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world_n	church_n	part_n	visible_a	4,373	5	9.1099	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17012	The ecclesiasticall historie of Great Britaine deduced by ages, or centenaries from the natiuitie of our Sauiour, vnto the happie conuersion of the Saxons, in the seuenth hundred yeare; whereby is manifestly declared a continuall succession of the true Catholike religion, which at this day is professed & taught in, and by the Roman Church. Written. by Richard Broughton. The first tome containing the fower hundred first yeares. To which are annected for the greater benefite of the reader ample indexes ...	Broughton, Richard.	1633 (1633)	STC 3894; ESTC S107156	907,581	692

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canonum_fw-la decreta_fw-la sedem_fw-la ut_fw-la inde_fw-la auxilium_fw-la capiamus_fw-la unde_fw-la praedecessores_fw-la nostri_fw-la ordinationes_fw-la &_o dogmata_fw-la atque_fw-la sublevationes_fw-la ceperunt_fw-la and_o there_o call_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n their_o mother_n to_o give_v they_o suke_n and_o plain_o say_v that_o the_o canon_n command_n no_o great_a cause_n may_v be_v decree_v without_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n canonibus_fw-la iubentibus_fw-la absque_fw-la romano_n nos_fw-la de_fw-la majoribus_fw-la causis_fw-la nihil_fw-la debere_fw-la decernere_fw-la pontifice_fw-la 10._o and_o the_o same_o bishop_n of_o egypt_n in_o their_o epistle_n to_o pope_n foelix_n the_o 2._o in_o this_o time_n write_v that_o it_o be_v decree_v in_o this_o nicen_n council_n by_o general_a consent_n of_o all_o that_o no_o council_n may_v be_v call_v without_o the_o consent_n of_o the_o pope_n of_o rome_n and_o speak_v this_o of_o their_o own_o knowledge_n as_o some_o of_o they_o then_o 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praedictis_fw-la patribus_fw-la nicaenis_fw-la est_fw-la definitum_fw-la consonanter_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la quisquam_fw-la episcoporun_n aut_fw-la metropolitanorum_n comprovinciales_fw-la vel_fw-la judices_fw-la suspectos_fw-la habuerit_fw-la vestram_fw-la sanctam_fw-la romanam_fw-la interpellet_fw-la sedem_fw-la cvi_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la domino_fw-la potestas_fw-la ligandi_fw-la &_o soluendi_fw-la speciali_fw-la est_fw-la privilegio_fw-la super_fw-la alios_fw-la concessa_fw-la 12._o this_o doctrine_n and_o practice_n also_o be_v allow_v and_o confirm_v in_o the_o great_a 7._o conc._n sardicen_n can._n 7._o council_n of_o sardice_n hold_v within_o 22._o year_n of_o that_o of_o nice_n wherein_o both_o osius_n athanasius_n and_o other_o which_o be_v then_o present_a be_v also_o present_a consent_v and_o subscribe_v grant_v not_o only_a supremacy_n to_o the_o pope_n of_o rome_n and_o appeal_v to_o he_o but_o that_o by_o any_o priest_n his_o legate_n he_o may_v invalidate_v &_o 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and_o all_o the_o bishop_n of_o egypt_n do_v sufficient_o prove_v call_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n the_o mother_n and_o head_n of_o all_o church_n quae_fw-la est_fw-la mater_fw-la &_o caput_fw-la omnium_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la 13._o and_o add_v further_o that_o although_o one_o of_o they_o be_v patriarch_n of_o alexandria_n in_o a_o distinct_a part_n of_o the_o world_n from_o europe_n wherein_o rome_n be_v in_o the_o council_n of_o nice_a itself_o set_v down_o for_o one_o of_o the_o chief_a see_v yet_o they_o be_v all_o of_o

