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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 4 › The B. of Salisbury.Article 4 › The B. of Sarisburie.
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But touching the forgery of this Council of Nice, the very beginning of the quarrel, and the whole story standeth thus: One Apiarius a Priest of the Church of Sicca in Africa, as it appeareth, a very il man, being justly excommunicate, both by his own Bishop, and also by a great number of other Bishops together in the Council there, appealed from them all unto Zosimus then Bishop of ⟨p. 236⟩Rome. Zosimus without further knowledge of the cause,1 never hearing the other party, pronounced Apiarius to be innocent, & restored him to the Communion. And understanding there was a Council gathered in Africa touching the same, sent thither Faustinus the Bishop of Potentia, with two other priests of Rome, Philippus, & Asellus, not only to see, that the said Ap•arius without any further trial might be restored unto his right, but also to make plea in the open Council, that it should be lawful for any priest to appeal from his own ordinary, or Metropolitan, or Council, unto the Apostolic See of Rome. The Bishops of Africa answered,2 there was no law it should be so. Faustinus laid forth this Canon of the Council of Nice, not made by the authority of the Bishops there, but only devised by the Bishop of Rome. The Bishops there, among whom was S. Augustine that famous learned Father,3 thought it was a forged matter, & therefore said,4 they would send unto Alexandria, Antioch, & Constantinople, for the very Original copies of the said Council,5 and desired the Bishop of Rome to do the same:6 and said, that in the mean while they would do, as they had done before. Upon this Message, and return of the answer with the true Authentic copies from Cyrillus the Bishop of Alexandria, & Atticus the Bishop of Constantinople, it appeared plainly unto the world, that the Canons were corrupted, & that the Pope had falsified the holy Council: and to the intent to advance his Apostolic See of Rome, had devised Privileges, and Prerogatives of his own. Here might M. Harding well bestow his terms: Here might he truly say, The Pope coggeth and foisteth the die, The Pope bombasteth the Canons of Councils, and the Decrees of holy Fathers with his counterfeit stuffing. The Bishops in the Council of Africa,