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A69066 A summe of Christian doctrine: composed in Latin, by the R. Father P. Canisius, of the Society of Iesus. With an appendix of the fall of man & iustification, according to the doctrine of the Councel of Trent. Newly translated into Englishe. To which is adioined the explication of certaine questions not handled at large in the booke as shall appeare in the table; Summa doctrinae Christianae. English Canisius, Petrus, Saint, 1521-1597.; Garnet, Henry, 1555-1606. 1592 (1592) STC 4571.5; ESTC S107545 301,676 715

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Luc. 24.47 Mat. 28 19. 16 18. Aug. ep 170 et 166. cont ep fund c. 4 et lib. de Verrel ●7 Pacia ep 1. ad sym pron Vinc. Lir. Hier. cō Luc. f. c. 9 Bed in 6. c. Cant. Catholike that is to say vniuersal so that she being dispersed throughout the world in her motherly bosome receaueth embraceth safe keepeth all persons of al times places nations so that they be of one mind consent in the faith doctrine of Christ Fourthly that there is in the same Church a communion of Saintes soe that those which liue (f). Eph. 4 11.16 Psa 118 63. Col. 1 12. Phil. 1 4. 2. Co. 8 14. 1. Io. 1 3. Ro. 12 4. 1. Cor. 12 4. Aug. Tr. 32. in Io. in the Churche as the house and family of Almightie God doe holde an vnseparable society and vnity amongste them selues and as members of one the selfe same body helpe assist one an other with mutuall benefites merites prayers Amongst thē there is vnity of faith consente of doctrine conformable vse of sacraments and notwithstāding the dissētions errours what (g) Euse l. 7 cap. 19. Aug. 2. con Do. c. 6. ep 19. de vera rel c. 6. euer they be that by meanes of some fewe maye spring and growe vp yet are they all wayes carefull to * Eph. 4 3. keepe the vnitye of the Spirite in the bande of peace And in this Cōmunion vndoubtedly not only the Saintes of the Churche militant that doe traueyle as pilgrīmes vpon earthe but also all the blessed Saintes of the Church moste happily triumphant with Christ in heauen (h) Aug. ser 181. de tēp cap. 13. Euch. c. 56. as also the soules of the godly which hauing departed this life are not (i). Aug. lib. 20. ciui c. 9. Greg. l. 4. dial cap. 39 yet come to that happy estate of the blessed Saintes (k) Gen. 7 23. 1 Pet. 3 20 Esa 60 12 Aug. ●p 50 152. de vnit Ec. c. 4. 19. Ful. de fid ad Pet. c. 37.38.39 Pacia ep 2. ad smpto Ire l. 4. c. 43 Greg. l. 14. mor. cap. 2 Chrys ho. 11. in ep ad Eph. Conc. Later c. 1. Alcim Aul. l. 4. c. 19. Io 6 66 Iudae 18. are al together ioyntly comprehēded Out of this cōmunion of Saints like as out of the k Arke of Noe there is certainlye vndoubted destruction but no saluation for mortall men not for the Iewes or Heathens that neuer receaued the fayth of the Church not for Haeritikes that haue forsakē the fayth once receaued or any way corrupted the same not for Schismatiks that haue deuided thē selues from the peace and vnity of the Churche finally not for (l) 1. Cor. 5 4. 1. Tim. 1 20 Nū 12 14. Mat. 18 17. 2 Io. 10. 2. The. 3 6.14 Cyp. ep 62. Aug. l. 1. cō adu le c. 17 Eus apud Damasc l. 3. Paral. cap. 45 Excōmunicate persons that for any greuous crime or cause haue deserued to be cut of as hurtfull pernicious members from the body of the Church And all and euery of these because they do not appertaine vnto the Churche to her holy cōmunion they can-not be partakers of the grace of God )m). Aug. ser 181. de temp c. 12. in ps 88. conc 2 ep 2●4 Cyp. ep 57. 52. aeternall saluation except they be first reconciled and restored vnto the same Church from which they through their owne defaulte haue once ben separated For most certaine is that Rule of (n) de simp Prae. Sainte CIPRIAN (o) De symb ●d cate c. 13. S. AVGVSTINE that he shall not haue God to be his Father that wil not haue the church to be his Mother 19. What doth the tenth Article set before vs REmission of sinnes without the which none can be iust or obtaine saluation And this most rich treasure Christ hath purchased (a) Esa 33 22. Mat 1 21 9 6. Apo. 1 5. Luc. 24 47. Act. 10 42. Heb. 9 13. 