A04474:1690
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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The B. of Salisbury.
The B. of Sarisburie.
This place of S. Hierome is notably well noted. But if it might have pleased M. Harding, to note but the two lines that went before, he should soon have seen, that this note was not worth the noting. For it is certain, that S. Hierome there speaketh generally of all Bishops: and not one word specially of the Bishop of Rome. He entreateth there of the order of Confirmation, which, he saith, by the usage of the Church for quietness, & unity, in many places was ministered only by the Bishop, and not by any other Priest: and that, he saith, Ad honorem magis Sacerdotij, quàm ad necessitatem Legis. More for the honour of the state of Bishops, then for the necessity of the Law. And this (as I said) he speaketh generally of all Bishops. Immediately after he addeth these words that M. Harding here allegeth, Ecclesiae salus &c. The safety of the Church hangeth of the dignity of the high priest. Herein S. Hierome agreeth throughly with S. Cyprian, that is, That for avoiding of Sects, and Schisms, one high Priest, that is to say, one Bishop, was by good policy appointed in every Division, to whose doings and Doctrine, the rest of the Clergy should conform them selves. And by this order, the unity of the Church was well preserved. S. Cyprian saith,1 Ecclesia cohaerentium sibi inuicem Sacerdotū glutino copulatur. The ⟨p. 251⟩Church is joined together by the consent of Bishops agreeing in one. 2So saith S. Hierome. Singuli Ecclesiarū Episcopi: singuli Archiepiscopi: singuli Archidiaconi: & omnis ordo Ecclesiasticus suis Rectoribus nititur. There be several Bishops of Churches: several Archbishops: and several Archdeacons: and all the Ecclesiastical order is stayed by the governors.