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A08826	Christianographie, or The description of the multitude and sundry sorts of Christians in the vvorld not subiect to the Pope VVith their vnitie, and hovv they agree with us in the principall points of difference betweene us and the Church of Rome.	Pagitt, Ephraim, 1574 or 5-1647.	1635 (1635)	STC 19110; ESTC S113912	116,175	260

it hath new and different Articles and doctrines of Faith unknowne to the old Church and not to be found for such in the writings of any of the ancient Fathers for five hundred yeeres after Christ FOr the first The Church of Hierusalem is more ancient then the Church of Rome Hierusalem where our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ himselfe preached and offered himselfe a Sacrifice for our sinnes and where the Apostles and Disciples first preached for although they were sent to preach to all Nations yet they preached first to the lost sheepe of the house of Israel according to Christs Commandement This Church is most ancient St Iames was the first Bishop there The Law went out of Sion Matth. 10.6 the word of the Lord from Jerusalem This Citie was Emporium Isay 2.3 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. Histor Eccles Lib. 5. cap 9. the Mart of Christian faith the mother of all Churches as Theodoret saith 2. 2. Antioch Acts. 11.26 The Church of Antioch in Syria where the Disciples were first called Christians Of this Church Saint Peter was Bishop some yeres before he went to Rome 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ad populum Antioch homil 3. and this Church is also more ancient then the Church of Rome Saint Chrysostome calleth this Church the Head of all the world 3. The Greeke Church was planted by Saint Paul 3. Graecians and Saint Andrew from whence and the fore named Churches the name of Christ flowed Eia igitur Graecia mater nostra cui id totum debet quod habet Latina Ecclesia Conc. Trid. orat Episc Bitont as from a spring over all the world and the faith was spread in all places and this the Bishop of Bitonto acknowledged in the Councell of Trent It is our mother Graecia to whom the Latine Church is beholding for that which she hath the Easterne Church was before the Church of Rome in Time and from thence the Church of Rome hath received Christianitie the new Testament the three Creedes the very name of Baptisme Eucharist Bishop Priest and Deacon 4. 4. Aethiopia Aethiopia received Christianitie from the Eunuch of Queene Candases Huic Philippus responsis Sancti Spiritus jussus primò ex omnibus Gentibus mysterium fidei sacramentum Baptismi tradidit velut quasdam eum Dee primitias omnium consecrat nationū Eusch Eccles histor lib. 2. cap. 1. to whom as Eusebius reporteth first of all the Gentiles Philip by the command of the holy Ghost delivered the mysterie of Faith and the Sacrament of Baptisme and consecrated him to God as the first Fruits of all nations Saint Matthew also preached to the Aethiopians 5. For the Antiquity of the Church of Rome both St Hierom and Eusebius testifie that St Peter came to Rome in the raigne of Claudius the Emperour 5. Rome Hierom Catalog Eccles script pag. 265. Euseb Eccles his lib. 2. c. 14.16 and in his second yeere saith Hierom. 6. The Church of England received Christianitie as some say from Joseph of Arimathea others from Simon Zelotes the Apostle 6. England Guildas Sapiens de excidio Britan. Christus suos radios id efl suapraecepta indulget tempore ut scimus sūmo Tiberij Caesaris quo absque ullo impedimento eius propagabatur religio Bibli vet Pat. tem 5. par 3. pag. 675. Britannia omniū provinciarum prima publicitus Christi nomen recepit Sabel in Ennead 7. lib. 5. Guildas reporteth that our Island received Christianitie in the time of Tiberius Caesar who dyed in the yeere of our Lord 39. which if it bee so the Church of England received Christianitie before the Church of Rome some yeeres before Peter came to Rome which was in the time of Claudius who succeeded Tiberius And for the Honour of my Mother Church I speake that Christianity was first publickly professed by authority in this Kingdome about 130. yeeres before it was in Rome Lucius our King beeing as I reade the first Christran King in Europe who reigned about the yeere of our Lord 170. And moreover Constantine the Christian Emperour was borne amongst us who gave the first publique libertie of Religion to the Roman Church So that Rome was beholding for the publique liberty of Religion to Constantine Our country man Speedes histerie pag. 207. Also the inhabitants of Britaine as I reade