Copy of 'Claim and Protest' Addressed to the Lords Archbishops and Bishops of the Church of England - Softcover
Inhaltsangabe
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1862 Excerpt: ... and jurisdiction of the see and Bishop of Rome clearly taken away from mine eyes, do utterly testify and declare in my conscience that neither the see nor the Bishop of Rome, nor any foreign potentate hath, nor ought to have any jurisdiction, power or authority within this realm, neither by God's law, nor by any other just law or means. And though by sufferance and abuse in times past, they aforesaid have usurped and vindicated a feigned and unlawful power and jurisdiction within this realm, which hath been supported till few years past, therefore because it might be deemed and thought thereby that I took or take it for just and good, I therefore now do freely and clearly renounce, refuse, relinquish, and forsake that pretended authority, power and jurisdiction, both of the see and Bishop of Rome, and of all other foreign powers; and that I shall never consent nor agree that the aforesaid see or Bishop of Rome, or any of their successors, shall practise, exercise, or have any manner of authority, jurisdiction or power within this realm, or any other the King's realms or dominions, nor any foreign potentate, of what estate, degree or condition soever he be, but that I shall resist the same at all times to the uttermost of my power: and that I shall bear faith, truth and true allegiance to the King's Majesty, and to his heirs and successors, declared or hereafter to be declared by the authority of the Act made in the session of the Parliament holden at Westminster the fourteenth day of January, in the five and thirtieth year, and in the said Act made in the eight and twentieth year of the King's Majesty's reign; and that I shall accept, repute and take the King's Majesty, his heirs and successors (when they or any of them shall enjoy his place) to be the only...
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