Tvvo treatises written against the papistes the one being an answere of the Christian Protestant to the proud challenge of a popish Catholicke: the other a confutation of the popish churches doctrine touching purgatory & prayers for the dead: by William Fulke Doctor in diuinitie.

The 18. article hath but one demande.

I demande whether they were euer of the true Catholike church, which either tooke to them selues newe names of religion according to the calling of any secte maister, or liked not so well the name of Catholike or Christian as of their se∣uerall teachers, as to be called of Arius, Arians, or of Caluine, Caluinistes, or of Luther, Lutheranes, or Pro∣testants &c. if any man therefore can proue vnto me that

men which haue chosen to themselues to declare their di∣uersitie of faith, from the common knowen Catholike church such newe names, shoulde be of the Catholike church, I recant.

I Aunswere that they which can not be content with the name of Christians, but chose vnto them selues newe names after the calling of their secte maisters: as Arrians, Pelagians, Franciscanes, Dominicanes, Benedictines, Gil∣bertines, Augustinians, Scotistes, Thomistes, Albertistes, &c. are none of the Catholike church: But the true Christians which desier most of all to be so called, and compting it a most honorable name without chosing any other name, be of the Catholike church, although in reproch, they be cal∣led of you Caluinistes, and Lutherans. As for the name of Protestants, came first of them that made protestatiō against the decree of Spires in Germanie, and from that time hath bene attributed to the professors of the Gospell: which name they doe not so much delight in, as you doe in the name of Papistes. Therefore, if nothing els do let you but the name▪ there is no cause why you shoulde not recant.