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A reply unto M. Hardinges answerA replie vnto M. Hardinges ansvveare
A reply unto M. Hardinges answer by perusing whereof the discrete, and diligent reader may easily see, the weak, and unstable grounds of the Romaine religion, which of late hath been accounted Catholic. By John Jewel Bishop of Salisbury.A replie vnto M. Hardinges ansvveare by perusinge whereof the discrete, and diligent reader may easily see, the weake, and vnstable groundes of the Romaine religion, whiche of late hath beene accompted Catholique. By Iohn Iewel Bishoppe of Sarisburie.
Imprinted at London : In Fleetestreate, at the sign of the Black Oliphant, by Henry Wykes, Anno. 1565Imprinted at London : In Fleetestreate, at the signe of the Blacke Oliphante, by Henry VVykes, Anno. 1565
Article 3 › The B. of Salisbury.Article 3 › The B. of Sarisburie.
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Again, where he saith, that John the Archechaunter, that lived in the year of our Lord 680. taught the Clerks of England to pronounce the Latin tongue, it may thereof well be gathered, that before that time, they could not pronounce the Latin Tongue: and so before that time had not the Latin Service.
Againe, where he saithe, that Iohn the Archechaunter, that liued in the yeere of our Lorde 680. taught the Clerkes of Englande to pronounce the Latine tongue, it may thereof wel be geathered, that before that time, they coulde not pronounce the Latine Tongue: and so before that time had not the Latine Seruice.
Now, for so much as, M. Harding saith, By mean of the arrival, & conquest of the English men, who then were Infidels, the Faith was utterly banished out of this Realm, & remained only in a few Britons: and Augustine at his coming restored the same again: and therefore is called of some the English mens Apostle, I think it necessary therefore, shortly to touch somewhat, of the state of the Church within this Land, both before the entry of our English Nation, and also in the first time of our being here. Ghildas1 saith, that Joseph of Arimathea, that took down Christ from the Cross, being sent hither by Philip the Apostle out of France,2 began first to preach the Gospel in this Realm in the time of Tiberius the emperor. Nicephorus saith, that Simon Zealots about the same time, came into this Island, & did the like. Theodoretus saith, that S. Paul immediately after his first delivery in Rome,3 under the emperor Nero, preached the Gospel in this Island, and in other Countries of the West. Tertullian saith, The Island of Britain was subject unto Christ in his time. And Origen witnesseth the like of the same Island in his time:4