8/29
Iudge . . .
church. Cf. CWM 8/1.131/18–19.
8/30
whether their auctorite
be aboue the scripture. Later (188/ 3n, 213/22), lyndale refers
to Unio Dissidentium, a patristic anthology on Reformation topics. The handbook (UD 1.X2) contains an
excerpt from Ep. 82, Augustine to Jerome (AD 405) on the supremacy of Scripture, 1.3 (PL 33.277; CSEL 34/2.354; Parsons 1.392).
For further statements on this theme by Augustine, cf. 135/31–33n.
8/30–32
whether . . .
can. CWM 8/1.132/23–25.
8/32–9/1
And agenst . . .
yies. CWM 8/1.134/28–30.
9/2
domme ceremonies.
Cf. CWM 8/2.638/27–31.
9/3
purgatorye. Tyndale
refers to purgatory in his other major works: as an invention of the
pope to gain money (Obedience K2v, L2, N5v, T1),
as an extension of papal power (Prelates E5), as
lasting as long as hell (1 John
C1v), as no more real than Utopia (Matthew
k1).
Early in 1529 the lawyer Simon Fish produced a pamphlet against financial
exactions by the church entitled A
Supplicacyon for the Beggers
(Appendix B, CWM 7.412–22). Later that same year, More
published two editions of The Supplication of
Souls, a dramatic monologue spoken by the souls in purgatory
"To all good Crysten people" (CWM 7.111–228). Still later,
John Frith published A
disputacion of purgatorye (Antwerp, 1531) STC 11386.5, a
wellorganized attack against the arguments of Rastell from
reason, More from Scripture, and Fisher from the Fathers.
9/4
prayinge to postes.
Veneration of relics of the true cross on Good Friday originated in
Jerusalem, and was introduced at Rome by the mid-7c. The custom is still
observed by Roman
Catholics. The presider and two attendants
hold a replica of the cross for the faithful to honor by genuflecting
before it and kissing it (NCE 6.621–24, esp. 622–23). More
calls the procession "creeping to the cross" (CWM 8/1.150/5–6). For the
wooden statue of Our Lady of Willesden, cf. 124/27–28n.
9/1–8
Iudge . . .
thinges. CWM 8/1.135/21–28.
9/10
aboue .viij. hundred
yeares. Cf. CWM 8/1.152/9–10, 368/24–25. This is the first
reference in Answer to Tyndale's position that the fall of the church, the beginning of papal and
hierarchical misrule with the ascendancy of error on faith
and good works, began eight hundred years before. Although this period
coincides with the rise of Islam, Tyndale refers particularly to the
anointing of Pepin III, the father of Charlemagne, by Stephen II (pope,
752–57) in 754 (Prelates D7r—v), which signified
the alliance with the Franks that was basic to papal claims to
territories in Italy. (JW)
9/8–13
Marke . . .
swerde. CWM 8/1.136/4–8.
DEUTERONOMY: 2.20: 9/16
9/16
samsumims. The
Zamzummims supposedly were giants who lived in a region later claimed by
the Ammonites, cf. Deut. 2.20.
9/13–17
Haue . . . inspire
them. CWM 8/1.137/7–10.
Matt. 27.17–26, Mark
15.1–15, Luke 23.1–25, John 18.29–19.16: 9/18
MATTHEW: 23.13–29: 9/18,42/26
LUKE: 23.7–12: 9/18
JOHN: 18.13–14,19–24: 9/18
9/18
scribes /
pharises. For the opposition of scribes and Pharisees to Christ
as anticipating persecution by Catholics of reformers, cf. Matt.
23.13–29. Pilate. Cf. Matt. 27.17–26, Mark 15.1–15,
Luke 23.1–25, John 18.29–19.16. Herode. Cf. Luke
23.7–12. Caiphas & Anna. Cf. John 18.13–14, 19–24.
PSALMS: 2.2: 9/18–19
9/18–19
gathered to gether
agenst God & Christ. Ps. 2.2.
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