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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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The B. of Salisbury.
The B. of Sarisburie.
It were no shame for you, M. Harding, to confess, that the Church of Rome first received her Faith from the Churches of Graecia.1 Neither are they so utterly void of Learning, that have said the same. Rather I marvel, what Learning can lead you, to sate the contrary. S. Augustine saith, Terra Graecorum, unde ubique destinata est Fides: The Land of Graecia, from whence the Faith into all places was sent abroad. Again he saith, Radix Orientalium Ecclesiarum, unde Evangelium in Aphricam venit:2 The Root of the East Churches, from whence the Gospel came into Africa. S. Chrysostom saith unto the people of Antioch, Christianorum nomen▪ velut ex quodam Fonte, hinc incipiens, omnem mundum inundavit: The name of Christians beginning first from this City of Antioch, as from a Spring, hath flowed over the whole world. The Bishops of the East wrote thus unto Julius the Bishop of Rome: Ad Ecclesiam Romanā ab Oriente Praedicatores Dogmatis aduenerunt: The Preachers of Christian Doctrine came from yt East to ⟨p. 577⟩the Church of Rome.3 Likewise S. Basil saith, The Gospel of the Kingdom, springing up first in the Church of Graecia, was from thence published abroad into all the world. Eusebius saith, Lucis virtus, & Sacrae Religionis Lex, beneficio Dei, quasi è sinu Orientis profecta, cunctum simul Orbem Sacro Jubare illustravit: The power of the Light, and the Law of Holy Religion, by God's benefit, springing out, as it were, from the bosom of the East, 4hath shined over the whole world together with a blessed beam. The Emperor Justinian saith, Constantinopolis, Religionis, & Fidei Mater perpetua: Constantinople is the Everlasting Mother of Faith, and Religion. And likewise again, Sacrosancta Constantinopolitanae Civitatis Ecclesia, Matter Pietatis nostrae, & Christianorum Orthodoxae Religionis omnium: The most Holy Church of the City of Constantinople, the Mother of our Holiness, and the Mother of all Christians of the Catholic Faith.