A09453:476
A Reformed Catholic
A reformed Catholic: or, A declaration showing how near we may come to the present Church of Rome in sundry points of religion: and wherein we must for ever depart from them with an advertisement to all favourers of the Roman religion, showing that the said religion is against the Catholic principles and grounds of the catechism.A reformed Catholike: or, A declaration shewing how neere we may come to the present Church of Rome in sundrie points of religion: and vvherein we must for euer depart from them with an advertisment to all fauourers of the Romane religion, shewing that the said religion is against the Catholike principles and grounds of the catechisme.
Cambridge: printed by John Legat, 1598Cambridge: printed by Iohn Legat, 1598
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Lastly their writers use manifest lying, to justify their doctrine. They plead falsely that all antiquity is on their side; whereas it is as ⟨p. 348⟩much against them as for them: and as much for us as them. Again their manner hath bin and is still to prove their opinions by forged and counterfeit writings of men, some whereof I will name.
Lastly their writers vse manifest lying, to iustifie their doctrine. They plead falsly that all antiquitie is on their side; whereas it is as ⟨p. 348⟩much against them as for them: and as much for vs as them. Againe their manner hath bin and is still to prooue their opinions by forged and counterfait writings of men, some whereof I will name.
1 Saint James Liturgy. 2 The Canons of the Apostles. 3 The books of Dionysius Ariopagita, and namely De Hier archia Ecclesiastica. 4 The Decret all Epistles of the Popes. 5 Pope Clements works. 6 Some of the Epistles of Ignatius. 7 Origens book of repentance. His homilies in diversos sanctos. Commentaries on Job: and book of Lamentation. 8 Chrysostoms Liturgy. 9 Basils liturgy and his Ascetica. 10 Augustines book de 8. quest. Dul•itij. A book of true and false repentance. Ser▪ de festo commemorationis animarum. book de dogm. Ecclesiast. Sermon ad fratres in Heremo. Sermon of Peters chair. Book of visiting the sick, &c. 11 Justin Martyrs Questions and Answ. 12 Athanasius epistle to Pope Felix. ⟨p. 349⟩13 Bernards sermons of the Lords Supper. 14 Hieromes epistle ad Demetriadem savouring of Pelagius. 15 Tertullian de Monogamia. 16 Cyprian de Chrismate & de ablutione pe•um. 17 In the Council of Sardica the 3, 4, and 5, canons are forged. 18 In the Council of Nice all save 20. are forged. 19 Certain Roman Councils under Sylvester are forged. For he was at this time dead, and therefore could not confirm them. Sozom. lib. 2. 20 To the sixth canon of the Council of Nice are patched these words, That the Roman Church hath always had the supremacy. 21 Lastly, I will not omit that Pope Sozimus, Bonifacius, and Coelestinus falsified the canons of the council of Nice, to prove appeals from all places to Rome; so as the Bishops of Africa were forced to send for the true copies of the said Council from Constantinople and the