A confutation of a popishe, and sclaunderous libelle in forme of an apologie: geuen out into the courte, and spread abrode in diuerse other places of the realme. VVritten by VVilliam Fulke, Bacheler in Diuinitie, and felowe of S. Ihons Colledge in Cambridge.

The Papiste.

The thirde consideration is, that it is prohibited by the Canons of the apostles, and by the generall caunselles also, that a christian man shoulde not communicate neither in Sacramentes nor yet in commō praiers, with Heritikes and Schismatikes. As it appeareth in the tenth Canon, and in the seconde Canon of the counsell hol∣den at Antioche. It was decreed there, that it was not lawful to communicate with ex∣cōmunicate persones, nor to enter into any house, nor to praie with thē, nor lawfull to receiue them that are excommunicate out of one churche into another churche. And in the coūsel holdē at Laodicea, it was pro∣hibited there, that the christiā men should enter into the churches or churche yerdes, of the heretikes, there to praie with them, and in the 33. Canon of the same counsell the like prohibition is there expressed for

praier with Schismatikes. And in the 4. counsell holden at Carthage Canon 73. it was decreed, that christian men should ne∣ther praie nor singe with Heretikes. And who so euer did praie, singe, or communi∣cate, with any excōmunicate person, whe∣ther he were of the Clergie or of the Laitie, shoulde be thereby excommunicated. An example we reade therefore, how the chri∣stian men at Constantinople would not cō∣municate with the Arianes, neither in Sa∣cramentes, nor yet in commō praiers, not∣withstādyng that the Arians did agree with the Christen menne in theim bothe, as in all Sacramentes, and in all poinctes of prai∣yng, sauing that the Arians did sing Gloria patri in filio, and the Christian menne, Glo∣ria patri & filio, &c. And therfore, and for that onely poinct, Ihō Chrysostome then beyng Bishop of Constantinople, did ap∣poincte vnto the christian men a seperate place, and maner of praier from them, as it appeareth in the sixth of the Historie Ec∣clesiastike. And therefore the notable do∣ctour S. Augustine doth conclude, on thys wise, saiyng, that they shall not communi∣cate in Sacramētes with vs, whose doctrine

we cannot approue and allowe.