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The sum of the conference between John Rainoldes and John Hart touching the head…The summe of the conference betwene Iohn Rainoldes and Iohn Hart touching the head…
The sum of the conference between John Rainoldes and John Hart touching the head and the faith of the Church. Wherein by the way are handled sundry points, of the sufficiency and right expounding of the Scriptures, the ministry of the Church, the function of priesthood, the sacrifice of the mass, with other controversies of religion: but chiefly and purposely the point of Church-government ... Penned by John Rainoldes, according to the notes set down in writing by them both: perused by John Hart, and (after things supplied, & altered, as he thought good) allowed for the faithful report of that which past in conference between them. Whereunto is annexed a treatise entitled, Six conclusions touching the Holy Scripture and the Church, written by John Rainoldes. With a defence of such things as Thomas Stapleton and Gregory Martin have carped at therein.The summe of the conference betwene Iohn Rainoldes and Iohn Hart touching the head and the faith of the Church. Wherein by the way are handled sundrie points, of the sufficiencie and right expounding of the Scriptures, the ministerie of the Church, the function of priesthood, the sacrifice of the masse, with other controuerises of religion: but chiefly and purposely the point of Church-gouernment ... Penned by Iohn Rainoldes, according to the notes set downe in writing by them both: perused by Iohn Hart, and (after things supplied, & altered, as he thought good) allowed for the faithfull report of that which past in conference betwene them. Whereunto is annexed a treatise intitled, Six conclusions touching the Holie Scripture and the Church, writen by Iohn Rainoldes. With a defence of such thinges as Thomas Stapleton and Gregorie Martin haue carped at therein.
Londini: printed by John Wolfe, 1584Londini: printed by Iohn Wolfe, 1584
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.
You say, that it is so in the Athenian language: but you bring no Athenian nor any Grecian else to witness it. And the French tongue (which followeth the Greek, 1as in many other words, so in this,) hath *the same word (you know) for a stone, and for the name of Peter. Wherein there is a print of the true original & meaning of that name in the Greek tongue. But Christ did call him Cephas in the Syriac tongue: and Cephas (you say) doth signify a rock, as Fabricius showeth. But tFabricius showeth further that Cephas doth signify a stone also. And though he, or rather uthe Jew (whom he citeth) reporteth their saying who expound the name as taken from that word in signification of a rock: yet, having mentioned the other of a stone, he saith thereupon that so his name is Peter in the Roman tongue, and in the Italian a stone is called *pereda. Whereunto I might add that xan other learned writer of the Jews, and ancienter then he, doeth likewise say (as opening the sense of Peters name) that he is called stone. But, that Christ did mean a stone, not a rock, in naming him Cephas: your stoutest champion, D. Sanders, may serve in steed of many witnesses. For he, wanting no will to go as far as the boldest, and having many years advised of the matter, durst say no more for Cephas, but ythat it signifieth a stone, at the most, a great stone: even petra it self zhe doeth expound in this manner, Super hanc petram aedificabo ecclesiam meam, Thou shalt be the first stone (next me) of that church, which I will build on earth. In the which judgement he doeth deserve the greater credit at your hands, because he was contented to hazard his life with the Pope against his Prince in that a