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The apology of the Church of England, and an epistle to one Seignior Scipio…
The apology of the Church of England, and an epistle to one Seignior Scipio a Venetian gentleman, concerning the Council of Trent written both in Latin / by ... John Jewel ... ; made English by a person of quality ; to which is added, The life of the said bishop ; collected and written by the same hand.
London: printed by T. H. for Richard Chiswell, 1685
THE APOLOGY OF THE Church of ENGLAND. Written by the very Learned a… › Chapter 5
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but now the Pope claims both, and bears both, and therefore the Wonder ought to seem the less, if that hath followed which Clement foretold, and he hath accordingly deceived himself and those which have heard him. 13. Pope Leo saith, it is not lawful to celebrate more than one Mass in one Day, in one Church; they say every day sometimes ten, at others twenty, and at other thirty, and sometimes more in the same Church, at the same time, so that the miserable Spectator knows not which way to turn him. 14. Gelasius the Pope saith, that if any man divide the Sacrament, and when he has received one part, refuseth the other, he doth act Wickedly and Sacrilegiously; but they, contrary to the Word of God, and the Decree of this Pope, command only one part of the Eucharist to be given to the People, and by so doing, have made their Priests guilty of Sacrilege.
but now the Pope claims both, and bears both, and therefore the Wonder ought to seem the less, if that hath followed which Clement foretold, and he hath accordingly deceived himself and those which have heard him. 13. Pope Leo saith, it is not lawful to celebrate more than one Mass in one Day, in one Church; they say every day sometimes ten, at others twenty, and at other thirty, and sometimes more in the same Church, at the same time, so that the miserable Spectator knows not which way to turn him. 14. Gelasius the Pope saith, that if any man divide the Sacrament, and when he has received one part, refuseth the other, he doth act Wickedly and Sacrilegiously; but they, contrary to the Word of God, and the Decree of this Pope, command only one part of the Eucharist to be given to the People, and by so doing, have made their Priests guilty of Sacriledge.
6. BUT now if they shall pretend that all these things are antiquated and worn out of use, and so are in a sort dead, and do not concern our times, yet that men may see what Faith is to be given to these Men, and with what Hope they call Councils, let us consider in a few instances, how well they observe those things which have been ordained of late years, and which are fresh in Memory, by Councils which they pretend were lawfully called, and in which they themselves decreed those things I shall mention, to be Religiously observed. In the last Council of Trent,