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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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Certainly the Bishops in the Council of Constantinople wrote thus in humble wise unto the same Emperor Theodosius: Obsecramus Clementiam tuam,1 ut, quemadmodum Literis honorasti Ecclesiam, quibus nos Conuocasti, ita finalem Conclusionem nostrorum Decretorum corroboves sententia tua, & Sigillo: We beseech your Majesty, that, as ye have honoured the Church by your Letters, wherewith ye have called us together, so it may please you, to Confirm the final Conclusion of our Decrees with your Sentence, and with your Seal.
Certainely the Bishoppes in the Councel of Constantinople wrote thus in humble wise vnto the same Emperoure Theodosius: Obsecramus Clementiam tuam,1 vt, quemadmodum Literis honorasti Ecclesiam, quibus nos Conuocasti, ita finalem Conclusionem nostrorum Decretorum corroboves sententia tua, & Sigillo: Wee beseeche your Maiestie, that, as ye haue honoured the Churche by your Letters, wherewith yee haue called vs togeather, so it maie please you, to Confirme the final Conclusion of our Decrees with your Sentence, and with your Seale.
- 1Post Conci. Ephesinum Primum.
Further, as it appeareth by your own Allegation, the same Emperor Theodosius took upon him,1 to bound, and to limit the Catholic Faith, & that even in the Body of his Civil Laws: which thing neither could he have done without Judgement: nor would he have done without Authority. But, if ye ineane, that by this Determination of the Emperor Theodosius, that Faith only should be taken for Catholic, that was then professed by Pope Damasus, and should afterward be professed by others succeeding in Peters Chair, then have ye secretly conveyed us in an other Untruth. The place it self will soon reprove you.