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The lay folks' catechism; or the English and Latin versions of Archbishop Thoresby's Instruction for people, together with a Wycliffite adaptation of the same, and the corresponding canons of the Council of Lambeth. With introduction, noates, glossary, and index, by Thomas Frederick Simmons and Henry Edward Nolloth.

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The lay folks' catechism; or the English and Latin versions of Archbishop Thoresby's Instruction for people, together with a Wycliffite adaptation of the same, and the corresponding canons of the Council of Lambeth. With introduction, noates, glossary, and index, by Thomas Frederick Simmons and Henry Edward Nolloth.
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Thoresby, John, -1373.
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London,: Pub. for the Early English text society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co.,
1901.
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The Lay Folks Catechism.

  • I. (T) THE ENGLISH OF ARCHBISHOP THORESBY'S INSTRUCTION OR CATECHISM FOR THE PEOPLE, FROM THE AUTHENTIC COPY IN HIS REGISTER AT YORK.

    On the upper part of the even, or left-hand, pages.

  • II. (C) THE ORIGINAL LATIN OF NO. I, AS APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL OR CONVOCATION OF THE CLERGY OF THE DIOCESE AND PRO∣VINCE OF YORK, A.D. 1357, FROM THORESBY'S REGISTER.

  • III. (L) A WYCLIFFITE ADAPTATION OF THE CATECHISM, WITH LATIN RUBRICS, PUT FORTH UNDER THE NAME OF ARCHBISHOP THORESBY, FROM THE LAMBETH MS., NO. 408; AND ADDITIONS [WITHIN BRACKETS] FROM YORK MINSTER MS., XVI. L. 12.

    On the upper part of the odd, or right-hand, pages.

  • IV. (P) THE CORRESPONDING CANONS OF THE COUNCIL OF LAMBETH, UNDER ARCHBISHOP PECKHAM, A.D. 1281.
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