A04474:1694
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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And the Gloss thereupon saith thus,1 Hieronymus probat h•c, plures praelatos non debere esse in una Ecclesia: 2sed singulos debere esse in singulis Eccles•s. S. Hierome here proveth, that there may not be two, or moe Bishops in one Church: But that a several Bishop must be in every several Church. To the like purpose S. Hierome writeth upon the Epistle unto Titus. Haec proptereà, ut ostenderemus, apud veteres •osdem fuisse Presbyteros, quos & Episcopos. Paulatim verò, ut dissensionum plantaria evellerentur, ad unum omnèm sollicitudinem esse delatam. These things have I spoken to the intent to show, that in old time Priests, and Bishops were all one: and that in process, and by degrees, the whole charge was brought unto one man (he meaneth within one Diocese) that the occasions of dissension might be rooted out. 3And therefore, as it is before declared▪ S. Cyprian saith,4 Hereof spring Schisms, for that the Priest of the Lord is not obeyed. And therefore also saith S. Hierome, Unless the Bishop have a special power above others, there will be as many Schisms in the Church, as there be Priests. But all these things thus uttered generally of all Bishops, M. Harding wresteth, and forceth only unto one Bishop: and thus, that is General, he maketh Special: and, that is Special, he maketh General, at his pleasure: and as before he misreported S. Cyprian, even so doth he now likewise misreport S. Hierome, and so shoreth up a ruinous matter with the falsification of his Doctors.
And the Glose therevpon saith thus,1 Hieronymus probat h•c, plures praelatos non debere esse in vna Ecclesia: 2