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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
scripture_n	catholic_a	church_n	tradition_n	2,528	5	9.2068	5	false

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14436	The waie home to Christ and truth leadinge from Antichrist and errour, made and set furth in the Latine tongue, by that famous and great clearke Vincent, French man borne, aboue .xi. hundred yeres paste, for the comforte of all true Christian men, against the most pernitious and detestable crafte of heretikes, which in his tyme by all subtell wayes, deuised to obscure and deface the doctrine and religion of the vniuersall churche. And now the same worke is englished, and by the Quenes highnes authorised to be sette furthe for the reliefe fo diuers Englishe menne, which yet stande in doubte, whether they may goe to heauen in the peace and vnitie of Christes vniuersall churche, or to hell in the dissention and confusion of heretikes; Pro catholicae fidei antiquitate libellus. English	Vincent, of Lérins, Saint, d. ca. 450.; Proctor, John, 1521?-1584.	1554 (1554)	STC 24754; ESTC S104650	58,039	228

not againste any stone that is to say that they cannot offende or go amisse though they wold But some wyll saye if the testimonies sentences promises of the scripture are vsed of the deuill his ministers of whom some be false Prophetes some false Apostles some be false teachers and they all heretikes what then shall the catholike men the childreÌ„ of our mother the Church doe By what mean shall they discerne the veritie in the holye scriptures from the falshood of suche heretikes No doubte they must doe as at the beginning I admonished They must doe as other godlye learned meÌ„ haue done before them and as they haue taughte vs to doe that followe them What is that They must interpretate vnderstande and expounde the scriptures of God accordynge to the traditions orders rules of the catholike Church wherin they must also necessarilye obserue followe the vniuersalitie antiquitie and coÌ„sent of the catholike apostolike churche And when so euer a parte against the vniuersalitie noueltie againste auncientie the dissention of a fewe shall rebell againste the vniuersall consente of all or the most parte of christians then preferre and esteme the integritie of the vniuersalitie before the corruption of a parte And in the same vniuersalitie the religion of antiquitie before the prophane noueltie againe in that antiquitie before the temeritie of one or a fewe preferre chieflye the generall decrees of an vniuersall couÌ„sell and if none suche bee then followe the consent and censure of suche as haue tofore taughte and ruled in the churche of god Whiche if we diligently soberly and faiethfully obserue it shal be easy inoughe for vs to discerne or deprehende from tyme to time all pestilent errors of al sortes of heretikes Here nowe consequent it is that I by example doe demonstrate howe and in what wise the prophane nouelties of heretikes maye be bothe deprehended and also condempned by the censures and sentences of the aunciente fathers concordinge and agreing together How be it we oughte to inuestigate and followe the aunciente consente of the holye fathers not in euery small question of the scriptures but only and chiefely in the rule of faith neither at all times all kinde of heresies are this wayes to bee impugned but only newe and freshe heresies as sone as they put vp their heades That before they haue falsyfied the presidences of the auncient faieth they maye be put of their purpose by the straightnes of the time and before they may haue leasure to goo about to corrupt and viciate the workes of oure elders with theire venime creping moore at large But olde and inueterate heresyes cannot be ouerthrowen after this sort because in longe tracte of times they haue gotten better occasioÌ„ to incroche vpon trueth Wherfore suche olde heresies must be euer conuinced by the onely authoritie of the scripture or els auoided and detested beinge alredy tofore conuinced and condempned by vniuersall counsell of the catholike writers Wherfore as sone as any newe prophane error beginneth to pepe vp and the authour therof imbeseleth for the defense of the same certain senteÌ„ces out of the scripture whiche he falsely and craftely dothe expouÌ„de by by must ye gather together the exposition of the fathers vpon those places whiche were produced for the defense of the erroure Wherby that newe prophane errour maye be with out longe circumstauÌ„ce bewraied without anye delaye condempned But the exposition of suche fathers onely are to be conferred whiche lyuing teaching and abidinge holily wisely and constantly in the faieth and catholyke communion haue merited either to dye in Christe faiethfullye either for Christe to be slayne happely Vnto whome notwithstandinge we ought so farre furthe to geue credit as they consente and agree together And whatsoeuer they together haue manifestlye firmelye and fayethfullye receyued taught and deliuered vnto vs the same maye we receyue beleue and folowe as moste certaine