A04474:1888
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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As touching the restoring of Athanasius, Pope Julius entreated The emperor in his behalf: which, as it appeareth, was his greatest request: For thus he writeth unto Liberius,1 Precamur ut vestris exhortationibus, tam per vos, quàm per Apocrisiarios vestros adivvemur. We beseech you, that through your good exhortations, both by your self, and by other your agents we may be holpen. More over, for that he was a Patriarch, he summoned a particular Council, and laboured the Bishops. For the Arians said:2 There was on Ecclesiastical Canon, That no man being once deposed should be restored again, onlesse he had first cleared him self before a Council: and that the Bishops that would restore him, ought to be moe in number, then were they, that had deposed him. 3And therefore Chrysostom was much blamed of his adversaries, for that he, being once deposed, had recovered his room without a Council of other Bishops.4 And therefore Flavianus being wrongfully put from his Bishopric, offered up his Bill of Appeal, not unto the Bishop of Rome alone, but unto him with other Bishops. The trueth hereof may well appear by these words of Leo Bishop of Rome unto the Emperour Theodosius:5 Omnes partium nostrarum Ecclesiae, omnes mansue•udini vestrae cum gemitibus, & lachrymis supplicant Sacerdotes, ut, quia eisdem Libellum Appellationis Flavianus Episcopus dedit, generalem Synodum jubeatis intra Italiam celebrari. Al the Churches of these our countries, and all the Priests with sighs, and tears beseech your highness, that, for as much, as Flavianus hath offered up his Bill of Appeal unto them, it may please you to command, a General Council to be kept in Italy.
As touching the restoaring of Athanasius, Pope Iulius intreated Themperour in his behalfe: whiche, as it appeareth, was his greatest request: For thus he writeth vnto Liberius,1