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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… › Conclusion: The Conclusion.
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2. THAT we have not indeed expected the Authority or consent of the Council of Trent, in which we saw nothing was managed well and regularly, where all that entered ⟨p. 141⟩took an Oath to one Man; where the Ambassadors of our Princes were despised and ill treated; where none of our Divines could be heard; where Partiality and Ambition openly carried all things, and according to the Practice of the Holy Fathers, and the Customs of our own Ancestors, we have reformed our Churches in a Provincial Synod, and according to our Duty, we have cast off the Yoke and Tyranny of the Bishop of Rome, who had no just Authority over us, nor was like either Christ or St. Peter, or the Apostles, or indeed, like a Bishop in any thing. Lastly,1 we do all agree amongst ourselves in all the Doctrines and Points of the Christian Religion, and do with one Spirit and one Mouth worship God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2. THAT we have not indeed expected the Authority or consent of the Council of Trent, in which we saw nothing was manag'd well and regularly, where all that entered ⟨p. 141⟩took an Oath to one Man; where the Ambassadors of our Princes were despised and ill treated; where none of our Divines could be heard; where Partiality and Ambition openly carried all things, and according to the Practice of the Holy Fathers, and the Customs of our own Ancestors, we have reformed our Churches in a Provincial Synod, and according to our Duty, we have cast off the Yoke and Tyranny of the Bishop of Rome, who had no just Authority over us, nor was like either Christ or St. Peter, or the Apostles, or indeed, like a Bishop in any thing. Lastly,1 we do all agree amongst ourselves in all the Doctrines and Points of the Christian Religion, and do with one Spirit and one Mouth worship God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1This Apology was pen'd before the Puritan Schism in in the Church of England broke out. As Fuller informs us, they first began to appear in 1563. which was the year after this Apology was written, but it came not to an open Rupture till the year 1570. Fuller.