In  the  name  of  God,  Amen.  Before  you,  the  most  reverend  father  in  Christ
and  lord,  the  lord  Thomas,  by  the  grace  of  God  archbishop  of  Canterbury,  pri-
mate of  England  and  legate  of  the  apostolic  see  :  I  Reynold  Peacock,  unworthy,
bishop  of  Chichester,  do  purely,  willingly,  simply,  and  absolutely  confess
and  acknowledge,  that  I,  in  times  past,  that  is  to  say,  by  the  space  of  these
twenty  years  last  past  and  more,  have  otherwise  conceived,  holden,  taught,  and
written,  as  touching  the  sacraments,  and  the  articles  of  the  faith,  than  the  holy
church  of  Rome,  and  universal  church  ;  and  also  that  I  have  made,  written,
published,  and  set  forth,  many  and  divers  pei-nicious  doctrines,  books,  works,
writings,  heresies,  contrary  to  and  against  the  true  catholic  and  apostolic  faith,
containing  in  them  errors  contrary  to  the  cathoUc  faith,  and  especially  these
errors  and  heresies  hereunder  written.'

I.  First  of  all.  That  we  are  not  bound,  by  the  necessitj'  of  faith,  to  believe  Articles
that  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  after  his  death,  descended  into  hell.  formerly

II.  Item,  That  it  is  not  necessary  to  salvation  to  believe  in  the  holy  catholic  Peacock,
church.
III.  Item,  That  it  is  not  necessary  to  salvation  to  believe  the  communion  of
saints.
IV.  Item,  That  it  is  not  necessary  to  salvation  to  affirm  the  body  materially
in  the  Sacrament.
V.  Item,  That  the  universal  church  may  err  in  matters  which  pertain  unto
faith.
VI.  Item,  That  it  is  not  necessary  unto  salvation  to  believe  that  that,  which
every  general  council  vloth  universally  ordain,  approve,  or  determine,  should
necessarily,  for  the  help  of  our  faith,  and  the  salvation  of  souls,  be  approved  and
holden  of  all  faithful  Christians.
