche cannot liue chaste would geue ouer the single lyfe that they mighte not burne it were wythout doubt better to marry than burne and to be saued in a lowe degree than to lyue worse in the noble state of the cleargy Of Benefices and Prebendes POpe Gregory the tenth gathered a counsell at Lions sixe hundred bishops and a thousande Prelates wherein it was decreed that no person shoulde haue any spirituall promotion with cure except he were first of all a Prieste and also able to discharge it Moreouer that no manne should from thenceforth paye his