A briefe and piththie summe of the Christian faith made in forme of a confession, vvith a confutation of all such superstitious errours, as are contrary therevnto. Made by Theodore de Beza. Translated out of Frenche by R.F.

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A briefe and piththie summe of the Christian faith made in forme of a confession, vvith a confutation of all such superstitious errours, as are contrary therevnto. Made by Theodore de Beza. Translated out of Frenche by R.F.
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Bèze, Théodore de, 1519-1605.
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Printed at London :: By Richard Serll, dwelling in Flete lane, at the sygne of the halfe Eagle and the Key,
[1565?]
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Theology, Doctrinal -- Early works to 1800.
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"A briefe and piththie summe of the Christian faith made in forme of a confession, vvith a confutation of all such superstitious errours, as are contrary therevnto. Made by Theodore de Beza. Translated out of Frenche by R.F." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A68595.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 8, 2024.

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3. VVherefore vve call the Churche catholyke.

FOr as much as God hath spred forth his Gospell, that is to saye, the prea∣ching of saluation, whiche is the Scep∣ter of his kyngdome, thorowe the vni∣uersall worlde a 1.1, and hath chosen of all nations such as séemed good to him: For this cause there ought to bée confessed one catholike Church, that is to saye, a vniuersal Church: Not that it compre∣hendeth al men generally (for the grea∣test parte be not of it b 1.2) but because the* 1.3 faithfull be dispersed ouer all the earth, according as the Lord hath chosen them, not beyng restrayned to any certaine place, tyme nor nation.

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