A15057:333
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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Clemens his Constitutions where this is reported, are not sufficient authority. But if this fast were prescribed by the Apostles, I wonder how afterwards it was discontinued, so as it should be necessary for Telesphorus to enjoin the keeping of it more precisely, especially seeing such strife was in the Church about the celebration of Easter. The epistle of Telesphorus wherein he commands the 7. weeks fast, hath the same authority with the rest of your decretal epistles of your Pope, which were not framed by the most holy Bishops themselves, but coined since by the most impudent Parasites of the church of Rome.1 Ireneus (say you) declared the Apostolic faith from the succession and sea of Rome. So he might well then: for as Ireneus elsewhere saith, They retained with the succession of Bishops, the gracious succession of truth: for succession is nothing worth without truth. Your Chair and Sea hath Bishoply succession; it hath not the succession of truth. Victor (say you) by his edict subdued Asia. He endeavoured it indeed (Campian) but failed of his purpose: for being a man very passionate, he would needs excommunicate all such Churches of Asia as refused to keep Easter according to the Roman custom. When he began thus insolently to abuse his authority,f Ireneus tamed and restrained him. As for the controversy about Easter, Victor was so far from composing and ending it, that it continued unto theg Council ⟨p. 304⟩cell of Nice. You may see how well Victor subduer all Asia.
Clemens his Constitutions where this is reported, are not sufficient authoritie. But if this fast were prescribed by the Apostles, I wonder how afterwards it was discontinued, so as it should bee necessarie for Telesphorus to enioyn the keeping of it more precisely, especially seeing such strife was in the Church about the celebration of Easter. The epistle of Telesphorus wherein he commaunds the 7. weekes fast, hath the same authority with the rest of your decretall epistles of your Pope, which were not framed by the most holy Bishops themselues, but coyned since by the most impudent Parasites of the church of Rome.