A04474:1860
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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Thus many voices were then thought necessary to the Admission of any Bishop.1 Therefore, 2this seemeth no sufficient ground, to prove that the Bishop of Rome is Head of the Church.3 For M. Harding might soon have seen, that the Bishop of Rome him self, touching his own Election, was wont to be allowed by other Bishops. Verily S. Cyprian writeth thus of the Allowance of Cornelius Bishop there: 4Ut Cornelium noveris Coepiscoporum testimonio, quorum numerus universus per mundum concordi unanimitate consensit.5 That thou mayest know Cornelius by the testimony of his Fellow bishops, the whole number of whom throughout the world hath agreed (to the allowing of his election) with one consent. Afterward in an Epistle unto Cornelius himself, 6he writeth thereof more at large: Ad comprobandam ordinationem tuam,7 facta authoritate major, placuit ut per Episcopos omnes omninò in ista Provincia positos, literae fierent, ut te universi Collegae nostri, & Communicationem tuam, id est, Ecclesiae Catholicae unitatem, pariter, & charitatem probarent pariter, & tenerent. To allow thy Consecration, more authority being gathered, I thought it good, that letters should be sent unto all the Bishops of this Province, that all our brethren might both allow, and hold, both thee, and thy Communion, that is to say, the Unity of the Catholic Church. If M. Harding will say, This was not the Confirmation of the Election of Cornelius, it followeth immediately: Sic Episcopatus tui veritas, ⟨p. 283⟩pariter & dignitas, apertissima luce, & manifestissima, & firmissima confirmatione, fundata est. Thus is the trueth, and dignity of thy Bishopric founded in the open light, and with most manifest, and most certain Confirmation. Thus when so ever any Bishop was either installed, or deposed, knowledge thereof was given unto the other Bishops, and the same either allowed, or disallowed by his brethren.