A04468:2035
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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Neither may you justly, 1and truly say, ye have received none of your Orders, and Usages from the Heathens. Your own Gloss noteth upon the Decrees, Clerici euntes ad Tumulos mortuorum portabant secum Sacramenta Corporis,2 & Sanguinis Christi: & super tumulos ea distribuebant. Et haec Consuetudo facta fuit a Gentibus: The Clerks (or Priests) going to the graves of the dead, carried with them the Sacraments of the Body, and Blood of Christ: and made distribution thereof over the graves. And this same Custom was used among the Heathens. Nicolaus Leonicenus saith, 3Isidis Sacerdotes in Aegypto utebantur Lineis vestibus, & semper erant deronso capillo: quod etiam per manus traditum ad nostra usque tempora peruenisse videtur. Siquidem ij, qui apud nos Divino Cultui, & Sacris Altaribus praesident, barbam, comamque nutrire prohibentur: & in Sacris utuntur lineis amictibus: The Priests of the Goddess Isis in Egypt used to wear linen surplices, and evermore had their head shaven: Which thing seemeth to have been derived from them unto our time, from hand to hand. For they, that among us Minister God's Service, and serve the Holy Altars, are forbidden to suffer the hear of their head, or their beard to grow: and in their Divine service use Linen Garments. 4Epiphanius saith, that the Heretics called Collyridiani, used to set forth, & to carry about Bread (no doubt, but the Sacrament) in the Honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Nazianzenus seemeth thus to complain of some such unseemly behaviours in his time: Quid referam, saithe he, [Greek or Hebrew]? What shall I speak of the Holy Mysteries turned now into a play, or a Comedy? For so Claudius Du Saints your own Doctor expoundeth these words, Mysteria in comoedias conuersa.
Neither maie you iustly, 1and truely saie, ye haue receiued none of your Orders, and Vsages from the Heathens. Your owne Glose noteth vpon the Decrées, Clerici euntes ad Tumulos mortuorum portabant secum Sacramenta Corporis,2