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M. Hardinge.
VVho hath authoritie to commaunde the partes of the body,* 1.1 but the head?‡ 1.2 And that the Pope is head, where it is amply declared, ye hearde euen nowe. VVhere you aske, whiche euer saide, that the Pope hath authoritie to cal councelles, if you knowe not so mutche,* 1.3 We tel you, that Socrates the writer of the Ecclesiastical historie saithe so, not speaking in his owne person, but reportinge an olde rule of the Churche in these woordes.* 1.4 Sed ne{que} Iulius interfuit maximae Romae praesul, ne{que} in locum suum aliquem destinauit, cùm vtique regula ecclesiastica iubeat, non oportere praeter sententiam Romani Pontificis‡ 1.5 concilia celebrari. But neither Iulius the bishop of greate Rome was present, (at the councel of Antiochia) neither sent he any man in his place, where as the ecclesiastical rule commaundeth, that without the aduise and wil of the Pope of Rome no coun∣cels be kepte. And, as Socrates witnesseth of the calling of councels, so doth Sozomenus witnesse of the thinges doone in them.* 1.6 Cum sacerdotali lege constitutum sit, pro irritis haberi debere, quae praeter sententiam episcopi Romani geruntur. VVhere as (saithe he) it hath benne ordei∣ned by a lawe of Bishoppes, that what thinges be doone (in any councel) besides thaduise and wil of the bishop of Rome, they ought to be taken for none, and voide. If you wil see more for this autho∣ritie of calling councels, reade Rescriptum Iulij Papae contrà Orientales: Epist. Athanasij & Aegyptiorum Pontificum ad Foelicem Papam. This matter is also fully answeared.