Dr. Reignolds his letter to that worthy councillor, Sir Francis Knolls concerning some passages…Dr. Reignolds his letter to that worthy councellor, Sir Francis Knolles concerning some passages…

As for the general consent of the whole Church which D. Bancroft saith, condemned that opinion of Aerius for an Heresy, & himself for an Heretic, because he persisted in it, that is a la•ge speech: but what proof hath he that the wh•le Church did so? It appeareth he saith in^l Epiphanius. It doth not, and the contrary appeareth by^m S. Jerome, and sundry others, who lived some in the same time, some after Epiphanivs, even Saint Austin himself, though D. Bancroft cite him, as bearing witness thereof▪ likewise I grant S. Austin ⁿin his book of heresies, ascribeth this to Aerius, for one, that he said, Presbiterum ab ⟨p. 4⟩episcopo nalla differentia deberi discerni: but it is one thing to say, there ought to be no difference betwixt them, (which Aerius saying condemned the Churches order, yea made a schism therein, & to is censured by S. Austen counting it an heresy as^o Epiphanius be took it recorded, himself, as^p he witnesseth, not knowing how far the name of Heresy should be stretched) another thing to say, that by the word of God there is no difference betwixt them, but by the order & custom of the Church. which S. Austen ^qsaith in effect himself, so far was he from witnessing this to be heresy by the general consent ôf the whole Church Which untruth how wrongfully it is fathered one him and on Epiphanius (who yet are all the wi• nesses, that D. Bancroft hath produced for the proof hereof, or can for ought that I know) it may appear by this, that our learned country man of godly memory Bishop^r