The triall of the supremacy wherein is set fourth ye unitie of christes church milita[n]t geue[n] to S. Peter and his successoures by Christe and that there ought to be one head bishop in earth Christes vicar generall ouer all hys churche militant: wyth answeres to the blasphemous obiections made agaynste the same in the late miserable yeres now paste.

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The triall of the supremacy wherein is set fourth ye unitie of christes church milita[n]t geue[n] to S. Peter and his successoures by Christe and that there ought to be one head bishop in earth Christes vicar generall ouer all hys churche militant: wyth answeres to the blasphemous obiections made agaynste the same in the late miserable yeres now paste.
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Standish, John, 1507?-1570.
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[London :: T. Marshe,
1556]
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Great Britain -- Church history -- Early works to 1800.
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"The triall of the supremacy wherein is set fourth ye unitie of christes church milita[n]t geue[n] to S. Peter and his successoures by Christe and that there ought to be one head bishop in earth Christes vicar generall ouer all hys churche militant: wyth answeres to the blasphemous obiections made agaynste the same in the late miserable yeres now paste." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A12923.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.

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¶The .xxix. obiection.

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Constantine themperour did call the councell at Nicen and was chiefe therein.

¶Thanswere.

Constantine that holy empe¦roure beinge moste feruent in Christes true religion to de∣stroye the damnable heresie of Arrius at the appoyntment of the spirituall fathers (not as by his owne authoritye) oke the payn to gether the councel together,* 1.1 and then laste of all placed him selfe in the councel, & y yet with licence to be there among them first obteyned of the ad holy fathers. And e∣uen so the councelles of Ephe∣sime▪ Constātinopolitane and aledō holye emperors were oūtedto cal being only therin but ministers & executors of ye

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bishops will, counsellours a∣ders and defenders with the swearde.

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