the Pope
historical figure · 3 works · 4 mentions · 5 anchored passages
the Pope's supremacy · the pope
in the texts
The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625–1660
The Pope, named among the powers united against the Protestant cause in Charles I's account.
that (besides the Pope, and the House of Austria, and their ancient confederates) the French King professed the rooting out of the Protestant Religion;
wherein they shall abjure and renounce the Pope’s supremacy, the doctrine of transubstantiation, purgatory, worshipping of the consecrated host, crucifixes and images;
Letters
The bishop of Rome, referenced as supplying letters supporting Faustus's claim to episcopacy.
Know, too, that Faustus came to us bearing letters from the Pope, asking that he be made bishop.
I wish your reverence to know that the brother Anthimus has ordained Faustus, the companion of the Pope, as bishop — without even receiving votes — ordaining him to the place of the most reverend brother Cyril, so as to fill Armenia with factions.
Construction Construed and Constitutions Vindicated
The head of the Roman Catholic Church, referenced as having been removed from English religious authority during the Reformation while related privileges persisted.
The pope was gotten rid of, but the tithes and the episcopal aristocracy remained.