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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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What shall we need moe witnesses? Your very Ceremoniarie of Rome saithe thus, Hoc affirmamus, ante Carolum Magnum, neminem Imperij Romani Coronam ex Manu Romani Pontificis Romae suscepisse: Thus we say, that before the Emperor Charles the great (that is, for the space of eight hundred years after Christ) no man ever received the Crown of the Romaine Empire at Rome, 1by the Hands of the Bishop of Rome. S. Bernard hereof thus writeth unto the Pope: Esto, ut alia quacunque ratione hoc tibi vendices: non tamen Apostolico jure: Nec illud tibi dare, quod non habuit, Petrus potuit: Be it, that ye claim this right by some other means, Yet by the Apostles right ye cannot claim it: Neither could Peter give you that right, that he himself never bad.
What shal we neede moe witnesses? Youre very Ceremoniarie of Rome saithe thus, Hoc affirmamus, ante Carolum Magnum, neminem Imperij Romani Coronam ex Manu Romani Pontificis Romae suscepisse: Thus we saie, that before the Emperoure Charles the greate (that is, for the space of eight hundred yeeres after Christe) no man euer receiued the Crowne of the Romaine Empiere at Rome, 1by the Handes of the Bishop of Rome. S. Bernarde hereof thus writeth vnto the Pope: Esto, vt alia quacunque ratione hoc tibi vendices: non tamen Apostolico iure: Nec illud tibi dare, quod non habuit, Petrus potuit: Be it, that ye claime this right by somme other meanes, Yet by the Apostles right ye cannot claime it: Neither coulde Peter geeue you that right, that he himselfe neuer badde.
- 1Dist. 96. Cum ad verum. In Gloss Ceremonia. li. 1. Section. 5. ca. 7. Bernardus De Considerat. li. 2.
The Emperor Ludovicus the fourth saith thus: 1Mea Potestas non pendet à Papa, sed à Deo immediatè. Et vanum est, quod dici solet, Papam non habere Superiorem: My Power hangeth not of the Pope, but immediately of God alone. And it is but a peevish vain tale, that they say, the Pope hath no Superior. Johannes Major saith,