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city_n	church_n	pope_n	rome_n	4,716	4	6.7141	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06658	The beginning and endynge of all popery, or popishe kyngedome	Lynne, Walter.; Joachim, of Fiore, ca. 1132-1202. Vaticinia.	1548 (1548)	STC 17115; ESTC S108949	25,410	65

confirmacion to the same And cōtinued vntil such time as thēperour did hed him After that sorte was Paule made pope and Petrus was crucified Therfore hath it another menyng then the pope allegeth And of the same wordes Tu es Petrus They haue made them a lawe contrarie to the doctrine of christe and the Apostles the lyues of faithfull byshops THe same Bonifacius the third when he hadde begged the chief byshoprike of Phoca immediately after he wrote him selfe pope Bonifacius the thirde of that name He gathered al his bishops preistes togither and kept a concile at Rome And declared there openly that from that time forward a pope beinge chosen by the priesthode the cōmon people shuld be taken of asmuch authorite as if he were created by themperour admitted Lo there may we se the first thankes or reward that the pope gaue to themperour for the priuilege graunted vnto him takyng away from him his old rightes which were had ben themperours since the first christen emperour was That thēperour shuld make no more bysshops but the pope so shuld the bysshops lykewise be more obedient to the pope thē to themperour despetch al their matter at Constantinople wtout thēperour And thus began he priuily to rule cōmād his maister themperour of whom he hadde begged the priuilege The same was not done immediatly by rigeur but the pope suffred themperour to haue styl for a time his deputie at Rome which admitted the pope NOwe was it come to suche a point that the popes power wolde breake out and take vppon hym to be aboue themperoure And therfore when after the birth of Christe .viic. .xviii. yeares Leo the third of that name beinge emperoure dyd put downe Germanum a Patriarche at Cōstantinople and in his place set Anastasium The pope of Rome sent Gregory the third vnto themperoure wrote vnto him that he shuld putte Germanum into his place againe whiche themperoure wolde not do There beganne all the mischeife at ones The pope found the meanes that all Italy fel from themperour and forsoke him whiche none other pope hath done but they paciently suffered persecution he cursed also themperour Thinking whē thempire were deuided within it selfe he wold be emperour for he had alredy gotten him a greate name amonge the princes and gouernours Reason wold also require that he were not only the cheifhead by name but also in might and power and so wolde he kepe Rome and graunt thempire to whom he wolde and listed WHen now Constantinus the fifte the sonne of Leo the thirde was emperoure and somwhat offended with the pope zacharia by reason of his father whome Gregorius suffered to dye vnder his curse in Messambria and caused all Italye to fall awaye from him He purposed to haue brought thē againe vnder his subiection zacharius the pope fearing leaste Constantinus might shorten his winges againe soughte another maner of meane then super hanc petram vpon this rocke that is to saye Howe the pope came by rome him selfe He sent for helpe vnto Pipinus thadministratour of fraunce promisinge to make him kynge of Fraunce with the fauoure and good will of the Magistrates and rulers Was not this lykewise done in despite of themperoure And thus was the romishe empire deuided one toke here and another there The pope kept Rome as his owne HEre haue you the first kinge made by the popes power and the fauour of the rulers and gouernours accordinge to the tenoure of his spirituall lawes .xi. q. i. Te quidem Pipinus the firste kyng made by pope zachariā But this pope dyed the nexte yeare after and Stephanus the seconde came in his stede The whiche hadde muche sorowe and trouble by kynge Astulphum and likewise called vnto Pipinus to assiste the churche of Rome Insomuche that the kinge Pipinus toke his parte and dyd driue kinge Astulphum awaye from rome and gaue the pope Stephane Rauēnam with dyuers other cities ANd so is the pope successiuely become a ruler aboue emperours and kynges and al christēdome vniuersallye And hath forsaken the holy scriptures the gospell the footesteppes of the auncients pouertie sorrowe care and all other kyndes of persecutions and troubles c. Howe can he then be the mooste holy vycare of christe and successor of sainte Peter we fynde writen Deare brethern be my followers as I am the folower of christ .i. cor xi yf the pope with his company do folowe Christ then is it reason that we lykewise followe him But for their deuylish and abominable rule and doctrine is ther not one iote in scripture There is neither Peter nor Paule that wyl know them muche lesse wil Chryst hym selfe knowe them Thus shal they be answered nescio uos I know you not Quia operati estis iniquitatē you haue set forth your own noughtynes in summa ebrietate sicut fortes Ephraim in all filthynes and diuers other kyndes of vngodlynes which be not to be wrytten with the myght of this world LO hitherto haue you hadde in wryting the beginninge of the pope thaugmētacion of his state and thirdly his full power and myght Nowe shall you lykewyse beholde and se the same in the olde painted figures folowynge HOw be it many olde and faithful fathers perceyued and sawe it well yet durste they not clearelye sette it forthe excepte only by fygures Trustyng alwais that thorow the mercy of god a tyme shulde come when they myght be brought to lyghte And so clearly sette forth that it were impossible more sightlye to paint them This wyll we now do for the plaisure and to the profit of suche as can not reade To proue whether they be able to knowe a lyon by his clawes ❧ The pope in his pontificall robes on euerye syde a beare castynge them money in their mouthes and the holy ghost a syde of hym IN this estate began the byshop of Rome to sette hym selfe Anno .ccc.xi. at the tyme of Constantinus Magnus the which when he had ouercome Maxentiū graunted the Christianes to buyld churches and gaue excedynge greate giftes towarde it but neither londes nor people nor yet the cure of Rome as they saye he dydde When they smelled ryches and daylye coueted more and more then was goddes worde laide aside And afterwarde ouercame they all thinges as they do yet with monney Lordes dukes emperours kinges landes and people haue made subiect vnto them They hadde well studied the wordes of Philip the king of Macedonia where as he saithe that there is no castell no towne ye no land so stronge which cannot be won yf a moyle laden with money maye entre into it And thus mony ouercommeth all thinges And so haue they sette a syde the very true rocke which is Christe the fotesteppes of Peter and finally al maner of tribulations and persecutions Their church haue they buylded vpon them selues and therefore they may not endure or cōtinue They haue sought also their helpe by

the worldly powers whiche the beares signifie and represent in this figure Yf they had continued in their vocation christe wold neuer haue forsaken them But when they fell from it and yet wolde notwithstandinge maintaine all their doinges with these wordes vpon this rocke c. Christe went from them And immediatly after thei soughte helpe wherewith they yet continuallye ye and againste Chryste hym selfe wyll defende themselues And this fall of the byshoppes firste broke oute clearly by pope zachariam and Stephan the secōd against Constantine the fifth when they persuaded Pipin the lieutenaunte of Fraunce to helpe the pope againste themperoure and so doing the pope wold make him kyng of Fraunce Italy and Germanye with the fauoure and good wyll of the magistrates and rulers WHerwith defendeth the pope his church nowe with Christe or with beares that is with worldlye powre and strengthe It hath tyghte well bene perceaued hitherto and is as clere as the sonne That the beares sygnifie worldlye myght and cruell people We fynde it in the seconde booke of Samuell the seuententh chapter ii Sam. 17. where as Eusai reproued the counsell of Ahitophell Sayeng vnto Absolon thou knowest thy father and his men howe they be stronge and they be chased in their myndes and are euen as a beare robbed of her whelpes in the felde c. IT suffiseth not to saye I am the chiefe bysshop I haue the roume of an apostle I sytte in the Apostel stole Petrus muste preache Paulus muste also preache Whyles the pope nowe followeth not Peter and Paule the whiche he taketh for his authores in preachinge teachinge and feadinge of Christes flocke as the commaundement specifieth so sytteth he besides the apostell stole and the spirit of god shrinkethe frome hym the whiche more strengthened hym then al the beares of the world But the chylde of perdicion with also his great tirannye euen as Iudas must nedes be set forth and be knowen ¶ The pope in his robes thrusteth downe the Aigle with the floure deliis at the ende of his slaffe THe crowned aigle doutles signifieth themperour of Rome whom the pope vnder the pretens of holines hath alwaies stopped with the