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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.
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Pagitt, Ephraim, 1574 or 5-1647.
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a tempore Innocencii 3. retinuerunt that the Maronites of mount Lybanus only of the East kept faith to the Church of Rome And this may serve to confute them that would empale the Church of God within the limmits of the Roman Church and pretend that all the Christians of the world are subiect to the Pope but only a few Protestants in Europe for here you may see that the Church of God is not tied to Rome onely but that it is Catholike and vniversall dispersed vpon the face of the whole earth and as God hath been mercifull to vs and caused his face to shine vpon vs so his wayes are knowne vpon earth and his saving health amongst all Nations therefore let the earth prayse thee O God yea let all nations praise thee To this relation of the habitations of the Christians not subiect to the Pope I thinke good to give the Reader this Caveat towit The Pope to make his Iurisdiction to shew greater then it is giveth many titles to his followers of those Churches which he hath not to doe with all As to one he giveth the title of the Patriarch of Constantinople to another of Aethiopia Bermudes was called Patriarch of Aethiope Smith of Calcedon Fleming Archbishop of Dublin c. so also he gives the title of other Bishopricks in Greece England and Ireland c. So also their writers in some of their bookes Write false stories tales to make his Iurisdiction Church seeme greater then it is as for example In a booke printed at Coloin intituled Relationes historicae duae duaruÌ„ illustrium legaticuum c. Cardinall Baronius writeth a booke and therein publisheth to the world the submission of the Patriarch of Alexandria and of the Aegiptians and Aethiopians which never was which Treatise is intituled A relation of the Legats of the Church of Alexandria to the Apostolike See The Cardinall in the beginning of the said booke setteth downe the great providence of God in governing his Church for whereas a few franticke people had forsaken the Roman See now the Patriarch of Alexandria and all the Provinces of Aegipt and Aethiopia had submitted themselves to the Roman Church and he setteth downe the submission of the Patriarch in these words In the name of the Father Sonne and holy spirit of one God In the name of God most compassionate and mercifull Everlasting glorie be to God salvation is from the Lord O God give vs thy Salvation Humble Gabriell by the grace of God servant of the See of Saint Marke in the Citie of Alexandria in Aegipt and in all other places thereunto adjoyning in the south Maritime and in Ethiopia the 97 of the Patriachs successor to S. Marke the Evangelist wisheth health and offereth the spirituall kisse to the Father Lord Father of Fathers Prince of Patriarchs being the 13 of the Apostles of our glorious Lord Iesus Christ And of the Evangelist the fifth Successor to St. Peter the Apostle He after setteth downe his submission at large in this Treatise which is published by it selfe and also set downe in the latter end of his sixt Tome of his Annalls Thom a Iesu de conv omn gent lib. 7. pa. 1. cap. 6. pag. 363. Tempore Clementis 8 legatio ficta Alexandrinae ecclesiae ad Romanum pontificem de lataest quae Marcus Patriarcha et cuÌ„â—o omnes Aegipti provintiae aliaeque sibi coniunctae ipsum ut par est summum ecclesiae caput universasemque agnoscebant PastoreÌ„ ut late in fine 6 Tom. Annal. Cardinalis Baronius scripsit Re tamen postea diligentius examinata cuiusdam Bartouis impostoris fuisse mendatium ac figmentum apparuit which historie is meere false and feigned as Thomas the Iesuit saith In the time of Pope Cement the 8. a feigned embassage was brought from the Church of Alexandria to the Roman Bishop in which the Patriarch and all the provinces of Aegipt and others adjoyning did acknowledge him as it was fitting the cheife and universall Pastor of the Church as Cardinall Baronius hath writton in the end of his 6 to me but the matter being more dilligently examined appeared to be a meere lye and a fiction of a certeine Imposture Bartouis In Africa are The Cophtie Vnder the Patriarch of Alexandria And the Abassin christians in Aethiope Vnder theire Abunna or Patriarch America and the Christians therein AMerica was discovered about 142 yere ago discovered Anno 1492. in which the King of Spaine hath four regions with some Ilands the Regions are new Spaine Castilla del Oro Peru and part of Brasile which are supposed to be a sixt part of America In the first 40 yeare after the discoverie thereof these regions with the Ilands were almost depopulated the Natives being either slaine consumed in the mines Nos autem pro certo affirmare aâ— demus iis quadraginta annis quibus Iberi cruentam suam tyr annidem 〈◊〉 ercuerunt ultra dâ—odecim milliones hominum fato sunctos esse in narratione reruÌ„ indicarum pag 7. or carred into captivitie Bishop Casaus in his booke to Philip Prince of Spaine writeth of the consumption of 12 millions of men and that in Hispaniola there were not 300 natives left and of a very small remaine in the other Ilands and in New Spaine it selfe Complaint being made to the noble Emperor Charles the fift he by his proclamation freed these Indians from slaverie and gave them the state of free men For the conversion of these Christians it seemeth to be coact Oviedo histor Indiae occidental's lib. 1 cap 4 Oviedo reporteth that in Cuba there was scarce any one or but vey few that became Christians willingly And what manner of Christians these were you may iudg by Benzos report of New Spaine Benzo histor novi orbis lib. 2 cap. 19 apud Brer viz that they had nothing almost belonging to Christianitie but onely the bare name of Christians I hope it is better now This Church is Governed by foure Archbishops and foure and twentie inferior Bishops In America there be divers plantations of the English Dutch and French and there are now more English in Virginea onely then were left of the Natives in New-Spaine after the depopulation before named I reade of abovt eight thousand Natives remaining there then CHAP. III. THESE Christians agree with us in the maine points of religion they are all baptized in the name of the Father Sonne and Holy Ghost c. And in the principall points of controversie betweene the Roman Church you shall see how they agree with us and differ from them In this Chapter I will set downe therefore 1 The principall differences betweene vs the Church of Rome 2 How the Churches before named agree with vs in the cheife points in controversie 3 I find these Churches not Hereticall but Orthodoxall in the maine 4 Of the agreement of the Protestants among themselves 5 Of the difference amongst the Papists 6
in EVROPE Protestants Greekes and Muscovites Secondly in ASIA The Christians under the Patriarch of Ierusalem Antioch The Armenians The Georgians The Mengrellians The Cinassians The Christians in Asia the lesse Muscovite Christians in Asia Christians under the Patriarch of Musall The Jacobites Christians of St. Thome The Maronites Besides the Curdi Morduites Drusi and the Christians of Taprobana Thirdly in AFRICA The Cophti under the Patriarch of Alexandria The Abassines or Ethiopian Christians The contents of the second Chapter The severall habitations of these Christians in Europe Asia and Africa The contents of the third Chapter The Vnitie and how these Churches agree with us in the principall points wherein wee differ from the Church of Rome Jn this chapter is set downe 1 The principall differences betweene the Church of Rome and us 2 The points in which these Churches agree with us with some of their Liturgies 3 That I finde these Churches are not hereticall but orthodox in the maine 4 Of the harmony of the Protestants among themselves 5 Of the differences and want of Vnity amongst the Romanists 6 Our Vnity with the ancient East West and South Churches and especially with Gregory who is pretended to be the founder of the Romish Religion amongst us 7 Our agreement with the ancient Britans our forefathers 8 The lives and conversations of those Churches comparatively The Contents of the fourth Chap. Of the Antiquity of these Churches 1 Some of them are more ancient then the Romish Church 2 The old Church of Rome and the now church are not one but different 3 The now church of Rome as it is a new church so likewise it hath new Articles of Faith c. The Contents of the fift Chapter A Succession of Bishops in Hierusalem Antioch Alexandria Rome for 600. yeeres In Constantinople for some yeeres The Metropolites and Bishoprickes of Constantinople Antioch Hierusalem Africa The Bishops of Constantinople from Stachys to this day That the Roman Bishops since Gregory differ in Title Iurisdiction Life and Doctrine from the former A Succession of the Emperors of Constantinople and of Aethiopia The Contents of the sixt Chapter By what meanes the Papall Monarchie hath beene raised and how it hath been and is upheld in which is set downe 1. The