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A05310	The abbreuyacyon of all generall councellys holden in Grecia, Germania, Italia, and Gallia, compyled by Joh[a]n le maire de belges, most excellent hystoryograffer to kynge Lowys the. xii. of late french kynge dedycated to the sayd kyng Lowys. Ann d[omi]ni. 1519. Translated by Joh[an] gowgh the prynter herof, by the kynges gracyous priuilege, for. vii. yeres ensewynge, dwellynge in Lumbarstrete agaynst the stockys market.; Traicté intitulé de la difference des schismes et des concilles de l'eglise. English	Lemaire de Belges, Jean, b. 1473.; Gough, John, fl. 1528-1556.	1539 (1539)	STC 15453; ESTC S104745	44,904	146

through sprange .xxiii. great sysmes in contynuaunce ī crystes church through these possessyons temporall abused ¶ Of constancius father of constantyne COnstantyne was sone to the doughter of claude Emperour the seconde of his name and the said Constancius maryed Helene quene of Englande herefor to the Crowne of Englande by whom was conceyued and borne constantyne the great the yere of oure Lorde God .ccc.viii. whiche Constantyne was emperour of all the occident partes and after warde emperour of all the worlde ¶ And thus after his great warres Cyuyle he beynge yet a pagan a persecutor of crysten men as his predecessours were frome the whiche tyranny God of his wonderfull workes conuerted hym to y e faith by Siluester byshop of Rome which was fled hyd hym selfe for dred of deth in mountens and woodes ¶ Of Siluestre the fyrst which tryumphed ouer the churche mylyta●●t of Rome through great possessyon● treasours whiche the emp●rou● Constantyne enpoysoned 〈◊〉 churche fyrste withall SIluester the .xxxiiii. bysh●p borne ī Rome was estemed a mā of holy lyfe which had great grace gyuē to hym in cōuertyng many to the fayth as specylaly constantyne the great by whose dylygence and preachyng the sayd syluester caused hym to sease of his cruell tyrāny vpon cristen people cōmaunding 〈◊〉 destroy all ydoles temples and set vp Crystes churches so worshipped the crosse and passyon of cryst ouer all the worlde vnyuersall to the great ioy of all crystēdome and straytly he cōmaūded that no persecucion shulde be done ouer crysten men in no regyon which was to al crystendome a wonderful s●d ayne mutacyon and chaunge y ● in a lytle whyle afore y e no man so hardy y e durst be knowen to be a crysten man for feare of persecucyō of deth in somoch they were hated ouer all that no body wold suffre a crystē mā ones knowē abyd ī no place but lyued in great dred and in secret places ¶ Thus by the prouysyon of God syluestre was taken in lyke honour w t kynges whiche was as many haue opinion and say it was by the subtyl craft of the deuyll whiche is euer was the auncyaunt ennemy of mankynd which could fynde none other poyson to destroy the perfexion of holy byshops which were xxxii that dyed holy martyrs for crystes fayth afore Syluester thus y ● deuyll supposynge to haue a great parte of crystendome through riches power dignite pryd and heresy and sismes y e shulde sprynge dyd in dede afterward vnto this day experience leadeth vs to moche And some holdeth opynyon wryteth that at this tryumphe was herd a voyce horryble in the ayer sayenge Hodie venenum ī ecclesia semiau● yet I can not assure this for a trewth but as some writers haue wryten ¶ This noble Prynce Constantyne in loue zelus mynde to siluester through the wonderfull suffraunce of God and blynded with worldly vanytes caused Siluester the bisshop to be clothed with purple sylkes rayment imperyal most lyke a Kynge or a Prynce in somoch he toke his crowne imperiall set it on his hede yet notwithstādyng Siluester w t humble coūtenaunce wolde not take it but vtterly refused it wold not vse nor take vpon hym to were it but a symple myter of fustian the whiche is yet vsed among the bysshops and cardinalles of Rome to this daye notwithstandynge though Siluester wolde not take vpon hym the emperyall Crowne yet the bysshops of Rome of late dayes haue takē vpon them vsurpacyon hye auctoryte thre crownes of golde facyoned hye and sharpe copped ryche w t stones and perle as the boxe of a great lapydarye oryental for truely it is to be wōdered on such superfluyte to be worne on any such holy persones hede for Chryst our redemptour vsed no such vayne glory for ī this cause Platyne y ● great wryter of stores mayster of the roulles in Rome whcihe mocketh this abusyō in y ● tyme of Adriā y ● fyrst which was called paule y ● proude a venecyan which gloryfy●d ī hym selfe in suche lyke ryche apparel euē as a god in earth and wolde so be called among people in earth ī his arrogancy pryde and thus wolde y ● sayde Paule vse hym selfe gloryfyed euery yere of Iubely afore all y ● worlde afore y ● Pylgrymes dyd vse hym to were y ● maner facion rayment of women in those dayes lyke the customable weryng that Bysshops dyd vse and yet moreouer saynt Austyn sayeth de verbis domini in reproche of the arrogancy pryde of popes whiche wolde be called Goddes saynge thus Qui vult videre deus cum sit homo non imitatur illum qui cū deus esset pro illo factus est homo ¶ Thus to proced of Siluester though he with holy and symple countenaunce refused the ryche crowne emperyall of Constantyne yet he wolde not refuse of Constantyne y e great possessyon gyftes and rentes y ● he gaue with the hole cytie of rome which was no small possessyon as dyuers wryters maketh mencyon as doth Laurence valla the great orator ¶ This Syluester caused to assemble the fyrste great generall councell at Nycene and Bythena purposly agaynst the herysies of Aryen which greatly encreased whose errours was in the distynctions of the thre persons in Trinite And in this coūceyl was presēt .xxxviii. Bysshoppes assembled ✚ ¶ Of the seconde scisme and dyuysion that was in y ● church of rome shortly after the donacion of Cōstantyne And of the herysies that fell in this tyme by the fyrst pope heretykes shamefull sysmatykes ❧ ❧ AFter the donacyon of Constātine folowed two bisshoppes of Rome pesyble iuste men in theyr offyce without sysme or dyscorde amonge crystes flocke the one was named Marke the other Iuly In whose tyme y ● heresyes of the Aryans encreased more more whiche torned the hart and mynde of Constance the sone of Constantyne y ● then rayned And so he began the .xi. persecucyon vpon crysten people And put Iulius in exyle out of rome whose place succeded Liberius and Felyce togyther which enuyed ech other who shuld haue the see of Rome so in contynuaūce Liberius y ● heretyke throughe the fauor of Constans opteyned his purpose to be bysshop of Rome And enioyed the see of Rome the space of .xlii. yeres and .vii. monthes and thre dayes notwithstandyng he was noted to be the fyrste pope heretyke and sysmatyke And supporter of the Aryans artycles through his abhomynable gloryous dygnyte pleasyng the mynde of the Emperoure Constantyne the yonger infecte with the sayd heresyes whiche was the most abhomynablest and cruel heresyes y ● euer was worse then the seckte of Mahōmet for the Preestes Aryans persecuted other crysten bysshops catholyke people without pety or mercy in Affryque Spayne Thus was Felyxe y ● bysshop of Rome put to deth ī this persecuciō the .xiiii moneth of his reygne after this rose