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The safe religion, or, Three disputations for the reformed catholic religion against popery proving…The safe religion, or, Three disputations for the reformed catholike religion against popery proving…
The safe religion, or, Three disputations for the reformed catholic religion against popery proving that popery is against the Holy Scriptures, the unity of the catholic church, the consent of the ancient doctors, the plainest reason, and common judgment of sense it self / by Richard Baxter.The safe religion, or, Three disputations for the reformed catholike religion against popery proving that popery is against the Holy Scriptures, the unity of the catholike church, the consent of the antient doctors, the plainest reason, and common judgment of sense it self / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by Abraham Miller for Thomas Underhill, 1657
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.
Nay when it is the scope of much of the former part of this Epistle to prove the equality of Bishops and Presbyters, in the beginning, and that at that time they differed in no power but that of ordaining (when yet he saith the Presbyters of Alexandria did long make their own Bishops) how then could Hierome believe the Popes universal jurisdiction? Could he think that the Bishop of Rome had that power over the Church which he thought not any Bishop to have over the Presbyters of any one Church?
Greg. Nazianzene saith of Councils [If I must write the truth,1 I am of this mind, that I will fly or avoid all Councils of Bishops: for I never saw a glad or happy end of any Councils, or which did not rather bring an addition or increase of evils, then a removal of them.] To this of Nazianzene Bellarmine answereth that [Gregory meant that in his time no Council could be wholly lawful: for he lived between the first and second general Council, where he had seen many Councils which because of the great number of Heretics had a bad end.] And he names five of them.
Greg. Nazianzene saith of Councils [If I must write the truth,1 I am of this mind, that I will flye or avoid all Councils of Bishops: for I never saw a glad or happy end of any Councils, or which did not rather bring an addition or increase of evils, then a removal of them.] To this of Nazianzene Bellarmine answereth that [Gregory meant that in his time no Council could be wholly lawful: for he lived between the first and second general Council, where he had seen many Councils which because of the great number of Hereticks had a bad end.] And he names five of them.
- 1Nazianzene Bellar. li. 2. de concil. e. 7. pag (mihi) 121.