The B. of Salisbury.The B. of Sarisburie.

The B. of Salisbury.

The B. of Sarisburie.

He granteth that S. Paul at Corinth, and sundry other holy Fathers, in their several Churches ministered the Sacrament in Both Kinds. He might as well have said, all the Apostles, and all the holy Fathers, saving for hindering of his cause. But the Church afterward upon good causes, as it is here alleged, took order to the contrary, and namely to confute the Heretic Nestorius.

He graunteth that S. Paule at Corinthe, and sundrie other holy Fathers, in their seueral Churches ministred the Sacrament in Bothe Kindes. He might as wel haue saide, al the Apostles, and al the holy Fathers, sauinge for hindering of his cause. But the Churche afterwarde vpon good causes, as it is here alleged, tooke order to the contrary, and namely to confute the Heretique Nestorius.

Here must thou mark, good Christian Reader, The Question is, whether M. Hardinges half Communion, were ever ministered openly to the people in the Church within the space of six hundred years after Christ. For proof hereof he allegeth, that this order was allowed in the Councils of Constance, and Basil, the former whereof, was begun & holden, in the year of our Lord a thousand,¹ four hundred and fourteenth: and the same, neither general, nor ever generally received. And what force can he find herein to prove his purpose? It is also probably gathered (saith M. Harding) that the same order was taken a thousand years before, in the first Council of Ephesus. Here he is driven ⟨p. 112⟩utterly to leave his learning, & as he commonly doeth, only to hold by bare guess. But if this new devise were brought in to confute the Heretic Nestorius,