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KEY Commentary Side Textual Bibliographic Scriptural
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postles and prophetes and all the scripture / with signes and
miracles / and al the bloud of marters. And who soever goeth
vnto God and vnto forgeuenesse of synnes or saluacion / by any
other waye then thys / the same is an heretike out of the
rightwaye and not of Christes church.
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There is no way to saluation, but by Christes death and passion.[[1573]
And Christ . . .
church. Cf. CWM 8/1.410/35–411/9.
that . . .
church. Repeated at CWM 8/1.414/22–28.
who soever . . .
church. Cf. CWM 8/1.417/4–6. Here and in the Prologue to
Hebrews (Wallis 502/4–6;TNT 347), Tyndale accuses Roman
Catholics of an unspecified heresy, namely Pelagianism. Pelagius
(c354—c419) taught that Adam's sin affected only himself, that all
humans are born in a state of grace and that Christ functions only as
model. Later, Semi-Pelagianism taught that humans could make an initial
act of faith without the help of grace. Both heresies were opposed by
numerous writings of Augustine . Pelagianism was condemned by
the ecumenical Council of Ephesus in 431; Semi-Pelagianism, by the
provincial Council of Orange II in 529 (NCE 11.58–60; OER 3.238–41).
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For this knowlege maketh a man of the church. And the church is
christes body Collossen. j. and every person of the
church is a member
of christ. Ephe. 5. Now it is no member of christ
that hath not christes spirite in it. Roma. viij. as it is no
parte of me or member of
my body wherin my soule is not present and quikeneth
it. And then iff a man be none of christes / he is not of his
church.
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the church is
christes body. Cf. Col. 1.18.
Colossians 1.18
Col. j. [1531]
every . . .
christ. Eph. 5.29–30.
Ephesians 5.29–30
Ephe. 5. [1531]
Now ... in
it. Cf. Rom. 8.9.
Romans 8.9
Rom. 8. [1531]
And the church . .
. church. Cf. CWM 8/1.418/2–6.
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¶How a true member of christes church synneth not /
and how he is yet a synner
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¶ How . . .
synner. Cf. CWM 8/1.419/17–18.
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Furthermoare / he that hath this faith can not sinne / and
therfore can not be disceaved with damnable erroures. For by
this faith we
be (as I saide) borne of God. Now he that is born of
god can not synne / for his seed dwelleth in him / and he can
not therfore synne /
because he is born of God .j. Ihon .iij. which seed
is the holygost that kepith a mans hert from consentinge vnto
sinne. And therfore
it is a false conclusion that master More holdeth /
how that a man maye haue a righte faith ioyned with all kyndes
of abhominacion
and synne.
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Furthermoare . . .
erroures. Cf. CWM 8/1.421/2–3.
Now . . . God. 1
John 3.9.
1 John 3.9
j. Ioha. 3. [1531]
For ... synne.
Cf. CWM 8/1.421/12–18. Confutation quotes Answer's older verb form "kepith" [C1] at CWM
8/1.420/3 but gives the newer form "kepys" at CWM 8/1.421/ 15.
And therfore . . .
synne. Cf. CWM 8/1.459/27–29.
Faith and synne can not stond to gether. [1531]
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And yet every membir of Christes congregacion is a synner and
sinneth dayly / some moare and some lesse. For it is
written .j. Ihon .j. if we saye we haue no synne / we disceaue
oure selues and the trueth is not in vs. And agayne iff we saye
/ we haue not sinned / we make him a liar
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I. John.I. [[1573]
if ... in vs.
1 John 1.8.
1 John 1.8
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