This word church is
taken .ij. maner wayes. [1531]
so] so be [1573]
The spirituall Churche of God are called Lutherans and
heretickes .[1573]
faith comune as
well to the deuels. Cf. Jas. 2.19.
] James
The fleshly Churche serue God with workes of their owne.[1573]
Frires [1531]
[Hand] [1531]
The blasing of hypocrites.[1573]
Saduces. From
Zadoc ("righteous"), high priest in the time of Solomon, cf. 1 Kings
1.39, or from Tzaddikim ("righteous men"). They
denied the resurrection of the dead, the existence of angels and
spirits, and the obligation of the unwritten law allegedly
handed down from Moses.
] 1 Kings
phareses / that is /
seperated. From perushim ("those who are
separated") or perishut ("those who sanctify").
They were distinguished by their strict observance of the
traditional and written law and by their claims to superior sanctity.
For "Sadducees" and "Pharisees," cf. Illustrated
Dictionary and Concordance of the Bible, gen. ed. Geoffrey
Wigoder (New York: Macmillan, 1986).