A18080:1088
The second reply of Thomas CartwrightThe second replie of Thomas Cartwright
The second reply of Thomas Cartwright: against Master Doctor Whitgiftes second answer, touching the Church disciplineThe second replie of Thomas Cartwright: agaynst Maister Doctor Whitgiftes second answer, touching the Churche discipline
Heidelberg: printed by Michael Schirat, 1575
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That this point off keeping peace in the church / is one off those which requireth as well a Pope over all the Archbishops / as an archbishop over all the bishops in a realm: I will go no further then to the causes your self have assigned. For where I show that unity may be kept without an Archbishop / you assign two causes / for which in keeping unity it is meet to have an Archbishop: the one / to call the bishops together when there is variance: 1the other / to put them in mind of their duties. And if an Archbishop be necessary for calling of a provincial council / when there is cause off assembly / and when the bishops are divided: it is necessary there be also a Pope which may call the general Council / when there is division between the Archbishops / an other cause of general Council. For when the churches of one Province be divided from other / and the archbishops are at variance: as you ask me / so I ask you / who shall assemble them together? who ⟨p. DLXXXIII⟩shall admonish them off their duties, when they are assembled? If you can find a way how this may be done without a Pope: the way is also found / whereby the church is disburdened off the Archbishop.
That this pointe off keping peace in the church / is one off those which requireth as well a Pope ouer all the Archbishops / as an archbishop ouer all the bishops in a realme: I will goe no further then to the causes your selfe haue assigned. For where I shewe that vnitie maie be kepte vvithoute an Archbishop / yow assigne two causes / for which in keping vnitie yt is meete to haue an Archbishop: the one / to call the bishops together when there is variance: 1the other / to put them in minde of their dewties. And if an Archbishop be necessarie for calling of a prouinciall councell / when ther is cause off assemblie / and when the bishops are deuided: yt is necessarie there be also a Pope which maie call the generall Councell / when ther is diuision betwene the Archbishops / an other cause of generall Councell. For whē the churches of one Prouince be deuided from other / and the archbishops are at variance: as yow aske me / so I aske yow / who shall assemble them together? who ⟨p. DLXXXIII⟩