The whole body of Christian religion, by Hieron. Zanchius. Translated out of Latine by D. Ralph Winterton.

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The whole body of Christian religion, by Hieron. Zanchius. Translated out of Latine by D. Ralph Winterton.
Author
Zanchi, Giralamo, 1516-1590.
Publication
London, :: Printed by John Redmayne,
1659.
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Christian life -- Early works to 1800.
Christianity -- Early works to 1800.
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"The whole body of Christian religion, by Hieron. Zanchius. Translated out of Latine by D. Ralph Winterton." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A97309.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 3, 2024.

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DOCT. XII. That one person, as head, can by no meanes be set over the whole Church.

BUt that one person should be set over all the Churches in the whole world, as head of them, and have

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authoritie and full power over them all, is a thing we can in no wise ad∣mit of; but contrarily, do no lesse then abominate it, and much rather if that person arrogate so much to himself by divine right. And we em∣brace the saying of Gregorie the first to Mauritius the Emperour, Who∣soever calleth himself Universal Priest, or desireth to be called so, he usurps that name to himself contrary to the precepts of the Gospel, and the decrees of the Canons, and is the fore-runner of Antichrist.

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