A Letter from the Lord Protector to Lord Russel, Lord Privy Seal; also the content of the response. The contents of another letter from Lord Russel; also a letter from the Lord Protector, to the council assembled at London. An Absolution pronounced by Cardinal Pole to the whole Parliament of England in the presence of the King and Queen.
A letter from the Earl of Warwick to the Archbishop, on behalf of Master Hooper.
APPENDIX TO VOL. 6
ACTS AND MONUMENTS
CONTINUATION OF BOOK 9 1
BOOKS IN THE LATIN SERVICE ABOLISHED
KING’S LETTER TO NICHOLAS RIDLEY 6 , BISHOP OF LONDON, ETC
A LETTER FROM LADY MARY, LORD PROTECTOR AND PART OF THE COUNCIL, JUNE 27, 1549. Again, also, it was endlessly to remind your grace of the great number of particular errors (introduced into the church). For the second point, for the goods that may follow your obedience, we, having the king's authority in this direction the government of this kingdom, must be clear with your grace.
And we trust that your grace, both your natural nearness to the king's majesty, and your own good wisdom, will not disfavor our service in the execution of the laws of the realm and the pleasure of the king's majesty.
HERE FOLLOWETH THE HISTORY OF THE DOINGS AND ATTEMPTS OF STEPHEN
First, That by the law of God and the authority of Scripture, the king’s majesty and his successors are the supreme heads of the
Item, That the appointment of holy days and fasting days, as fasting, incandescence, or the like, or to dispense with it, is in the authority and power of the king's majesty, and his highness, as supreme head of the said. churches of England and Ireland, and governor thereof, may appoint the manner and time of the feasts and fast days, or dispense with it, as in his wisdom shall seem most convenient to the glory of God and the wealth of this kingdom. Item, That the King's Majesty most Christianly and God-fearingly, with the consent of the whole Diet, has presented a pious and Christian Church Service Book, which must be visited in the Church, which book must be accepted and allowed. by all bishops, priests, curates, and all clergymen in the kingdom of England, and so by them shall be declared and praised in every place where they shall be fortunate to preach or speak to the people in it, that it is a godly and Christian book and order , and to be allowed, accepted, and observed by all the true subjects of the King's Majesty. I acknowledge the majesty of the king who now is, (whose life is preserved too long!) to be my sovereign lord and supreme head.
I do acknowledge the king’s majesty that now is, (whose life God long preserve!) to be my sovereign lord, and supreme head under
Item, I confess and acknowledge, that the statute commonly called The Statute of the Six Articles, for just causes and grounds, by the authority of parliament, is revoked and abrogated. Item, That his majesty and his successors have authority in the said churches of England, and also of Ireland, to change, reform, correct, and amend all errors and abuses, and all rites and ceremonies. To94 these articles before specified, though Winchester with his own hand did subscribe, grant, and consent to the supremacy of the king as well as of his future successors; but because he stuck so much in the first point touching his submission, and would by no means subscribe to it, but only made his answer in the margin (as mentioned above), therefore it was thought good for the king that the master of the horse and master secretary Peter must restore him again with the same request of submission and admonish him to look better at it; and if the words seem too hurtful, to refer them to himself, in what kind and with what words should he devise to subdue him, so that, after the acknowledgment of his guilt, the king's highness his mercy and generosity towards him may extend as it is determined: which was the eleventh day of July, the year above said.
To ensure this denial it was agreed that a new article book should be designed, with which the said master of the horse and the master secretary Peter should report to him again; and for a more authentic proceeding with him they should have with them a divine and a temporal advocate, namely, the Bishop of London, and Master Goodrick. While I, Stephen, Bishop of Winchester, was suspected of being one who did not approve or permit the actions of the king's majesty in altering certain rites in the religion, and was called before the king's council and was for that warned, and certain things were appointed for me to do and to preach for my. And for the purpose of it, it may appear to the world how little I regret the actions of His Highness, which in religion are most pious, and for the.
The late king, of most famous memory, King Henry the Eighth, our late sovereign lord, did this justly and with good reasons and good grounds.
