A04468:2484
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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First, he saith, Dame Joan is not registered in the Calendar among the Popes: Ergo, it is but a vain Fable, that ever Dame Joan was Pope in Rome. This Conjecture, M. Harding, is very simple. For I doubt not, but ye may well remember, that Bishops names, as well in Rome, as otherwheres, have upon sundry occasions been oftentimes quite stricken out of the Calendar.
Firste, he saithe, Dame Iohane is not registred in the Calendare emonge the Popes: Ergo, it is but a vaine Fable, that euer Dame Iohane was Pope in Rome. This Coniecture, M. Hardinge, is very simple. For I doubte not, but ye maie wel remember, that Bishoppes names, as wel in Rome, as otherwheres, haue vpon sundrie occasions benne oftentimes quite striken out of the Calendare.
So was Chrysostoms name upon displeasure, quite stricken out of the Table of the Bishops of Constantinople, 1as if he had never been Bishop there.
So was Chrysostomes name vpon displeasure, quite striken out of the Table of the Bishoppes of Constantinople, 1as if he had neuer benne Bishoppe there.
- 1In Vita Chryso. Chrys. Epist. 3. ad Cyriacum.
And Chrysostom him self, writing unto Cyriacus in his own defence, saith thus, Siquidem hoc feci, expungatur nomen meum ex albo Episcoporum: & non scribatur in Libro Orthodoxae Fidei: If I have thus done, let my name be razed out of the Bishops Calendar: and let it not be registered in the Book of the Catholic Faith.