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T. W. Maister White alledgeth Nauar, saying; It is he∣resie for a lay man to dispute of matters of faith. But the said Author maketh it onely mortall sinne, and a lesse offence then heresie.
Answ. In the sextus Decretaliumm, the prohibition, for∣bidding lay men to dispute of the Catholike faith, vnder paine of excommunication, is placed vnder the Title De haereticis: and Nauar in his Manualln, condemning in lay
men all disputation concerning matters of Faith, con∣firmes his assertion by that Text of the Canon law: and this gaue my Brother occasion to suppose, that Nauar ac∣counted the same heresie. And in those places where Po∣pery is in full strength, if lay men dispute and question matters of Faith, the sacred Inquisitors will be bold to examine whether they smel of heresie or noto; and if eft∣soones they doe the same, their law will pronounce them Hereticks indeed.
Sext. decr. l. 5 tit. 2 de haeret. c. Quicunque.
Nauar. enchir. c 11. n. 26. Sil∣uest. sum. v. disp. Linwoood l. 5. de Magistr. c. praeterea. gloss. Laicus nullo modo disputare debet de fide publice vel occulte.
Hasen Muller. hist. Iesuit. c. 3. Si contra disputēt, ad domum In∣quisitionis re∣mittunt.