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A17442 Adelphomachia, or, The warrs of Protestancy being a treatise, wherein are layd open the wonderfull, and almost incredible dissentions of the Protestants among themselues, in most (if not all) articles of Protesta[n]cy, and this proued from their owne wordes & writinges / vvritten by a Cath. priest ; whereunto is adioyned a briefe appendix, in which is proued, first, that the ancient fathers, by the acknowledgments of the learned Protestants, taught our Cath. and Roman fayth, secondly, that the said fathers haue diuers aduantages about the Protestant writers, for finding out the true sense of the Scripture. B. C. 1637 (1637) STC 4263.7; ESTC S1838 109,763 196

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able_a to_o know_v when_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o real_a and_o bodily_a be_v of_o christ_n in_o the_o eucharist_n do_v first_o begin_v 2._o to_o descend_v to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o the_o mass_n which_o rise_v from_o the_o former_a doctrine_n of_o transubstantiation_n we_o first_o find_v the_o centurist_n thus_o to_o charge_n 295._o charge_n cent._n 4._o c._n 4._o col_fw-fr 295._o s._n ambrose_n ambrose_n locutionibus_fw-la utitur_fw-la etc._n etc._n ut_fw-la missam_fw-la facere_fw-la offer_n sacrificium_fw-la etc._n etc._n ambrose_n use_v those_o kind_n of_o speeche_n etc._n etc._n as_o to_o say_v ma●●●_n to_o offer_v u●_n sacrifice_n etc._n etc._n cyrill_n of_o jerusalem_n be_v thus_o reprehend_v by_o hospinian_n ●67_n hospinian_n lib._n sacram._n pag._n ●67_n quod_fw-la ad_fw-la cyrillum_fw-la hieresolymitanum_n attinet_fw-la etc._n etc._n as_o concern_v cyrill_n of_o jerusalem_n be_v indeed_o affirm_v according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o his_o time_n 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and_o custom_n d._n fulke_o thus_o write_v i_o etc._n i_o in_o his_o rejoinder_n to_o bristol_n etc._n etc._n confess_v that_o ambrose_n austin_n and_o jerome_n hold_v invocation_n of_o saint_n to_o be_v lawful_a the_o say_a doctor_n confess_v also_o more_o in_o these_o word_n in_o 1._o in_o against_o the_o rh●mish_n testam_fw-la in_o 1._o petr._n c._n 1._o nazianzen_n basil_n and_o chrysostom_n be_v mention_n of_o invocation_n of_o saint_n the_o 635._o the_o cent._n 5._o c._n 6._o col_fw-fr 635._o centurist_n charge_n s._n chrysostom_n lyturgy_n with_o invocation_n of_o our_o b._n lady_n by_o name_n but_o the_o centurist_n 84._o centurist_n cent._n 3._o col_fw-fr 84._o do_v not_o rest_v here_o for_o they_o allege_v sundry_a example_n of_o prayer_n to_o saint_n in_o athanasius_n basill_n nazianzene_n ambrose_n prudentius_n epiphanius_n and_o ephrem_fw-la s._n cyprian_n be_v acknowledge_v by_o the_o centurist_n to_o teach_v 83._o teach_v cent._n 3._o col._n 83._o 297._o 83._o cent._n 4._o col_fw-fr 295._o 296._o 297._o that_o martyr_n and_o dead_a saint_n do_v pray_v for_o the_o live_n yea_o they_o confess_v that_o origen_n pray_v to_o holy_a job._n thus_o far_o to_o omit_v many_o other_o like_o confession_n of_o the_o protestant_n touch_v both_o the_o doctrine_n and_o practice_n of_o invocation_n of_o saint_n in_o the_o write_n of_o the_o ancient_a father_n 4._o the_o doctrine_n of_o purgatory_n be_v confess_o teach_v by_o the_o ancient_a father_n d._n fulke_o thus_o say_v acrius_fw-la 44._o acrius_fw-la in_o his_o answer_n to_o a_o counterfeit_v catholic_a pag._n 44._o teach_v that_o prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a be_v unprofitable_a as_o witness_v both_o epiphanius_n and_o s._n austin_n which_o they_o count_v for_o a_o error_n the_o say_a doctor_n thus_o further_o confess_v 349._o confess_v in_o his_o confutation_n of_o purgatory_n pa._n 320._o 149._o &_o 326._o &_o 349._o ambrose_n chrysostome_n and_o s._n austin_n allow_v prayer_n for_o the_o dead_a and_o yet_o 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