1● Io. 1 7. Eph. 1 7. Col. 1 13. Heb 1 3. for vs by his bitter death and most pretious bloode that the whole worlde mighte be exempted from sinne and from the perpetuall punishmentes due vnto the same Of which treasure certes they only are made partakers by the grace of Christe that doe vnite thēselues by faythe (b). Act 2 38. 8 12 36. Mar. 16 16. Io. 3 5. Aug. Euch. c. 65 de Ver. do ser 11. c. 2● 22. and Baptisme to the church of Christ do abyde in the vnity obedience of the same Thē afterwarde they also that haue dilligentlye done (c). 2. Cor. 12 21. Act. 8 22. Io. 2● 23 Ap●c 2 5. poenance for their sinnes committed after Baptisme doe conueniētly vse those medicines and remedies againste sinne that Christe hath ordayned to wit the holy Sacramentes of the Church And hereunto belongeth the power of the (d). Hier. ep 1. ad Heli. c. 7. Aug. ho. 49. c. 3. 50. c. 4. 5. inter quinquag hom Chrys l. 3. de Sacerd. Cypr. ep 54 Luc. 10 35. Mat. 18 18. Io. 20 22. keies as they call it which Christ for the remission of sinnes hath committed vnto the Ministers of the Church especially to th● Apostle S. (e). Mat. 16 Hilla c. 16. Mat. Bern. l. 2. de cōsid c. 8. Con. Flor. 19. Io. 21.15 PETER his lawfull Successors as to the Supreame guydes and rulers of the Churche 20 What hath the eleuenth Article Esa 26 19. Iob. 19 25 Ezech. 37 1 1. Cor. 15 51. ● Thes 4 16. Io. 11 24. 5 25. Mat. 22 23. Dan. 12 2. Ph. 3 21. Hieron ad Miner Al. ep 152 ep 61. adu er Io. c. 9. seq Greg. l. 14. mor. c. 30 seq Aug. Euch. c. 84 seq l. 22. ciu c. 12. seq IT declareth the resurrectiō of the flesh which at the latter day shal be cōmō to good bad For this frayl brickle body of ours that we beare about with vs pestered with so many disseases and subiecte to suche continuall griefes and miseries that must after our death become a pray for wormes shall then reuiue whē at that last daye al the deade at the voyce of Christ the Iudge shal bee raised both to life iudgement All therfore shal appeare in flesh before the (a). 2. Cor. 5 10. Ro. 14 10. tribunal of Christ that euery one without exceptiō accordingly as he hath behaued him selfe in his body which thē shal be restored vnto him whole again so may receiue either good or euill And they that haue doone good thinges (b) Io. 5 29 Mat. 13 40. shal come forthe into the Resurrection of life but they that haue done euil into the Resurrection of iudgemente (c) Mat. 25 46. 13 10 Athan. in symb and punishment euerlasting In the
18. ho. 39. in Euang. Clim grad 6. Eus Emis ho. 1. ad monac Seuer Sulp de uās S. Mart. dying man must haue very sore conflictes both with most bitter paines also with most horrible feendes Wherefore although bodily health bee not alwaies hereby restored vnto the sicke person who often chaunceth to die after this vnction receiued yet a peculiar grace is giuen in this Sacrament to beare the force troublesomnesse of the disease more cōstantly to take death it selfe more easily And this is it that by his Apostles God hath promised (d) Iac. 5 15. The praier of faith shall saue the sicke And our Lorde shall lift him vp And if he be in sinnes they shal be remitted him To the signifieng certes of which effects euen the nature and natiue force of oile doth fitlie agree as (e) In cap. 6. Mar. THEOPHILACTE sheweth Wherfore it behoueth vs exactly to obserue that which (f) Ser. 215. de temp vide etiam de rect Cath. c●nuers de visit insir lib. 2. c. 4. itē in speculo S. AVGVSTINE doth most holesomelie admonishe So often as anie infirmitye chaunceth let him that is sicke receiue the Body and Bloode of Christ and after that let him annoint his body that that which is written may be accomplished in him Is (g) Iac. 5 14. any man sicke Let him bring in the Priests and let them praie ouer him annoiling him with oile in the name of our Lord. And the praier of faith shall saue the sicke And our Lorde shall lifte him vp And if he be in sinnes they shall be remitted him OF THE SACRAMENT OF ORDERS 1 What is the Sacrament of holy Orders Aug. lib. 2. cont ep Parmen c. 13. et de bono cōiug c. 24 li. 1. cōt Dō cap. 1. Leo. ep 81. ad Diosc Greg. in cap 10. 16 lib. 1. reg Nyss orat de sanct Bapt. Conc. Flor. Trid. ses 23. Amb. in 12. cap. 1. ad Cor. Theoph. in cap. 19. Luc. Pet Clun lib. 6. ep 1. IT is that whereby a singular grace and spirituall power is giuen to some that they may by open profession beare office in the Church This is the Sacrament by which as by a dore do necessarily enter the lawful dispensers of the (a) 1. Cor. 4 1. Mal. 2 7. 