A defence of priestes mariages stablysshed by the imperiall lawes of the realme of Englande, agaynst a ciuilian, namyng hym selfe Thomas Martin doctour of the ciuile lawes, goyng about to disproue the saide mariages, lawfull by the eternall worde of God, [and] by the hygh court of parliament, only forbydden by forayne lawes and canons of the Pope, coloured with the visour of the Churche. Whiche lawes [and] canons, were extynguyshed by the sayde parliament ...
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A defence of priestes mariages stablysshed by the imperiall lawes of the realme of Englande, agaynst a ciuilian, namyng hym selfe Thomas Martin doctour of the ciuile lawes, goyng about to disproue the saide mariages, lawfull by the eternall worde of God, [and] by the hygh court of parliament, only forbydden by forayne lawes and canons of the Pope, coloured with the visour of the Churche. Whiche lawes [and] canons, were extynguyshed by the sayde parliament ...
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[Imprinted at London :: By Richarde Iugge [and John Kingston], printer to the Queenes Maiestie,
[1567?]]
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Gardiner, Stephen, 1483?-1555. -- A traictise declaryng and plainly provyng, that the pretensed marriage of priestes, and professed persones, is no mariage, but altogether unlawful, and in all ages, and al countreies of Christendome, bothe forbidden, and also punyshed -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800.
Celibacy -- Church of England -- Early works to 1800.
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"A defence of priestes mariages stablysshed by the imperiall lawes of the realme of Englande, agaynst a ciuilian, namyng hym selfe Thomas Martin doctour of the ciuile lawes, goyng about to disproue the saide mariages, lawfull by the eternall worde of God, [and] by the hygh court of parliament, only forbydden by forayne lawes and canons of the Pope, coloured with the visour of the Churche. Whiche lawes [and] canons, were extynguyshed by the sayde parliament ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A07116.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.
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The tenthe.
Knowe this, that howsoeuer chastitie is annexed or depen∣dyng vpon the ordre of priesthode: yet it is meerly and intierly by [ d] the constitution of the churche, and by positiue lawe, disspēsable. And moreouer it is to be iustified, that seculer Priestes of En∣glande be no votaries, nether in their orderyng any vowe inioy∣ned them, nor required at their handes, nor thet makyng any suche vowe, as by the Englishe pōtificall is to bée proued, and as in open conuocation was exactly so debated, concluded, and sub∣scribed,