A18078:507
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
This endeavour of godly men / may appear in the council of Carthage / 1which decreed that the bishop of the first seat / should not be called exarchon ton hieron, e akron jerea, e toiouton tipore: that is / either the chief of the priests / or the high priest / or any such thing / by which words (any such thing) he shutteth out the name of archbishop / and all such haughty titles.
This endeuoure of godly men / may appeare in the councell of Carthage / 1whych decreed that the bishop of the first seat / shoulde not be called exarchon ton hieron, e akron ierea, e toiouton tipore: that is / either the chefe of the priestes / or the high priest / or any such thing / by whych wordes (any such thing) he shutteth out the name of archbyshop / and all such hautie titles.
- 1Conc. Cartha. cap. 39.
The same decree also was made in the African council / and if you say 1that it was made against the Pope of Rome / or to forbid that any man should be called archbishop / show me where there was either bishop of Rome / or any other that ever made any such title or challenge / to be the general bishop of all / at that time / when this council of Carthage was holden: when as the first of those which did make any such challenge / was the bishop of Constantinople / which notwithstanding challenged not the preeminence first over all / but that he might ordain bishops of Asia / Pontus / Thracia / which were before appointed by their Synods / and this was in the council of Chalcedon / which was long after that council of Carthage before remembered.
The same decree also was made in the Affricane councell / and if you saye