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Acts and monuments of matters most special and memorable, happening in the Church. [vol.…Actes and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happenyng in the Church. [vol.…
Acts and monuments of matters most special and memorable, happening in the Church. [vol. 1] with an universal history of the same, wherein is set forth at large the whole race and course of the Church, from the primitive age to these latter times of ours, with the bloody times, horrible troubles, and great persecutions against the true martyrs of Christ, sought and wrought as well by heathen emperors, as now lately practised by Romish prelates, especially in this realm of England and Scotland. Newly revised and recognised, partly also augmented, and now the fourth time again published and recommended to the studious reader, by the author (through the help of Christ our Lord) John Fox, which desireth thee good reader to help him with thy prayer.Actes and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happenyng in the Church. [vol. 1] with an vniuersall history of the same, wherein is set forth at large the whole race and course of the Church, from the primitiue age to these latter tymes of ours, with the bloudy times, horrible troubles, and great persecutions agaynst the true martyrs of Christ, sought and wrought as well by heathen emperours, as nowe lately practised by Romish prelates, especially in this realme of England and Scotland. Newly reuised and recognised, partly also augmented, and now the fourth time agayne published and recommended to the studious reader, by the author (through the helpe of Christ our Lord) Iohn Foxe, which desireth thee good reader to helpe him with thy prayer.
London: printed by John Daye, 1583London: printed by Iohn Daye, 1583
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Out of the same fountain springeth the like or very same reason of late renewed by a certain new start English Clarke in these our days, who answering to the places of Gregory touching the said matter, laboureth to avoid the clear authority of him, by a like blind cavillation, saying, that John bishop of Constantinople, by this title of universal bishop, understood himself only to be a bishop, and none else. And that Gregory in resisting him, had none other meaning but the same. And to prove this to be the very meaning of Gregory, he reciteth the words of Gregory written to the said John Archbishop of Constantinople as followeth:1 Qui enim indignum te esse fatebaris, ut Episcopus dici debuisses, ad hoc quandoque perductus os, ut despectis fratribus Episcopus appetas solus vocari. That is to say, For thou (John bishop of Constantinople) which sometime didst grant thy self unworthy the name of a bishop, art now come to this, that thou doest seek to be called a bishop alone, &c. Upon this word Episcopus solus, this glosser would ground a surmise▪ that Gregory did find fault with the Archbishop, not for any primacy which he sought for above other Bishops, but only, for that he coveted to be bishop and Pastor alone in every Church, in such sort, as there should be no other Bishop nor Pastor else but himself only. But as is said, that was never the Archbishops seeking, nor the matter of Gregory's reprehension. For the said Archbishop of Constantinople, went not about to be Bishop alone, (which was to much absurd, and also impossible) but to be universal alone: nor to take away the office from other, but the honour from other: not to depose them, but to despise them. And therefore saith Gregory, ut despectis fratribus, not depositis fratribus, so that this word solus, here noteth a despising of other, not a deposing of other, & importeth a singularity in condition above other, and not the office or substance of ministration without other, that is, to be universal among many, and not to be one alone without any, nor to diminish the number of them, but only to increase the honour to himself.
Out of the same fountaine springeth the like or very same reason of late renued by a certaine new start English Clarke in these our dayes, who aunswering to the places of Gregory touching the said matter, laboureth to auoide the cleare authoritie of him, by a like blind cauillation, saying, that Iohn bishop of Constantinople, by this title of vniuersall bishop, vnderstood himselfe onely to be a bishop, and none els. And that Gregory in resisting him, had none other meaning but the same. And to prooue this to be the very meaning of Gregory, he reciteth the wordes of Gregory written to the said Iohn Archbishop of Constantinople as followeth: