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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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Ireneaeus speaketh neither of Supremacy, nor of Headship of the Church, nor of any other Universal power. Therefore M. Harding mistelleth his authors tale, and avoucheth that, he never meant. For Irenaeus in that place writeth only against Ualentinus, Cerdon, and Marcion, which, contrary to the Doctrine of the Apostles, had devised sundry strange Heresies, & Fantasies of their own. For trial whereof, he biddeth them to behold the Churches, which the Apostles had planted.1 The Church of Ephesus (saith he) first instructed by S. Paul, and afterward continued by S. John, is a sufficient witness of the Apostles learning. Polycarpus being converted, and taught by the Apostles, instructed the Church of Smyrna: and all the Churches of Asia follow it. Yet none of all these Churches ever allowed, or received your strange doctrine. 2yea the very wild Barbarous nations, that have received the faith of Christ at the Apostles hands only by hearing, without any book, or letter, if they should hear of these Heresies, they would stop their ears. Thus Irenaeus calleth forth these Heretics, as we do now our Adversaries, to be tried by the Doctrine, and Churches of the Apostles. But he saith, Valde longum est, in hoc tali volumine omnium Ecclesiarum enumerare successions. It would be very long in such a book as this is, to reckon up the successions of all Churches. Therefore he resteth specially upon the example of the Church of Rome, which he calleth Maximam, antiquissimam, & omnibus cognitam: ⟨p. 244⟩The greatest, most ancient, and known to all men. And saith, By the example of this Church, we confound all perverse Doctrine: And addeth further, Ad hanc Ecclesiam, propter potentiorem principalitatem, necesse est omnem Ecclesiam conuenire: quia in hac semper conseruata est ea, quae est ab Apostolis Traditio. Unto this Church of Rome every other Church must agree: The reason is, For that in this Church the Tradition of the Apostles hath ever been kept. 3So the Emperors Gratian, Valentinian, and Theodosius Commanded all them to be called Catholics, 4that follow the Faith, that S. Peter delivered to the See of Rome. For the Apostles Doctrine is the trial, and rule of Faith. This Doctrine at the beginning was exactly observed in Rome without corruption: and therefore was that Church in reverence, and estimation above others.