were instructers unto others as frō hence was Netherland converted to Christianitie as testifieth the storie of Swithbertus Burgundie by our Columbanus saith Sigebert Swedia by Gallus as saith Petrus de Natalibus and Frisia by Wilfred as it is recorded by Beda and Matthew of Westminster The Franconians Hassians and Turingians by Winifred our Devonshire man The Norvegians by Nicolas Breakespere of Middlesex And the Lituanians by Thomas Walden of Essex and all the reformed Churches in Christendome derived their light from the learned Wickleffe of Oxford In regard of this Polidor Virgil doth rightly call England the Parent or Mother-Monasterie of all Europe And Peter Ramus termeth Britaine to be twice Schoolemistris to the Kingdome of France Terra Britanniae ante adventum Christi unius Dei consensit religionem hom 4. in Ezech. moreover Origen writeth that the Britaine 's received the religion of one God before the comming of Christ Secondly whereas the Church of Rome boasteth of Antiquity The Church of Rome since Boniface the 3 and the old Church of Rome planted by St Peter St Paul are not one and the same but are farre different The old Church of Rome as St Paul telleth us was a branch of that Tree whereof Christ Iesus was the root The now Church of Rome will bee no branch but the roote it selfe The ancient Church of Rome was but a member of the Catholique Church of God of which Iesus Christ was Head But the now Church of Rome is the Catholique Church it selfe of which the Pope is head and such a Church was never in Rome for 600. yeares after Christ for so long no Bishop of Rome durst presume to take upon him Christs title to be head of his Church husband of his spouse till Boniface the third with him began this Church Thirdly And as they have a new Church so they have a new Creede and Articles of Doctrine as for example sake 1. That the Pope the head of the Church cannot erre in the matter of faith 2. That all Ecclesiasticall power dependeth upon the Pope 3. That he hath power to canonize Saints 4. That he hath power to depose Kings 5. That the Popes pardons are requisite or usefull to release soules out of Purgatorie 6. That there is a treasurie of Saints merits and superabundant satisfactions at the Popes disposing 7. That the Priest can make his Maker 8. That the sacred Host made by the Priest ought to bee elevated and carried in solemne procession and adored 9. That the effects of the Sacrament dependeth upon the intention of the

tribe of Iudah the Lyon Rampant in the feild Or and their motto is The Lion of the tribe of Iudah shall overcome It is written the Emperour to have set before him at his mea●e Godignus cap. 6 pag 25 de Abass rebus a vessell full of Ashes to put him in minde of his Mortality The Abassins reckon a succession of Christian Emperours from Abraham called the Saint Who was Emperor Anno 470. Alvares cap. 13. in Purchas The Prets or Emperours dwell in a movable citie of tents on festival dayes he vseth red tents About 50000 Mules attend the Prets campe to remoue his carriages They call themselues as we do 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ithiopia wian In Arabike are called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Elhabaschi vulgarly the Abassines _____ presbiter signifieth Apostolike in Arabike Scaliger de Emen de temporum pag. 680. For their Ecclesiasticall government Ecclesiasticall government Myrae de notitia episcop lib. 1 cap. 21 pag. 56. They are subiect to a Patriarch of their owne whom they call Abunna Their Abunna when Alvares was in Aethiopia was called Marke Aluares cap. 14. a Reverend old man aged about 110 a man very gracious in his speech never speaking without blessing God and giving thankes his apparell was white his upper garment like a Cardinalls cloake buttoned before When he goeth out of his tent he rideth upon a Mule well attended having a Crosse in his hand and three crosses carried on staues about him Some do report that there are in Ethiopia 127 Archbishops Godig de Abassin rebus lib. 1. cap. 32. pag. 195. Aluares reporteth in Macham Celacem which is the Church of the holy Trinitie Alvares cap. 14. he saw 200 mitred preists together and 64 Canopies carried over them Their Churches are builded round and very rich with hangings of cloth of gold Velvet and plate They have many goodly Monasteries to the Monasterie of the vision of Iesus belongeth about 3000 Monks Alva cap 2. In Europe there was litle knowledge of these Abassine Christians untill the Portugalls had footing in the East Indies Damia Goes de Aethiopum moribus Idem pa. 