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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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Theodoretus1 was deposed, and banished, and cruelly entreated, as it appeareth by his letters unto Renatus: and therefore, the words, that he useth, are rather tokens of his miseries, and want of help, then certain testimonies of his judgement. For every man is naturally inclined to extol him, and to advance his power, at whose hand he seeketh help.
Theodoretus1 was deposed, and bannished, and cruelly intreated, as it appeareth by his letters vnto Renatus: and therfore, the woordes, that he vseth, are rather tokens of his miseries, and wante of healpe, then certaine testimonies of his iudgement. For euery man is naturally inclined to extolle him, and to auance his power, at whose hande he seeketh healpe.
- 1Theodoretus.
But if it were granted, it was lawful then for the Bishop of Rome, to receive all manner appeals, in such order, as it is pretended, yet cannot M. Harding thereof necessarily conclude, that the Bishop of Rome was the Head of the Universal Church. For Ostiensis saith, Appeals may be made, not only from the lower Judge unto the higher, but also from equal to equal: And in this order, as it shall afterward be showed more at large, Donatus a Casis nigris, 1was by the Emperor lawfully removed from the Bishop of Rome, to the Bishop of Arle in France.
But if it were graunted, it was lawful then for the Bishoppe of Rome, to receiue al manner appeales, in such order, as it is pretended, yet cannot M. Harding thereof necessarily conclude, that the Bishop of Rome was the Head of the Uniuersal Churche. For Ostiensis saith, Appeales may be made, not onely from the lower Iudge vnto the higher, but also from equal to equal: And in this order, as it shal afterwarde be shewed more at large, Donatus a Casis nigris,