primitive estate of the Roman Bishops 2. How they got the title of head of all other Churches and how they increased their Jurisdiction 3 The Popes Temporalties 4 How the Pope got Superiority above the Emperors 5 Of their inventions to get money 6 Of the Popes state and magnificence 7 Of the Popes munificence and gifts 8 Guicchardines relation of the Popes rising 9 How the Popes keepe that they have Jn giving of Kingdomes to Princes In dispensing with marriages and oathes Their Corrupting the Fathers Suppressing the reading of holy Scriptures Their inventing scandalous lies and Bookes c. The Conclusion A letter sent from the Patriarch of Alexandria to the late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury and his Answer to the same CHRISTIANOGRAPHIE or the description of the sundrie sorts of Christians in the world not subject to the Pope AMongst the usuall and false pretences wherewith our Adversaries of Rome have long gone about to deceive the simple and ignorant One of the principall is the Paucitie of the Professors of the Reformed Religion and the Multitude and Amplitude of them and their Religion as if all the Christian Kings Emperouns and Bishops before King Henry the Eight and Archbishop Cranmer and also the whole Church of God had beene subiect to the Bishop of Rome but onely a few Protestants shut up in an obscure corner of Europe To discover the falshood of these their vaine and glorious boasting I purpose to set downe 1 The Churches of Christians in the world not subiect to the Pope or differing in Religio from him 2 The places of their Dwellings and large Habitations 3 Their VNITIE and how they do agree with us in the principall points in Controverfie betweene the Church of Rome and its 4 The ANTIQVITY of these Churches some of them being more ancient then the Church of Rome 5 A SVCCESSION of Bishops in some of their Patriarchall Churches and other Episcopall Sees 6 How the Church of Rome hath beene advanced above other Churches and how it hath beene since supported and held up The seuerall sortes of Christians In the world not subiect to the Pope or differing in Religion from him CAP. I. CHristianity is not confined to one Countrey or Nation but it is dispersed over the face of the whole Earth Our Lord and Saviour being ready to ascend into Heaven commanded his Apostles Mat. 28 19 saying Goe yee and teach all Nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the Holy Ghost And this his commandement the holy Apostles put in execution Mar. 16.20 They went forth and preached every where the Lord working with them In the Ecclesiasticall histories the contries Nations are named in which and to whom they preached Peter preached in Iudea Pererius ad Roman cap. 30 sect 27. ANTIOCH Galatia Cappadocia Pontus in Asia Bithinia and Rome James The sonne of Zebedee in Iudea and Spaine Iohn in Iudaea and Asia the lesse ex Origene Dorotheo En sebio Hierony mo Isidore aliisque Andrew in Scythia Europea in Epirus Thratia and Achaia Iames the brother of our Lord in Hierusalem Philip in Scythia and Phrygia Bartholmew in the farther India and Armenia the great Matthew in Ethiopia Thomas to the Parthians Medes Persians Brachmans Hircanians Bactrians and Jndians Simon in Mesopotamia Judas in Aegypt and both after in Persia Matthias in the higher Ethiopia Also Paul and Barnabas in many countries of Europe and Asia All these published the same faith for substance Per Dei voluntatem in scripturis nobis tradiderunt fundamentum et columnā fidei nostrae futuram Co len 1625. Irenaeus advers haeres lib. 3. cap. 1 Mat. 28.20 which we at this day professe in the Church of England for they taught those things that Christ commanded them which are set downe by the will of God in holy Scripture to be the pillar and foundation of our faith as Irenaeus writeh And although men are generally perswaded that these Churches are perished or become Hereticks yet according to Gods promise of assistance not onely to themselves viz Lo I am with you alway but also to their Successors preaching after them even to the latter end of the world Christianity remaineth in many of these Regions to this day maugre the cruelty of the Tyrants and malice of the divel as will appeare afterwards by the testimony of Historiographers and other unreproveable Authors Some make but six sorts of Christians in the world First the East Church which challengeth to her selfe the first place in regard of her prerogatives and priviledges as having almost all the Apostolicke Sees The greatest number of Patriarcks the Maiesty of the Empire of