That the late king, of most famous memory, king Henry the Eighth, our late sovereign lord, justly, and of good reason and ground, hath
Edmund, of children hitherto brought into the church, was a mere mockery and folly, and therefore rightly abolished and taken away. Item, It is fitting and godly that the Scriptures of the Old Testament and the New, that is, the whole Bible, should be found in English and published so that it may be read by everyone, and that anyone who repels and abhors people from reading it . , hurts and curses. Item, That the said late king, by just reason and reason, got into his hands the authority and disposition of chantries and such victuals as were given for the maintenance of private fairs, and well changed divers of them to other purposes.
Also, the king's majesty that now is, with the advice and consent of the parliament, did, with reason and just reason, suppress, abrogate the parliament, did, on the basis and just reason, suppress, abrogate, and remove the said songs, and the living others such as were used and occupied for the maintenance of private measures and measures. The mass commonly said for priests was full of abuse, and had very little of the institution of Christ, except the Epistle, the Gospel, the Lord's Prayer, and the words of the Lord's Supper; the rest, for the most part, were devised and invented by the bishops of Rome, and by other men of the same kind, and were therefore rightly taken from the statutes and laws of this realm;. Item, That it is more fit and proper, and according to the first institution, that all Christian men should partake of the sacrament of Christ's body and blood in both kinds, that is, in bread and wine.
And the Mass, in which only the priest receives, and the others only watch, is but the invention of man, and the ordinance of man.
And the mass, wherein only the priest receiveth, and the others do but look on, is but the invention of man, and the ordinance of the
Point, That it is well done, politically and godly, that the king's majesty, by act of parliament, has ordered that all the images that have stood in churches and chapels, should be abolished and clearly destroyed; that in the future, at any time, they may not give occasion to idolatry, or be abused, as many of them have been until now, with such idolatrous pilgrimages and worships. And also that, for such godly and good considerations, by the same authority of parliament, all mass books, cowchers, grails, and other authority of parliament, all mass books, cowchers, grails, and other service books in Latin, hitherto used, are to be abolished and destroyed, as well as for some superstitions contained in them, as well as to avoid disputes; and that the said service in the church should be, throughout the whole realm, in a uniform conformity, and no occasion through those old books to the contrary.
That bishops, priests, and deacons, have no commandment of the law of God, either to vow chastity, or to abstain continually from
The Homilies lately commanded and set forth by the king’s majesty, to be read in the congregations of England, are godly and
The Book set forth by the king’s majesty, by authority of
That the orders of the subdeacons, Benet and Colet, and such others, who were commonly called "millores ordines," are not necessary, according to the word.
That the orders of sub-deacon, Benet and Colet, and such others as were commonly called ‘millores ordines,’ be not necessary by the word
That the holy Scriptures contain sufficiently all doctrine required of necessity for eternal salvation through faith in Jesus Christ; and that
That upon good and godly considerations it was and is commanded by the king’s majesty’s injunctions, that the Paraphrase of Erasmus in
And because these articles aforesaid, do contain only such matters as be already published and openly set forth by the king’s majesty’s
Here follows the summary and effect of the sermon which bishop Gardiner of Winchester preached before the king's majesty, collected by Master Udall and exhibited to the commissioners at the time of the examination of the said bishop. I intend, by the grace of God, to proclaim a part of the gospel that is usually read in church like this day. Then Simon Peter answered and said, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God, etc."
The act of disbanding and suppressing the songs seems to go against the grain, as you act. This commission having been openly read, the archbishop with the rest of the said commissioners (for the honor and respect due to the king's majesty) took charge and burden of the said commission; and it is decreed to continue according to its form and effect. Which being done, the said promoters appointed, taking upon themselves the said office, and promoting the said office.
And under the same protest he demanded a copy, both of the said commission, and also of these laws; which copy the judges enjoined upon him. And for the length of them, the judges were satisfied that the said actuaries should exemplify them, and after collating and. Whether the said Bishop of Winchester required the same Sir Ralph Sadler to show to the Lord of Somerset's grace that, by his advice, he should never speak of the letter he sent to the said Bishops.
Jeffrey, Advocates of the Court of the Arches, and Docktel and Clark, Proctors of the same. ANSWER OF THE BISHOP OF WINCHESTER TO THE REQUEST OF A FULLER ANSWER IN CERTAIN ARTICLES ADDRESSED AGAINST HIM.