floure deliis whiche is the frensh kinge And hathe robbed themperoure of all maner of thinges landes and people substance and riches as aboue sufficiently is declared The pope fearing lest in proces of time the same thinges might be taken from him again and that the righteouse heire and lorde might fortune to recouer them againe as often times hath bene seene by certayne emperours He wined him dailye more and more to other worldlye princes and rulers resisted themperour contrarie to all righte and reason Neither was he so contented but prouokinge likewise other to inuade themperoure And by this meane he remained a ruler aboue them all The same appeared by Constantine the syxthe For when zacharias the pope coulde not obtaine his purpose of him he matched him selfe with Pipin a lieutenaunte of fraunce and made hym king therof The same was a waye and meane to bring thempire vnto France Is this any other thing then with the assistence of the flowre deliis to resiste themperoure Ye and vnto this present daie haue the popes alwaies more fauoured fraunce then thempire For what soeuer these two haue hath bene in time past vnder the occidentalle empire And to thentente it be not taken frome them againe they styke harde togither Et uiuit ex rapto non hospes ad hospite tutus That is And the pope lyueth by thinges robbed of thempire But he that saith so now is named an heretike and no where free ¶ Here kneleth the pope and the hande of god threateneth and rebukethe hym but a fox doth counsell the contrary IN the seconde boke of Moyses the thirde chapter god shewed vnto Moyses oute of a fyrye busshe what he shulde do Euē so is here the hand of god painted in a busshe oueragainst the pope sitting vpon his knees threatning and rebuking the pope bycause he doth vtterly applye him selfe to the riches dominion of this worlde which is contrary to the vocation and nature of the apostolicall function Suche threateninges admonitions and warninges haue manye yeres agone bene geuen to the pope of manye and dyuers faithfull men Ye and thoughe certaine popes faine wolde haue amended it It coulde not be For it were agreat abuse to the church of rome Nether wolde the foxesse suffre it to be done that is to say the Cardinalles Notaries and other of that see the whiche euen at this present pull backewardes fearinge that if the pope shulde followe Peter and Paule their doctrine and lyfe then must they likewise become poore And that the foxes signifie such as attaininge to the vnfaithfull princes and gouernours the same shalte thou fynde Luc. xiii where as Christe calleth Herode themperours deputy at Ierusalem a foxe Luc. xiii Whiles nowe the pope hearethe not the voice of god he imagineth and practisethe al waies and meanes to haue the Aigle by the throte that is to subdue and bringe themperour vnder his power and dominion ¶ The pope hath the Aigle by the throte and foyneth at the other byrdes lykewyse with hys threforked scepter and the same affirmeth a monke to be agreable to scripture WHen a man is taken by the throte then must he nedes do what soeuer his aduersary requirethe Howe longe and what maner of practise sutteltie the pope hath vsed vntyll suche tyme as he had gotten thempire vnder his subieccion is not necessarie here to be written seing it is mencioned before But this is very necessarye to be knowen after what sorte he handled themperoure when he toke thaigle by the throte In the time of Iohan the .xii. and Otto the firste there was stablyshed a greuouse intollerable hurtefull and exitiable othe to all thempire to be sworne of all emperours The oth of themperor to the pope in this maner I Otto the good promyse and swere vnto the pope Iohn my soueraine lorde by the father sonne and holy goste c. That if I come to the citye of rome I shal exalt and promote the holy churche of rome and the as ruler of the same to my power and abilitie And farthermore that thou shalt lose no parte of thy liuinge nor dignitie whiche thou haste with my will counsell or assente And within the citie of rome nothing to command or institute concerning thinges belonging vnto you or the Romains with out thy counsel And all the londes longinge to s Peter so that they come vnder oure iurisdiction to restore vnto you And whome soeuer I permytte to the gouernaunce of Italye hym will I lykewise bynde by his othe to be assistente vnto you and a defender of the Landes and possessions of sainte Peter to his power THe pope had the power to stablyshe and sette forthe this othe by the auctorite and accordinge to the tenoure of his spirituall lawe .xii. q.i.