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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. The saying of Tully (I see) is very true: xHe that is once gone beyond the bounds of modesty, must ⟨p. 293⟩lustily be impudent. yAlbertus Pighius, an Archpapist, intending to prove (in his books of the holy princehood of the Church,) that in all causes of faith and religion the Pope is the sovereign judge of all Christians, whom they are bound to hear and follow: because it was absurd, he thought, and very dangerous to attribute so great a power to one man, unless the man were such, as might not err in faith, ztherefore he took upon him to bring in this doctrine that the prayer of Christ for Peters faith not to fail, doth privilege the Pope from falling into any heresy. Whereupon, as in general he denied that the Pope may be an heretic, athough all Divines and Canonists (by his confession) grant it: so, to cleanse Honorius thereof in particular, he said that the copies of the sixth Council, which made against him, were corrupted. This dealing of Pighius was greatly misliked by learned men of his own side, bin so much that one of them reproved him for it in a public assembly, & wished him to recant it. They alleged against him, that Honorius was condemned and pronounced an heretic by two general Councils, the sixth, and the seventh: whereof the authority ought to be held as sacred. But Pighius was so far from being moved therewith, that he wrote a cnew treatise against those two Councils, affirming them to be corrupted: and in heat of zeal for the Popes quarrel he called the sixth Council *a most cursed Council. Here the Councels case and peril that was like to fall on all authors, if such hot heads might make such desperate answers, did stir up the spirit of