A04468:1027
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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Now for as much, as ye have thought it so good, to examine the Petite degree of the Bishops of Salisbury, I trust ye will not think it il, if I al•tle touch the like in the Bishops of Rome: that we may thereby be the better able to see some of the branches of your Succession. Therefore shortly to say, you know that Pope Marcellinus committed Idolatry: that Pope Sylvester. 2. was a Conjurer, and gave him self whole Body, and Soul unto the Devil, and by the Devils procurement was made Pope: That Pope Zosimus for ambition, and claim of government corrupted the Holy Council of Nice: That Pope Liberius was an Arian Heretic: That Pope Leo, as appeareth by the Legend, was likewise an Arian: That Pope Coelestinus was a Nestorian Heretic: Pope Honorius was a Monothelite Heretic: Pope John. 22. was reproved by Gerson, and the School of Paris for an Heretic: Petrarcha saith, ⟨p. 132⟩Rome is a Sanctuary of all Heresies:1 Lyra saith, that many Popes have fallen into Heresies:2 you know, that Pope Hildebrand, as he was charged by the Council of Brixia, was an Adulterer, a Churcherobber, a Perjured man, a Mankiller, a Sorcerer, and a Renegate of the Faith: That Platina calleth the Popes sometimes in scorn,3 Pontificulos, Little Petite Popes: sometimes Monstra, & Portenta, Monsters, and Unnatural, and il shapen Creatures. Pope Adrian the fourth was wont to saie, Succedimus, non Petro in pascendo, sed Romulo in Parricidio: We Succeed, not Peter in Feeding, but Romulus in Killing. And to leave Dame Joan the woman Pope, with many others moe of like Virtue, and Holiness, as having no pleasure in this rehearsal: And, for as much as M. Harding began this matter with Salisbury, to end it with the same,4 Johannes Sarisburiensis saith, In Romana Ecclesia sedent Scribae, & Pharisaei: In the Church of Rome (by Succession) sit the Scribes, and the Pharisees.
Nowe for as mutche, as ye haue thought it so good, to examine the Petite degree of the Bishoppes of Sarisburie, I truste ye wil not thinke it il, if I altle touche the like in the Bishoppes of Rome: that wée maye thereby be the better hable to sée some of the branches of your Succession. Therefore shortly to saie, you knowe that Pope Marcellinus committed Idolatrie: that Pope Syluester. 2. was a Coniurer, and gaue him selfe whole Body, and Soule vnto the Diuel, and by the Diuels procuremente was made Pope: That Pope Zosimus for ambition, and claime of gouernmente corrupted the Holy Councel of Nice: That Pope Liberius was an Arian Heretique: That Pope Leo, as appeareth by the Legende, was likewise an Arian: That Pope Coelestinus was a Nestorian Heretique: Pope Honorius was a Monothelite Heretique: Pope Iohn. 22. was reprooued by Gerson, and the Schole of Parise for an Heretique: Petrarcha saithe,