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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 1 › The B. of Salisbury.Article 1 › The B. of Sarisburie.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Notwithstanding for avoiding of error, it is also further to be marked, that this same word, Missa, 1in the old writers, sometime signifieth no Mass at all, neither Private nor Common: but only a resort and meeting of the people together in place and time of Prayer, as it may sundry ways appear, and namely by old Translations out of the Greek into Latin touching the same. For that the Greek Writer uttereth by the word that signifieth an assembly, or meeting of the people, the same doth the Latin Interpreter oftentimes Translate by this word, Missa. For example, Sozomenus in Greek writeth thus:2 [Greek or Hebrew], that is when the people came together: that doth Epiphanius Translate into Latine thus:3 Cum populus congregaretur ad Missas, When the people came to Mass. 4Likewise Socrates writeth thus in the Greek, [Greek or Hebrew], That is to say, To have a Congregation, or assembly by them selves: ⟨p. 73⟩That doth Epiphanius translate into Latine thus:5 Apud se ipsos Missarum celebrare solennia, that is, Among them selves to celebrate the solemn•ties of the Mass. In these and many other like places, which I purposely pass by, it must needs be confessed, that, Missa, can not any way be taken for the Mass, but only for an assembly of the people. For which cause all manner of common prayers many times are called,6 Missa, as may be seen in Cassianus an ancient writer, and sometime Scholar to S. Chrysostom, In Canone divinarum orationum, and in Honorius and others, sufficient only to be touched. But amongst all other significations, it can not be found that this word Missa, 7in any old writer was ever taken for the Private Mass, notwithstanding any thing by M. Harding yet alleged.