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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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As touching the first,1 that appeals in Ecclesiastical causes were lawfully made unto the Prince,2 it is clear by Eusebius, by Socrates, by Nicephorus, and by S. Augustine in sundry places.3 Donatus being condemned by threescore and ten Bishops in Africa, appealed unto the Emperor Constantinus, & was received. S. Augustine saith,4 Parmenianus ultrò passus est suos adire Constantinū: Parmenianus willingly suffered his fellows to go unto The emperor Constantinus. Again he saith Infero adhuc & verba Constantini ex literis eius, 5ubi se inter parts cognovisse, & innocentē Caecilianū comperisse, restatur. Here I bring in the words of Constantine out of his own letters, wherein he confesseth, that he heard the parties, 6and found Caecilianus to be innocent. Likewise he saith, An fortè de Religione fas non est, ut dicat Imperator, vel quos miserit Imperator? Cur ergo ad Imperatorē legati vestri venerunt? What, is it not lawful for the Emperor, or for such as shall be sent by the Emperor, to pronounce sentence of Religion? 7Wherefore then came your Ambassadors unto the Emperor? And so likewise againe, Si nihil debent in his causis Imperatores jubere, Si ad Imperatores Christianos haec cura pertinere nō debet,8 quis urgebat maiores vestros causam Caeciliani ad lmperatorē mittere? If Emperors have nothing to command in these cases, or if this matter nothing touch a Christian Emperors charge, who then forced your predecessors to remove Caecilianus matter unto the Emperor? Therefore the Emperor Constantinus summoned the Bishops of the East, that had been in the Council of Tyre, to appear before him, to render account of their doings. His words be these,