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An ample declaration of the Christian doctrine. Composed in Italian by the renowned Cardinal: Card. Bellarmine. Translated into English by Richard Hadock D. of Diuinitie

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An ample declaration of the Christian doctrine. Composed in Italian by the renowned Cardinal: Card. Bellarmine. Translated into English by Richard Hadock D. of Diuinitie
Author
Bellarmino, Roberto Francesco Romolo, Saint, 1542-1621.
Publication
Printed at Roan [i.e. England :: English Secret Press,
1604?]
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Subject terms
Catholic Church -- Catechisms -- Early works to 1800.
Catholic Church -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800.
Catholic Church -- Doctrines -- Early works to 1800.
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"An ample declaration of the Christian doctrine. Composed in Italian by the renowned Cardinal: Card. Bellarmine. Translated into English by Richard Hadock D. of Diuinitie." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A07972.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 22, 2025.

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Cap. 7. The declaration of the pre∣cepts of the Church. (Book 7)

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BESIDES the Commande∣ments of God, I would know if there bee any other to bee obser∣ued.

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There are the precepts of Holie Church, which are these.

  • 1 To be present at Masse on com∣manded feasts.
  • 2 To fast the Lent, the foure Imbre weeks, & cōmanded Eues of Feasts.

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  • Also to abstaine from flesh vpon Friday and Saturday * 1.1.
  • 3 To confesse at the least once in the yeare.
  • 4 To receiue the B. Sacrament at the least at Easter.
  • 5 To pay tithes to the Church.
  • 6 Not to solemnize Marriages in times ptohibited, to wit, from the first Sunday of Aduent, vntill the Feast of the Epiphanie: and from the first day of Lent, till the Octaues of Easter. But of these commande∣ments, I will say no more now, part∣ly, because they are easie, partly for that of the Masse, of Confession, and Communicating, as also of Fa∣sting we shall speake hereafter, when we shal declare the holy Sacraments of the Church.

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