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Chap. 2. the. 11. Diuision.
And I pray you tell me whether Erasmus or the greeke Scoliaste be more to be beleeued in this poynt, out of whome is taken that which is in the latter ende of the Epistles to Timothie and Titus, where they bothe are called the first elected Bishops that euer were, eyther of Ephesus or Creta: for my parte I thinke they were neyther Bishops nor Archbishops, but (*) 1.1 Euangelists, as shall appeare afterwards. But it may be sufficient to haue set agaynst Erasmus authoritie, the authoritie of the Scholiast. And heere if you will cauill, and say that the Scholiast which sayth he was Bishop, denieth not but that he also was an Archbishop, bicause an Archbishop is a Bishop, it may be answered easily, that the Scholiast did not speake nor write so vnproperly, as to cal them by the generall name of Bishop, whome he might as easily haue called (if the truthe woulde haue let him) by a more proper and particular name of Archbishop. And further in (a) 1.2 this diuision of the ministers, the Archbishop and the Bishop are members of one diuision, and therefore one of them can not be affirmed and sayde of an other, for that were contrarie to the nature of a true diuision.
I tell you that Erasmus and the grecke Scholiaste, doe very well agrée, and the one dothe expounde the other. I tell you also that your negatiue argumentes are not worthe a rushe, vse them as ofte as you liste. What you thinke of Thimothie or Titus béeing Archebishops or Bishops, is not materiall, but of what force your reasons are shall be considered, when you vtter them. If Erasmus and the Gréeke Scholiaste were of diuers iudgements in this poynte (as they be not) yet were it an vnlearned answere to set the one agaynst the other.
He that calleth an Archbishop a Bishop, speaketh properly, for so he is in the res∣pecte of his ministerie, and substance of his office, the name of Archebishop he hathe onely in respecte of order and pollicie. Archbishop and Bishop are members of one diuision, as chiefe Iustice and Iustice is. Euery chiefe Iustice is a Iustice, but euery Iustice is not a chiefe Iustice: euen so euery Archbishop is a Bishop, but euery Bishop is not an Archbishop: neyther is this suche a straunge diuision as you thinke it to be. For Aristotle dyd in like maner deuide 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 in Regnum, Aristocratiam, & 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 that is, that which is commonly called 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.