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A defence of the Apology of the Church of England containing an answer to…A defence of the Apologie of the Churche of Englande conteininge an answeare to…
A defence of the Apology of the Church of England containing an answer to a certain book lately set forth by M. Harding, and entitled, A confutation of &c. By John Jewel Bishop of Salisbury.A defence of the Apologie of the Churche of Englande conteininge an answeare to a certaine booke lately set foorthe by M. Hardinge, and entituled, A confutation of &c. By Iohn Iewel Bishop of Sarisburie.
Imprinted at London : In Fleetestreate, at the sign of the Elephant, by Henry Wykes, Anno 1567. 27. OctobrisImprinted at London : In Fleetestreate, at the signe of the Elephante, by Henry VVykes, Anno 1567. 27. Octobris
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In deed, touching every Metropolitans several Jurisdiction, Gratianus noteth thus: 1Illud generaliter clarum est, qu•d si quis praeter Sententiam Metropolitani fuerit factus Episcopus, hunc magna Synodus definivit Episcopum esse non Oportere: This is generally clear, that if any man be made Bishop without the consent of his Metropolitan, the great Council (of Nice) hath decreed, that such a one may not be Bishop.
In déede, touchinge euery Metropolitanes seueral Iurisdiction, Gratianus noteth thus: 1Illud generaliter clarum est, qu•d si quis praeter Sententiam Metropolitani fuerit factus Episcopus, hunc magna Synodus definiuit Episcopum esse non Oportere: This is generally cleare, that if any man be made Bishop without the consente of his Metropolitane, the greate Councel (of Nice) hath decreed, that sutche a one maye not be Bishop.
- 1Dist 64. Cap. •in.
So likewise saith Socrates of the Bishop of Constantinople:1 Praeter Sententiam Episcopi Constantinopolitani Electio Episcopi ne fiat: Without the Consent of the Bishop of Constantinople let no man be chosen Bishop. Here is a right specially reserved to the Bishop of Constantinople,2 and to every Metropolitan within his own Province: but of the Bishop of Romes Universal right of Confirmation we hear nothing. Neither doth M. Hardinges Counterfeit Anacletus claim all the Bishops through the world, as belonging to his Admission, but only a part. These be his words, Omnes Episcopi, qui huius Apostolicae Sedis Ordinationi subiacent: