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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Title: 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 ...
Publication: [Imprinted at London :: By Richarde Iugge [and John Kingston], printer to the Queenes Maiestie,; [1567?]]
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Subject terms: 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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Cite this Item: "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 3, 2024.

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Thirdlie, he putteth no difference betwixt mariage in a priest, and notoriouse adulterie, or incest. And what so euer any aucthor writeth against horedome, he applieth the same against mariage, and maketh the aucthors so to speake vntruely, and so applieth all his lawes and canons to priestes mariages, where in déede a great parte of them were made against priestes, that liued in ad∣ultery, [ c] and fornication without wiues.