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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
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Rainoldes. Ignarus can not prove that. He must be content to be deceived in some what as well as his ancestors. For it is too clear by the fCouncils them selves that Isidore did dye about the time that we agreed of: and therefore no help, but it must be an other who wrote that preface in his name. Which maketh me so much the more to suspect that the epistles are counterfeit, sith I find that a Father was counterfeited to get them credit. And sure it is likely that about the time of Charles the great, when the western Churches did commonly-fetch books ⟨p. 518⟩from the Roman library, some groom of the Popes (that had an eye to the alms-box) conveyed this pamphlet in amongst them: and well meaning men (in France, and other countries) received it as a worthy work, compiled by S. Isidore, and coming from the See Apostolic. But say what may be said for the silence of old witnesses, which is urged, (and justly,) as a probable conjecture, that those epistles were not extant in their days, the matters that are handled and debated in them, the scriptures alleged, the stories recorded, the ceremonies mentioned, the times and dates assigned, are, not conjectures probable, but most certain proofs, that they could not be written by those ancient Bishops of Rome, whose names they bear. There is a book entitled to the Poet