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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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Above all others, the Subscription, and Confirmation of the four Principal Patriarchs was specially required, for that both their charge, and also their Countenance, and Credit was greater then others. Among which four, the Bishop of Rome was ever the first, and therefore his consent seemed to bear greatest weight.1 And for that cause the Emperor Martianus required Leo the Bishop of Rome, to write unto the Council of Chalcedon, and to declare, that he gave his consent to the Rule of Faith, that was there determined.2 And in like sort the Emperor Theodosius requireth all Bishops, to Subscribe, and to give their assent to the Council of Nice. For it is a rule agreeable unto Law, and Reason, Quod omnes tangit, 3ab omnibus debet approbari. The thing that toucheth all, ought to be allowed by all. And therefore Julius being Bishop of Rome pronounced, that all the Acts of the Council of Antioch were void, and of no force, for that he, being one of the four Patriarchs, was not called thither, as well as others. For it appeareth by Eusebius,4 Theodoretus, and others, that to all General Councils, all Primates, and Metropolitans were specially summoned. And this seemeth to be that Canon,5 that Julius allegeth, that it was not lawful to make rules, and orders for the whole Church, without the consent of the Bishop of Rome, being one of the four chief Patriarchs, and having in his Province one great portion of the Church. And therefore Leo Bishop of Rome testifieth his consent to the Council of Chalcedon by these words,6 Fraternitas vestra novit, me definitionem ⟨p. 287⟩Sanctae Synodi toto corde complexum esse. Your brotherhoode knoweth, that I have embraced with my whole heart the Determination of that holy Council. And likewise unto the Emperor Martianus he writeth thus,7