A04474:1846
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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Now, if M. Harding will reason thus, The Pope excommunicated other Bishops, Ergo, He was Head of the Church:
Nowe, if M. Hardinge wil reason thus, The Pope excommunicated other Bishoppes, Ergo, He was Heade of the Churche:
Then of the same principle we may well to the contrary reason thus: The Pope him self was Excommunicate by other Bishops: Ergo, The Pope was not the Head of the Church.
Then of the same principle we may wel to the contrary reason thus: The Pope him selfe was Excommunicate by other Bishoppes: Ergo, The Pope was not the Heade of the Churche.
For the Antecedent, That the Pope was pronounced Excommunicate by other Bishops, it is out of question. For it is recorded in the Ecclesiastical story, that Julius being Bishop of Rome,1 was Excommunicate by the Bishops of the ⟨p. 281⟩East:2 Pope Leo was excommunicate by Dioscorus: Pope Uigilius was Excommunicate by Menna the Bishop of Constantinople: And Pope Honorius was Excommunicate by the sixth Council holden at Constantinople.3
For the Antecedent, That the Pope was pronounced Excommunicate by other Bishoppes, it is out of question. For it is recorded in the Ecclesiastical storie, that Iulius beinge Bishoppe of Rome,