A treatise of the cohabitacyon of the faithfull with the vnfaithfull.: Whereunto is added. A sermon made of the confessing of Christe and his gospell, and of the denyinge of the same.Vermigli, Pietro Martire
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A treatise of the cohabitacyon of the faithfull with the vnfaithfull.: Whereunto is added. A sermon made of the confessing of Christe and his gospell, and of the denyinge of the same.
Vermigli, Pietro Martire
Catholic Church -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800
bringe them into Iuishnes. Neither shuld the weaker sort of
Christians haue ony familiaritie with them / but only such
Christians as be learned / and constant in the truithe. And that
for such causes / as I haue alledged before. Last of all it is
meete and conueniẽt / that they shuld be known from the
Christians by their araye / or som suche outwarde signe / les
ony man at vnwares shuld be conuersaunt with them / as though
they wer Christians. And thus mutch of the Iues shall suffice.
Now will I entreate of Heretikes.
This worde Hæresis, is deriued of the Greke worde / αἱρεῖν, which
signifieth to chose / to pick / or to cull out. For heretikes do
chose out / vnto thẽselues sum doctrine which is contrarye to the
holy scriptures / and do obstinatly defend the same. Vnto this
euell they are brought / either bicause they do not know the holy
scripture / either bicause that though they do knowe them yet
they do contemne and despise them either els bicause they do
applye thẽselues to get sum honor or riches by this meane.
Wherfor Augustine saith.
[[Lib. de vtilit. credẽ.]]
He is an heretike which either enuentith / or folowith fals and
new opinions for ony worldly commoditie / and cheifly to gett
himself glorie ãd autorite. But of Heresie I will make this
definicion.
[[Vvhat heresie is.]]
Heresie / is a choise and obstinate defence / of certeyn
doctrynes which are contrary vntto Godds worde / springinge /
either of the ignoraunce / or of the contempt of the holy
scriptures / to gett therby aduaũtag / or honors. There are
foure kyndes of causes in this definicion. The formall cause
is / chosinge and defending of picked doctrynes. The materiall
parte or cause is picked doctryns contrary to Godds worde. For
he that beleauith no doctryne at all / is godles / and not an
Heretike. The cause efficient by which they are moued to Heresie
is / ignoraunce and contempt of the holy scripture / and lust or
couetus desire. The end whi men fall to Heresie is / to obtayne
honors / ãd riches: For they do abhorre the Crosse which
folowith the preachinge of the gospell / ãd as Paule saith /
[[Phil. 3.]]
Theyr belly / is their god. Augustine hath also this diuisiõ.
[[Quest. in Matth. quest. 11.]]
Euell catholiques are they / which do lyue otherwise thẽ they
saie that they do beleaue. Schismatiques are they / which for
diuersitie in opiniõ do diuide and separat the church / for
σχιζειν, is to deuide. Heretikes are they / which perseuere /
and cõtinue in that schisme.
[[Lib. 2. contra Cresco. cap. 7.]]
But in an other place he saith. That Heresie / doth differ frõ
schisme. For a Schisme / is a stryfe which risith vppon
diuersitie of sentẽces. Neither can a dyuiding or a schisme be /
onles they which do make it do thinke and holde cõtrarie
thinges. But Heresie is / an inueterat schisme.
[[1. Cor. 11.]]
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