Village Idiot's Guide to History

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======Sir John Oldcastle======
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=====Confession of Sir John Oldcastle=====
"I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth: and in Jesus Christ his only son our Lord, which was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, crucified, dead, and buried, went down to hell, the third day rose again from death, ascended up to heaven, sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; and from thence shall come again to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the universal holy church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the uprising of the flesh, and everlasting life, amen.\\ 
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"And for a more large declaration of this my faith in the Catholic church, I steadfastly believe, that there is but one God Almighty, in and of whose godhead are these three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, and that those three persons are the self-same God Almighty. I believe, also, that the second person in this most blessed trinity, in most convenient time appointed thereunto before, took flesh and blood of the most blessed Virgin Mary, for tlie safeguard and redemption of the universal kind of man, which was before lost in Adam's offence.\\ 
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"Moreover I believe, that the same Jesus Christ our Lord, thus being both God and man, is the only head of the whole Christian church, and that all those that have been or shall be saved, be members of this most holy church.\\ 
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"Whereof the first sort be now in heaven, and they are the saints from hence departed. These as they were here conversant, conformed always their lives to the most holy laws and pure examples of Christ, renouncing Satan, the world, and the flesh with all their concupiscence and evils.\\  
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"The other sort are here upon earth, and called the church militant. For day and night they contend against crafty assaults of the devil, the flattering prosperities of this world, and the rebellious filthiness of the flesh." \\ 
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====Source====
Foxe, J. 1832. //Book of Martyrs: A Universal History of Christian Martyrdom//, Volume 1. London. Sherwood, Jones, and Co.\\ 
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