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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 2 › The B. of Salisbury.Article 2 › The B. of Sarisburie.
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Here must thou mark, good Christian Reader, The Question is, whether M. Hardinges half Communion, were ever ministered openly to the people in the Church within the space of six hundred years after Christ. For proof hereof he allegeth, that this order was allowed in the Councils of Constance, and Basil, the former whereof, was begun & holden, in the year of our Lord a thousand,1 four hundred and fourteenth: and the same, neither general, nor ever generally received. And what force can he find herein to prove his purpose? It is also probably gathered (saith M. Harding) that the same order was taken a thousand years before, in the first Council of Ephesus. Here he is driven ⟨p. 112⟩utterly to leave his learning, & as he commonly doeth, only to hold by bare guess. But if this new devise were brought in to confute the Heretic Nestorius,2 why then took it place first in the Councils of Constance, and Basil, a thousand years after that Nestorius was dead, & his Heresy quite forgotten? If it were so ordered in the Council of Ephesus, why is there no Act, or mention thereof extant in that Council, nor any learned man within a thousand years after to record the same?
Here must thou marke, good Christian Reader, The Question is, vvhether M. Hardinges halfe Communion, vvere euer ministred openly to the people in the Church vvithin the space of sixe hundred yeres after Christe. For prooufe hereof he allegeth, that this order was allowed in the Councels of Constance, and Basil, the former wherof, was begunne & holden, in the yeere of our Lorde a thousande,1 foure hundred and fouretenth: and the same, neither general, nor euer generally receiued. And what force can he finde herein to prooue his purpose? It is also probably geathered (saithe M. Hardinge) that the same order was taken a thousande yeeres before, in the firste Councel of Ephesus. Here he is driuen ⟨p. 112⟩vtterly to leaue his learning, & as he cōmonly doeth, only to holde by bare gheasse. But if this new diuise were brought in to confute the Heretique Nestorius,