1. Tim. 3 1. 5 17. Ephes 4 11. 1. Cor. 14 2.19 12 28 mysteries and of the worde of God the Ministers of Christ his Church as Bishops Priestes Deacons Finallie all those whosoeuer they be that do exercise functions in the Church orderly and with authority For no man as the (b) Heb. 5 4. Act. 1 24. Cypr. ep 52. Tert de praescript ca. 41. Conc. l. at c. 3. Innoc. 3. ad Metens cap. cum ex iniuncto Tit. de haer Scripture testifieth Taketh or ought to take the honor to himselfe to witte of exercising the functions of the Church But he that is called of God as AARON that is vnlesse he be consecrated by the Sacrament of visible ordinatiō bee by a (c) Mat. 10 1 Luc. 9 1. Mar. 16 15. Io 20 21. 17 18. Act. 13 2. Tit. 1 5. Bishop lawefully ordered sent to the worke of some certaine Ministery which in his degree he may exercise in the Church according to the Lawes of Diuine and Apostolicall Tradition 2 Are not all Christians Priests a-like THey may surely be (a) Apo. 1 6. 5 10. 1. Pet. 2 9. so called in this sense that as Priests were wonte to exercise certaine externall Sacrifices sacred functions so as many are regenerated in Christ may and ought daily to offer and diligently to exercise certaine spirituall (b) 1. Pet. 2 5 Rom. 12 1. Psal 49 23. 50 19. Phil. 4 18. Heb. 13 15.16 vide ●as ser 2. de Fap cap 8. Aug. 20. ciu c. 10. Leo. ser 3. in anniuers Amb. lib. 4. Sacr. cap. 1. sacrifices to witte Praier Praises Thankes-giuings mortifying of the Fleshe and others of like sorte So that for this cause they are saide in holy Scripture to be spiritual Priests before God and to offer vp spirituall Sacrifices But if we take this name of Priesthoode properly all indifferentlie are not Priests but those only vnto whom the authority of the Church hath committed to be proper ministers (c) Ignat. ad Her Chry. ●i 3. 6. de sacerd ho. 60. ad pop Hier ad Heliod ep 1. ca. 7. aduers Lucif c. 8 ep 85. ad Euag Victor l 2 de persec Cypr. ep 54. of Sacramentes and hath granted power and right to consecrate offer and distribute the holy Euchariste and both to remitte and to retaine the sinnes of men And of these priests prelates of the new Lawe thus writeth S. PAVL The Priestes that rule (d) 1. Tim. 5 17. well let them be esteemed woorthy of double honour especially they that labour in the worde and Doctrine And this doubtlesse cannot appartaine to women whome (e) 1. Tim. 2 11. 1. Cor. 14 34 Tert. de praescrip cap. 41. Epiph. haer 42 40. the same Apostle forbiddeth to teach in the Church biddeth to be silent neither can it concern the (f) Leo. ep c 2. ad Maxi. Laity at all whose part it is after the manner of sheepe to be fedde (g) Io. 10 11 21 15. 1. Pet. 5 2. 2 13. Heb. 13 17. Rom. 13 1. Mat. 23 2. Luc. 10 16. 1. Io. 4 6. not to feede to be gouerned not to gouerne not to preferre but to submitte and humble themselues vnto their Prelates to heare obserue and doe whatsoeuer they sitting in the chaire shall say whether they be good or euill according as wee reade it commaunded by the worde of God Wherfore as in the Church Triumphant there are Angels different (h Eph. 1 2● Col. 1 16. Dan. 7 10. Dion de caelest hier ca. 10. in order and power who with decent disposition doe faithfullie execute and fulfill the offices imposed vpon them So also the Church (i) 1. Tim. 3 15. Cant. 6 9. Anacl ep 1. 2. 3. Isid lib. 2. de offic ca. 5. sequ Militant which is the house of God as it were a certaine campe set in battle a-ray hath her peculiar Ministers distinct from other Christians and disposed in Godly order amongest themselues for the prosecuting of the publike common sunctions of the Church vpō earth to witte that for the benefite of the Christian people they maie euen by publike profession and with due Comelinesse and Maiesty bestowe their labours in those (k) Heb. 5 1. 8 3. 13 17. 2. Cor. 5 20. thinges which belong vnto God and the health of soules 3 In what place doth the Scripture giue testimony vnto this Sacrament Tit. 1 5. THere truly where it teacheth of the Apostles that in choosing appointing ordering of the Ministers of the