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 13, 2024.

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Remember this also, good reader, that we doe not deny, but [ c] that virginitie is an excellent vertue, and that pure chastitie and single life without hypocrisie, is more to be wished to priests and ministers in the churche, then is matrimonie, considering bothe states in them selues. But the question is, whether to them that cannot containe, mariage were not more méete to be graunted? And whether a priest in chast matrimonie, maie not do the office of a prieste, as the scripture requireth of hym?