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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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The B. of Salisbury.
The B. of Sarisburie.
This reason maketh no great proof. For it was ever lawful, not only to the Bishop of Rome, but also to all other Bishops, both to rebuke, and also to Excommunicate wicked doers.1 Anthymus with his fellows was Excommunicate by every of the Patriarchal Sees:2 Paulus Samosatenus, as Nicephorus saith, by all the Bishops under Heaven: Auxentius, and Jovinianus, by S. Ambrose: Dioscorus, and Eutyches by the Council of Constantinople: Cyrillus, albeit he were a Catholic,3 & a Godly Bishop, by all the Bishops of the East. Yet were none of these,4 that thus used the right of Excommunication, either Bishops of Rome,5 or Heads of the Universal Church. And, whereas M. Harding saith, we may remember by the Ecclesiastical stories, that Innocentius the Bishop of Rome Excommunicated Arcadius the Emperor,6 it may please him also to remember, by the same Ecclesiastical stories, that S. Ambrose Excommunicated the Emperor Theodosius:7 and Anastasius the Bishop of Antioch, both by Private letters reproved the Emperor Justinian for his Heresy, and also oftentimes said of him openly in the Church,