A04474:1796
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 therefore Julius the Bishop of Rome, finding his own infirmity herein, wrote unto the Emperor Constans,1 and opened unto him the whole matter, and besought him to write unto his brother Constantius, that it might please him, to send the Bishops of the East, to make answer to that, they had done against Athanasius. Even so the Clergy of the City of Antioch, in the like case of trouble, and spoil, wrote unto John the Patriarch of Constantinople,2 to entreat the Emperor in their behalf. It appeareth hereby, that this Infinite Authority, and Prerogative power over all the world, in those days was not known.
And therfore Iulius the Bishop of Rome, findinge his owne infirmitie herein, wrote vnto the Emperour Constans,1 and opened vnto him the whole mater, and besought him to write vnto his brother Constantius, that it might please him, to sende the Bishops of the East, to make answeare to that, they had doone against Athanasius. Euen so the Cleargie of the Citie of Antioche, in the like case of trouble, and spoile, wrote vnto Iohn the Patriarke of Constantinople,2 to intreate the Emperour in their behalfe. It appeareth hereby, that this Infinite Authoritie, and Prerogatiue power ouer al the worlde, in those daies was not knowen.
- 1Sozomenus li. 3. Ca. 10.
- 2Concil. Constantinopol. quintū Actio. 1.Concil. Constantinopol. quintū Actio. 1.
I think it hereby plainly, and sufficiently proved, first that the Bishop of Rome had no authority to receive appeals from all parts of the world, and that by the Councils of Nice, of Tele, of Milevitum, and of Africa: by S. Cyprian, and by the Emperors Martian, and Justinian. Next, that M. Harding, the better to furnish his matter, hath notoriously falsified Chrysostoms words, three times in one place. Thirdly, that Chrysostoms letter unto Innocentius contained matter of complaint, but no appeal: which thing is also proved by the very words, and tenor of the letter: by the Bishops of Romes own confession: and by the imperfection, and weakness of their doings. For the law saith, Jurisdictio sine modica coerctione nulla est. Jurisdiction without some compulsion is no Jurisdiction.