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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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M. Harding.
M. Hardinge.
Who hath authority to command the parts of the body,1 but the head?‡ And that the Pope is head, where it is amply declared, ye heard even now. Where you ask, which ever said, that the Pope hath authority to call councils, if you know not so much,* We tell you, that Socrates the writer of the Ecclesiastical history saith so, not speaking in his own person, but reporting an old rule of the Church in these words.4 Sed neque Julius interfuit maximae Romae praesul, neque in locum suum aliquem destinavit, cùm utique regula ecclesiastica jubeat, non oportere praeter sententiam Romani Pontificis ‡concilia celebrari. But neither Julius the bishop of great Rome was present, (at the council of Antiochia) neither sent he any man in his place, where as the ecclesiastical rule commandeth, that without the advise and will of the Pope of Rome no councils be kept. And, as Socrates witnesseth of the calling of councils, so doth Sozomenus witness of the things done in them.6 Cum sacerdotali lege constitutum sit, pro irritis haberi debere, quae praeter sententiam episcopi Romani geruntur. Where as (saith he) it hath been ordained by a law of Bishops, that what things be done (in any council) besides the advice and will of the bishop of Rome, they ought to be taken for none, and void. If you will see more for this authority of calling councils, read Rescriptum Julij Papae contrà Orientals: Epist. Athanasij & Aegyptiorum Pontificum ad Foelicem Papam. This matter is also fully answered.