A04474:1785
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 yet these men will say, Chrysostom, Athanasius, and Theodoretus being Godly Fathers, and holy Bishops, appealed to Rome, and acknowledged the Popes authority, and besought him to use the same. For the true understanding hereof, it shall be necessary to consider the state, that these godly Fathers then stood in, and the miserable confusion of the East part of the world in those days. Chrysostom thereof writeth thus,1 Certamen est totius orbis: Ecclesiae usque ad genua humiliatae sunt: populi dispersi: Clerus divexatus: Episcopi exules: constitutions Patrum violatae. It is the contention of the whole world: The Churches are brought upon their knees: the people is scattered: the ministry is oppressed: the Bishops are banished: the constitutions of our Fathers are broken. 2The Emperors Captain with a band of soldiers beset the Church, where Athanasius was praying: Of the people, that was with him,3 some were spoiled, and banished, some trodden under the soldiers feet, some slain where they went. Paulus the Bishop of Constantinople was hanged: Marcellus the Bishop of Ancyra was deprived:4 Lucius the Bishop of Adrianopolis died in prison: Theodulus, and Olympius two Bishops of Thracia, were commanded to be murdered. The Emperor had commanded Athanasius to be brought unto him, either dead, or alive.
But yet these men wil saye, Chrysostome, Athanasius, and Theodoretus beinge Godly Fathers, and holie Bishops, appealed to Rome, and acknowleged the Popes authoritie, and besought him to vse the same. For the true vnderstandinge hereof, it shalbe necessarie to consider the state, that these godly Fathers then stoode in, and the miserable confusion of the East parte of the worlde in those daies. Chrysostome thereof writeth thus,1 Certamen est totius orbis: Ecclesiae vsque ad genua humiliatae sunt: populi dispersi: Clerus diuexatus: Episcopi exules: constitutiones Patrum violatae. It is the contention of the whole worlde: The Churches are brought vpon their knees: the people is scatered: the ministerie is oppressed: the Bishops are banished: the constitutions of our Fathers are broken.