A04474:1771
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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First therefore I must show, that there lay no such ordinary Appeal from all Countries of the world to the Bishop of Rome, & that therefore the same is by M. Harding untruly avouched. That done, I trust, it shall not be hard to answer these places of Chrysostom, Athanasius, and Theodoretus here alleged. And that there lay not any such Appeal to Rome, it is plain by consent of General Councils, by the authority of Holy Fathers, and by the Laws, and Ordinances of Emperors, and Princes: By which grounds, it is easy to understand the practise, and order of the Church in those days.
Firste therefore I must shewe, that there laye no such ordinarie Appeale from al Countreis of the worlde to the Bishop of Rome, & that therefore the same is by M. Hardinge vntruely auouched. That doone, I trust, it shal not be harde to answeare these places of Chrysostome, Athanasius, and Theodoretus here alleged. And that there laye not any suche Appeale to Rome, it is plaine by consent of General Councelles, by the authoritie of Holie Fathers, and by the Lawes, and Ordinances of Emperours, and Princes: By whiche groundes, it is easie to vnderstande the practise, and order of the Churche in those dayes.
In the Council of Nice it is Decreed thus,1 Ab alijs excommunicati, ab alijs ad Communionem ne recipiantur. Let not them that stand Excommunicate by one Bishop, be received again to the Communion by any other. M. Hardinges Appeals, and these words can not well stand together. But he will say, The Bishop either of ignorance, or of malice may Excommunicate the party wrongfully. In this case the same Council hath provided remedy of Appeal, not unto the Bishop of Rome, but unto a Provincial Synod within the Country. These be the words, 2Ergo, ut haec possint digna examination perquiri, rect• visum est, per singulos annos, in singulis provincijs, bis in anno, Episcoporum Concilium fieri, ut simul in unum conuenientes ex communi Provincia, huiusmodi questions examinent. Therefore that these things may be well examined, it is well provided, that every year in every Province, at two several times, there be holden a Council of Bishops, that they meeting together out of all parts of the Province, may hear, and determine such complaints.