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Formularies of Faith Put Forth by Authority During the Reign of Henry Viii.
Formularies of Faith Put Forth by Authority During the Reign of Henry Viii Author:Charles Lloyd Subtitle: Viz. Articles About Religion, 1536. the Institution of a Christian Man, 1537. a Necessary Doctrine and Erudition for Any Christian Man, 1543 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1825 Original Publisher: Clarendon Press Subjects: Institution of a Christen man Religion / Christianity / Anglican Religi... more »on / Christianity / Denominations Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: To the most high and most excellent prince, our most gracious and most redoubted sovereign lord and king, Henry the VIII. by the grace of God king of England and of France, defender of the faith, lord of Ireland, and supreme head in earth immediately under Christ of the church of England, Thomas archbishop of Canterbury, Edward archbishop of York, and all other the bishops, prelates, and archdeacons of this your realm, wish all grace, peace, and felicity from Almighty God the Father our Lord Jesu Christ. it your most royal majesty to understand, that whereas of your most godly disposition and tender zeal, which is impressed in your most noble heart, towards the advancement of God's glory and the right institution and education of your people in the knowledge of Christ's true religion, your highness commanded us now of late to assemble ourselves together, and upon the diligent search and perusing of holy scripture, to set forth a plain and sincere doctrine, concerning the whole sum of all those things which appertain unto the profession of a Christian man, that by the same all errors, doubts, superstitions, and abuses might be suppressed, removed, and utterly taken away, to the honour of Almighty God, and to the perfect establishing of your said subjects in good unity and con- Cord, and perfect quietnes...« less