Dr. William Whittaker, Bishop John Jewel, Letter to Diognetus
William Whittaker’s “Disputation on
Holy Scripture:” Dr. Whittaker, having done his reconnaissance tour of textual
matters, turns to Trent and its opinion on vernaculars. Some Papist scholars
could read vernacular translations, but by permission and not for the laity.
That prevailed until the 1960s, 100s of years of a black-out for Romanists in
the pews. Fact.
John Jewel’s “Apology for the Church
of England:” Jewel takes on the canonical law of no pluralities and notes how
that is routinely violated by them. Dr. Cranmer will make much of this in his “Unwritten
Verities.” They say this, but do another.
“Ante-Nicene Fathers down to 325 AD:
the Epistles of Mathetes to Diognetus is introduced. The author describes
Christians as the soul of the world, everywhere present in the cities of the
Empire.
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