Anti-Mortonus or An apology in defence of the Church of Rome. Against the grand imposture of Doctor Thomas Morton, Bishop of Durham. Whereto is added in the chapter XXXIII. An answere to his late sermon printed, and preached before His Maiesty in the cathedrall church of the same citty..

SECT. VI. Of the Armenians.

YOur fourth example(a) 1.1 is of the Armenians, of whom Myraeus testifieth(b) 1.2, and especially of them which are called Franck-Armenians, with the Iacobites, and Geor∣gians, that they haue often, and lately made profession of their obedience to the Pope, & of their accord in all pointes of fayth with the Roman Church. And Cardinall Peron(c) 1.3 speaking to King Iames, of famous memory, auerreth, that in Armenia the greater (which was formerly subiect to the King of Persia, but is now vnder the Turke) there were, and are many Christians of the Roman communion, and many Monasteries of S. Dominick. And the same is testifi∣ed by M. Edward Grimston your Protestant Historian, in his Description of countries(d) 1.4: In Asia (sayth he) there are many Christians, assisted in spirituall things, by the Religious of the orders of S. Francis, and S. Dominick: And those of Armenia, haue their Archbishop of the Order of S. Dominick, who is made by the Chapter of the Religious of that Order, and then confirmed by the Pope. And he addeth(e) 1.5, that they hold themselues to be confor∣mable

to the Roman Church, & celebrate Masse in vnleauened bread, contrary to the Greekes, and remember their first conuersion from the Church of Rome, in the time of Syluester Pope. And in the end of the Councell of Florence is extant the Decree of Eugenius Pope, in which the Vnion of the Armenians with the Church of Rome, is testified by their Legates sent to the same Councell.

Notes

• (a) 1.1

  Pag. 340.379.
• (b) 1.2

  De notit. Episcopat. l. 1. c. 16.17.18.
• (c) 1.3

  Repliq. Chapit. 21.
• (d) 1.4

  Pag 1050:
• (e) 1.5

  Ibid. pag. 1052.