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236 JOHANN1S WYCLIF CAP. XVII.<br />
St. James the <strong>de</strong>feccio, qualis alias nunquam fuit. Hoc autem anno<br />
bishop of circa pentecosten ordinatus est ab<br />
Jerusalem said m j nor episcopus Jerosolimorum ' , qui the firsl Mass. t ' l<br />
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missam celebravit, eo<strong>de</strong>mque<br />
apostolis Jacobus<br />
primus inter cos<br />
l<br />
anno Petrus apostolus<br />
cepit presi<strong>de</strong>re in partibus orientis, ubi quatuor annis 5<br />
pontificavit missasque celebravit, dicendo: pater noster.<br />
As tor the hour Et quantum •<br />
of savins ]\la>>. ,<br />
the first was Januanum,<br />
ad tempus -<br />
cejebrandi scribit Augustinug ad<br />
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et pomtur in L)e consecracione, distinc-<br />
certainl) said cione 2 a ; '"liquido anparet, quando primo acceperunt<br />
alter a meal. ... n " '<br />
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discipuli corpus et sangwinem dommi, non eos accepisse 10<br />
Other rites, ieiunos" : sed post fuerunt ritus relieiosi et particulatim<br />
good 111 ..... ..... . . .<br />
themselves, appositi, qui, licet stnt hciti et bonesti in multis, tamen<br />
wrongly ad<strong>de</strong>d sunt ad onus ecclesie, sic quod melius foret sibi atque<br />
to the first, salubrius hec ommitti. Primo, quia ecclesia <strong>de</strong>teriorando<br />
et illibertando procedit; i<strong>de</strong>o modus quern observarunt t5<br />
Christus et sui apostoli fuit magis autenticus et lenis.<br />
Und'e ad nimis pauca respiciunt, qui dicunt quod<br />
necesse est papas capitales ecclesie ad regendum et<br />
supplendum <strong>de</strong>fectus residuos legis Christi.<br />
Which rites are Item, in lege et raodo colendi Christi et apostolorum 20 C.<br />
follow ? "those of f^t forma virtuosius colendi <strong>de</strong>um, et quilibet ritus<br />
Christ and His relieiosus <strong>de</strong> tanto est mclior. Itritur I relieio ilia pri-Aii7 d<br />
Apostles; all &<br />
other prayers meva a qua<br />
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ceci<strong>de</strong>rant fuit sequente<br />
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perfeccior.<br />
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Cul-<br />
savour of sin P^ndus, inquam, foret princeps religionis omnipotens<br />
more or less, et omnisciens, qui in exemplari relieionis omitteret25<br />
'<br />
though thev<br />
t 1 ...<br />
Mattb. VI° B 12S"<br />
may be licit, nccessarium observandum. Sic enim precipit |<br />
compendiose orare, dimittendo <strong>de</strong>precaciones prolixas.<br />
Nee dico quin licet orare secundum oraciones alias, Matth.<br />
sed oportet quod alie oraciones et earum ^ '><br />
obligaciones 7<br />
peccatum sapiant plus vel minus. Nam Christus dif- 3o<br />
finivit medium virtuosum, et ut capitur in minori<br />
argumenti, iste est optimus modus orandi et colendi<br />
We now think <strong>de</strong>um. Igitur presumpcio foret eum dimittere. Item, si<br />
it a great sin • to ,- 1<br />
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change the religiosus vel usuanus tradicionis adiecte humamtus<br />
established<br />
a dicit vel subtrahit quo ad usum ilium, reputatur pec- 35<br />
form ; but to . ... . ....<br />
change the form care graviter ; igitur evi<strong>de</strong>ncius quo ad usum religionis<br />
H<br />
aS<br />
'vvorse^<br />
quam<br />
in tanta auctoritate et mensura Christus instituit.<br />
Un<strong>de</strong> ultra vires nituntur, qui intendunt exclu<strong>de</strong>re<br />
1. nunquam fuit <strong>de</strong>est B. 3. Jerosolimitarum B. 6. noster etc. D.<br />
14. quod CD. 16. leuis C. 18. papas esse BCD. 25. religionis<br />
<strong>de</strong>est BCD. 26. Sic A; ib. precepit B. 27. oracionem CD.<br />
33. ipsum BCD. 36, 3-j. religionis quam <strong>de</strong>est B; ilium reputatur pro<br />
religionis quam CD.<br />
9. Deer. Grat. 3 a Pars. Dist. II, c. b\.