A10345:1530
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
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Rainoldes. They who deal with taming of lions (I have read) are wont, when they find them somewhat out of order, to beat dogs before them: that in a dog the lion may see his own desert. Even so when I rebuke the writer of S. Francis life, or of S. Dominikes, or of the moth-eaten book as you call it, *though he who wrote it was an Archbishop, & in his time a man of name, and his book a legend, read publicly ⟨p. 496⟩in Churches, and called golden for the excellency; but when I rebuke that moth-eaten writer, or Antoninus (if you will,) and Vincentius Beluacensis, who are as good as he wellnigh: you must not think I do it for the dogs sake, but for the lions rather, I mean the ancient writers who deserve rebuke too. For, as not kRupertus only, but lSedulius, do write that our Saviour after his resurrection appeared first to the blessed virgin, which is false, but they thought through an affection to her, that he should have done so: in like sort a loving affection to Saints hath transported sundry, not only later writers, but ancienter also from the truth to fancies. Gelasius, and the seventy Bishops, who were assembled in a Council with him, were assembled about eleven hundred years ago. Yet even then how many stories of the Saints were set abroad with forged fables? almost a whole bead-roll, mcondemned by the Council. Whereof that some were coined upon that affection, as some upon others: one of them, entitled nthe acts of Paul and Thecla, may serve for an example. These acts contained a story (supposed to be omitted in the oacts of the Apostles) how that when S. Paul did preach at Iconium, Thecla a maiden betrothed to a gentleman, hearing him preach of maidenhood, forsook her husband by and by, and went away with him: and thereupon was persecuted, and delivered from great dangers, and wrought many miracles, and travailed through sundry countries with S. Paul. Which though it be a lewd tale, agreeing neither with