The defense of the aunsvvere to the Admonition against the replie of T.C. By Iohn VVhitgift Doctor of Diuinitie. In the beginning are added these. 4. tables. 1 Of dangerous doctrines in the replie. 2 Of falsifications and vntruthes. 3 Of matters handled at large. 4 A table generall.

Io. Whitgifte.

Your exāples proue nothing, neither be they any thing like to this of Chrysostome,* 1.1 for Theodorete doth mention these Churches as places annexed to the Bishopricke of Constantinople, & properly apperteyning to the care and charge of Chrysostome the Bishop of that citie. Socrates speaking of a councell assembled at Constantinople, sayth thus: They do againe establish the fayth of the Coūcell of Nice: & deuiding prouinces* 1.2 they appoint Patriarkes, there was therfore allotted vnto Nectarius, the great and ample ci∣tie of Constantinople & Thracia, &c. And this Nectarius was Patriarch of Constanti∣nople next before Chrysostome, so that it is manifest that Chrysostome was Patriarch or Archbishop both of Constantinople and also of Thracia, &c. Sozomenus* 1.3 sheweth euidently that Chrysostome had iurisdiction ouer all Asia, and of other

places also, and that he executed iurisdiction there accordingly: For he deposed to the* 1.4 number of 13. Bishops, some in Lycia, some in Phrygia, some in Asia, bycause they sould be∣nefices and bestowed them for fauour, and for rewarde. And if you were not eyther very ignorant, or wilfully bent, you might haue read in Ecclesiasticall histories, that one Bishop had authoritie and charge ouer diuers Churches, long before Chrysostomes time, the which thing I haue also before proued by diuers examples.

That Chrysostome was Archbishop of all those Churches (although it be suffi∣ciently proued by the testimonie of Theodorete a worthie writer and notable diuine: and by Sozomene also) yet will I adde (as a full confutation of all your phansies in this matter) the iudgement of the wryters and collectors of the Centuries, who being many learned, & trauayling especially in such matters, deserue great credit: In their 5. Centurie. cap. 10. they wryte thus of Chrysostome: Non autem tantùm istius Ecclesiae Pa∣storem* 1.5 egit &c. But he was not onely Pastor of this Churche (meaning Constantinople) but was Archbishop also or ouerseer of other Churches in Thracia, which was deuided into sixe presidentships, in Asia which was ruled of eleuen pretors, and in the region of Pontus, which is likewise deuided into eleuen presidentships. If 〈1 line〉〈1 line〉o report of any historiographer will please you, what remedy: though you remayne willfull still, yet I trust the tra∣ctable Reader may here finde sufficient to satisfie him. For a further proofe that the Bishops of Constantinople were called Archbishops, I could referre you to the gene∣rall Councell of Calcedon which was Anno. 453. where Flauianus is called Archbishop* 1.6 of Constantinople sundry times. Where also it appeareth that the Archbishop of Cō∣stantinople, had the ordeyning, allowing and disallowing of the Bishops in Pontus, Asia, and Thracia. You are greatly deceyued in saying that if he were Archbyshop of al these Churches, he was Bishop of m〈1 line〉〈1 line〉e Churches, than euer the Pope was in his greatest pryde: for euen all these Churches, and all other Churches were made subiect to him, when by Phocas he was made the head of the Church and vniuersall Bishop: and though he had not possession of all, yet did he clayme interest in all, and iurisdiction ouer all, or at the least ouer so many of them as professed Christianitie.

You say, it is certayne therefore that he was Bishop onely of the Church in Constanti∣nople, and had an eye and care to those other Churches: and against this your owne certayn∣tie without any ground or authoritie, I haue brought in Theodoret, Sozomene, the Councell of Calcedon, and the Centuries: although in effect you confesse asmuch as I desire: for there is neyther Archbishop nor Bishop in this Church, but he hath his pe∣culiar sea and Church, and yet care of gouernment ouer other also, euen as Chryso∣stome had.

You haue alleaged nothing, neyther can you, to proue that Chrysostome had not gouernment ouer mo Churches than one. The Gréeke Scholiast (whom I haue an∣swered) hath not one woorde to that purpose: for euery seuerall parish hath a Pastor,* 1.7 notwithstāding the Bishop hath the care of gouernment of them, euen as Titus had in Creta. The wordes of the author be, Sed singulas ciuitates suum habere Pastorem, but e∣uery citie should haue hir Pastor, And you haue translated it, that euery one shoulde haue his proper congregation: whereby you meane scant good fayth, but couertly go about to make your reader beleue; that the Scholiast would haue no ministers without a pro∣per congregation. But of this and many other of your like corruptions, I trust the reader is already sufficiently instructed.

The woordes of Chrysostome Hom. 3. in Act. be these: N〈1 line〉〈1 line〉nne imperium orbis terrarū tenet imperator? Hic autem vnius ciuitatis Episcopus est. Doth not the Emperour gouerne the world? but this man is Bishop of one Citie. The which woordes are spoken of Chryso∣stome in this sense, that he which is but Bishop of one Citie, is asmuch subiect to af∣fections and troubles as the Emperour is, that gouerneth the whole worlde. This to be Chrysostomes meaning the woordes following do declare: wherefore he doth not in that place shew any difference betwixt the Emperour & a Byshop, in the largnes or straightnesse of their charges, & places of gouernment (as you say) but in the troubles, in the opprobries & slaunders that they be subiect vnto, wherewith the Bishop of one citie is more tossed, thā the Emperour of the whole world: which Chrysostome spea∣keth

hyperbolycally, for there was not one Emperour ouer the whole worlde at any time, and he himselfe being Bishop had the care and charge of diuerse Cities, wher∣fore he must be vnderstoode secundùm subiectam materiam: as the matter in hand requireth.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Thracia, &c. annexed to the bishoprike of Constantino∣ple.
• * 1.2

  Socrates, li. 5. cap. 8.
• * 1.3

  Sozom. lib. 8. cap. 6.
• * 1.4

  Chrysostome 〈1 line〉〈1 line〉xerciseth Archiepisco∣pal iuris〈1 line〉〈1 line〉ictiō in Asia.
• * 1.5

  Cent. 5. cap. 10. Chrysostome Archbyshop of Thracia, Asi〈1 line〉〈1 line〉, &c.
• * 1.6

  Act. 16.
• * 1.7

  The Scholi∣ast falsified by T. C. and to what pur∣pose.