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Theses or determinations of John Whitgift, c 1570

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Ff.01.09

Scope and Contents

Theses, or determinations, of Whitgift while professor of divinity at the University of Cambridge. They are: 1. ‘Rationes quæ probant epistolas decretales quæ attribuuntur pontificibus romanis non esse ab eis scriptas sed fictitias’; 2. ‘Scripturæ maxima est auctoritas’; 3 ‘Romana ecclesia non est catholica ecclesia’; 4. ‘De maleficis’; 5. ‘Leges politicæ de rebus mediis nihil detrahunt christianæ libertati’; 6. ‘Pro conjugio sacerdotum argumenta ex scriptura’; 7. ‘Papa est antichristus’; 8. ‘Panis et vini substantia manet in eucharistia’; 9. ‘Unius scripturæ loci unus est proprius sensus’; 10. ‘Rationes pro transubstantiatione cum solutionibus’; 11. ‘Contra sacrificium missæ’; 12. ‘De sanctorum invocatione’; 13. ‘De certitudine salutis’. On f. 1 is written a list of the apocryphal books of the Old and New Testament, the latter list embracing the Epistle to the Hebrews, that of saints James, Jude, and 2 Peter, and the Apocalypse; and in a different hand ‘Domini Archiepiscopi Whitgift’. The manuscript is in Whitgift’s own handwriting, as also is MS Ff.02.36.

Dates

  • Creation: c 1570

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Extent

1 volume(s) (28 leaves.)

Language of Materials

Latin

Custodial History

From the Library of John Moore (1646–1714), Bishop of Ely (‘Royal Library’), no. 600.

Physical Description

Paper.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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