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epistle_n to_o macharius_fw-la bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n thus_o give_v he_o charge_n and_o 39_o constant_n in_o ep_v ad_fw-la machar_n apud_fw-la euseb_n lib._n 3._o de_fw-fr vit._n constant_n cap._n 30._o socrates_n hist_o eccl._n l._n 2._o cap._n 13._o theod._n hist_o eccl._n l._n 1._o cap._n 17._o niceph._n callist_n eccles_n hist_o l._n 8._o cap._n 30._o euseb_n supr_fw-la l._n 3._o cap._n 28._o 29._o 30._o 31._o 32._o 33._o 34._o 35._o 36._o 37._o 38._o 39_o power_n the_o emperor_n and_o empress_n bear_v the_o charge_n thereof_o to_o make_v it_o far_o more_o glorious_a and_o honourable_a than_o any_o church_n in_o the_o world_n par_fw-fr est_fw-la ut_fw-la tua_fw-la prudentia_fw-la it_o a_o opus_fw-la disponat_fw-la &_o providè_fw-la res_fw-la quasque_fw-la accuret_fw-la necessarias_fw-la quo_fw-la non_fw-la modo_fw-la sanctuarium_fw-la templi_fw-la reliquis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la quae_fw-la ubique_fw-la sunt_fw-la pulchritudine_fw-la antecellat_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la 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peter_n the_o apostle_n send_v from_o rome_n into_o these_o part_n of_o the_o world_n next_o unto_o we_o and_o so_o consequent_o into_o this_o kingdom_n of_o britain_n also_o so_o know_v and_o renown_v then_o among_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o western_a world_n 1._o now_o let_v we_o examine_v more_o particular_o who_o they_o be_v who_o s._n peter_n thus_o receive_v in_o rome_n by_o our_o british_a countryman_n send_v into_o these_o part_n of_o the_o world_n next_o adjacent_a unto_o this_o island_n that_o if_o we_o find_v the_o first_o preacher_n of_o the_o faith_n of_o christ_n in_o all_o these_o country_n next_o unto_o we_o be_v send_v by_o saint_n peter_n so_o well_o acquaint_v with_o our_o roman_n britan_n we_o may_v bold_o conclude_v that_o this_o kingdom_n alone_o be_v not_o leave_v unremembered_a in_o those_o holy_a ambassage_n our_o protestant_a antiquary_n from_o s._n innocentius_n twelve_o hundred_o year_n since_o and_o other_o antiquity_n acknowledge_v it_o for_o so_o certain_a and_o undoubted_a a_o truth_n quis_fw-la nesciat_fw-la cum_fw-la sit_fw-la manifestum_fw-la that_o no_o man_n can_v be_v ignorant_a of_o it_o be_v manifest_a but_o s._n peter_n found_v the_o first_o church_n of_o africa_n italy_n 44._o godwyn_n conu_n of_o britain_n p._n 3._o innoc._n 1._o epist_n ad_fw-la decent_a do_v 11._o simon_n metaphr_n 29._o dic_fw-la junij_fw-la bar._n annal._n a_o 44._o france_n spain_n sicily_n and_o the_o land_n that_o lie_v betwixt_o they_o sardinia_n or_o corcica_n maiorca_n minorca_n and_o for_o sicily_n and_o those_o land_n we_o need_v not_o expect_v s._n peter_n come_v to_o rome_n for_o while_o he_o be_v in_o the_o east_n so_o far_o of_o he_o send_v s._n martianus_n and_o paccatius_n thither_o &_o land_v there_o himself_o in_o sicily_n the_o chief_a island_n when_o he_o come_v to_o rome_n of_o italy_n there_o be_v no_o question_n among_o writer_n protestant_n or_o other_o but_o it_o fall_v to_o the_o division_n of_o saint_n peter_n for_o 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the_o commandment_n of_o peter_n go_v about_o all_o lombardy_n preach_v and_o teach_v and_o be_v the_o first_o that_o hold_v the_o cathedral_n place_n at_o milan_n the_o next_o nation_n to_o this_o in_o the_o way_n to_o this_o island_n of_o britain_n be_v that_o of_o the_o heluetian_o or_o switcer_n who_o germ._n theatre_n of_o great_a britain_n lib._n 6._o pantal._n de_fw-fr vir_fw-la illustrib_o germ._n apostle_n as_o our_o protestant_n assure_v we_o be_v that_o our_o renown_a countryman_n s._n beatus_fw-la send_v apostle_n thither_o by_o his_o master_n saint_n peter_n authority_n of_o which_o matter_n i_o be_o to_o speak_v more_o hereafter_o for_o the_o part_n between_o helvetia_n and_o we_o sebastian_n munster_n the_o magdeburgian_n protestant_n in_o the_o first_o of_o their_o supr_fw-la sebastian_z munst_n