A04468:3392
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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The B. of Salisbury.
The B. of Sarisburie.
To answer all your trifles, M. Harding, it were too long. We refuse not the names of Oblation, or Sacrifice. We know, that the Holy Ministration is Commonly so called by the Ancient Fathers: For that, as Chrysostom saith, it is the Memory, the Remembrance, the Sampler, the Token of that one Sacrifice, that Christ once offered in his Body upon the Cross.1 Howe be it, the reason hereof, that ye would seem to wrest out of y• Greek word, [Greek or Hebrew], is very simple, and betrayeth in you, either want of skill, or great corruption. For, being learned in the Greek tongue, ye must needs know, that ⟨p. 514⟩[Greek or Hebrew] signifieth not a Sacrifice,2 but a Ministry, or public Service. Plutarchus saith thus, Lictores, quasi Litores dicebantur, quo'd essent [Greek or Hebrew] Hereby it appeareth, 3that the Common Hangman of the City was called [Greek or Hebrew], and his office [Greek or Hebrew]: Which, I trow, M. Harding, ye would not have to be called a Sacrificer, & a Sacrifice. Pachymeres, in his Annotations upon Dionysius. saith thus: [Greek or Hebrew], appellat Diaconos, aut eos, qui nunc Hypodiaconi appellantur: He c•lleth them, [Greek or Hebrew], that are called Deacons, or Subdeacons, S. Paul, speaking of Kings, & Civil Princes, saith, [Greek or Hebrew], aut Ministri Dei sun• I reckon ye will not say, that either Deacons, or Subdeacons, or Kings, or Princes had Authority to Minister the Holy Communion, or, as you say, to offer up the Daily Sacrifice. Where as S. Luke saith, [Greek or Hebrew], Ministrantibus illis; Chrysostom demandeth this question, Quid est Ministrantibus, [Greek or Hebrew] He answereth, Praedicantibus. Whereby it appeareth, that the Apostles Sacrificing, was their preaching. It had been over much vaitie, to note theis things, had not your vain quarrel given the occasion. Certainly there is no mention in the said Council of Gangra either of your Mass, or of your External Sacrifice.