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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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And Albertus Pigghius saith,1 that both these Councils, as well that of Basil as the other of Constance, Decreed against the order of Nature, against the manifest Scriptures, against the authority of all Antiquity, and against the Catholic faith of the Church.
And Albertus Pigghius saithe,1 that bothe these Councels, as wel that of Basil as the other of Constance, Decreed against the order of Nat•re, against the manifest Scriptures, against thoutoritie of al Antiquitie, and against the Catholike faith of the Churche.
- 1I•••hius in Hierarchia.
These be the two Councils that M. Harding would have to weigh so deeply in a Catholic mans conscience. Neither can it justly be replied, that any of these were Lutherans. For the Dominic Friars were a hundred years before Luther ever preached: And Albertus Pigghius wrote namely and of purpose against Luther. Verily these Councils seem over light, to weigh down all the old Councils of grave and Catholic Fathers, that were before them. Touching the authority of Councils, because they seem oftentimes to vary, Gelasius thought it best to take up the matter thus:1 In gestis Conciliorum, quotiescunque discors sententia inuenitur, illius Concilij sententia magis teneatur, cuius antiquior, & potior extat authoritas. When so ever contrariety in sentence is found in the Acts of Councils, let the sentence of that Council be taken, that hath the elder, and better authority. It this determination of Gelasius be good, there is no cause why these two so late Councils should weigh down any Catholic mans conscience, specially against so many contrary Councils as have been before. Doubtless it is a marvellous case, that either of these two Councils, should at last see that thing in the words of S. Luke, that the Council of the Apostles could not see.