161. about the yeare 1486. Iohn King of Portugall sent Alphonsus a Pavia and Petrus a Covilham to Prester Iohn They saild to Caire like marchants agreed one of them to goe into India and the other into Aethiopia Peter having seene Goa and Calecut and other places in India returneth to Caire to meete Alphonso where he heard of his death and receaved also letters from the King of Portugall that they should not returne without seeing Prester Iohn Peter writing back what he had seene in India traveleth into Ethiopiae to the Emperour and delivereth King Iohns letters to him but could never get leaue of the said Emperour to returne but lived richly there Afterwards the King of Portugall sent divers men Idem pag. 169. and amongst others Francis Alvares his Chapline who remained in Ethiopia 6 yeeres and hath written a booke of the religion and and customes of the Ethiopians This Aluares returning brought letters from the Emperour of Ethiopia to the Pope which were delivered to him in Bonnonia in the presence of the Emperour Charles the 5. An 1533. Damia Goes pag. 171. Vpon the receipt of which letters there was great Ioy and a report of a great Countrie of Christians in Africk as bigg as all Europe that had submitted themselves to the Pope and especially in that time when dyuers Princes in Germanie Tum primum lusitanos adijsse Aethi opidni cum fidem ca tholic●m Lutherus deser●●t Godig de Abass rebus lib. 1 pag. 145 cap 23. Dam. a Goes pa. 203. de Aethiopū moribus and King Henry the eight had with drawne themselves from the Roman Church David Emperour of Aethiopia sent a learned Bishop called Zabazago into Porgall a man of admirable faith learning and Eloquence whose confession of Faith is set downe by Damianus a Goes The Pope sendeth a Patriarch with others into Aethiopia one Johannes Berniudes a Spanish Frier there went with him 400 shot and some pioners out of the Portugall Jndies their commander was Don Christopher a Gama who arrived in Aethiopia anno 1538 and was suffered their to remaine vntill Precious Iohn had vanquished the King of Adell by the help of the said Portugalls But the said Patriarch was compelled to returne being accused of Sacriledge for stealing a vessell of gold out of a Church and with this message that the Emperour would not submit himselfe to the Bishop of Rome Afterwards their were 13 Iesuits chosen by Ignatius Eoiola Godig de abass reb lib. 2. cap. 15 and others to be sent into Ethiopia of which one of them had the title of Patriarch to wit Joannes Nonius Barrtius and two of Bishops the Patriarch dyed and never saw Aethiopia to whom one of the Bishops Androas Orviedo succeeded in his Patriarch all title be failing with the Portugal shipps to Goa in the East Indies the vice-roy sent a Messenger first into Aethiopia to know whether the Emperour would receive some learned men Portugals sent to him from the Pope and the King of Portugall which he refused not Where vpon the Vice-roy sent the said Patriarch Andreas with some Iesuits and twentie attendants according to the dignitie of his person who landed at a Port in the Red Sea neere to the Citie of Arquick in the yeare 1557. From whence he went to a Citie called Baroa where an Ethiopian King called Barnagasses received the Patriach with great honour from thence the Patriach was 50 dayes going to the Emperour Claudius who receiving his letters told him that he would never yeild obedience to the Bishop of Rome he gave him leave to teach the Portugals but forbad him to speake on word to his Abassines and that he would not suffer the Roman yoke to be layd on him or his Claudius the Emperour dying Adamas succeeded who banished the said-Patriarch Andreas All these Christians before named are not subiect to the Pope except before excepted In Europe the Papists inhabit somewhat above a fourth part The Protestants Muscovits and Greeke Christians inhabit the rest of it with some Turkes who are mingled with the Greeks and make one third part with them some say much lesse Bellonius writeth the Greek Rites Asserlmus Graecauica Ecclesia ritus latius patere quā latina lib. 1 cap. 35. to extend farther then the Latine which may be true of the Latins in Europe onely In Asia the second part of the old world and Africa the third part the last whereof is three times bigger than Europe and Asia bigger then the other both The Pope hath very little Possevine the Iesuit writeth In apparatu de Maronitis Maronitae Libani Montis in Syria incolae sub corum Patriarcha pietatem et fidem erga Romanū ponti ficem et sedem Apostolicam uni ex omnibus Orientis populis sat integrā