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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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Yet was the Church of God in those days everywhere, under cruel, and vehement persecution. Therefore to abate this ambitious courage, order was afterward taken in the Council of Carthage, that no man should be entitled the Highest Bishop, or the Prince of Bishops, or by any other like name. The Greek Bishops in the Council of Antioch,1 and the Bishops of Africa, being in number two hundred and seventeen, in the Council there found them selves grieved with the Pride and Arrogance of the See of Rome. For that John the Bishop of Constantinople took upon him, to be called the Universal Bishop, therefore Gregory the Bishop of Rome called him Lucifer, and the Messenger of Antichrist: and said, He had chosen unto him a proud, and arrogant, a pompous, and a blasphemous name.2 But after that, by great suit made unto the Emperor Phocas, the Bishops of Rome them selves had once obtained the same title, and had possessed, & enjoyed the same a long while, in the end their pride was such, that it seemed intolerable.3 Then they began to decree, and determine, That every mortal man is bound, to be subject to the See of Rome, & that upon pain of damnation: and that without the Obedience of that See, no man is saved: That the Bishop of Rome is an Universal Judge over all men:4 and that he him self may be judged by no man, neither by Emperor, nor by King, nor by all the Clergy, nor by the whole people, For that it is written by the Prophets Isaiah, The Axe shall not glory against him, that heweth with it: That what so ever he do, no man may presume to say unto him,5 Domine cur ita facis? Sir, why do you thus? That he hath all manner Law,6 and Right in Scrinio pectoris sui, in the Closet of his breast. That all other Bishops receive of his fullness: aThat no Councils can make laws for the Church of Rome: and that the Bishop of Romes authority is plainly excepted out of all Councils: