A04474:1852
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.
If this reason may stand for good, and who so ever hath the allowing of the Election, or Consecration of Bishops, must therefore be taken as Head of the Church, then must the Church of necessity have many Heads. For it is certain, the allowance hereof pertaineth to many.a S. Ambrose saith, that all the Bishops both of the East, and of the West, gave their Consent, and Allowance to his Election. Theodosius the Emperor standing in the defence of Flavianus the Bishop of Constantinople, saith,b That all the Bishops of the East, of Asia, Pontus, Thracia, and Illyricum, had allowed his Election. cEudoxius entered into the Bishopric of Antioch, without the allowance, and Consent of Georgius the Bishop of Laodicea, and of Marcus the Bishop of Arethusa, and of other Bishops, that had interest therein: and is reproved for the same.d Gregorius Presbyter saith, for that the Election, and Installation of Gregory Nazianzene was paste, before the Bishops of Egypt, and Macedonia were come, and so made without their consent, that therefore they utterly refused to allow him, or to admit him as Bishop there, not for any misliking in the party, but for that they thought them selves defrauded of their voices.
If this reason may stande for good, and who so euer hath the allowinge of the Election, or Consecration of Bishoppes, muste therefore be taken as Heade of the Churche, then must the Church of necessitie haue many Heades. For it is certaine, the allowance hereof perteineth to many.a