Two Addresses: One, to the Gentlemen of Whitby, Who Signed the Requisition, Calling a Meeting to Address the Queen, on the Late (So Called) Aggression of the Pope: and the Other, to the Protestant ClergyRigby, N. (Nicholas)
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Two Addresses: One, to the Gentlemen of Whitby, Who Signed the Requisition, Calling a Meeting to Address the Queen, on the Late (So Called) Aggression of the Pope: and the Other, to the Protestant Clergy
Rigby, N. (Nicholas)
Catholic Church -- England -- History -- 19th century; England -- Church history
But Luther, soon had an opportunity of retaliating, on his disciple
Zuinglius. When Proscheverus, the Zuinglian printer of Zurich, sent him a
copy of the Zuinglian translation, Luther rejected it, and sent it back
to him, calling at the same time the Zuinglian divines, in matters of
divinity, "fools, asses, anti-christs, deceivers, and of an ass-like
understanding." (See Zuing. tom. 2, ad Luth. Lib. de Sacr. fol. 338.)
Of the translation set forth by Oecolampadius, Beza says, that it "is
in many places wicked, and altogether differing from the mind of the Holy
Ghost." And he also condemns that of Castalio, as being sacrilegious,
wicked, and heathenish. (In Respons. ad Defens. and Respons. Castal.)
We should naturally expect that Beza, after thus reproving the
translations of Oecolampadius and of Castalio, would _himself_ have
produced an immaculate one; but the learned Molineus observes of his
translation, that "he (Beza) actually changes the text, of which Molineus
gives several instances." (In sua Translat. Nov. Testi. part 20.)
Castalio wrote a whole book against Beza's corruptions of the Scriptures,
and yet, he adds, "I will not note all his (Beza's) corruptions, for
that would require too large a volume." (In Defens. Transl.)
Of Calvin's translation the learned Molinæus thus speaks: "Calvin, in his
harmony, makes the text of the Gospel to leap up and down. He uses
violence to the letter of the Gospel; and besides this, adds to the
text." (In sua Translat. Nov. Test. part 12.)
Here, then, you have Zuinglius and others against Luther's translation,
and Luther against Zuinglius's translation, Beza against Oecolampadius
and Castilio's translation, and Castilio against Beza's translation, and
Molinæus against Calvin's translation. Now, which of all these false
translations was your scriptural Church to adopt as her only rule of
faith and for that of the people? Why, you Reverends will reply, she was
to adopt her _own_ English translations.
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