The Bull.
KNow ye that ye day, month, and time of our Bishoprike vnderwritten, in a generall congregation &c. on the behalfe of
A bull graunted by the Pope to Doctor Harding & other by reconcilement and assoyling of English Papistes, to vndermyne faith and allegeance to the Quene. With a true declaration of the intention and frutes thereof, and a warning of perils therby imminent, not to be neglected.
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- A bull graunted by the Pope to Doctor Harding & other by reconcilement and assoyling of English Papistes, to vndermyne faith and allegeance to the Quene. With a true declaration of the intention and frutes thereof, and a warning of perils therby imminent, not to be neglected.
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- Norton, Thomas, 1532-1584.
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- Harding, Thomas, 1516-1572 -- Early works to 1800.
- Catholic Church -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800.
- Catholic Church -- England -- Early works to 1800.
- Catholic Church. -- Pope (1566-1572 : Pius V) -- Early works to 1800.
- Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603 -- Early works to 1800.
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"A bull graunted by the Pope to Doctor Harding & other by reconcilement and assoyling of English Papistes, to vndermyne faith and allegeance to the Quene. With a true declaration of the intention and frutes thereof, and a warning of perils therby imminent, not to be neglected." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A08352.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2025.
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the worshipfull Thomas Har∣ding, N. S. & T. P. Englishmen, was exhibited a memoriall and supplication, which were redde &c. How about three yeares past, &c. our holy Father hath graunted to Tho. Harding &c. Bishoply power in court of conscience to assoile them that shall returne to the bo∣some of the chirch. To this power bicause many do not gene credit, we pray that it be put in writing in autenticall forme. And also further (being occasioned by necessitie of tyme) we humbly pray that to the same persons be graunted power to dispense in case of irregularitie, except in cases arising of wilfull manslaughter, or brought in cour∣tes of law. Which premisses being redde and vnderstoode, our saide most holy Lord hath decreed that the said persones may in court of conscience assoile Englishmen one∣ly, as it is prayed, euen also from
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irregularitie incurred by reason of •…•…resie and depending and arising vpon the same and annexed vnto it, so that the persons to be assoiled do for three yeares absteine from the ministerie of the altar. In cre∣dit and testimonie whereof &c. an. 1567. Thursday the viiii. day of August.
And because I &c. the Notarie aforesaid haue conferred the sayd copie drawen out of the proper originall and haue found the same to agrée therewith, being requested I haue subscribed and signed it with my •…•…suall signe for credit of the premisses.
Note that the petition was made in the name of three, but it was graūted to foure.
¶The forme of absolution.
OVr Lord Iesus Christ, which gaue to his Disciples power to binde and loose, he assoyle thee. And I by the au∣thoritie of almighty God, and of the blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and al∣so of our holy Mother the Church, and
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by the authoritie of the Papaie indul∣gence, to me committed and graunted do assoile thee from all irregularitie & sentence of excommunication both the greater and the lesser layed vppon thee by law or by man, and also from all thy crimes, transgressions, and sinnes, confessed, contrite, and forgotten, and from all cases reserued to the Aposto∣like sea. I restore thee to the communi∣on of the faithfull & to the sacramentes of the church, and into the same inno∣cencie and puritie wherein thou wast when thou wert baptised, remitting thee all the paines of purgatory, for the faultes and offenses which thou hast committed agaynst God & thy neigh∣bour. And I do geue and graunt to thee full remission and indulgence of all thy sinnes as farre as the keyes of the Church extend in this behalfe, so that thou shalt be absolued both here and before the iudgement seate of our Lorde Iesus Christ, and shalt haue euerlasting life, and liue in him world without end. Amen. In the name of the father ✚ &c.