A04474:1594
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 4 › The B. of Salisbury.Article 4 › The B. of Sarisburie.
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Further, this author saith, that in all cases there lay appeals from the Metropolitan to the Bishop of Rome: and that by the authority of the Nicene Council. But that thing in the Council of Carthage,1 S. Augustine being then present, was utterly denied by all the Bishops of Africa, Numidia, Mauritania, Byzancena, and Tripolis, to the number of two hundred and seventeen, and by the witness of the three Patriarchs of Antiochia, Constantinopolis, and Alexandria, was found untrue.
Further, this authour saithe, that in al cases there lay appeales from the Metropolitane to the Bishop of Rome: and that by the authorit•e of the Nicene Councel. But that thinge in the Councel of Carthage,1 S. Augustine beinge then present, was vtterly denied by al the Bishoppes of Aphrica, Numidia, Mauritania, Byzancena, and Tripolis, to the number of two hundred and seuentiene, and by the witnesse of the three Patriarkes of Antiochia, Constantinopolis, and Alexandria, was founde vntrue.
- 1Concil. Carthaginen. 6.
This authour saithe, Fuit semper vestrae Sanctae & Apostolicae Sedi licentia, iniustè damnatos, vel excommunicatos potestativè sua authoritate restituere, & sua eis omnia reddere. Your holy Apostolic See had evermore a special Prerogative by your own authority, and by way of power, to relieve men unjustly condemned, or excommunicate, and to restore them to their own. But it shall hereafter appear, that the Bishop of Rome at that time had no such power: and that it was not he, that restored any man in that case by his power, but only the Emperor.
This authour saithe, Fuit semper vestrae Sanctae & Apostolicae Sedi licentia, iniustè damnatos, vel excōmunicatos potestatiuè sua authoritate restituere, & sua eis omnia reddere. Your holy Apostolique See had euermore a special Prerogatiue by your owne authoritie, and by waie of power, to relieue menne vniustly condemned, or excommunicate, and to restoore them to their owne. But it shal hereafter appeare, that the Bishop of Rome at that time had no suche power: and that it was not he, that restored any man in that case by his power, but onely the Emperour.