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  • I shall not die, but live; and again declare the evil deeds of the friars.

    Evil   Deeds   Friars  
    Johann Martin Augustin Scholz, John Wycliffe, William Tyndale, William Whittingham, Thomas Cranmer (1841). “The English Hexapla: Exhibiting the Six Important English Translations of the New Testament Scriptures, Wyclif, M.CCC.LXXX.; Tyndale, M.D.XXXIV; Cranmer, M.D.XXXIX; Genevan, M.D.LVII; Anglo-Rhemish, M.D.LXXXII; Authorised, M.DC.XI.; the Original Greek Text After Scholz, with the Various Readings of the Textus Receptus and the Principal Constantinopolitan and Alexandrine Manuscripts, and a Complete Collation of Scholz's Text with Griesbach's Edition of M.DCCC.V; Preceded by an Historical Account of the English Translations”, p.18
  • I acknowledge that the sacrament of the altar is very God's body in form of bread, but it is in another manner God's body than it is in heaven.

    Heaven   Body   Bread  
    "Wyclif". Book by Anthony Kenny, p. 90, 1985.
  • The gospel alone is sufficient to rule the lives of Christians everywhere - any additional rules made to govern men's conduct added nothing to the perfection already found in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

    Christian   Jesus   Men  
  • I believe that in the end the truth will conquer.

  • It is plain to me that our prelates in granting indulgences do commonly blaspheme the wisdom of God.

  • There was good reason for the silence of the Holy Spirit as to how,when, in what form Christ ordained the apostles, the reason being to show the indifferency of all forms of words.

    Silence   Spirit   Christ  
    "Typical English Churchmen". Book by John Neville Figgis, p. 16, 1909.
  • In order to the existence of such a ministry in the Church, there is requisite an authority received from God, and consequently power and knowledge imparted from God for the exercise of such ministry; and where a man possesses these, although the bis.

    Exercise   Power   Men  
  • Visit those who are sick, or who are in trouble, especially those whom God has made needy by age, or by other sickness, as the feeble, the blind, and the lame who are in poverty. These you shall relieve with your goods after your power and after their need, for thus biddeth the Gospel.

    Sick   Age   Needs  
  • All Christian life is to be measured by Scripture; by every word thereof.

  • Private confession was not ordered by Christ and was not used by the apostles.

  • The laity ought to understand the faith, and since the doctrines of our faith are in the Scriptures, believers should have the Scriptures in a language familiar to the people, and to this end the Holy Ghost endued them with knowledge of all tongues.

  • Crown and cloth maken no priest, nor emperor's bishop with his words, but power that crist giveth; and thus by life have been priests known.

    "Typical English Churchmen". Book by John Neville Figgis, p. 15, 1909.
  • Englishmen learn Christ's law best in English. Moses heard God's law in his own tongue; so did Christ's apostles.

    Law   Tongue   Christ  
  • The higher the hill, the stronger the wind: so the loftier the life, the stronger the enemy's temptations.

    Life   Stay Strong   Wind  
  • Trust wholly in Christ; rely altogether on His sufferings; beware of seeking to be justified in any other way than by His righteousness. Faith in our Lord Jesus Christ is sufficient for salvation. There must be atonement made for sin according to the righteousness of God. The person to make this atonement must be God and man.

    Jesus   Men   Suffering  
  • Ability is that sufficiency which cometh from God.

  • The highest service to which a man may obtain on earth is to preach the law of God.

    Men   Law   Earth  
  • Holy Scripture is the highest authority for every believer, the standard of faith and the foundation for reform.

  • I am ready to defend my convictions even unto death. I have followed the Sacred Scriptures and the holy doctors.

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