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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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Of such Authority was the Popes consent in Summoning of Councils. He humbly craved it upon his knees, with sighs, and tears: and could not get it. Hereof Aeneas Syluius, which afterward was Pope Pius. 2, saithe thus, 1Ex hisce Authoritatibus mirum in modum see putant armatos, qui Concilia negant sieri posse sine consensu Papae. Quorum sententia, si, ut ipsi volunt, inuiolata persistat, ruinam secum Ecclesiae trahit. Quid enim remedij ⟨p. 665⟩erit,2 si criminosus papa perturbet Ecclesiam: si animas perdat: si animas peruertat malo exemplo populos: si denique contraria Fidei praedicet, Haereticisque Dogmatibus imbuat subditos? Sinemúsne cum ipso cuncta ruere? At ego, dumb veteres lego Historias, dumb Actus perspicio Apostolorum, hunc equidem morem non inuenlo, ut Soli Papae Concilia conuocaverint: Nec pòst, tempore Constantini Magni, & aliorum Augustorum, ad Congreganda concilia quaesitus est magnoperè Romani consensus Papae: By these Authorities they think them selves armed, that say, no Council may be kept without the consent of the Pope. Whose Judgement, if it should stand, as they would have it, would draw with it the decay, and ruin of the Church. For what remedy were there then, if the Pope him self were vicious, destroyed Souls, overthrew the people with evil examples, taught Doctrine contrary to the Faith, and filled his Subjects full of Heresies? Should we suffer all to go to the Devil? Verily, when I read the Old stories, and consider the Acts of the Apostles, I find no such order in those days, that only the Pope should Summon Councils. And afterward, in the time of Constantine the Great, and of other Emperors, when Councils should be called, there was no great account made of the Popes consent. 3Cardinal Cusanus saith, Negligent, aut Contradicente papa, Imperator potest praeceptivè Synodos indicere, ad providendum fluctuanti Ecclesiae: If the Pope be negligent, or, if he say nay, the Emperor, to stay the wavering state of the Church, may command Councils by his own Authority. Thus the Emperor Sigismund called a Council at constance: notwithstanding it stood Pope John much upon, never to yield his consent unto it. For in the same Council he was deprived, and of a Pope was made a Cardinal.