26 September 2015 A.D. Jewel’s “Apology”—Reformers accused of heinous treason as rebels and “enemies of mankind,” pp.76-77
26 September 2015 A.D. Jewel’s “Apology”—Reformers accused of heinous treason as rebels and “enemies of mankind,” pp.76-77 Jewel, John. “The Apology of the Church of England.” Project Gutenberg. 5 Aug 2006. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17678/17678-h/17678-h.htm . Accessed 1 Aug 2015. Surely it should exceedingly grieve us to be so maliciously accused of most heinous treason, unless we knew that Christ Himself, the Apostles, and a number of good and Christian men, were in times past blamed and envied in manner for the same faults. For although Christ taught “they should give unto Cæsar that which was Cæsar’s,” yet was He charged with sedition, in that He was accused to devise some conspiracy and covet the kingdom. And hereupon they cried out with open mouth against him in the place of judgment: “If thou let this man escape, thou art not Cæsar’s friend.” And though the Apostles did likewise evermore and steadfastly teach, that magistrates ought to be obeyed,...