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Subject: Fitzherbert, Thomas, 1552-1640. Supplement to the discussion of M. D. Barlowes answere to the Judgment of a Catholike Englishman

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Downame, George. A defence of the sermon preached at the consecration of the L. Bishop of Bath and VVelles : against a confutation thereof by a namelesse author. Diuided into 4. bookes: the first, prouing chiefly that the lay or onely-gouerning elders haue no warrant either in the Scriptures or other monuments of antiquity. The second, shewing that the primitiue churches indued with power of ecclesiasticall gouernment, were not parishes properly but dioceses, and consequently that the angels of the churches or ancient bishops were not parishionall but diocesan bishops. The third, defending the superioritie of bishops aboue other ministers, and prouing that bishops alwayes had a prioritie not onely in order, but also in degree, and a maioritie of power both for ordination and iurisdiction. The fourth, maintayning that the episcopall function is of apostolicall and diuine institution

Creator
Downame, George, -1634
Date
1611
Media Format
Printed text
Location
London England
Reference ID
STC 7115
Caption
London : Printed by Thomas Creed, William Hall, and Thomas Snodham, 1611
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