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A reply to an answer made of M. Doctor Whitgifte Against the admonition to…A replye to an ansvvere made of M. Doctor VVhitgifte Against the admonition to…
A reply to an answer made of M. Doctor Whitgifte Against the admonition to the Parliament. By T.C.A replye to an ansvvere made of M. Doctor VVhitgifte Against the admonition to the Parliament. By T.C.
printed by John Stroud?, 1573
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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The great council of * Calcedon decreed that no elder / or deacon / or any 1other in the ecclesiastical order should be ordained apolelymenos: that is loosely / and as it were let go at random whether he him self listeth / which he also interpreteth by and by more plainly when he addeth / that he should not be ordained Eime idicos en ecclesia poleos e comes: that is / unless it be specially in a congregation of some city or town. And in the council of Urban (as Gratian reporteth / distinction. 70.) it was decreed / that the ordination that was made with out any title / should be void / and what that meaneth / is showed by and by / when it is said / & in what church any is entitled / there let him always remain. And this is also S. Jerome his complaint / in that men were ordained unto the ministry / 2when they were chosen by no church / and so went round about having no certain place. And therefore this / that none ought to preach / onles he have some pastoral charge / ought not to have ben so strange a thing unto you as you make it / if either the scriptures / or the councils / or the ancient fathers had been so well known unto you / as either your name requireth / or you take upon you / which dare so boldly pronounce / that there can be showed no text of scripture for the matter.
The great councell of * Calcedon decreed that no elder / or deacon / or anye 1other in the ecclesiasticall order shoulde be ordained apolelymenos: that is losely / and as it were let goe at randone whether he him selfe listeth / whych he also interpreateth by and by more plainly when he addeth / that he should not be ordained Eime idicos en ecclesia poleos e comes: that is / vnies it be specially in a congregation of some citie or towne. And in the councell of Vrban (as Gratian reporteth / distinction. 70.) it was decreed / that the ordination that was made wt out any title / should be void / and what that meaneth / is shewed by and by / when it is sayd / & in what church any is intitled / there let hym alwayes remaine. And thys is also S. Ierome hys complainte / in that men were ordained vnto the ministerie / 2when they were chosen by no churche / and so went rounde aboute hauing no certaine place. And therefore thys / that none ought to preache / onles he haue some pastoral charge / ought not to haue ben so strange a thing vnto you as you make it / if eyther the scriptures / or the councels / or the ancient fathers had bene so well knowen vnto you / as eyther your name requireth / or you take vpon you / whych dare so boldly pronoūce / that there can be shewed no text of scripture for the matter.