M. Harding. The .15. Division.M. Hardinge. The .15. Diuision.

M. Harding. The .15. Division.

M. Hardinge. The .15. Diuision.

Irenaeus writing to Victor Bishop of Rome concerning the keeping of Easter,¹ as Eusebius Caesariensis reciteth, to the intent Victor should not refrain from their Communion which kept Easter after the custom of the Churches in Asia founded by S. John the Evangelist, showeth that when Bishops came from foreign parts to Rome, the Bishops of that see used to send to them, if they had been of the Catholic faith, the Sacrament, to receive, whereby mutual Communion between them was declared.² Irenaeus his words be these, Qui fuerunt ante te presbytery, etiā cùm non ita obseruarent, presbyteris Ecclesiarum, (cùm Roman accederent) Eucharistiā mittebant. The Priests (by which name in this place Bishops are understanded) that were afore thy time, though they kept not Easter as they of Asia did, yet when the Bishops of the Churches there came to Rome, did send them the Sacrament. 25³ Thus those Bishops did Communicate together before their meeting in one place.

Irenaeus writing to Victor Bishop of Rome concerning the keeping of Easter,¹ as Eusebius Caesariensis reciteth, to th'entente Victor shoulde not refraine from their Communion whiche kepte Easter after the custome of the Churches in Asia founded by S. Iohn the Euangelist, sheweth that when Bishoppes came from forreine partes to Rome, the Bishops of that see vsed to sende to them, if they had been of the Catholike faith, the Sacrament, to receiue, whereby mutual Communion between them was declared.² Irenaeus his woordes be these, Qui fuerunt ante te presbyteri, etiā cùm non ita obseruarent, presbyteris Ecclesiarum, (cùm Roman accederent) Eucharistiā mittebant. The Priestes (by whiche name in this place Bishops are vnderstanded) that were afore thy time, though they kepte not Easter as they of Asia did, yet when the Bishoppes of the Churches there came to Rome, did sende them the Sacrament. 25