true and perfect doctrine And whatsoeuer anye man be he Byshoppe or Prelate be he Confessor or Martyr be he neuer so holye neuer so well learned shall presume to mayntayne and teache anye thynge contrarye to the consent opinion and censure of these fathers we ought to accompt the same heresie amongest the priuie priuate sectes which are deuided from the authoritie of the coÌ„mon publique general sentence Let vs not with highe daunger of euerlastynge saluation after the curssed custome of hellishe heretikes forsake the auncient verite of the vniuersall doctrine and folow the newe errours of one or a fewe The holye and catholike consent of whiche godlye fathers least anye shoulde temerouslye iudge to be neglected harke what S. Paule sayth vnto the Corinthians ii Cor .xij. God sayeth he hathe constitute cettayne in the church first apostles of whom he was one nexte Prophetes what one we reade in the Actes that Agabus was thirdlye teachers whyche we call Tractatores Treaters or Writers whiche Paule him selfe calleth also prophetes somtyme because by them throughe their diligence the mysteries of the Prophetes are opened vnto the people Those therfore thus dispensed and constitute by the prouideÌ„ce of God by tymes and places whosoeuer shall despice or contemne agreynge and consentynge together in anye matter of Christ his catholike religion let him knowe that he contemneth not man but God And that no man should deuide him selfe from the southsaying vnitie of these fathers S. Paule earnestlye desyreth saying I beseche you brethren that ye all speake one thinge and the same and that there be amongest you no dissention Be ye perfect and knit together in one and the same sense in one and the same sentence And yf anye shall deuide hym selfe from the communion of the Catholicke sentence he shall heare that of S. Paule He is not God of dissention but of peace That is to saye he is not the God of hym which shrinketh from the vnite of consent but of suche as abyde constaunt in the peace of consent with other As I teach you sayth he in al congregatioÌ„s of the sainctes That is of the Catholike which therefore are called sainctes because they persist consiaunte in the communion of fayth And yf any one would so muche arrogate vnto him selfe as thoughe he onelye were to be hearde and credited before all other S. Paule to hys reprofe sayeth thus Came the worde of God from you or came it into you onely But least this shoulde seeme to be spoken vpon smale consideration he addeth further If any man semeth to be a Prophete or spirituall let him knowe those thinges which I do write vnto you because they are the commaundementes of the Lorde Whiche commaundementes he that is counted a Prophet or spirituall that is to saye a maister of spirituall matters doth not with earnest studye of equalitie and vnitie obserue that eyther preferreth his owne opinion before others or in any poynt goeth from the iudgement of the vniuersall consent The commaundement hereof who knoweth not sayeth

S. Paule shall not be knowen That is to saye whosoeuer eyther doeth not learne whyche he knoweth not or beyng knowen doeth contemne the same man shal not be knowen That is he shal be counted vnworthy on whome amongest other vnited in fay the and knitte in christian humilitie the heauenlye mercye maye be extended And what thynge worsse What euyll more bytter canne be deuysed then thys And yet accordynge to thys Apostolycke commination we see the same hathe chaunced vnto Iulian Pelagian who eyther neglected to incorporate hym selfe to the mynde and sentence of other fathers or presumed to excorporate hym selfe that tofore was one of them But nowe time it is that accordinge to my promise I declare by example when and how the sentences of the holy fathers may be gathered together that by them the rule of Ecclesiasticall faythe myghte be assured and confirmed accordynge as by decree and authoritie of counsayle is sette furthe And to doe thys fytte and necessarye it is that I doe eftsoones reuoke what tofore was sayde I sayde at the begynnynge that thys euermore was and styl is the custome of Catholike and true beleuers to approue the true faythe by two wayes First by the authoritie of diuine Scripture Secondlye by tradition of the catholyke Churche Not because the Scripture sufficeth not or plentuously contayneth not all thinges necessarye but because euery man expounding the same accordynge to theyr owne fantasies do often times conceyue dyuers errours and straunge opinions centrary to the intent of the holy scriptures And therefore it is necessarye that the intelligence vnderstandinge of the heaueuly scripture be directed according to one vniforme rule of the ecclesiastical iudgement especiallye in those questions on whiche the foundacion of the whole catholike doctrine doeth staye We sayde moreouer that we ought to consider in the churche the consent aswel of the vniuersalitie as also of antiquitie Least we be broken of from the integritie of vnitie into some prophane error or least we be tumbled from the religion of auncientie headlong into