Selected quad for the lemma: church_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	catholic_n	particular_a	unite_v	2,960	5	9.8739	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75681	Articles to unite the Catholicks and Evangelicks, (or Lutherans.) Agreed upon (according to the Treaty of peace at Munster,) and sent to the Pope by the Elector of Ments: assented to by the Electors of Collen and Trier, and the Princes of Hessen and Durmestadt: enclined to by Spain and France; to which the Jesuites at Rome have given their consent, and the Pope seems willing to conform thereto: from which union the Calvinists are excepted, as too greatly erroneous. Translated out of the Dutch copy.		1661 (1661)	Wing A3888; Thomason E1055_5; ESTC R207994	1,707	7

ARTICLES TO UNITE THE Catholicks and Evangelicks Or LUTHERANS Agreed on according to the Treaty of peace at Munster and sent to the Pope by the Elector of Ments assented to by the Electors of Collen and Trier and the Princes of Hessen and Durmestadt Enclined to by Spain and France To which the Jesuites at Rome have given their consent and the Pope seems willing to conform thereto From which Union the Calvinists are excepted as too greatly erroneous Translated out of the Dutch Copy LONDON Printed in the Year 1661. Articles to unite the Catholicks and Evangelicks or Lutherans Agreed on according to the Treaty of Peace at Munster and sent to the Pope by the Elector of Ments Assented to by the Electors of Collen and Trier and the Princes of Hellen and Durmestadt Enclined to by Spain and France To which the Jesuites at Rome have given their consent and the Pope seems willing to conform thereto From which Vnion the Calvinists are excepted as too greatly erroneous THe Elector of Ments hath according to what was agreed on at the Treaty of Peace at Munster done his best to unite the Catholick and Evangelick in Religion to this end he hath sent the Heere Van Wallendorpe to the Pope at Rome with Proposals for uniting all Christendom the Elector of Collen and Trier and the Princes of Hessen and Durmestadt will assist him therein Spain and France will encline to it the Pope will accommodate himself thereto and the Jesuites at Rome have given their consent and these following Articles are made I. A Synod shall be held of the contrary perswasions in Religion consisting of twenty four persons in all they shall take an Oath against calumniating one another and be under the penalty of Litigants and whoever shall not maintain modesty discretion and decorum shall straight be deprived of sitting II. These twenty four shall review the antient Copies of the Scriptures and compare and examine by them the Popish Breviarie and the Augustine Confession and most voices determine from Article to Article III. The Catholick Mass shall henceforth be read in the proper language of each Countrey and the said twenty four shall impartially consider how to unite the Catholicks and the Evangelicks in the point of the Mass IV. These Evangelicks shall for distinction from the old Catholicks be named Reformed Catholicks and the Pope in Rome allow even them a particular Church V. The Pope shall be owned and entituled the Chief Priest of all Christendom and shall let himself be advised by the Reformed Catholicks and use some of them such as are qualified for his Privy Counsellors VI. Whoever writes scandalously against either of these Religions shall be trampled on by all Christendom VII The Lords supper shall be received in both species both by old and Reformed Catholicks VIII For Auricular Confession the greatest Consideration was had of the Spanish and Italian amongst whom it shall be held up till the union be effected then it may be laid by but who finds himself touched in Conscience may use it IX Healthfull men shall abstain forty dayes before Easter from Flesh to be better prepured to meditate on the Passion of our Saviour X. For Invocation of Saints they shall strive to reduce it to what it was in the Primitive Church XI In Processions they shall use known Dutch Hymns and instead of the Mass they shall keep to a certain use of prayers to thank God for his benefits XII For Purgatory let every one believe as he will XIII Bishops and Priests may Marry not Monks nor Nunns XIV The Reformed Catholicks may in their own Lands and Jurisdictions set the Arch-Bishop or Superintendent over all other Ecclesiastical persons only upon any deep question they may ask the Popes opinion but without prejudice to their own Jurisdictions XV. The Calvinists greatly erroneous in the Doctrine of the Covenant of Grace the Sacrament and the person of Christ cannot be admitted to this union unless they resolve better in those things XVI Though the Greek Church do err much about the person of the Holy-Ghost yet can they not be excluded out of whole Christendom XVII The Scripture shall without any exposition be used as the Judge of this Controversie in Religion and the Articles shall be grounded upon the single naked words of the Texts in the Bible which Texts shall be drawn out of the Primitive Church and the seventy two Interpreters To this end shall the said persons translate and Print a new Bible reviewed by the Hebrew Syriack Arabick and the Manuscripts and Bibles of the first Fathers and the Pope shall not be considered in ballance to the Bible nor shall it be believed he is infallible but shall by all Ecclesiasticall persons be only accounted an Ecclesiasticall person and his Counsellors shall consist of the several perswasions who shall comport themselves towards one another as the Accessors did at Spiers and in weighty cases of Conscience shall regulate themselves by holy Scriptures FINIS