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A modest briefe discussion of some points taught by M. Doctour Kellison in his treatise of the ecclesiasticall hierarchy. By Nicholas Smyth
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Knott, Edward, 1582-1656.
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made Pastours and receiue power of Iurisdiction which likewise is against M. Doctour chap. 8. n. 2. Therefore I inferre that the word Hierarchie hath a latitude and signifieth distinction both in Order and in Iurisdiction 4 Moreouer I demaund whether the name of Hierarchie must signify onely such Order Iurisdiction Office or Ministerie as haue their Institution immediately froÌ„ Christ or else that to make one of the Hierarchie it is sufficient they be instituted by the Church If none be compreheÌ„ded but such as are instituted by Christ then it will remaine doubtfull whether such as haue only lesser Orders as Ostiarij Lectours Exorcists and Acolythes be of the Hierarchie because diuers Deuines hold that those Orders were instituted onely by the Church and Patriarches Primates Archbishops Deanes Vicar Generals Archdeacons c. shal certainly be excluded from the Hierarchie because as such they are not of Dâ—uine Institution yea parish Priest abstracting from their Orders may doubt whether they be of the Hierarchie because it is not certaine that their Institution is Deuine If to make one of the Hierarchie Deuine Institution be not requiâ—ed it is a signe that it hath a great latitude and that it may comprehend Religious Superiours whose particular Iurisâ—ictions Offices are not immediately from the deuine Institution as neyther Archbishops Patriarches Primates Archdeacons Vicars c. are although the Institution of Bishops in generall be from our Sauâ—our Christ who likewise instituted Reâ—â—â—â—â—â—s state in generall So as Religious Sâ—â—â—â—â—â— ours must be of the Hierarchie 〈…〉 we will also exclude Archbisâ—â—ps Pâ—â—â—archs c. who ne no man â—oth 〈◊〉 exclude yea seeing Superioâ—â—s to 〈◊〉 ous Orders are properly Oraâ—â—â—◠〈◊〉 Pastours of their subâ—ects iâ— that t◠〈◊〉 of ordinary Iurisdiction and as 〈…〉 Pastourship they are more of the Hierarchy then a Bishop only Deleâ—â—te in â—espect of that place for which 〈…〉 then Delegate Moâ—eoâ—er those Râ—lâ—gâ—oâ—â— Superiours who by their Office are immoueable and perpetuall whereby they are properly in a State and are obliged to gouerne illuminate perfect others which are acts of perfection are truly in a State of PerfectioÌ„ both to be acquired already acquired in that respect are in some particular manner degree of the Ecclesiasticall Hierarchy more than Secular Bishops euen Ordinaries although no doubt in other respects Bishops do farre excell them 5 That Religious Superiours as such be of the Ecclesiasticall Hierarchy S. Bernard cited by M. Doctour chap. 1. n. 17. to another purpose doth expresly teach while together which Primates Patriarchs Archbishops Bishops and Priests he puts Abbots in Hierarchie of the Church saying as that there in heauen the â—erâ—phâ—â—s and Cherubins Caeteri quoquâ—â—sâ—ue ad â—â—â—gelos 〈…〉 caâ— 4. Archangelos and all the rest euen to the Angels Archangels which M. Doctour translates all the rest of the Angelles and Archangels as if Seraphins and Cherubins were Angels and Archangels strictly vnderstood and as they are of distinct orders as S. Bernard heere taketh them are ordered vnder one head God so here also vpon earth vnder one cheife Bishop Primates or Patriarches Archbishops Bishops Priests or Abbots and the rest in the same manner Behold according to S. Bernard Abbots as distinct from Bishops and Priests belong to the Ecclesiasticall Hierarchy yea he giueth the true reason thereof namely because all are ordered vnder one chiefâ— Bishop Christs Vicar And heere I haue reason to complaine of M. Doctours dealing in the said place for alledging S. Bernard as if he said that the Hierarchy of the Church is perturbed when Abbots are subtracted from the Bishops Iurisdiction whereas S. Bernard in the very same place which M. Doctour cites doth in expresse words approue the exemption of Abbots from Bishops and only disliketh exemption procured out of a spirit of disobedience pride and Ambition His words are Nonnulla tamen Monasteria sita in diuersis Episcopatibus quòd specialiùs pertinuerint ab ipsa sua fundatione ad SedeÌ„ Apostolicam pro volunt are fundatorum quis nesciat sed aliud est quod largitur deuotio aliud quod molitur ambitio impatiens subicetionis Neuerthelesse who can be ignorant that some Monasteries seated iâ— diuers Bishopricks haue from their very foundation particulary belonged to the Sea Apostolick according to the will of the founders But it is one thing what deuotion bestoweth and another what ambition not brooking subiection doâ—h atempt But doth M. Doctour indeede thinke that Popeâ— perturbe the Hierarchy of the Church by exempting Religious men from the IurisdictioÌ„ of Bishops or would he father on S. Bernard a thing which neither himselfe nor any good Catholick will auow Mauclerus also whom M. Doctour in his 10. chapter n. 23. stileth a learned Doctour of Sorbon Mancler de Monarchia 1. partis l. 5. cap. 5. compareth Superiours in ReligioÌ„ to the Principalities Secular Pastours inferiours to Bishops to Archangels and Priests not Curates to Angeles So that this learned Deuine not only placeth Religious Superiours in the Ecclesiasticall Hierarchy but also preferreth theÌ„ before Secular Pastours other Priests not Pastours as in the Celestiall Hierarchy Principalities are an Order aboue Archangels Angels But let vs now out of S. Deunys S. Thomas prooue that Religious as Religious be of the Hierarchy This I will do in that manner which M. Doctour ought to haue vsed by giuing the Definition of a Hierarchy by that to haue comprehended or excluded Religious or other persons whatsoeuer 6 S. Dennys de Eccles Hierarch cap. 1. defineth a Hierarchy in this manner Qui Hierarchiam dixit omnium simul sacrorum Ordinum dixit dispositionem He that names a Hierarchy names the disposition or due ranking of all sacred Orders What words are heere to exclude Religious men I am sure M. Doctour knowes well that by sacred Orders S. Dennys is farre from vnderstanding as some vnlearned person might imagine Holy Orders of Priesthood Deacon and Subdeacon But by Orders he vnderstands Professions Institutes Offices Degrees c. as before he had said Hierarchia nostra dicitur estque ratio complectens sacra omnia quae ad eam pertinent Our Hierarchy is a certaine manner comprchending all sacred things which belong to it Otherwise all in lesser Orders all Bishops Archbishops yea Popes elected but not consecrated should not belong to the Hierarchy But why should I seeke a better interpreter of S. Dennys then S. Dennys himselfe Who in his 6. chapt Titulo Contemplatio doth expressely put Monks to be one of the Orders in the Ecclesiasticall Hierarchy and a little after the beginning of the same Chapter he plainely saith Summus corum omnium qui initiantur perficiuntur Ordo est sanctorum Monachorum The highest of those who are initiated and perfected is the Order of holy Monks Before you heard him saying that a Hierarchy was the disposition of holy Orders and now almost word for word he saith that ReligioÌ„ is