A15057:152
An answer to the Ten reasons of Edmund Campian the Jesuit in confidence whereof…An ansvvere to the Ten reasons of Edmund Campian the Iesuit in confidence wherof…
An answer to the Ten reasons of Edmund Campian the Jesuit in confidence whereof he offered disputation to the ministers of the Church of England, in the controversy of faith. Whereunto is added in brief marginal notes, the sum of the defence of those reasons by John Duræus the Scot, being a priest and a Jesuit, with a reply unto it. Written first in the Latin tongue by the reverend and faithful servant of Christ and his Church, William Whitakers, Doctor in Divinity, and the Kings Professor and public reader of Divinity in the University of Cambridge. And now faithfully translated for the benefit of the unlearned (at the appointment and desire of some in authority) into the English tongue; by Richard Stock, preacher in London. ...An ansvvere to the Ten reasons of Edmund Campian the Iesuit in confidence wherof he offered disputation to the ministers of the Church of England, in the controuersie of faith. Whereunto is added in briefe marginall notes, the summe of the defence of those reasons by Iohn Duræus the Scot, being a priest and a Iesuit, with a reply vnto it. Written first in the Latine tongue by the reuerend and faithfull seruant of Christ and his Church, William Whitakers, Doctor in Diuinitie, and the Kings Professor and publike reader of Diuinitie in the Vniuersitie of Cambridge. And now faithfully translated for the benefit of the vnlearned (at the appointment and desire of some in authoritie) into the English tongue; by Richard Stocke, preacher in London. ...
London: printed by Felix Kyngston for Cuthbert Burby and Edmund Weaver, 1606London: printed by Felix Kyngston for Cuthbert Burby and Edmund Weauer, 1606
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dLet the ancient custom be in force, which was in Egypt, Libya, and Pentapolis, that the Bishop of Alexandria have the chief dignity, over all these things: because also this was the custom of the Bishop of Rome: and in like manner at Antioch, and in the rest of the Provinces, let the Primacy and authority be received unto the Churches.
dLet the ancient custome be in force, which was in Aegypt, Libya, and Pentapolis, that the Bishop of Alexandria haue the chiefe dignity, ouer all these things: because also this was the custome of the Bishop of Rome: and in like manner at Antioch, and in the rest of the Prouinces, let the Primacy and authority be receiued vnto the Churches.
- dDVR. This cause by you alleged maketh much for establishing the authority of the Roman Sea over all Churches. For when as the Fathers to prove the authority of the Bishop of Alexandria, allege the custom of the Church of Rome, they show hereby that Alexandria dependeth upon Rome; as the mother Church from which she hath all her authority. And that this was their mind appeareth by the words of Paschasmus the Popes Legate in the Councell of Chalcedon, & is also proved by the 39. Canon translated out of Arabic into Latin. The same Fathers likewise assembled at Sardis approved the Supremacy of the Roman Sea. WHIT. pag. 299. Nothing could be alleged more direct against the Romish Supremacy then this Canon, wherein their own proper limits of jurisdiction are assigned to every Metropolitan. For if the Pope should rule over the whole Church, it had bin absur'd to limit every one their own borders, wherein they should have supreme authority according to the custom of the Church of Rome. Neither doth this prove the supremacy of the Romish Church, because they allege her custom and example, as you ignorantly infer: seeing an example may be taken aswell from an equal or inferior, as from a superiors. It is no marvel if Paschasinus, being the Popes Legate, spake for the supremacy of the Roman Sea, neither is his testimony to be regarded, being a party. Your Arabic Canon is merely Arabic, and not Nicene; for of this Councel there were only 20. Canons written in Greek, and not in the Arabian tongue. The Canon of the Councell of Sardis helpeth you not, seeing the Councell of Africa testifieth that i• was counterfeit.