nouelties of vnknowen heresie I haue sayde also that in the same antiquitie of the churche we ought vehementlye and studiously to obserue two thinges vnto which eche man must cleue fast that will not be an heretike The first is if any thinge in the antiquitie of the churche hathe been decreed by all catholike teachers and holy fathers and hathe been setfurth by authoritie of vniuersall counsell Next if there hap to arise any newe question whiche is not decided by generall counsell that then euery good man ought to haue recourse vnto the auncient writers which are knoweÌ„ to haue stedfastly perseuered in the vnitie of the catholike communion and faieth And whatsoeuer they in one minde and consente haue receyued and taught the same we ought to iudge and accept as moost syncere pure and catholike doctrine And that this myght not seeme to be spoken rather of my owne head then by authoritie ecclesiastical I haue drawen to example the godly counsell kepte in Afia at Ephesus Bassus and Antiochus two noble persones then beinge consulles In which counsell a motion beinge made for orders and rules to be deuised for the stablishinge of the faieth it semed vnto all the fathers there assembled whiche were aboute C C. in numbre a thinge verye catholike right faiethfull and moste beest to be done lest any prophane noueltie shoulde by chaunce crepe in contrarye to their godly purpose as to fore in the counsell kepte at Arimine in Italy to bringe furthe the sentences censures opinions of the holye fathers of whiche some were Martyrs some wer Confessors and al were constaÌ„tly remained catholike priestes true faiethful teachers And according to their minde consente and decree well and deuoutly considered the religion of christian faieth might be confirmed and the blasphemie of prophan noueltie condempned This thus done of righte that wicked Nestorius was condempned as an heretike iniurious to the catholike auncientye and blessed Cyrillus was pronouÌ„ced catholike consenting and agreable vnto the holye antiquitie And for the better warrant of the matter I learned the names of the same fathers although I haue forgotten their order accordinge to whose censure and iudgement both suche sentences as then were coÌ„trouerted were expounded and also the rule of the diuine doctrine stablished Whiche fathers here to reherse by name I thinke it not superfluous For thereby shal my memorie be confirmed Wherefore these were they whose wrytinges are recited beinge either iudges or witnesses in that couÌ„sell S. Peter Byshop of Alexandria a verie excellente teacher mooste blessed Martyr Holy Athanasius highe prelate of the same citie a right faithful preacher and moost worthie confessor Holy Theophilus Byshoppe also of the same citie a man for his faieth lyfe and knowledge very famous Whom succeded Cyrill a father of muche reuerence To these holy fathers and godlye Byshoppes of our Citie and prouince adde those shining beames of Cappadocia as saint Gregorie Byshoppe and confessor of Nazianse S. Basil Byshop coÌ„fessor of Caesarea Cappadocia other S. Gregorie also byshop of Nice a man for his faith conuersation integritie and wisedome most worthie to be as he was brother to holye Basill All these were Greekes Amongest the Latines also were manye that by their iudgemeÌ„t allowed the matters passed in that counsel as S. Felix martyr and S. Iulie Byshoppes of Rome Lykewise blessed S. Cyprian Byshop of Carthage martyr Holye sainte Ambrose Byshop of MediolanuÌ„ These were they whiche were in the counsell of Ephesus as iudges witnesses Maisters and Counsellers whose doctrine that blessed Synode faiethfullye imbraced and folowinge theire counsell beleuinge their testimonie obeinge their iudgement haue syncerely truely and faiethfullye pronounced of matters concerning faieth These fathers were but tenne in numbre A greater numbre mought haue been called thereto but there was noo necessitie because as the tyme serued the matters consisted not in the multitude of witnesses and noman doubted but all other catholike men thoughte and beleued as these tenne did After all these thinges I also added S. Cyrill his sentence Whiche is conteined in the eccle siasticall gestes For what tyme the Epistle of holye Capreolus Byshoppe of Carthage was readen who intended and desired nothinge els but that the holye antiquitie mought be defeÌ„ded and wicked noueltie anulled and vtterlye refused then S. Cyrill pronounced defined in fourme as followeth And this Epistle saied he of the reuerend and most godly father Capreolus Bisshop of Carthage shal be regestred in the boke of our gestes and decrees concerninge the faieth whose sentence is so playne For he will that the sentences and decrees of the auncient faieth be confirmed and stablished and that newe founde fansies and inuentions be reproued and condeÌ„pned as bothe superfluous and wicked Hereto all the Byshoppes gaue their consent al wholly agreed therupon all together with one voyce wished the same Wherto gaue they their consent What was it that they in one

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