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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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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 At which time Lucius the King of this Realm was Baptized,5 & received the Gospel, and sent to Rome to Eleutherius the Bishop there for his advise, touching the ordering of his ⟨p. 191⟩Church and Realm. Helena being an English woman, wife unto Constantius the Emperor, and mother unto Constantinus, is notably praised for her Faith,6 and Religion, by S. Ambrose, by Eusebius, by Sozomenus and others.
Now, for so muche as, M. Harding saithe, By meane of the arriual, & conquest of the English menne, who then were Infidels, the Faithe was vtterly bannished out of this Realme, & remained onely in a fewe Britaines: and Augustine at his comminge restoared the same againe: and therefore is called of some the Englishe mennes Apostle, I thinke it necessary therfore, shortely to touche somewhat, of the state of the Churche within this Lande, bothe before the entrie of our Englishe Nation, and also in the first time of our beinge here. Ghildas