cosmograp_v l._n 3._o magdebur_n cent_n 1._o henricus_fw-la pant_n de_fw-fr vir_fw-la illustrib_o germ._n part_n 1._o pag._n 100_o henricus_fw-la de_fw-fr erford_n hist_o germ._n catal_a episc_n tungr_n catal._n epis_n met._n catal._n episcop_n tullen_n guhel_n eisengr_n centen_a 1._o henric._n de_fw-fr erford_n apud_fw-la munster_n &_o pant._n sup_v beat_v rhenan_n l._n 2_o rerum_fw-la germ._n p._n 88_o francis_n burgo_v eccl._n hist_o l._n 2._o c._n 1._o theatre_n of_o great_a brit._n l._n 6._o bal._n l._n the_o scriptor_n in_o kentegern_n io._n capgrau_n cat_n in_o s._n kentegern_n guliel_n lomb._n l._n the_o leg_n regum_fw-la britan._n in_o ewardo_n confessore_fw-la richard_n kackluyt_n in_o reg._n arthu_n &_o edga_n arnold_n mirman_n in_o theatro_fw-la conu_n gent._n acta_fw-la s._n joan._n in_o breviar_n rom._n die_v 25._o julij_fw-la martyrol_n rom._n 25._o maij._fw-la bed_n mart._n ib._n vsuard_n ib._n &_o ado._n breviar_n eccles_n toletan_n greg._n 7._o epist_n ad_fw-la alphonsum_fw-la reg._n vincent_n in_o spec_fw-la hist_o lib._n 6._o cap._n 6._o francis_n mas_o l._n 2._o of_o consecrat_fw-mi cap._n 2._o joy_n de_fw-mi mayerne_n turquet_n history_n general_a d'espagne_n li._n 4._o p._n 179._o beuter_n ib._n vincent_n supr_fw-la centurye_n henticus_n pantaleon_n jodocus_n willichius_n arnoldus_fw-la mermannius_fw-la henry_n of_o erford_n and_o other_o historian_n of_o germany_n both_o catholics_n and_o protestant_n be_v witness_n with_o the_o

dicebat_fw-la petre_n instat_fw-la tempus_fw-la tuus_fw-la resolutionis_fw-la &_o oportet_fw-la teire_n romam_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la cum_fw-la mortem_fw-la per_fw-la crucem_fw-la sustinueris_fw-la accipies_fw-la mercedem_fw-la justitiae_fw-la cum_fw-la ergo_fw-la propterea_fw-la deum_fw-la glorificasset_fw-la &_o egisset_fw-la gratias_fw-la &_o apud_fw-la britannos_fw-la mansisset_fw-la dies_fw-la aliquot_fw-la &_o verbo_fw-la gratiae_fw-la multos_fw-la illuminasset_fw-la &_o ecclesias_fw-la constituisset_fw-la episcoposque_fw-la &_o presbyteros_fw-la &_o diaconos_fw-la ordinasset_fw-la duodecimo_fw-la anno_fw-la caesaris_fw-la neronis_n rursus_fw-la romam_fw-la revertitur_fw-la when_o s._n peter_n have_v stay_v but_o a_o short_a time_n with_o the_o roman_n and_o have_v baptize_v many_o and_o found_v the_o church_n and_o ordain_v linus_n bishop_n he_o come_v to_o tarracina_n in_o which_o when_o he_o have_v ordain_v epaphroditus_n bishop_n he_o come_v to_o sirmium_n a_o city_n of_o 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now_o happy_o by_o holy_a martyrdom_n end_v his_o labour_n in_o this_o world_n and_o obtain_v his_o crown_n and_o reward_n in_o heaven_n as_o a_o other_o succeed_v he_o in_o that_o

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the_o government_n of_o britain_n unto_o he_o or_o for_o himself_o to_o have_v so_o soon_o usurp_v it_o against_o so_o righfull_a and_o a_o potent_a king_n and_o emperor_n 5._o and_o our_o most_o ancient_a and_o best_a historian_n s._n gildas_n s._n bede_n marianus_n 28._o gild._a l._n the_o excid_n &_o conq_fw-fr brit._n c._n 10._o ●●●gebert_n chron._n eutrop._n hist_n polyd_v virgil._n angl._n hist_o l._n 3._o p._n 49._o stowe_n &_o howes_n hist_n in_o constant_a constantius_n julian_n hollinsh_fw-mi hist_o of_o engl._n l._n 4._o fast_o reg._n &_o episc_n angl._n ammian_n marcelli_n l._n 20._o in_o init_fw-la l._n 26._o 28._o florentius_n wigorniensis_n ethelwerdus_n henry_n of_o huntingdon_n and_o william_n of_o malmesbury_n although_o as_o diligent_o as_o they_o can_v recompt_v our_o king_n of_o britain_n never_o mention_v any_o such_o octavius_n or_o octavian_n but_o the_o chief_a and_o most_o ancient_a of_o they_o s._n gildas_n plain_o say_v that_o this_o island_n be_v at_o 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