A04468:794
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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Clemens saith, 1Tribus gradibus eommissa sunt Sacramenta Divinorum Secretorū, id est, Presbytero, Diacono, & Ministro: The Mysteries of the Holy Secrecies be committed unto three Orders: that is, unto the Priests, unto the Deacons, and unto the Ministers: And yet Deacons, and Ministers, as touching the name, are all one.
Clemens saithe, 1Tribus gradibus eommissa sunt Sacramenta Diuinorum Secretorū, id est, Presbytero, Diacono, & Ministro: The Mysteries of the Holy Secresies be committed vnto three Orders: that is, vnto the Priestes, vnto the Deacons, and vnto the Ministers: And yet Deacons, and Ministers, as touchinge the name, are al one.
- 1Clemens Epist. 2. De con. […] st 3. Tribus gradibusClemens Epist. 2. De con. 〈…〉 st 3. Tribus gradibus
Dionysius likewise hath three Orders,1 but not the same: For he reckoneth Bishops, Priests, & Deacons. And whereas M. Harding maketh his account of Four of the Less, or Inferior Orders, meaning thereby, Ostiarios, Lectores, Exorcistas, Acoluthos: The Door keepers, the Readers, the Conjurers, and the Waiters, or Followers: 2His own Ignatius addeth thereto three other Orders: Cantors, Laboratores, Confitentes: The Chanters or Singers, the Labourers, and the Confessors. Elemens addeth thereto, Catechistas, The Informers, or Teachers of them that were entering into the Faith. A little vain Book, bearing the name of S. Hierome, De Septē Ordinibus Ecclesiae, addeth yet an other Order, and calleth them Fossarios, that is, The Sextines, or Overseers of the Graves. And, least you should think he reckoneth this Order, as amongst other necessary offices to serve the people, and not as any part of the Clergy, his words be these, Primus in Clericis Fossariorum Ordo est: qui in similitudinem Tobiae Sancti sepelire morruos admonet: The First Order of the Clergy, is the Order of the Sextines: which, as Holy Toby was wont to do, case upon the people for the burial of the dead.